CONVERSING THE UNCONSCIOUS
”Happiness, joy, delight, contentment, satisfaction, gratitude, euphoria, bliss, amusement, excitement, pride, love, sadness, sorrow, grief, melancholy, loneliness, despair, disappointment, heartache, regret, nostalgia, anger, rage, frustration, resentment, annoyance, irritation, indignation, fury, wrath, fear, anxiety, worry, panic, dread, nervousness, terror, apprehension, insecurity, disgust, revulsion, loathing, contempt, aversion, repulsion, nausea, surprise, astonishment, amazement, wonder, confusion, disbelief, infatuation, admiration, tenderness, fondness, devotion, warmth, compassion, guilt, shame, remorse, regret, humiliation, embarrassment, self-reproach, disgrace, hope, optimism, anticipation, confidence, enthusiasm, inspiration, aspiration, despair, hopelessness, dejection, despondency, powerlessness, resignation, palm, peacefulness, serenity, tranquility, contentment, relief, mindfulness, jealousy, envy, covetousness, resentment, bitterness, possessiveness, confusion, uncertainty, doubt, perplexity, ambivalence, hesitation, boredom, apathy, indifference, monotony, listlessness, ennui, disengagement, euphoria, mania, exhilaration, ecstasy, jubilation, overexcitement, longing, nostalgia, yearning, wistfulness, homesickness, saudade, empowerment, confidence, assurance, self-worth, assertiveness, courage, alienation, loneliness, isolation, detachment, estrangement, abandonment, awe, transcendence, emptiness, futility, absurdity.” Basic Emotions Paul Ekman
The japanese philosophy Zen found out about life, how to live. Be friends with your unconscious and practice balans were the keys. Zen teaches a technique of fusing conscious mind with the unconscious. It takes some years to practice properly, but you gain inner tranquility and far better judgment. Zen’s famous round symbol with an S dividing the circle into two black and white for ever dancing fishlike forms, Yin and Yang symbolizes the two fundamental forces of life. An inverted dot in each of the forms expresses the ubiquitous ever present exception to the rule.
Zen is deep and subtle and premiers direct wordless experience as well as simplicity and naturalness. Also openness, curiosity with no preconceptions. To practice Zen is to be. To exist.
This practice of fusing consciousness with the unconscious parts of your mind nurture a mental sensibility necessary for being at rest with oneself and encourage creativity.
To be continued..