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~! 

^Anger, ^Desire, ^Disgust, ^Encourage, ^Fear, ^Shame, ^Sorrow and ^Surprise are ^Common ^Simple emotions.  ^Surprise is also a mode of ^Boundary, so it is ~found~ in another chapter.  Many emotions ^Such ~as~ these are universal and necessary but ^Experience each ~one~ in ~wisdom~ and ~respect~.  ^Notice ^How these emotions are not ~feelings~ only, but ~actions~ that we may ^Take towards ~one-another~.  Although we ^Need to ^Heal to ^Understand its ~cause~, it may not ^Be ^Such a ~depth~ of mystery once we can ^See. 

We may ^Cause ~misattribution~, ~confusion~ or ~conflict~ ~as~ we ^Quickly ^Try to ^Discern the ~relation~ ^Between ~emotion~ and its ~cause~. 

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 ~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 is ^Okay.  All ^Who ^Care to ^Look with ~love~ may pitch in to ^Forgive, ^Help, ^Rest and ^Protect 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 us ^Call these times of trouble ~emotional-failure~.  ^MESH has two methods 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 the ^Fail ^Concept 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 and ^Help us to ^Surrender adult ~responsibility~ and behavior with ^Minimum ~force~ and ^Maximum ~respect~ for our case. 

^Curiously, ~as~ we ^Experience ~emotional-failure~ we ^Tend to strongly ^Offer and ^Pass our ~emotion~ to others.  And we ^Magnify the weight of it upon those around us.  ^No, not by telepathy, but ^Like dominoes in a ~mechanism~ to ^Affect ~empathy~.  It may ^Appear to others that we have ~lost~ ~awareness~.  While we ^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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