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Old 01-14-2009, 06:51 PM   #10 (permalink)
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What if this terror/fear you are sensing is really joy? How do you really know it is something to be afraid of? Is it because of your dream, thoughts or do you just know?

I recently observed an emotion, which I could not differentiate between fear and excitement. This emotion was not triggered from an external event.
The experience made me question if excitement and fear are the very same emotion except the experience depends on what state we are in and how we label what we are feeling. How was it possible that I could consciously switch between the two? And are we always able to determine what it is we are feeling without the mind labelling or creating a story?

Perhaps, my questions are hard to answer when you are smack in the fear, but something to consider when you feel safer.

Meanwhile, I send you love.
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