Quite simply, unreleased emotions
can stop us from living fully in the present. Our emotions
are like a bubbling cauldron; just as one floats to the surface it
is replaced by another. When we are free of old, unexpressed
emotions, our feelings pass through us to be experienced and
released.
When we are not free of old emotions (when we have not explored
or expressed them for some reason), we have a harder time being
comfortable with our day to day feelings. A common example
is that of being "triggered." If we react with
disproportionate anger (or sadness or frustration) to an event, it
is most likely because that event is triggering us. It is
reminding us of another event from our past. Each of those
triggers provide us the opportunity to examine, heal and release
the emotions associated with the past event.
Unexpressed emotions can lead, at the very least, to difficulty
dealing with daily emotional upheavals. On a larger scale,
they can end up creating physical disease. Learning to live
harmoniously with our emotions allows us to be fully present, and
is an important part of many of the forms of deep healing listed
here.
