Emotions are another form of energy

 

"Energy can neither be created nor be destroyed but can be transformed from one form into another."

 Newton was very right about his theory. I think this same theory is very much applicable to our emotions and feelings as well, to some extent at least. I’m not going to go on a debate on how can an emotion NOT be created! The very nature of the feelings and emotions is that they develop, grow and prosper in our heart and mind like cancer. And certainly feelings are destroyed! The feeling, killed from its active sprouting form into a complete diminish is probably what we call Indifference. I’m not trying to explain about how to create a feeling, But I’d like to focus only on the, “can be transformed from one form into another” and ultimately destroy it as a whole.

Think about it, what do you say when you talk to someone and you don’t feel like you are going to enjoy their company? You’d say, “Our vibes don’t match.” Or some words similar. The vibes, or the vibration of one person doesn’t resonate with you. Every good feeling or ominous, can be expressed in vibes/vibration. So, isn’t feeling a form of energy as well? We definitely can transform it from one form into other can’t we?

Let’s try to see how.

You’re in the market. Fish is for dinner tonight, and you’re selecting a fish. (Replace fish with any tasty veg item for yourself if you’re a vegetarian, no offense) on one side there’s this dried up, pale fish which has started to give off a putrid odor already, and on the other side is a fresh, pink fleshed plum juicy one, well covered away from any flies. Which one would you choose? My guess is you’d choose the fresh one for sure. Because, if you’re like any average sane human being, everyone wants to keep the good things for themselves and throw away anything that’s rotten.

We can apply the same psychology to people as well. In some sense, we have been doing that all the time. We’ve been meeting people, making new friends and connections throughout the life, and as we pass by, we refrain from the people who are not contributing to our wellbeing, who add toxicity or are just not simply matching with our vibes. But, the problem is, how to cutoff the people who actually mean something to you and it’s difficult to let go? I mean, they seem to be so perfect in every sense, every definition, every dimension! There are moments when individuals, like the fish, may exhibit signs of decay, yet releasing them is a profound challenge. This struggle stems from an inherent admiration, or reverence for the values they once embodied and the anticipation of the latent virtues they might yet embrace. No matter how rotten the fish is sometimes, you just can’t let go just because of what values they once held, or the hopes of what values they could potentially hold. In this complex entanglement of emotions and attachments, similar to the delicate dance between a sailor and the sea, we navigate the complexities of holding on, not merely to what was, but to the boundless possibilities of what could be.

Not just the person, maybe you’re so much fixated on some job you’re trying to acquire, or maybe a degree you’re pursuing, maybe it’s a dream you want to fulfill but you just can’t reach it, or maybe you’re on a denial of some form of disease you or your loved ones have; it can be any kind of situation or emotion where you are fixated and can’t seem to move out of. Normally, I’d say don’t give up. Give it your best, you can do it! Give it another go! Anything can be achieved. But I’d say that only until you still have yourself in you. Change your habits for it, it’s fine. Change your circle for it it’s still okay. But don’t change who you are if you don’t like it. Don’t do it in the expenditure of your peace of mind, happiness and your self. No matter how fervently we chase the stars, the universe sometimes gently whispers, ‘Not for you.’ And in that cosmic hush, we find the beauty of surrender, embracing the magic that unfolds when we let go of the wishes meant to float away. Despite the heart’s eloquent pleas,sometimes destiny murmurs its quiet refusal. Sometimes it is for the best of you to let go of your emotions, or alter it as a whole. But how? This serine warmth of hope is so endearing, how could one possibly let go of it? Here’s how- We just focus our energy on only the things that was bad or rotten about them.

This is a very dark thing to say. Really toxic mentality in itself as a whole. But when all things fail and your own wellbeing is the next thing you’re about to lose, this may be the holy grail for the dire straits.

