The above
video is meant to be funny, but it is also very, very serious medicine at the same time. Dr. Edward Bach, who pioneered the
use of natural remedies in supporting positive emotions held as his most basic philosophy:
"Pay no attention to the disease. Focus
on the positive attributes you desire."
TAKE OUR CHALLENGE:
Our challenge is this:
Look at the list of emotions listed to the right -------->
Can you
name the emotion that is needed to balance each of the emotions listed to the right?
I bet you can't!
I bet your therapist can't either!
If it is difficult (or impossible) for you to simply find a word in your
mind that clearly identifies and defines the opposite, balancing emotion, then how can you possibly ever consciously choose
to enjoy emotional health?
How can you ever heal your emotional stress if
you don't even know what emotion needs to be strengthened in order to balance your current emotional state?
Take our challenge
Name the opposites of the emotions
that are listed
to the right
Click on the emotion to learn more
Modern medicine is insanely focused on
symptoms and disease names. The business of psychiatry wants to keep you in the dark about your own emotions. They have
hundreds of names for psychological "diseases", but they rarely discuss emotions with their patients. They want
their patients to look to them and their "profession" as the experts that must be paid large sums of money for their
advice. Then, in many cases, instead of good information and good advice, they simply prescribe toxic psychoactive pharmaceutical
medications.
On the other hand, I know that you are capable
of helping yourself. The starting point is for you to receive good information about emotions, so that you UNDERSTAND
your own feelings!
HERE IS THE PROBLEM:
The vast majority of individuals are either never taught
about emotions or they are taught that certain emotions are "bad" and should be avoided at all cost. Most people get "stuck" in an emotional state and cannot get out of that state for one very
simple reason - they don't know what the opposite of that emotional state is.
You probably
know that the opposite of sad is happy and that the opposite of love is hate, but do you know
what the opposite of jealousy is? How about the opposite of anger? Revenge? Grief? Frustration?
This simple lack of information, knowledge and direction
makes it difficult for people to help themselves emotionally. Just like any form of travel, knowing where you
want to go (emotionally) is the first step of leaving the (emotional) state in which you currently exist in order to arrive
at the (emotional) destination you desire.
Dynamic
Equilibrium
Many so-called health practitioners
talk about and promote the concept of "homeostasis". This concept is NOT, I repeat, NOT health-promoting.
The word itself means "stagnant sameness". If your practitioner talks to you about "homeostasis",
you should probably find another practitioner.
Life
is not meant to be stagnant. Life, and therefore health, are ever changing. Think of a skilled surfer, skier,
or gymnast. They need to be able to constantly adjust to different circumstances in order to maintain balance.
If any of them maintained a stagnant, same position, they would quickly fall off their surfboard, skis or balance beam.
If you believe that health is based upon balance, you
should avoid those who preach "homeostasis" and strive to achieve dynamic equilibrium with your environment.
Dynamic equilibrium is an ever-changing state in which you constantly make adjustments in response to whatever life brings.
This means that you should NOT look at emotions as "good"
or "bad". Emotions simply are. The question is this: Are you able to express the appropriate emotion at the appropriate moment in order to maintain
balance, and therefore, health in your life? Sometimes anger is an appropriate emotion! If anger is appropriate
and you hold it inside, you are injuring your health. At other times, anger is inappropriate. Sometimes friendliness
is what is needed.
Are you
able to move along the emotional spectrum between emotional polarities such as anger and friendliness on an as-needed basis?
THAT IS DYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM
THAT IS HEALTHY!
JUDGEMENTAL/MORALISTIC OPINIONS
The biggest
problem with emotional health is the opinions held by most people that certain emotions or feelings are "bad" and
that one should not allow oneself to express these "bad" emotions. This is despite the obvious fact that you know
that you feel them and you know that there isn't very much you can do about it. Emotional feelings are a fact of human
nature. They are an integral part of our very existence.
Instead,
we are taught to repress these emotions. The energy that is necessary to bottle up these emotions is draining and the
physical armoring that our body constructs to keep them repressed alters the natural balance and function of our physical,
mental and emotional beings. Whenever we are told "You shouldn't feel that way" or whenever we tell ourselves
that "I won't ever let myself feel this way again", we are blocking off access to emotional variety that limits
our ability to respond appropriately to future events.
Are you
prejudiced against certain emotional responses? Take a look at the emotions listed on the right side of this page and
ask yourself this question:
How many of
the emotions listed do you believe are "bad"?
Have
you denied yourself access to a wide range of emotional response? Ask yourself this question:
How many of the emotions are you UNABLE or UNWILLING to truly experience
APPROPRIATELY?
BLOCKED/INAPPROPRIATE
EMOTIONAL RESPONSES
Appropriate emotional responses are often blocked for a number of
reasons...
- Fear
- Religious Beliefs/Teachings
- Societal (Peer) Pressure
- Habit
- Law
When an individual, for whatever reason, is prevented from expressing an appropriate
emotion, the energy in that emotion still must be dealt with. That energy will either be...
- Repressed and held within the emotional, physical and mental bodies (blockage/armoring)
- Released as an inappropriate emotional response
The
starting point in the path towards dynamic equilibrium and emotional health is to realize and accept that emotions are NOT
good or bad. Your own preconceived
notions of "right" and "wrong" are the root cause of any (physical or emotional) problem that you have.
Emotions are not "good" and they are not "bad". They simply are energy in motion --> e-motion. Stop judging emotions as "good" or "bad"
and allow yourself to experience APPROPRIATE emotional responses. Let your own emotional energy flow through you and
observe its movement. Let it flow through you and then let it flow out of you.
If you have lived life
to any degree, you have had experiences that were either painful or pleasureable. Your own past experiences of "pleasure"
and "pain" are some of the biggest factors in your determination of what is "good" and what is "bad".
Your own judgements about your own life experiences are also the root cause of any (physical
or emotional) problem that you currently have.
If you are like most people, at this point you
probably believe that some emotions should not be permitted. If you are like most people, you probably believe that you know
the difference between "right" and "wrong". If you currently feel this way, then you need to know that there are remedies and treatments that can help you release the blockages that are stuck in
your mental, emotional and physical bodies which prevent you from fully experiencing life in a vibrant and healthy manner.
If you are willing to learn, I am willing
to guide you through the information that is available on this website. All you have to do is call and ask. Feel
free to call with any questions that you may have.
James Paul Roguski
310-619-3055
