UNDERSTANDING EMOTIONS Swami Tejomayananda -- 7

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7. Love, on the other hand, always brings proximity and closeness.

When we are close, there is no need to shout. Have you seen two

people in love sitting, two close friends having a chat, or a mother

caressing her child? They all speak softly. Furthermore when we pray

to God with devotion, our heart just whispers and total silence

follows. For when there is full identification, no words are needed;

there is communion without words. We know that love is a positive

emotion and hatred is negative. The emotion of love integrates and

binds people together, while hatred is destructive and creates

separation.

 

Nowadays, there are many seminars on how to develop positive

thinking, positive attitudes, and positive emotions. Speakers at

these seminars will advocate cultivating positive emotions and

eliminating the negative ones. A frequent example used is a glass

half-filled or half-empty. There is a story about a person who

attended one of these conferences and became quite angry. He walked

to the cars parked out side, and released air from the tyres, just

half way; he did not take out the air completely. As people were

coming out they were feeling very positive until they saw their cars.

At that moment the person who had meddled with the tyres yelled at

them from the parking lot, " Remember, be positive, the tyres are

still half-filled! " Imagine their emotions at that time!