Emotional History and Jealousy
Clarity & Connection Bigger Price Drop:
Only 2 days until Clarity & Connection is released! The new sale for the preorder is even lower than the last sale, it is now $10.63 on Amazon. It is 37% off the original price, which is the lowest price it has ever been. The last sale went by quickly, so I imagine this one will go quickly as well, I don’t know how short it will be because I don’t control the prices online. Click here to get your copy or check the bottom of this email for more places to order from.
Three thoughts:
When the body is tired, the mind can quickly get defensive. When we repeatedly push ourselves to get a lot done, we forget to prioritize proper rest. Getting caught in a cycle of constant productivity uses up our inner reserves and sometimes even pushes our mind out of balance. The tension in the mind that builds up from exhaustion can easily morph itself into narratives of worry or into fake stories that further agitate the mind. When we are tired, it is easy for the mind to jump to conclusions or lose its patience with other people. There is nothing wrong with working hard and being effective, but make sure you are nourishing your well-being by making time to rest. When you respect your need to rest, your journey forward will be much smoother.
The greatest purpose that jealousy serves is letting you know that you aren’t loving and accepting yourself enough. Emotional maturity is seeing the success of another and feeling inspired instead of feeling jealous. Jealousy leaves the imprints of craving and aversion in the subconscious of the mind, because you crave what someone else has and you feel the tension of aversion because you don’t have the thing you crave. The self-centeredness of jealousy is reinforced because all you can think of is yourself. It helps to remember that people move at different speeds, even when we have similar goals, how and when we get to our goals is a unique journey. Sympathetic joy, feeling joy when you see the success of others, is the opposite of jealousy.
Every individual carries their own emotional history, a past that has left deep imprints on the mind, which impacts the way we think and feel about the present. Whether we have experienced serious trauma or not, all of us have had moments of deep or intense emotions. All of us carry something from the past and if we do the inner work of letting go and building self-awareness we can make our present lighter. Living without ever going inward to observe and release the heaviness of the past that we unconsciously carry sets us up to repeat the same behaviors and reactions. If we want to live more freely in the present, we need to intentionally set aside time to heal and understand our past.
Clarity & Connection Sneak Peek + Events:
I am having 3 online events this week to celebrate the launch of Clarity & Connection. Each one will be a conversation between me and one of my close friends, where we will talk about my story, personal transformation and building deep connections. Click the bolded sentences below to access the registration for each event:
April 27th with Ian Daniels (ticket includes a signed copy of C+C)
April 29th with Ana Flores (free event)
Here is a new sneak peek of Clarity & Connection that has not appeared anywhere else online:
Journal Prompt:
Are you able to recognize when you start feeling jealous and are you able to switch that to sympathetic joy? How has your emotional history affected the tension in your mind? Does your emotional history feel lighter after starting your inward journey? In what ways?
Links:
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