Modes of ^Emotion

A purple splooch with 6 segments oriented with the odd numbers of a clock. Desire, Fear, Disgust, Anger, Shame and Happy at 12, 10, 8, 6, 4 and 2, respectively. A sample path from Surprise to Anger to Shame to Happy to Sad, and back with alternative paths.

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.  It can ^Be quite the ~reward~ ^When we ^Prepare ~properly~ and ^Gather it ~promptly~ from a ~good~ ~source~.  ^When we or others ^Avoid or ^Lack in ~care~ as we ^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 that a ^Buddy ought to ~be~ a ~first~ principle to ^Heal from ~emotional-failure~.  Our ~buddy~ is 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, as we experience ~emotional-failure~ we ^Tend to ^Give our ~emotion~ and/or ^Magnify the weight of it upon those around us.  ^No, not like telepathy, but like dominoes in ~mechanism~ of ^Empathy.  For us ^Who experience ~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 in ~regard~ of ~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! 

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