02-03-2012, 06:50 PM
(02-02-2012, 02:12 AM)zenmaster Wrote:(01-31-2012, 12:38 PM)Diana Wrote: Without the grounding of the lower chakras and use of the throat and 3rd eye chakras, humans appear to be very unstable emotionally to the point of melodramaticAre you sure the throat and 3rd-eye chakras necessarily require use in order to provide one with emotional stability? One can actively reflect upon the day's events, discover the causes of uneasy feelings and thereby balance and further their mind-body stability. I agree that throat (honesty) helps, but I'm not sure it's required. Further, the 3rd-eye is useful for actually seeing one's role in this situation of imbalance, but I'm not sure that's required either.
I see your point. I was thinking that some wisdom was needed for balance, as well the ability to express emotion hoenstly. Without these, emotional stability seems unbalanced.
(02-02-2012, 02:12 AM)zenmaster Wrote:(01-31-2012, 12:38 PM)Diana Wrote: , with "emotional" responses not balanced with logic or discernment.Things that can be balanced tend to be complimentary or reciprocally related. Unconscious emotional reactions are generally a symptom of imbalance (due to attachment, non-acceptance, or not being present) as opposed to something which itself needs to be balanced.
Logic is use of the rational thinking (space/time) faculty which has a compliment to the rational feeling (time/space) faculty. Feeling is an evaluation which sort of orders or arranges the subject of consciousness. Discernment tends to involve both those thinking and feeling tools.
Unconscious emotional reactions are also a result of limbic brain responses and emotional addictions, as well as the attachment, non-acceptance, or not being present that you mentioned.
Discernment can derive from pure logic, but I agree that the best kind of discernment would involve both feeling and thinking.