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Emotions are stimulated by thought identification, past triggers, instinct, or action motivation.
Thought identification is a steady wind that might change from barely noticeable to gale force, sometimes in an instant. This form of emotional weather is a constant source of information that tells a story of tension, conflict, hope, and destruction, a tale of daily life.
Past triggers range from lightning strikes to an avalanche or flooding. This emotional weather front is often raw and challenging to contain, and it’s a good idea to listen to imminent warning signs.
Instinctive emotions started long ago as fight, flee or freeze and grew to include sadness, grief, empathy, love, and many others. What is the purpose of intuitive feelings? Unlike thoughts, they stem from feelings. Your environment, circumstances, and the people in them affect you. Your thoughts construct a story that closely intersects with past trigger emotions, creating complex weather fronts. Underneath this jumbled story is the core you feeling the weather and navigating the pressure points.
Emotions can also be used for motivating action. Summon anger when you feel the urge to defend yourself. Call on empathy when you have a past trigger impulse to condemn. Use fear as an opportunity to check in with your core self.
Emotional weather is a complicated imprint of the self in this lifetime. Get to know yourself better, study your weather patterns.
