BUDDHA
Have you ever empowered a specific emotion to get the very best of you?
When this happened, did you ultimately say or do something that you lqter came to regret?
I believe everyone has at some point in their life fallen victim to enabling their emotions to have complete and total access to their mouth or fingers, and ultimately cast aspersions in a negative manner that we would later come to regret.
Emotion is the kind of variable that can easily blindside what is normally a very highly functional state of mind.
When emotion is allowed to run rampant, we are often times along for a ride, as opposed to being in control, behind the wheel.
Emotions can drive us to deliver a wide range of responses, based entirely upon the tone of the emotion.
If the emotion carries enough substance, it can unquestionably derail our entire existence and leave us wondering how or why we could be so foolish in our estimation of another person or situation.
If we are truly desirous of living a free and totally autonomous existence, it would unquestionably have to start with the understanding that emotion is an unregulated commodity at times and has all the dangers of Pandora’s box if improperly managed, and disciplined.
Sometimes even our general enthusiasm precludes our ability to see clearly the circumstances before us and may ultimately cause errors in judgment that may lead to catastrophic consequences if not intentionally guardrailed.
When we are at our very best, we should be disciplined enough to allow the emotion ample space within to resonate and share with us feelings that we are perhaps catching from our higher self on the other side.
When we are able to make intelligent decisions we may ultimately live our lives to the directives of our own choosing.
The next time you feel a wave of emotion, try sitting with it for a while and see whether or not you are capable of controlling that emotion entirely or, conversely, pay close attention to how and why that emotion is capable of controlling you and find the maturity to confine that emotion and deal with it privately.
Work to never cede your control to something boiling deep within, or as Buddha also probably never said, “you will one day wake up and discover you have become The Joker.”
Happy Saturday!
Brian Weiner 