(06-18-2016, 02:34 PM)Matt1 Wrote: I have been looking at some basic psychology of emotions and i have been made aware that we have 6 basic emotions 3 positive and 3 negative. Love, Joy, Surprise and Anger, Fear, Sadness.
This may perhaps be oversimplifying emotions a bit. I can think of a lot more than six. What about jealousy, disgust, shame, pity, and trust? I actually prefer not to try to label them specifically and separately. I think of them more as a spectrum with infinite gradations in between.
As far as getting in touch with emotions, I think it is just a matter of practice. It is just like anything else in life. Everything is a muscle that gets stronger with use. The more you use a given catalyst, the more active it becomes in your experience. So if you want your emotional awareness to expand, simply do more frequent "gut checks". In every situation ask yourself, "How do I feel?" Do you feel tense? Do you feel anxious? Do you feel relaxed? Do you feel free? Do you feel peaceful?
Sometimes I like to just watch myself. Become the Witness. And just observe the wholeness of your conscious reality. And then just objectively notice what is being "seen" in the field of conscious experience. It can be quite illuminating when you develop the ability to look at yourself without an agenda. You really begin to get a sense of how wacky, weird, and wonderful this person that you seemingly are, is. Consciousness, as the changeless background, is the measure by which all change is calculated or measured. By moving into this witness consciousness you can more easily perceive the sensations and vibrational characteristics that these things we call 'emotions' actually represent and their corresponding chemical reflections within the body complex.