Emotional
Release
Introduction
Take a look around you. How many happy, contented people do you see? Why is it that society is rife with anger, violence, pain and all manner of hurts? Perhaps it is because we are merely expressing the end results of pent-up and unresolved emotions.
Since 1989 I have been helping people release their issues in a safe and effective manner, through an Australian process called Energy Movement (EMTM). In early 2005 I changed the name to ZennaE* as a natural progression and broke away from the "parent company". In other words - evolution.
Then it became necessary to change the names around once again. This time to overcome technicalities surrounding the choice of those names that I was blissfully unaware when I originally made those changes. You can find out more in the latest news section.
Over the years I have seen an endless parade of people walk out of my door after a session feeling a lot better about themselves. What's more, their lives were permanently changed - always for the better, I should point out. So how was this seemingly instantaneous transition achieved?
What did I do to them, or what did they do to themselves that created this transformation?
This primer will help explain the principles at work and hopefully dispel some of the myths that others might have (unintentionally) perpetrated in the past.
Why emotions?
The first point to note is that emotions are a natural part of ourselves. It is through our feelings that we mostly experience life on Planet Earth. Now, you may very well come straight back at me and say that you have your emotions firmly under control and they cause you no pain or concern. To which I reply - that is an illusion! It is when you suppress the emotional part of yourself that you unconsciously act out the issues (e.g. relationship difficulties, struggle, hate, etc), rather than letting them be an open part of yourself.
Take Joe for example. Joe is known for his violent temper. He seems to end up in a fight wherever he goes and alcohol only makes things worse. Through the years, he has seen all his family and friends abandon him. He now has no job - and no prospect of one, either. To make matters worse, his health is failing and he has a long list of illnesses and addictions. Joe has become a very bitter man. Yet all this time, Joe acts out his life as though this situation could have happened to anyone. Joe is quite philosophical about his problems, but unrepentant. Joe has not yet realised the connection between his misery and his anger. We will continue his story shortly.
Lessons
From a spiritual perspective, we are all here on Planet Earth to learn our lessons.
That's right - L E S S O N S. You chose your unique set of lessons before you were born; you also set up all the necessary conditions and opportunities to make them manifest. However, you did not set up any outcomes! The reason will become apparent shortly. At the moment of conception, a part of the immortal You attached itself to the physical world. That tiny being instantly became aware of the emotions of the surrounding people. You were particularly sensitive to Mother and her moment-by-moment feelings. All through the pregnancy, you felt the world around you, even though it was (as yet) inaccessible. So whatever Mother felt - anger, sadness, anxiety, so too did baby. The growing infant then experienced its own feelings and thoughts, helped by those feelings outside of the womb. Throughout the pregnancy, you largely took on the feelings expressed by Mother and the world around you.
From the moment of conception, through to just past puberty, children take on the feelings of the world-at-large, as well as generating their own, through personal experiences. You only accepted into your persona whatever feelings a deeper part of yourself deemed appropriate.
Life experiences will always provide the necessary situations and people to assist you with your lessons. This process is vital because you do not bring directly with you into life the energy of the lessons you have come to learn. An incoming Soul does not (and cannot) load itself down with anger or misery prior to conception. So it creates everything it needs after conception.
In other words, you absorbed into yourself only those feelings your lessons required. Mind you, there are numerous other factors at work, but this primer is not concerned with those. Suffice to say that your emotions are an integral part of your lessons. Though you may deny or reject your emotions, they are still very much a part of you. WHEN YOUR EMOTIONS ARE BLOCKED, YOU ARE A VICTIM OF YOUR FEELINGS, simply because of the power they hold over you. Your emotions, at any time, and in every possible way, are perfectly capable of driving you headlong into abject misery.
Returning to the story of Joe. Remember that Joe was in denial. Yet, he also aware of his anger, and he was aware of his growing health problems. Consider, as a possibility, that before Joe was born, he chose this lifestyle. He chose the path of anger, addictions and pain. Sounds scary, doesn't it? And this story could easily end with his premature death. Death through injury in a fight, death through dis-ease, death through drunkenness, etc. History would record his life as having a "tragic" end. But it need not end up like this. Stay tuned.
Free Will
As a vital part of the "lessons" concept, one very important detail must now be examined - the role of "FREE WILL". Without it, you would merely act out your life with fewer rights than a slave, and you eventually die. Your lessons would not be fulfilled or resolved if you could not exercise your choices. For it is through choice that you grow as a human being. As an example, suppose you were confronted by a stranger pillaging your house in the middle of the night. What would you do? What could you do? Your free will enables you to make a choice, and a course of action. One possibility is to confront the burglar. But you might get hurt or even killed. Or you could sneak a telephone call to the police and stay hidden. Or you just might do nothing (this is also a valid choice). Whatever you decide, you set off a unique chain of events and possibilities. After it is all over, you might review the episode and decide that a few changes are necessary. So, next day, the house takes on the appearance of a heavily secured and alarmed fortress. You have learned what it was like to be burgled, and you made absolutely sure it won't happen again! But what you may not be aware of is the anger that now resides in you. That anger will remain with you until, you die, or you release it. Sorry, but it's true. If you hold onto your anger, you could end up like Joe. What a price to pay for just being a victim of burglary! Let us not delude ourselves, this is a very real prospect. There is absolutely no Law in the universe that that says you can't raise the ante this high!
