I have to warn you this post is packed with a ton of information!
I hope it doesn't overwhelm you! Read slowly...
Most of today's psychologists are convinced that one's "emotional intelligence" or EQ, is a far better predictor of life success than ones "rational intelligence" or IQ.
Emotional Intelligence includes our ability to accurately perceive our own emotions and stay aware of them as they happen. Including becoming aware of how we tend to respond to specific situations and people. As well as our ability to use this awareness of our emotions to stay flexible and positively direct our behavior. This means managing our emotional reactions to all situations and people.
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What are Emotions?
Our emotions are feelings we create and experience based on our thoughts, which are formed by our beliefs. Our most consistent and repeated thoughts establish our beliefs or perceptions. A combination of these thoughts and beliefs result in an emotion.
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Our emotions are as unique as our finger prints. Everyone's emotions are different even for the exact same situation... all emotions have been learned and can be changed.
For example: Two people get laid off from work. One chooses to have feelings of discouragement and depression as their reaction to this difficult situation and wastes weeks in front of the television. The other chooses to think positively, "OK, if one door closes, another one must open. I wonder what better job I can find now, with all this free time on my hands. I can't' wait to see what opportunities I can find." The first person experienced negative emotions, where the second chose to foster positive emotions.
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Our emotions are formed by our beliefs and perceptions we have established somewhere along the path of our life. Our beliefs trigger our thoughts and our thoughts trigger our emotions, which further solidifies the belief, which creates our outcome in life. Heart-based emotion has 50,000 times the power that our minds have! So it is critical that we learn to consciously control the power of our emotions through shifting the predominant thoughts and beliefs we hold. (This process was described in the activity under "Peeling an Onion" but will also be explained in a different way, in a coming post.)
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Our thoughts and emotions naturally send out a specific vibrational frequency to the universe, and through the law of attraction, the signal we are sending forth attracts that which is harmonious to them. Our strong emotions physically strengthen the neural pathways dedicated to that "thing". You "attract" what you intensely focus your emotion on, and in so doing, build strong neural networks directly related to that something.
For Example: I bought a Cadillac Escalade. I thought it was one-of-a-kind. I had never noticed any other car like it in my town. As soon as I started driving it, all of a sudden, I noticed Cadillac's everywhere!! And there was one exactly identical to mine that drives to the same elementary school as I do, every day, that I had never noticed before.
What happened was that my new car created a dynamic neural awareness inside me. My neurons were now sensitized to notice similar cars because of my excitement about my new car.
The universe is full of abundance of all that is good and all that is bad, and it is always around us. It is up to us to raise our level of awareness as to what we want in life and use the law of attraction through our beliefs, thoughts and emotions to "pick up on" and "attract" those things we desire in to our life.
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The Power of Positive Emotion
The way we focus on a goal makes all the difference to how it comes to fruition.
For example: We can have the same goal to get out of debt. But one person identifies this goal as "escaping poverty" while another identifies their same goal as "attaining financial independence".
Although both goals look toward the same result, they deal with quite different emotions. The desire to escape poverty is fueled by fear, while the desire to attain financial freedom is fueled by positive attraction.
While both goals could possibly take you to the same end goal - the "Law of Attraction" predicts quite a different experience along the path toward the goal:
If you build neural pathways based on doubt and fear, you will sensitize yourself to events or conditions that might relate to your fear and self-doubt. What if you instead build neural pathways based on strong feelings of self-confidence and anticipation (Passion towards financial independence)? You will then find yourself recognizing opportunities leading to your goal -- just as I suddenly noticed all those Cadillac's!
What you focus intense emotion upon tends to "attract your attention" to more of the same. So by far, the best way to approach your life goals is with POSITIVE, passionate desire. If you focus your emotions on a problem and give in to your fears, what you fear gains actual neural strength. Focus your emotions on achieving a positive goal in your life and it will gain strength! (http://www.personal-development.com/)
For example the goal of losing weight: Goal #1: Lose 15 pounds. Goal #2: Enjoy a strong, healthy body full of energy to do the things I desire.
Which goal do you think is going to achieve better results?
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So something else to realize...
Trying to control your emotions by focusing on your emotions DOES NOT WORK.
Allow yourself to experience the emotions that naturally come. But become aware of what these emotions are, recognize their signs and then shift the underlying thought processes that ignite them.
**If we try to control or suppress emotions, we are actually putting all our focus on them, giving them additional energy to attract more of what it is we don't want. When these negative emotions arise, we must acknowledge them and immediately make the conscious choice to focus on something that will allow you to experience a different emotion. It is crucial not to dwell on these negative emotions! Just acknowledge it and quickly change the thought process that created it.
ONLY FEED POSITIVE THOUGHTS so our EMOTIONS attract POSITIVE THINGS!!
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We use our VOICE to communicate what we want in the physical world. We use our emotions to communicate what we really want, in the "spiritual" dimension.
Our emotions solidify what our beliefs and thoughts are creating in our life.
Get passionate about what you WANT!
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