This philosophy of mine not only talks about how to cutoff people though, don’t get bored/scared of my dark psychology and run off. This emotion-energy transformation theory can be done in various methods and ways. As many emotions there are for humans to feel, that many methods of transformation you can use. But yet, let me start and discuss with the most twisted one. Just like I talked about the fish market and your choice of fish for dinner, our mind always tries to choose only the best things for us, the things that are good, positive and nice. Our natural instinct is like a net positivity seeking, comfort longing, Hassle avoiding koala. Yes, I get you! “But I can’t help it as lots of negative thoughts are always ruminating my mind! How can you say that our mind tends to be attracted to positivity?” Well! You’re right. Our mind is timid. I’m talking about the instinct, not the mind you know! The 'vibes' in our body is the one that seeks positive. if you don't see any benefit from a thing, you avoid it. If there is too many negatives in things you buy, you discard it, you don’t buy it. Negative equals bad. Oonga boonga. That’s our primitive mind. The latent survival instinct. So, why not use it as a power. You know nobody is perfect right? Everyone has their good, their power, their charm and they have equal amount of their bad, their vulnerabilities, their stench. If you really want to shake off the thoughts of something from your mind, you need to forget the good side of the spectrum and focus only on the negatives. Become the propaganda spreading news media for a week or two. You remember yourself bitching about a certain person with your friends in the recent / distant past? Did you ever talk anything good about them? You probably didn’t. Did you ever realize why that person had any friend or family for themselves? You probably never put thoughts on it when you would be bitching at least. Well, they had friends because they have a good side too which you failed to notice. You didn’t even seek for it honestly. To you they were imperfect. They were but a topic who is worthy of nothing but bitching about. Now, think about that crush of yours, or your Idol, or your toxic boyfriend/girlfriend. Why are they so perfect? Is it really that they have no flaws? Are there really that close to a godly being? No, not quite is it? It’s just that they do have their weaknesses, bad sides and vulnerabilities. You were just too fixated on their perfection that you failed to notice their flaws. Just as they say,”When you are looking at the world with love colored red glasses even the red flags look like normal flags.” You will have to do just that. Ignore the good, and focus on the bad.

If it’s a person, may be they’re unkempt, maybe they are manipulative, maybe they have anger issues. It can be combination of any traits they have. But constantly keep thinking about your bads and wrongs. If it’s a job, maybe the work environment is toxic, maybe it’s too far way from where you stay, may be the salary is too less for all the trouble. If it’s degree, maybe it's too expensive, maybe It doesn’t align with what dreams you had, maybe the faculty is not supportive or something. Just constantly stay fixated on the negative. In fact, force yourself to do so. It’s not as easy as it sounds you now! You really have to fake the feels at first. Then your mind starts playing tricks at you. At first there is denial, then there is bargain, then there is compliance and after many days of constantly thinking about something, your mind starts believing it too. It starts recollecting all the red flags you had been ignoring all these times. The oonga boonga slowly kicks in and try to remove you from a negative sludge, and soon your passion turns to your hate, your filth, sometimes even your anger. The energy transforms from one form into another. If it turns to hate, it will still remain in your heart as an ego. If it is filth it gets difficult for you to swallow it, but yet over time filth is flushed out. If it is anger, it flames up to revenge or waters down to tears.

The same river which floods different villages and destroys lives and properties can also be used to fuel turbines and generate hydroelectricity. They can also be narrowed down into our farms and houses for growing crops and for consumption. Same thing with the wind, same thing with the sun. Even the nuclear fission and fusion responsible for creating atomic bombs and H bombs are being used as source of energy in many big cities all across the globe. Let me get to the point – every destructive energy can be used for construction as well. I read somewhere,” Pen isn’t mightier than sword. Pens don’t win battles. And swords don’t write poetry. Mighty is the hand that knows when to pick the pen and when to pick the sword.” All energies can be used for your benefit if you know a proper way to channel it. You can transform your emotions into something negative. Also, you can use it for something positive. Congratulations! You were successful in transforming your emotion from one form into another; but this other from is still there! How will you let go of it as a whole? You will do it by channeling your energy that is. The saints and yogis probably learnt it first. Next in line were probably the poets and musicians. Very clever of them to figure it out so early if you ask me. Yogis channeled their energy through meditation, dhyan, yog and sadhana. Some practiced the ultimate channeling of emotions through ‘Nirliptata’ or ‘detachment’, completely letting go of any kind of worldly attachments as a whole. Some did it by completely submitting themselves for the greater cause. Anything outside of their devotion is meaningless; they submit themselves without expecting anything in return. Some did it through discipline and accepting a different way of life. There are many ways and many practices to do so of which I’m no expert. I’m not trying to preach about yog today neither. I do however, want to talk about the poets. Poets and musicians wield a unique ability to grasp the profound nuances of their emotional depth that eludes many. Like alchemists of the soul, they mold melancholy into lyrical statues and symphonic murals that transcend the temporal confines of their existence. In this artistry, their emotions become channeled, hearts a little more stable than before, and also their creations despite being a byproduct,become immortal echoes, resonating through the corridors of ages, capturing the essence of human emotions for generations to come, and creating ripples of change in every heart they splash onto .