Love versus fear
On the other hand, you could feel compassion for the burglar. In so doing, you realise that in his own way, he is also a victim. Your compassion may even help him see the error of his ways. This compassion will then flow onto others. Just as whole communities join together at an energetic level to create their own realities (fear, anger etc), so too can love unite people. But there is a world of difference between those two extremes. Which brings us to an important concept - "there are only two emotions - love and fear" (Gerry Jampolsky explains this concept in greater detail in his book "Love is letting go of fear").
When you have fear in your life, you will not find love. It is as simple as that.
Examples of fear include: low vitality, depression, obsessions, addictions, poor health, suppression, loneliness, anger, misery, sadness, rigidity, struggle, grief, anxiety, obstacles and hurts of all types (whew).
On the other hand, love can manifest as: abundance, unconditional love, inner peace, strength, happiness, clarity of thought, improved health, control of your life, self-acceptance, connectedness with God, "here and now" living, relaxation, release of tension, spontaneity, zest, and an easier life.
Some people deny the fear and aim directly for love instead. This is commendable - but hard work! It is very difficult to find happiness when it is blocked by anger or grief for instance. Directly aiming for happiness without attending to the other concerns is like trying to flatten a mountain with a toothpick.
The most effective way to find love involves nothing more than letting go of whatever fear or fears are holding you back. When you release the fear, love will come in automatically - you don't even have to go looking for it. What's more, when the fear is released, it is gone from your life forever. Another important concept - think back into your own childhood. What stands out clearly in your mind? Birthday parties? Christmas? holidays? sports events you won? These were obviously happy times. As well as remembering the event in a linear time frame, you also felt the feelings of the occasion.
These can be considered positive memories. As such, they take no further part in this discussion. On the other hand, what about those other memories - the time you got beaten up by the local bully, or when you saw a shopkeeper die in a robbery? Perhaps you experienced abuse from your father or mother? The list of possibilities is endless. Now note the change within yourself when that second lot were discussed.
E-motion
Emotions are nothing more than energy in motion. There is no such thing as positive or negative energy / good or bad energy. Energy is just that - energy. It is what the energy represents that defines it as positive or negative. When you experience either type of situation, an energy form is instantaneously created representing the emotion felt within that experience. But if that (negative) emotion is not adequately dealt with at the time of the event, then the energy form attaches itself to your energetic field. For the rest of your life, or until you release it, that energy form will then play havoc with your happiness (remember Joe?). Energy forms interfere with your chakras, which effectively block your emotions, thus hiding them. So when you encounter an apparently unemotional person, you realise now that they are merely a victim of their own fears. And boy, will they have plenty! Just in case you haven't fully appreciated it, your life's purpose / lessons are enacted through your fears. Energy forms and fears are a valid part of the lessons equation.
Within each person, beneath all the charades and chicanery, there lurks a whole barrage of "bottom lines". A bottom line is merely a statement that cannot be broken down any further. It represents your BELIEF system. Examples include: love hurts, it's not OK to be me, nobody listens to me, life hurts, fear of heights (i.e. vertigo), not good enough, fear of success, fear of rejection, life's a struggle, fear of failure, I am unloved, and I don't have enough.
It is a fact that the combined wealth of the fifty richest men in the world is equal to the combined wealth of the poorest 50% of the world population. Which bottom line(s) do you think might best explain these men? Probably fear of failure, and I don't have enough. Each of the bottom lines you carry was created somewhere within your childhood. You created them because of a particular need, and that need was determined by your lessons. A lesson was created because you chose that experience as a necessary part of your own Souls' growth. Something else to ponder over - whatever happens to you in life is all part of a Divine Plan. If there wasn't a need for a particular experience, it simply wouldn't happen. Heavy stuff, huh! Don't worry, it gets easier from here on. For a more complete list of bottom lines that most people are likely to have, click here
Letting go
Fundamental to the release process is the concept of Dissipative Structures. In 1977, a Belgian physical chemist Ilya Prigogine won a Nobel Prize in chemistry with his mathematical model of a dissipative structure. A dissipative structure is any situation or condition where there is a consumption (i.e. dissipation) of energy. Prigogine uses a town and the way it works as an example. A town would take in energy in the form of fuel and supplies. It transforms that energy in factories and returns energy back to the environment in the form of products. He calls this process an open system because a continuous dissipation or consumption of energy is involved. On the other hand, a closed system does not have any transformation process. Examples would be a cup of cold coffee or a rock.
