情緒是我們内心的創作，外境只是提供一些材料和誘因。當我們心境寧靜，即使外界發生山崩地裂的事情，情緒也不會有很大的波動。但我們的心通常分裂成多個部份，代表著我們有多個不同面向的自我。這些自我互相衝突，使我們內心波濤洶湧。
情緒由許多不同的元素所組成，包括生理反應、心理感受、環境因素等等。這些元素的組合方式和強度，就決定我們情緒的正負和程度。我們的情緒多變又難以捉摸，像不停轉動的萬花筒中的圖案，總是五彩繽紛。
情緒萬花筒中有紅色玻璃片，代表著熱情和仰慕。藍色玻璃片代表著憂鬱和沮喪，還有許多其他的色彩，例如黃色代表快樂和興奮，綠色代表平靜和安寧，紫色代表神秘和浪漫等等。這些不同的情緒色彩，隨著時間和環境的變化而不斷轉換。
因此，充滿著情緒的內心，就像由玻璃片構成一樣。只要外界施加一點壓力，我們就會立刻產生情緒。甚至當下外界沒有事情發生，只要後悔過去或擔心未來，我們的情緒也能頃刻間從快樂轉為悲傷的。然而，這種悲傷不是因為現實變壞而產生，而是因為我們的心態變壞了。
明白了心態改變而影響情緒這個基本原理，我們就不會感到困惑和無助。當我們感到悲傷，不要只把它歸因於外在因素，而是要反思自己的心態。這樣才能真正解決由負面情緒引起的問題，而不只是暫時舒緩情緒。
我們的內心亦經常被無意識所支配。因此，提高意識、減少想像並深入思考，是減少負面情緒的最有效方法。只要學會如何理解和管理自己的情緒，我們就能夠更好地掌握自己的生活和協調自己的人際關係。
無論是快樂還是悲傷的情緒，我們都接受並享受它，思考它所包含的意思，讓它儘快成為過去，但不要評斷它是好還是壞。能夠享受當下的一切，我們的情緒就會恢復穩定，所以過去是快樂還是悲傷並不重要，因為現在已經產生一種新的感受。情緒就是這樣變幻無常，如果以它作為行動的根據，我們就會被它帶入混亂之中。但如果意識到它只是一種體驗，把它當成玩具，我們反而能夠獲得很多樂趣。
細心地觀察，萬花筒中的色彩和圖案也很美，而且觀察得越多，這種美感就越強烈。最重要的是，我們需要學會如何與別人建立良好的情感連結，讓自己的情緒變成與別人連結的紐帶。只要用積極的方式來表達和處理自己的情緒，我們就能夠像萬花筒一樣，展現出多彩而美麗的生命之光。
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Emotions are like kaleidoscope
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Emotions are our inner creations, and the external environment only provides some materials and stimulation. When our minds are tranquil, even if there are earth-shattering events happening outside, our emotions will not fluctuate greatly. But our hearts are usually divided into multiple parts, representing our multiple different egos. These egos conflict with each other, causing us to have inner turmoil.
Emotions are composed of many different elements, including physiological reactions, psychological feelings, environmental factors, etc. The combination and intensity of these elements determine the positive and negative levels of our emotions. Our emotions are changeable and elusive, like patterns in a rotating kaleidoscope, always colorful.
The kaleidoscope of emotions has red glass pieces, representing passion and admiration. Blue glass pieces represent depression and frustration, and there are many other colors, such as yellow representing happiness and excitement, green representing peace and tranquility, purple representing mystery and romance, and so on. These different emotional colors are constantly changing as time and environment change.
Therefore, the hearts that are filled with emotions, are like those made up of glass pieces. As long as external pressure is applied, we will immediately produce emotions. Even if nothing is happening in the outside world at the moment, as long as we regret the past or worry about the future, our emotions can change from happy to sad instantly. However, this sadness does not arise because reality has changed for the worse, but because our mentality has changed for the worse.
Understanding the basic principle that changes in mentality affect our emotions, we will not feel confused and helpless. When we feel sad, we should not just attribute it to external factors, but reflect on our own mindset. Only then can we truly solve the problems caused by negative emotions, rather than just temporarily relieving them.
Our hearts are also often dominated by the unconscious. Therefore, raising awareness, reducing imagination, and deep thinking are the most effective ways to reduce negative emotions. As long as we learn how to understand and manage our emotions, we can better control our lives and coordinate our relationships.
Whether it is happy or sad emotions, we accept and enjoy them, think about the meaning they contain, let them become the past as soon as possible, but do not judge whether they are good or bad. If we can enjoy everything in the present, our emotions will return to stability, so whether the past was happy or sad is not important, because a new feeling has already emerged. Emotions are so changeable, if we use them as the basis for action, we will be led into chaos. But if we realize that they are just an experience and treat them as toys, we can have a lot of fun.
Observing carefully, the colors and patterns in the kaleidoscope are also beautiful, and the beauty will become even stronger as we observe more. Most importantly, we need to learn how to establish good emotional connections with others, so that our emotions become a bond connected to others. As long as we express and deal with our emotions in a positive way, we can show colorful and beautiful life lights like a kaleidoscope.
On May 25, 2023
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