Feelings

Emotional sea level

Andrew Weil, USA

(Submitted by Charlene Beck, USA)

It is perfectly normal to experience "the blues," just as it is perfectly normal to experience joy and bliss. Optimizing emotional well-being means gaining greater control of the variability of moods, damping the oscillations, enjoying the rewards of the midpoint. It also means not shutting down that dynamic variability, not getting emotionally stuck.

Feelings

Lama Thubten Yeshe, Tibet

(Submitted by The Art of Living Team)

We often suffer from strong desire or craving for something. This follows from uncontrolled “happy” feelings experienced in relation to the object. When such feelings arise, you have to check up and see clearly what is happening. It is very important to investigate why these happy feelings produce the uneasiness of craving and desire.

Limited ways

Jim Morrison, USA

(Submitted by Jamie Frank, USA)

If my poetry aims to achieve anything, it’s to deliver people from the limited ways in which they see and feel.

My Sanctuary

(Submitted by Mark Singer, USA)

Part of a personal and universal story, told in art, of P. Patten's journey from low self-esteem and dissociation (resulting from childhood trauma), to self-exploration of her inner universe, to the healing process from deep inside this universe via a profound spiritual self-discovery: the discovery of one's divine identity.

The painting show's P. Patten's safe place, her 'sanctuary'.

Kvetching

Barbara Held, USA

(Submitted by the author)

Many Americans insist that everyone have a positive attitude, even when the going gets rough. From the self-help bookshelves to the Complaint-Free World movement, the power of positive thinking is touted now more than ever as the way to be happy, healthy, wealthy, and wise.