Emotional Wellness

Emotional Wellness
Transforming Fear, Anger, and Jealousy into Creative Energy
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How do we reconcile our need to express our emotions with our desire to get along with others? Far too often we find ourselves trapped in this dilemma of "expression" versus "repression." We fear that by expressing our true feelings, we will hurt and alienate those close to us. But by repressing our emotions – even in the benevolent guise of "self-control" – we only risk hurting ourselves.

Here, Osho provides a practical and comprehensive approach to dealing with this conflict effectively. Emotional Wellness leads us to understand the roots of our emotions, to respond to situations in a way that can teach us more about ourselves and others, and to navigate life’s inevitable ups and downs with greater confidence and equilibrium.

Includes:
o The impact that fear, anger, and jealousy have on our lives
o How emotions like guilt, insecurity, and fear are used to manipulate us
o How to break out of unhealthy patterns of dealing with strong emotions
o How to transform destructive emotions into creative energy
o The role of society and culture on our individual emotional "styles"
Chapter Titles
    #Part I- 1: Understanding the Nature of Emotions
    #2: First Things First The Mechanics of the Mind
    #3: Repression and Control – the Roots of Emotional Conditioning
    #4: Big Boys Dont Cry, Nice Girls Dont Shout – Varieties of Emotional Expression
    #5: Emotions and the Body
    #6: From Head to Heart to Being – a Journey Back to the Center
    #PART II- 7 : Emotional Wellness - Reclaiming Our Inner Harmony
    #8: Begin with Acceptance
    #9: Anger, Sadness and Depression - Branches of the Same Tree
    #10: Understanding the Roots of Jealousy
    #12: From Fear to Love
    #Part III - 13: Watchfulness – the Key to Transformation
    #14: Create a Little Distance
    #15: Suppression or Transformation – the Freedom of Being Human
    #16: Thought, Feeling, Action – Understanding Your type
    #17: Cloud Watching – Observer and Observed
    #18: Meditations and Exercises for Transformation

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Osho sets out clearly, with compassion and humor, his insight and understanding of where emotions come from, and how to use that energy in creative ways.

Excerpt from: Emotional Wellness
"Emotions cannot be permanent. That’s why they are called "emotions"– the word comes from "motion,"movement. They move; hence, they are ‘emotions.’ From one to another you continually change. This moment you are sad, that moment you are happy; this moment you are angry, that moment you are compassionate. This moment you are loving, another moment full of hatred; the morning was beautiful, the evening is ugly. And this goes on. This cannot be your nature, because behind all these changes something is needed like a thread that holds all of them together. Just as in a garland you see flowers, you don’t see the thread, but the thread is what is holding all the flowers, in the same way these emotions are all flowers. Sometimes anger flowers, sometimes happiness, sometimes pain sometimes anguish. But these are all flowers, and your whole life is the garland. There must be thread; otherwise you would have fallen apart long ago. You continue as an entity – so what is the thread, the polestar? What is permanent in you?" Osho

Details
Osho sets out clearly, with compassion and humor, his insight and understanding of where emotions come from, and how to use that energy in creative ways.

Excerpt from: Emotional Wellness
"Emotions cannot be permanent. That’s why they are called "emotions"– the word comes from "motion,"movement. They move; hence, they are ‘emotions.’ From one to another you continually change. This moment you are sad, that moment you are happy; this moment you are angry, that moment you are compassionate. This moment you are loving, another moment full of hatred; the morning was beautiful, the evening is ugly. And this goes on. This cannot be your nature, because behind all these changes something is needed like a thread that holds all of them together. Just as in a garland you see flowers, you don’t see the thread, but the thread is what is holding all the flowers, in the same way these emotions are all flowers. Sometimes anger flowers, sometimes happiness, sometimes pain sometimes anguish. But these are all flowers, and your whole life is the garland. There must be thread; otherwise you would have fallen apart long ago. You continue as an entity – so what is the thread, the polestar? What is permanent in you?" Osho

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More Information
Type    Compilations
Publisher    Random House / Harmony
ISBN    030733788X
ISBN-13    978-0307337887
Dimensions (size)    6.5 x 1 x 9.5 inches
Number of Pages    304