The Power of Emotion

Overview

Our emotions can bring us great happiness, but they can also lead us astray. They often seem to have a mind of their own. Why do the negative emotions we would like to discard persist, and how can understanding where our emotions come from help us manage them, so they serve us instead of controlling us? How does the ego block our joy, and what can we do about it? Swami Rama answers these questions and more as he shines a light into our emotional underworld, helps us recognize our own unique beauty, and illuminates a path to greater creativity and joy.

4-Part Series

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Understanding Our Emotional Power

Beneath your thinking process lies something even deeper than thoughts—the power of emotion. In your daily life, among your friends and family, both at home and at work, you sometimes realize, or others tell you,...

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Using Emotional Power to Be Creative & Happy

From where do the six streams of emotion—desire, anger, pride, attachment, greed, and the sense of I-am-ness—come? They must flow from someplace, since they are not the result of your divine nature. This is an...

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Ego: Barrier to Joy

The next and sixth major stream of emotion is ahamkara, the sense of I-am-ness. This is the faculty of the mind which you have constantly been adoring, revering, and worshipping—the ego. This little “I,” which...