情緒是我們内心的創作,外在環境只是提供一些材料和誘因。當心境寧靜,即使外面發生驚天動地的事情,我們的情緒也不會有太大的波動。然而,我們的自我往往被分成多個部份,反映出它有許多不同的面向。自我的這些面向代表著不同的利益,它們之間的衝突,導致我們內心不斷動盪。
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。這些元素的組合模式,以及組合的緊密程度,決定了我們情緒的積極性和強度。因此,我們的情緒不穩定且難以預測,就像旋轉的萬花筒裡的圖案,總是色彩繽紛。
這個情感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,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,隨著時間和環境而改變。
因此,情感的心就像是由玻璃碎片組成的。只要外界施加一點壓力,我們就會立刻產生情緒。即使此刻外界沒有事情發生,只要我們對過去感到後悔,或對未來感到擔憂,也會立刻感到悲傷。但這種悲傷的出現,並不代表現實變壞了,而是我們的心態變壞了。
一旦了解到心態改變會影響自己的情緒,我們就不會感到困惑和無助。當我們感到悲傷,不應該只責怪外在因素,也應該反思自己的心態。這樣,我們才能真正解決負面情緒所帶來的問題,而不是暫時緩解情緒。
此外,我們的情緒也常常受到潛意識的控制。因此,提高意識、減少想像和深度思考,是減少負面情緒最有效的方法。只要學會如何理解和管理自己的情緒,我們就能掌控自己的生活,協調自己的人際關係。無論是快樂或悲傷的情緒,我們都接受它、享受它,思考它所蘊含的意義。我們應該讓它儘快成為過去,而不去評斷它是好還是壞。
當我們專注於當下,情緒很快就會恢復平靜。這意味著快樂或悲傷都已成為過去,新的情緒隨時都可能出現。情緒是如此變化無常,如果讓情緒控制自己的行動,我們就會陷入混亂。相反,如果意識到情緒只是一種信號,一種工具,我們就能從中獲得很多關於外界的資訊。透過分析資訊來指導行動,我們將變得更有條理。
如果我們細心觀察,就會發現萬花筒中的色彩和圖案同樣很美麗,而且觀察得越多,這種美感就越強烈。最重要的是,我們要學習如何與別人建立良好的關係,讓自己的情緒成為與別人連結的橋樑。只要用正面的方式表達和處理自己的情緒,我們就能夠像萬花筒一樣,展現出美麗多彩的生命光芒。
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The path to Tranquility (25)
Emotions are like kaleidoscope
patterns
Emotions are our inner creations, and the external environment only provides some materials and incentives. When our mind is calm, even if earth-shattering things happen outside, our emotions will not fluctuate too much. However, our self is often divided into multiple parts, reflecting that it has many different aspects. These aspects of the self represent different interests, and the conflict between them causes constant turmoil within us.
Emotions are made up of many different elements, including physiological reactions, psychological feelings, environmental factors, and so on. The combination pattern of these elements, and the tightness of the combination, determines the positivity and intensity of our emotions. As a result, our emotions are erratic and unpredictable, like the patterns in a spinning kaleidoscope, always in a riot of color.
This emotional kaleidoscope contains red glass pieces, representing passion and admiration. Blue glass represents melancholy and depression, yellow represents happiness and excitement, green represents calmness and tranquility, purple represents mystery and romance, and so on. These different emotional colors change with time and environment.
Therefore, the emotional heart is like being made up of shards of glass. As long as there is a little pressure from the outside world, we will immediately feel emotions. Even if nothing is happening in the outside world at the moment, as long as we feel regret about the past or worry about the future, we will immediately feel sad. But the emergence of this sadness does not mean that reality has become bad, but that our mentality has become bad.
Once we understand that changing our mindset can affect our emotions, we won’t feel confused and helpless. When we feel sad, we should not only blame external factors, but also reflect on our own mentality. In this way, we can truly solve the problems caused by negative emotions instead of temporarily relieving them.
In addition, our emotions are often controlled by our subconscious mind. Therefore, increasing 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 take control of our lives and coordinate our interpersonal relationships. Whether it is a happy or sad emotion, we accept it, enjoy it, and think about the meaning it contains. We should let it become a thing of the past as quickly as possible without judging whether it is good or bad.
When we focus on the present moment, our emotions quickly return to calm. This means that happiness or sadness is a thing of the past and new emotions can emerge at any time. Emotions are so fickle that if we let them control our actions, we will fall into chaos. On the contrary, if we realize that emotions are just a signal, a tool, we can get a lot of information about the outside world from them. By analyzing information to guide action, we will become more organized.
If we observe carefully, we will find that the colors and patterns in the kaleidoscope are also beautiful, and the more we observe, the stronger this sense of beauty will be. The most important thing is that we must learn how to establish good relationships with others and let our emotions become a bridge to connect with others. As long as we express and deal with our emotions in a positive way, we can show the beautiful and colorful light of life like a kaleidoscope.
On May 25, 2023
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