Modes of ^Emotion
Emotions can ^Be some of the biggest distortions, and their ~lack~ or ~excess~ can cause some of the biggest distortions. So ^Be wise and ^Moderate their use!
To ^Anger, ^Desire, ^Disgust, ^Encourage, ^Fear, ^Shame, ^Sorrow or ^Surprise are common emotions. ^Surprise is also a mode of ^Boundary, so it is discussed in another chapter. Many emotions such as these are universal and necessary but experience each one in ~wisdom~ and ~respect~.
Our ~emotion~ is like a small fish. ^When from a ~good~ ~source~, freshly gathered and ~properly~ prepared, it can ^Be quite the ~reward~. ^When we or others abandon or carelessly ^Tend even one, it may cause a whole ~family~ to suffer. ^When we ^Take it from a ~questionable~ ~source~, it may cause ourselves, others and our world to ^Be quite ~SICK~ and needlessly. That's ^Okay. ^All ^Who ^Care to ^Look with ~love~ may pitch in to ^Forgive, ^Help and ^Rest until ~clean~.
Sometimes emotions ^Build up and can ^Lead to extremes such as ~addiction~, ~depression~, ~hate~, ~madness~, ~mania~, ~terror~, ~shock~, ~happiness~, anosognosia, amnesia, catatonia or psychosis. In these cases our emotions ~no~ longer ^Serve a ~good~ ~purpose~, so ^Let's ~name~ these troubling times ~emotional-failure~. ^MESH has two tools in particular to ^Try to ^Avoid or ^Turn an ~emotional-failure~ around. The ~first~ tool is to ^Fail. ^When extreme, ^Try a ^Perfect ^Fail. The second tool is for ^When ~fail~ fails, and it is to ^Give or ^Receive ^Help.
I ^Believe the rudiments of addressing ~emotional-failure~ include having a ^Buddy: someone we can ^Learn to ^Trust in ~patience~, ~privacy~ and ~respect~. Our ~buddy~ must ^Work to ^Notice yet ^Manage their ~own~ emotions ~well~, so they are ready to ^Help. Our ~buddy~ must ^Be ~helpful~ to ^Help us ~properly~. Our ~buddy~ concerns themselves over our emotions and our ^Daily-self-care ~who~, in our time of ~need~, will ^Take up ^Daily-self-care on our behalf while helping us ^Surrender adult ~responsibility~ and behavior with ~minimum~ ~force~ and ~maximum~ ~respect~ for our case.
^Curiously, during ~emotional-failure~ we ^Tend to transfer our ~emotion~ and/or the ~strength~ of it to those around us. ^No, not like telepathy, but like dominoes. For us ^Who are experiencing ~emotional-failure~ it can appear ~all~ around us have ~lost~ touch too. A ~buddy~ may ^Notice this transitive effect of ~emotion~ to ^Help, for it is an important clue regarding ~emotional-failure~ and to its cause. Other contributors to ~emotional-failure~ may include a ~STRONG~ ~lack~ or ~excess~ of ~daily-self-care~ or ~forgiveness~. To ^Become and ^Stay in touch emotionally while we ^Maintain ~poise~ is a rare ~talent~ and I commend any ^Interest in it. ^Be a ^Buddy today!