There! They transformed their emotions into something positive. Maybe their emotion was love, maybe it was hate, maybe it was grief or maybe it was loathe. They meticulously transform them, channel them, express and somewhat be relieved from a certain restraining state of mind.

Much like an adept painter brushes emotions onto the canvas of life, we, as emotional artisans, possess the capacity to craft our inner landscapes into work of profound beauty as well. We all possess this capacity within us for certain, please don’t doubt yourself. Yet, to go beyond into this realm of artistic expression, a pilgrimage into the sacred sanctuaries of self awareness is necessary. As we navigate through this labyrinth of emotions, the philosopher within us will unravel the mysteries through introspection, diving into the depths of our own feelings, trying to understand the happy, the sad and everything in between. It’s like becoming friends with our own feelings first. Consoling ourselves that this change is okay, this transformation is necessary and making ourselves understand why we are doing so. Because the only way to get anybody, even your own self, to do anything is by making the person WANT to do it. If you don’t understand yourself first, you won’t know what you actually want. If you’re in denial of your need to let go, you will never test this emotion-energy transformation theory, and you will still be stuck in the same situation for I don’t know how much longer.

This ‘Transformation of one form of emotion to the other’ process is only going to do one basic thing. It’s going to make you aware of how normal or simple your interest/stimulus (I’m talking about the thing you’re trying to be detached from) actually is. It’s purpose is to decrease or remove the superior grounds they hold in your heart. Making it easier for you to accept, to let go. Making the process of detachment bearable and okay. Think about a person you had feelings on before but you no longer do now. The same extraordinarily beautiful and attractive person is so much ordinary when you look at them now right? The fact is it was just you who gave them the value they had. Their power of importance was there because you gave them the importance. Without that, they are just normal. This transformation you attempt does nothing but try and snatch their power from them. Now, hate or anger are not the only way we can do that. If you’re strong enough, we can do it through forgiveness, through acceptance, through self reflection too in many cases. There are a lot of ways! Do let me know if you can think of any other ways to do so, but I think hate and anger are probably the easiest for most of the people. No matter how twisted it sounds, it is easier to hate than love. After desensitizing you from the emotion, the main goal of our exercise is to channel those emotions like I said before, and to channel them we need self awareness, self reflection and self something….. fill in the blanks yourself.

Like the great artists and musicians you can channel your emotion by writing down your thoughts in the paper. Story telling can be therapeutic ways to articulate and understand emotions. You could learn painting, drawing or photography to express yourself too. If nothing, you can at least share your feelings with a trusted friend, family or therapist. You know, meditation and exercises can work magic in many cases too! For different people different methods of channeling their emotions work. There are many books dedicated just for this specific purpose. I wouldn’t be able to perfectly summarize all the techniques and practices in this blog of mine. You can figure your way of channeling yourself if and only if you can learn to de-glorify your stimulus, your emotion. Many times these stimuli are really good for you to let go you know! So, if you’re fixated in trying to let go, please trust me and don’t linger around their influence circle at least during the duration you are channeling yourself.

These are all just my thoughts though. I may be wrong or there might be some loopholes in them. Point them out for me! Let me know what you think.