re: deep sadness

[Guest guest]

> I hope this is a useful contribution to this discussion about

sadness. It is only when

> we judge that we judge sadness to be a "bad" emotion or even

painful. I understand

> that this may sound unusual and not reflect your experience of

sadness at the

> present time but I have learned through my own experience that it

is the struggle

> against sadness - and the judgement of sadness as bad - that makes

it a painful

> experience. I share this with you in the hope that it helps ease

your pain and to make

> peace with sadness.

> None of our emotions are good or bad...they just are. It is when

we impose judgment

> upon them and struggle against them that we experience them as

painful. (Also

> sometimes sadness can be accompanied by anger which when turned in

upon

> ourselves is always painful.) Sadness is a profound emotion, it

connects us with all of

> humanity in a compassionate embrace. If emotion is the sun and the

sky, sadness is

> the ocean and it's depths. Both contain profound beauty, both

contribute to growth.

> Sadness is the sister emotion of joy...without sadness there would

be no joy, just as

> without the light there would be no shadow.

> I have found that when I sit with my sadness without judgement or

struggle,

> honouring it as the communication from my soul that it is, that it

can disclose to me

> the deepest and most profound desires and needs of my soul. It can

be a profoundly

> cleansing experience, our tears can wash away the cobwebs from our

soul and

> connect us with our deepest selves and allow us to be

compassionate not only with

> ourselves but with all living things. I hope this sharing of my

experience and what I

> have learned is useful for others on this list

> peace and love

> ovasoul