We need courage to face our negative emotions

Paulo Coelho wrote:"To heal our wounds, we need courage to face them."
I would say, in the context of The Emotion Code: "To release our negative emotions, we need courage to face them"


Let us start by looking at the definition of courage: the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, pain, etc.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English corage  < Old French,  equivalent to cuer  heart (< Latin cor; see heart) + -age -age  It is interesting to notice that is comes from "cor" in Latin  (coeur in French), which is heart. So courage comes from the heart.

My experience so far, working with The Emotion Code, on myself and many others is that I completely agree with Paulo Coelho that it takes courage to face our wounds. I also agree that without facing them, they cannot be healed. What is not faced, stays in the dark, so, in theory, it does not exist. When we are in denial about anything, that issue will stay unresolved until it is brought into the open.

I assume that this is the reason why, in the Twelve Step groups, the first step toward recovery is the admission of the problem. The problem has to be owned in order to be move out.

Let me give a practical example: let's say someone decides to move away and has the men come to put their belongings on a truck. Let's also say that another family is moving right next door to them and there is stuff out on the lawn that could belong to either families. The movers then ask one family: "Is this yours?" Why would they ask? Well, if it is not theirs, the particular piece of furniture cannot be moved,

the other owner has to have it moved. Why? because "it's his".

Exactly the same goes for emotional clearing. An emotion cannot be released if the "owner" (that is you and me) does not own up to it and says, for example, "anger? what anger? that does not belong to me, I am not an angry person..." Obviously, in this case, even if his family and the whole neighborhood say he is an angry person, unless the man admits it, he can never separate from it. As far as it goes, he believes he does not have it. Something you don't have cannot be eliminated. Theoretically, it does not exist.

So to get rid of unwanted stuff, even emotional stuff, the first order of the day is to own up to it. Then, and only then can it be moved.

During an Emotion Code session, through muscle testing--either in person or by proxy- emotions are identified. Through muscle testing, we tap into the subconscious mind and ask which emotion (of the list of 60) is related to a certain condition the client has.

For example: let's say Joe is suffering from panic attacks. How a session goes is the practitioner first asks:"Are there any trapped emotions related to Joe's panic attacks?" then asks "What negative trapped emotions are causing Joe's panic attacks?" Let's say anxiety is identified first. The practitioner then asks Joe if this makes sense. If Joe says "yes', absolutely" then the practitioner can then release that emotion. Or, in case Joe does the session on himself, he will do it.

But if Joe says: "No, no way, I never, ever feel anxious...don't know what you're talking about..." then the practitioner-or Joe himself- cannot release that one. Again, one cannot release what is not owned.

It takes courage to face the fact that anxiety, shame, guilt...(etc) may be present in our energy body, in our subconscious. It takes courage to say :"Yes, I feel shame and guilt" Once this is done though, the next step is: "Alright, let's move it out". All that is needed is an admittance of ownership, then it can be released.

It is really that simple. From the client's perspective, it may not be that simple to overcome fear. Fear is what is holding us back. "Fear of what?" you may ask? Fear of confronting the monsters in our own heart/conscious and subconscious minds. But remember those monsters have only power when they are kept in the dark. Once the door is open and the light is shown, they perish. As long as we keep the door tightly shut out of fear of what is inside, they will continue to act up and ruin our lives internally.

Whose fault is that? A favorite question many always have. Well, it's yours and mine. It's the owner's. "The man in the mirror", it's you and me.

So let's have the courage to face the truth. We don't have to slay dragons, or go to a far off country fighting a war, all we have to do is admit ownership to those negative emotions. There is nothing to it but to do it. The rewards are great, lives are changes, transformation takes place when those negative emotions are released--thanks to YOU. You had the courage to do it. Congratulations!

© Doris Crompton