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The Power Of
Emotion Based Thought
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Ever wondered where your thoughts and your perspective on any
given situation come from? Well I can tell you it’s not from the
situation itself, but from the emotion that situation
brings up
inside of you. You may never have seen a correlation between one
and the other before, as the situation tends to run, in the main,
within the rules of logic and the emotion is grounded within your
feelings, but individual thought and emotion are inextricably
connected. The emotions that we develop in our experiences in life
help directly shape and affect all subsequent interactions,
experiences, relationships, and setbacks.
The power of emotion has long been
over-shadowed by thought alone, and it’s time that we started to
see the direct relationship between emotion and thought in order
to re-channel our emotion-based thoughts to maximize our true
potential in health, wealth, relationships, career, and all that
makes up life as we know it.
By gaining a better understanding of
our emotions, we will then be able to better examine ourselves,
adjust our perspective, and succeed on the best path for us as
individuals.
Emotion based thought.
What exactly is emotion based thought and how does it affect us as
individuals? Emotion based thought is our individual perspectives
or our personal take on any situation as it happens or indeed
before it happens, though few of us recognize it for just that. We
all have a set of emotions, feelings, and reactions to the life
factors around us.
Ever noticed how some people react differently
to different experiences, problems, and actions in their lives?
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For example, you get turned down for a raise you were expecting.
How do you react? Well that will depend on the emotion that the
rejection stirs within you and that emotion will be triggered by
your true thoughts on that rejection. Down in the dumps believing
that you are a failure, sobbing in an empty pint of Ben and Jerrys.
Your co-worker, on the other hand, takes a raise turndown in their
stride, believing that it just wasn’t meant to be at that time
but they carry on with a smile determined to try again. Obviously,
providing both thoughts on the rejection are honest, they have to
instill different emotions.
How can we explain this difference? The answer is simple,
different people react differently to each situation that turns up
in their life and as a consequence their emotions will be equally
different. Your tendencies toward anger, fear, sadness, etc, how
these are perpetuated, where they originated, and the differing
values of each make you the individual you are. Simply put,
different situations in life affect you differently from your
peers. These emotional thoughts or perspectives color every
occurrence, action, and reaction in your life to come. They
determine what career you will go after, what types of
relationships you will have, and how far you will go to achieve
your short and long term goals. In short your emotion based
thoughts will, over a period of time, determine just how happy and
contented your life is, so take some time to study them.
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Where Do
Emotions Come From?
In order to better understand both this theory as well as
its connection to you and your life, it’s wise to consider
where exactly emotions and feeling come from.
This will help you better
understand the reason why you reacted to a setback
differently to someone else. So, where do they come
from?
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| Well to start with you must be aware
that you are capable of expressing the whole gambit of the
emotional range. Fear is inside you along with courage, anger and
tolerance sit side by side. All of the emotions are there but it
is circumstance and surroundings that determine which one comes to
the surface in any given situation. Most emotions arise from the
way we were programmed from the day we were born.
If we were brought up in an environment filled with encouragement
and understanding. If we were encouraged to try new things and not
to be concerned if they do not go exactly to plan, then when
things go wrong as an adult we will probably react with emotions
that are in line with this train of thought. If on the other hand
we were brought up being told that we shouldn’t try anything too
adventurous as we will probably fail, then our emotions would be
rooted in failure, we will expect the worse, our emotions will
correspond accordingly and the vibration we then give off will
ensure we are proved to be correct. Ever after you would have a
fear of failure and may not even be conscious of where it came
from and this in turn would alter how you view the world and what
you can contribute to it.
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Reprogramming Your Emotions
So, we all have parts of ourselves
that we would like to change, be it our motivation, our potential
in careers, depth in relationships, etc etc; how do we reprogram
our emotions in order to start living up to what we can be?
Although this task may seem intimidating since many of us do not
even realize why we do what we do to self sabotage in the first
place, it is certainly not impossible to do so.
• Start by becoming more aware of your actions, reactions, etc.
By introducing yourself to the problem, you can begin to start
addressing it in a constructive and demonstrative way.
• Evaluate the possible origins of your actions, reactions, etc.
By reminding yourself of what influential factors have shaped your
emotions and thereby your thoughts, you can start to dispel any
negative assumptions you once held, and replace them with more
positive ones.
• Start proactively replacing your negative emotions with
positive ones. Determine how you would like to feel and react, and
be aware that you have the power at any given time to understand
the emotion you are feeling and change that thought in order to
bring forth a more powerful positive emotion.
• Get rid of negative influences. If you have people or factors
in your life that are contributing to your negative thought
patterns and emotions, release them.
In conclusion remember one thing, when all is said and done,
irrespective of the circumstances you always have a choice. Maybe
not a choice in what has actually happened but a choice in how you
react to what has happened. Choose as much as possible to see the
good in any situation and the emotions those thoughts bring forth
will help you through most hardships.
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