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Originally Posted by axelg  As a meditator and reiki healer I'm definitely for emotional healing. Liberation from anxiety and depression doesn't come easily, but when it does, it's truly life-changing. Even a small shift (improvement) can have a very positive effect on one's life. Now, where does the fire come into the picture? I'm not talking about the heat or fire element, but about the potential risks involved in facing one's unpleasant emotions. Normally, we do whatever we can to avoid our unpleasant emotions - this is our nature. Facing the unpleasant emotions triggers deeply-rooted fears which at first can be totally overwhelming, however, with time and practice you will gradually grow used to it.
My main point is that emotional healing requires a certain degree of guidance from someone with the right experience. Anyhow, who would let a 3-year old play with fire? |
I think the main point could be that when someone starts healing, it also unravels the suppressed whatevers that needs healing. That emotional healing is about bringing up your "stuff" and looking at it as part of you, for whatever reasons. Well, not for whatever reasons, but for reasons that doesn't blame anyone, even yourself. That shadow self stuff again.
Avoiding the unpleasant emotions is exactly what makes the emotions unpleasant.