Emotions

Discussions on what our emotions are and how they connect us to each other. We can send emotion energy such as love and we can feel and receive it also.

Music and emotions

“Every one of us needs to become more spiritual”

Vladimir Jurowski, Principal Conductor, London Philharmonic Orchestra

An inspirational and impassioned Russian conductor, Vladimir Jurowski’s latest concert series “Belief and Beyond Belief” with the London Philharmonic Orchestra delivers brilliant music which touches the audiences’ emotions.  In a recent interview with Ian Hewett, Jurowski said he believes;

“Music is so intangible; it is nothing but vibrations.  It points to a realm of extience outside the body, yet it affects our emotions so powerfully.  Nothing brings people together in collective meditation or prayer so well” read more

By Alison Wem, ago

Our Changing World: Contribute to it being a calmner place

2017 has brought in lots of change for all of us.  On the world stage political leaders are changing, Brexit is being progressed, even Mother Earth is feeling change.  There is much debate on whether there is climate change in process but it is a fact that glaciers and the artic ice is melting.  So something is changing.

By Alison Wem, ago

Expressing emotions

Are we really separate?

20th century man was adamant that each person is an island and we live our lives in separateness.  In the 21st century we have started to challenge this idea.

Think what it is like to be in a room with a person who is angry or disapproving of you.  It is an uncomfortable place.  You can feel their anger without them even saying a word.  Emotions, especially strong ones, create an aura of energy around the person which you can feel and some people can see.  If we can create and project energy with our minds that others can feel and read, we are not discreet and separate. read more

By Alison Wem, ago

Joy – the happiness that comes from within

Happiness, joy and bliss are different states of being. Happiness is often fleeting. Moments of it come and go with no control from us but brought on by an exceptionally beautiful view, a good meal, great company etc. All are external factors. Joy comes from within ourselves and can be sustained. Bliss is the next step which is available to us all but few attain.

Joy, the happiness that comes from within by Osho. He talks with humour about attaining joy and bliss. It is a thought provoking read. I found I read a few chapters, then stopped to consider the ideas. Then I read some more chapters. Text inserts of key ideas were good for reminding me of the concepts I had already read about. read more

By alisoneholloway7@gmail.com, ago

Emotions conveyed through art

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Mark Rothko (1903 – 1970) – modern painter extraordinaire Here is a sample of Mark Rothko’s paintings published by the National Gallery, UK in a 2015 calendar.  Some would say that Rothko’s paintings are too simplistic and anyone could create them. While working at Christies the Art Auction House an art expert said to me, a painting is beautiful not because …

of the exquisite execution of the painting by the artist, but by the emotions it evokes in the beholder of the art.  Rothko’s extraordinary achievement was the communication of tragedy and elation through forms reduced to their starkest simplicity – often times a pair of rectangles.  At a Rothko exhibition in the Tate Modern, London I could definitely feel the difference between his earlier brighter paintings and his later darker ones.  They had a whole room of his later paintings but it felt heavy and depressing.  I did not want to linger in the room. read more

By alisoneholloway7@gmail.com, ago

Hope

Hope is a powerful emotion.

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We connect with the universe through our emotions.  Hope of survival, a better life, finding love all bring us strength to keep moving forward.  It is said that in times of war or crisis those who retain hope have a greater probability of surviving.  I believe that it is the emotion of hope that taps us into the universal energy which is all around us.  From this energy we are given strength and capabilities to help us to survive.  We just need to ask for it. read more

By alisoneholloway7@gmail.com, ago