This is purely my perspective on the subject.
When reading someone else's thoughts, please take what resonates with you and discard what doesn't. The information I share has not been rigorously researched—it came to me during a conversation about what someone was dealing with in their life.
I believe we are not meant to suppress our emotions. Instead, we are meant to feel them fully and experience their full impact. The key, in my opinion, is what you do afterward. Most of us tend to linger in an emotional state and carry it with us throughout the day. For example, the anger you feel when someone cuts you off in traffic might carry over into your next interaction. If we are not conscious of this, we risk making the next person we interact with the recipient of that anger. The same applies to every emotion. On the other hand, if you start your day shrouded in positivity, it’s highly likely that energy will be shared with the people you encounter.
Rather than suppressing our emotions, we should experience them fully and then let them go. In this sense, I believe we should apply the same process to our emotions as we do with meditation. Meditation isn’t about stopping thoughts; it’s about allowing thoughts to come and then letting them go. Over time, we learn to create more space between each thought. If we apply this concept to our emotions—allowing them to happen, letting them go, and moving on—we can transition from an emotional state back to neutrality fairly quickly.
Finding tools to help you release negativity is essential. I personally use **Ho'oponopono**, a Hawaiian practice of forgiveness. I find that I can apply it in any situation that puts me in a negative emotional state. I can recite it aloud or silently. If you are not familiar with it, it’s simple yet extremely powerful. It is spoken as follows:
“I love you.
I’m sorry.
Please forgive me.
Thank you.”
If I apply this immediately after an emotional trigger, I can let go of most things almost instantly. For me, this practice is a work in progress. I have been using it for the last few years, and I find that the more I practice, the quicker I am able to let go of things that irritate me.
Give it a try and see how it goes—I’m sure you will have a positive experience with it.
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