We MUST Express Our Feelings

“Take a deeper cut,” says a man connected to his heart..

Greenfield realizes that no matter how good he feels this week — how accomplished, how connected, how positive — that he must now face the cliff of vulnerability.

He knows that this man sits upon his shoulder, whispering to release feelings that he harbors in his depths.

Feeling joyous and peaceful and cold, Greenfield takes a breathe, connects to his source, and allows his armor to be closeted for a moment — his heart set free and exposed to the elements of life.

Greenfield begins to weep. And only a small slice of the pie of tears is sadness.

This is only one example of what I move through when I sit in a circle of humans willing to honor the emotional life inside. Only by releasing what we cling to (in order to protect ourselves), can we fully explore what it means when the French Jesuit philosopher Pierre Teilhard de Chardin said:

“We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.”

The cost / reward of having this human experience is this practice of feeling what we feel. If we do not feel what needs to be felt, we can cause a growth inside us that can block us from a deeper connection to the present moment and the meaning of our living. We are truly spiritual Iexpressions when we lean into the unshakeable power of our feelings. There is a presence that feel when I am not lost, but finding my way through a feeling. That presence, for lack of a better word, is source. That is the source of all the power that makes me ‘alive.’ In my aliveness I am truly honoring not just my feelings and the spiritual being I am, but I honor all those beautiful humans I have lost AND all those beautiful humans THEY have lost. It is an honoring of my predecessors.

“What is not ex-pressed, is de-pressed.” ~ Mark Nepo

Consider this:
Your feelings (even the ones that feel like they might break you) might be the exact medicine you need in order to heal.
Expression is an act of love. It is an act of grief. And grief is a powerful and ancient medicine.

I am here to support you on extracting the medicine from your grief. Whenever you feel called to this work, I will be here for you.

Jonathan Greenfield, Heartspace Hero