This thing we call life is but a school, a training ground, a place of learning.

But, a training ground for what? What exactly are we learning?  What are the tests? Is there an exam? How will I know when I’m finished? All perfectly normal questions.

Yet there is no set course work, no rules, no right or wrong answers – the whole thing is simply about inner growth and understanding.

This growth and understanding is in the form of emotions. As we experience the emotions and balance them out so we grow. All 7 billion of us

So how do we know when we have got there? My guide answered that with one word

ღ contentment ღ

an emotional state where you are at one within yourself

Its an energy state to which we will all go back to – how we all link together in harmony back at source.

We all know we arrive here with a contract signed and a guide to guide us. A gate keeper to protect us and parents to to help start the journey. But the clarity comes when you understand that the list of lessons you have on your contract is not physical things – they are a list of emotions.

Emotions are our lessons

And emotions come from your interactions and reactions with others –  how we handle those emotions are our tests and once through them, we examine ourselves. Once we have examined and understood: we grow.

If we have not grown enough to balance that emotion, then it repeats. And if that happens, and we are cleaver enough, we learn to handle it in a different way and hopefully balance it out so we do not have to go through the  repeat process again.

Be it sorrow, joy, hate, betrayal, misunderstanding, messy love, respect, mourning, euphoria…. the list goes on and on (see below) balance is possible and is the key to contentment.

But remember you are only one bit of the interaction –  its not just about other people doing this to you – we will all break hearts, bring joy, upset people, mistrust, bring love etc

Remember everyone crosses  paths for a reason, season or life time, you may not know or understand them all as they happen, and you may never until your life review but every single person you have met so far on your journey – this journey life – has shaped you – has created things within you – emotions – thoughts – all these make you the person you are today. And likewise everyone you have met – you have helped shape them, you have given them thoughts and feelings too – you helped make them the person they are today. So be mindful of those around you and not only how they effect you, but how you effect them.

We will all go through issues, drama, proud moments, happy moments, sad moments- moments when we feel alive and moments when we feel we will never live again – yet its all living – its all learning – its all growth. So when your at the end of your wits and in a place you feel you will never return from – go and sit in a public place and watch the people around you – switch off from your thoughts – sit and observe – know that every singe person who walks past you carries a big deep sorry within them and big joys – how they handled the stages of that story is their journey, their emotions, their lessons – how you handle yours; is your story and thus your lesson – but just beware everyone is learning, everyone is growing, everyone is on a journey we call life….

Tee ღ

 

List of emotions

Robert Plutchik’s theory says that the eight basic emotions are:

• Fear → feeling afraid. Other words are terror (strong fear), shock, phobia
• Anger → feeling angry. A stronger word is rage.
• Sadness → feeling sad. Other words are sorrow, grief (a stronger feeling, for example when someone has died) or depression(feeling sad for a long time). Some people think depression is a different emotion.
• Joy → feeling happy. Other words are happiness, gladness.
• Disgust → feeling something is wrong or dirty
• Trust → a positive emotion; admiration is stronger; acceptance is weaker
• Anticipation → in the sense of looking forward positively to something which is going to happen. Expectation is more neutral.
• Surprise → how one feels when something unexpected happens

Book Two of Aristotle’s “Rhetoric”

This theory says that the emotions are:

• Anger, opposite calmness (not feeling excited).
• Friendship, opposite enmity (feeling hate)
• Fear, opposite courage (having no fear)
• Shame, opposite confidence (shame: how one feels about one’s past bad actions or thoughts; shamelessness: one does not feel shame, but others think one should.)
• Kindness (benevolence), opposite cruelty  (kindness: when people are good to other people)
• Pity (when people feel sorry for other people)
• Indignation (feeling angry because something is not fair, such as undeserved bad fortune)
• Envy, jealous (pain when people have something that one wishes for oneself)
• Love, a strong emotion of attachment one feels for someone else. Ranges to family, pets, friends, boyfriend/girlfriend/wife/husband.

The engineered language Lojban

This constructed language has words showing these emotions:

• Simple emotions
  • discovery – anger
  • envy – no surprise – expectation
  • wonder – surprise – commonplace
  • happiness – sadness
  • amusement – weariness
  • courage – timidity – cowardice
  • pity – cruelty

• Complex emotions
  • pride – modesty- shame
  • closeness – detachment – distance
  • complaint/pain – doing average – pleasure
  • caution – boldness – rashness
  • patience – mere tolerance – anger
  • relaxation – composure – stress
  • envy – goodwill
• Pure emotions
  • fear – nervousness – security
  • togetherness – privacy
  • respect – disrespect
  • appreciation – envy
  • love – no love lost – hatred
  • hope – despair
  • confusion – being confused

Feelings and Emotions Vocabulary Word List

A

acceptance admiration adoration affection afraid agitation

agreeable aggressive aggravation agony alarm

alienation amazement amusement anger angry

anguish annoyance anticipation anxiety apprehension

assertive assured astonishment attachment attraction awe

B

beleaguered bewitched

bitterness

bliss

blue

boredom

C

calculating calm capricious

caring cautious charmed cheerful

closeness compassion complacent compliant

composed contempt conceited concerned

content contentment crabby crazed

crazy cross cruel

D

defeated defiance delighted dependence

depressed desire disappointment disapproval

discontent disenchanted disgust disillusioned

dislike dismay displeasure dissatisfied

distraction distress disturbed dread

E

eager earnest easy-going ecstasy ecstatic

elation embarrassment emotion emotional enamored

enchanted enjoyment enraged enraptured enthralled

enthusiasm envious envy equanimity euphoria

exasperation excited exhausted extroverted exuberant

F

fascinated fatalistic fear

fearful ferocity flummoxed

flustered fondness fright

frightened frustration

furious fury

G

generous glad gloating

gloomy glum

greedy grief

grim grouchy

grumpy guilt

H

happiness happy

harried homesick

hopeless horror

hostility humiliation

hurt hysteria

I

infatuated insecurity

insulted interested

introverted

irritation isolation

J

jaded jealous

jittery jolliness

jolly joviality

jubilation

joy

K

keen

kind

kindhearted

kindly

L

laid back lazy

like liking

loathing lonely

longing loneliness

love lulled lust

M

mad

merry

misery

modesty

mortification

N

naughty

neediness

neglected

nervous

nirvana

O

open

optimism

ornery

outgoing

outrage

P

panic passion passive

peaceful pensive

pessimism pity

placid pleased

pride proud pushy

Q

quarrelsome

queasy

querulous

quick-witted

quiet

quirky

R

rage rapture

rejection relief

relieved remorse

repentance resentment

resigned revulsion roused

S

sad sadness sarcastic sardonic satisfaction

scared scorn self-assured self-congratulatory self-satisfied sentimentality

serenity shame shock smug sorrow

sorry spellbound spite stingy stoical stressed

subdued submission suffering surprise sympathy

T

tenderness tense

terror threatening

thrill timidity

torment tranquil

triumphant trust

U

uncomfortable

unhappiness

unhappy

upset

V

vain

vanity

venal

vengeful vexed

vigilance

vivacious

W

wary watchfulness

weariness weary

woe wonder

worried wrathful

Z

zeal

zest