Human beings are open systems. The brain is complex, unstable and sensitive to the environment. Its requirements for energy are high compared to its size and the way it functions is characteristic of a dissipative structure. Our memories and patterns of behaviour are dissipative structures. These forms of energy are stored within ourselves and accessible through our brain. Small patterns representing minor issues (i.e. short term problems) are suppressed and have no lasting effect. Larger patterns (i.e. long term problems) cannot be contained and thus cause reactions when there are significant amounts of energy flowing.
Once activated, these older, more powerful forms of energy then reorganise into a new dissipative structure and in so doing, are automatically released. It is fair to say that unless a dissipative structure is involved, nothing really changes.
Put simply, when your energy levels are below a critical level (i.e. your day to day living) the system is stable and you express feelings of anger, sadness, anxiety etc, but that is all you do. They are not released. If you raise your energy levels high enough, the system becomes unstable. Here you get to express those same feelings, except this time they get released. The concept of dissipative structures is so basic that it has been overlooked as one of the most significant finds ever made.
This is the basis of ALL Self Transformational techniques, no matter what the actual method involved!
Further reading can be found in the book: "The Aquarian Conspiracy" by Marilyn Ferguson.
Emotional Release
Taking into account all the above concepts, here is a very brief discourse on emotional release. The techniques discussed here are just some of those I employ in my business. Here is what works for me:
In your day-to-day living, you express feelings of anger, sadness, anxiety and so on. But that is all you do - they are not released. When you raise your natural energy levels high enough (a deceptively simple process), and express those feelings once again, they get released - permanently, once-and-for-all, effectively, and instantly. So how do you raise your energy levels above this "magical" threshold? Mainly, through your breathing, and by directly accessing your chakras. This is where a second person (myself, or another Practitioner) is needed. I must point out that these techniques are potentially risky to anyone untrained in the art of emotional release. For that reason, I am keeping this part of the primer deliberately short on specifics.
When the energy levels are sufficiently high (I can reach this stage with my client in about 5 minutes) feelings are encouraged to be felt. Often it is anger that appears first. Most people (>90%) have some anger in them. Anger is always directed at someone or something. Thumping pillows and shouting are two techniques my clients use to release their anger. Both means are very effective. After that often comes sadness. In many cases, their sadness was previously blocked by anger. Therefore, the client might be not be aware of the tears just waiting to be felt. And so, onwards the session moves as issue after issue surfaces, is felt, and automatically released. If it was a particularly "heavy" session, both client and practitioner become thoroughly exhausted - but very happy.
At the end of the 90 minute session, a cup of tea and a chat allows time for energy levels to return to normal. There is nothing more dangerous (well, perhaps an exaggeration) than someone driving while still high on energy and not yet fully grounded.
Cigarette addiction
Cigarette addiction is nothing more than yet another energy form at work. I have helped large numbers of people release their addiction. And I do mean: release! No "cold turkey", no cravings, no withdrawal symptoms, no desire to start up again. Not only that but they often became aware afterwards of the stale tobacco taste in their mouths. The actual release of the addiction takes just five short minutes. Who says it's impossible? I have proved it often enough to know it does work. Here's how. Your cigarette addiction is not located in the physical body. So forget the chemical reactions and other myths that you often hear postulated. To release the energy form that is the source of the addiction, I wait until near the end of the 90 minute session - long after all the other issues have been dealt with, and then get the client to look inwardly at their solar plexus. At the same time I am working on that chakra, pushing energy into it. With their minds eye, they see a colour and possibly a shape in that region of the body (the addiction).
They then inwardly "push" the energy form down to the tips of their toes, and quite literally, squeeze it out. It is as simple as that. This movement can only happen when energy levels are sufficiently high and the energy form in question has become "activated".
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In case you find this concept hard to accept, here is one final comment that should dispel any misgivings. On more than one occasion, when the energy form left the body, the whole room instantly stunk of stale cigarettes. The smell was not there previously. Nor was it on the client's breath or in their clothing. And I do not smoke. So where did it come from, if not from the energy field of the client?
Concluding Joe's story
Joe was at a crisis point. His life was in absolute tatters and nothing made sense any more. A chance, if that be the word, encounter with an old friend finally led him to question his belief system. At long last, Joe saw what he had done to himself. It seems that his friend was into natural health and had recently set his own life in order. Joe saw how it helped his friend and now made a conscious decision to (finally) take responsibility for his life.
Two years later, Joe looks back with satisfaction at what he has achieved and all the interesting, life-changing "co-incidences" that "somehow" popped up along the journey. He knows he still has a long way to go. But one thing he is not afraid of is the prospect of shedding more tears and anger that he knows are still lurking deep within.
Conclusion
Emotional release is a highly specialised process. To be an active Practitioner, I thoroughly recommend doing the ZennaE* Training Program Level 3 or Zenna Master Level 4. The world-at-large has yet to realise the tremendous power attached to the emotions. Because of the higher purpose (i.e. the lessons) attached to these feelings, this is perhaps just as well. To release the "yuck stuff" from your emotions is a very effective short cut to working through your lessons. Not only that, but this will make your life easier, and you will definitely be better off for it. Happiness and love can now manifest abundantly!!!
Can you afford to do it? Can you afford NOT to?
