How to Feel Happiness in the Face of Collective Sorrow

When the world is shaking and there seems to be suffering everywhere we look, it's really easy to sink, to think "what's the use" and shut ourselves off from joy and beauty.

 

Experiencing our aliveness is the act of balancing the awful with the awesome, and learning to let different feelings flow through us.

 

Our emotions come from one faucet, we can't just turn off one without turning off all of them, so learning to carry opposites not only allows us to participate in life, but to also be of the highest help and service to those that need it.

 

It's possible to feel different emotions and move through them quicker by allowing them rather than embellishing or layering the sadness and dread with a story.

 

How do we learn to ride the wave of emotions? How do we balance our sorrow with joy, without feeling guilty?

 

In this episode, we talk about not just experiencing but expressing happiness when faced with misery.

 

In the file of things I can't control, there's the sub-file, which is 'I can participate and do something that can make a difference'. -Sophie Chiche 

 

Four Things You'll Learn In This Episode 

 

-Life has 2 files

When something overwhelmingly sorrowful happens, how do we categorize our feelings, and then take some form of action when we feel powerless? 

 

-Feeling (not detaching) is the most powerful thing we can do

When bad things happen in the world, why are meditation, prayer and other practices of positivity and support so important?

 

-Let the storm blow through

How do we use music and movement to let the hard feelings flow through us instead of holding them in? 

 

-Unlock your nervous system

Is it natural for us to hold onto sadness, or does the emotional sludge we create have more to do with the story we're telling ourselves?