Divinised emotions are good for you : Swami Chinmayananda
30/07/2019 Emotions exercise great power and influence over our thoughts and actions. Negative emotions cause agitation, unrest, conflict, struggle, and frustration, resulting in unhappiness. Positive emotions, on the other hand, evoke feelings of calm, peace, happiness and harmony. They make us feel elevated. Love, a positive emotion, makes us feel good. When we are close, there is no need to shout. Have you seen two people in love sitting together, two close friends having a chat, or a mother caressing her child ? They all speak softly; they also speak the same language of love. When we pray to God with devotion, when there is complete positive identification, there is silent communion. Seminars on how to develop positive thinking, attitudes, and emotions are very popular today. We are told, “Fill your heart with love !” But the problem still remains. This is because we separate our thoughts into positive and negative. We want to eliminate the negative and cultivate positive em