Some of us feel feelings intensely. This can lead to our being labeled hypersensitive. Others of us may not usually feel feelings intensely and this can lead to us being labeled insensitive or shut down. Individually and usually each of us can find ourselves somewhere along this continuum. Life events happen where we find ourselves feeling intense feelings either regularly or occasionally. Feelings are a part of living. It’s not uncommon for clients to tell me that they just want to be happy. This is not an indication that there is something wrong with them so much as an indication that they haven’t learned how to be with feelings, especially strong feelings.
There are no such thing as bad feelings. In fact some of us struggle with being able to tolerate so-called good feelings. In The Sedona Method we have a list of feelings that starts with apathy, goes on to grief, then fear, then lust, then anger then pride. the last three feelings on the list are courage, acceptance and peace. Apathy is not a bad feeling so much as a slow frequency feeling. There is a slower frequency of energy in apathy than in the other feelings on the list. Each feeling has a higher frequency of energy as we move along this list of possible feelings. And we can find ourselves feeling more than one feeling at a time.
We call them feelings because we feel these energies in different parts of the bodies, from slower to faster frequencies. The frequencies of energy are experienced as sensations in the different locations in the body. Each feeling by itself can a varying intensity of sensation as indicated feeling perhaps mildly sad to extremely sad.
While letting go or releasing is a hallmark of The Sedona Method a big part of The Sedona Method is practicing and learning how to tolerate and process extreme or intense feelings. Once we learn how to do this we find that we are never again afraid of any feeling. This give is comfort and self-confidence as we move through life experiencing feelings that may come up for us. It gives us the courage to engage in life more fully and allows us to feel more vital energy as we do this.