The Emotional Filing Cabinet

Ignoring our emotions and the repercussions

When we don't deal with the things that hurt us, we are essentially stuffing our emotions away for the future.  These emotions will at some point have to be dealt with.  We can ignore them for a while, but eventually carrying these emotions around will take a toll on our body.  These emotions will manifest themselves as a problem in our body whether physically, spiritually or emotionally.  I picture these emotions as a bulging filing cabinet.  Filled and stuffed to the brim with so many negative emotions that the drawers can no longer be shut.  The files inside are messy, unkempt and disorganized because we have tried to avoid dealing with them.  Inside the files, we have crammed the hurts and offenses from the past that have happened to us throughout the years.  For a while, we are able to file these things away and try to forget about them.  But the subconscious mind knows that they are there.  If we are honest, we also know that these things are there and that they affect us. 

These emotions affect our personality, our choices and our relationships.  If we are carrying hurt from the past, we no longer have the ability to trust as we once did.  If we have had past trauma, we may be overly cautious to the point that we cannot enjoy ourselves because fear is our master.  When we repeat negative patterns in our life, sometimes we do not understand why.  But the past emotions are affecting our decision making and the way that we are living now.  When we work with the subconscious mind, we are able to release these emotions and allow the energy in our body to flow freely.  This allows healing emotionally and it also allows the weight of these past hurts and offenses to be lifted.  Essentially we are clearing out the past clutter and giving the body clear space to operate in a more efficient way.  Working on our emotional healing is just as important as working on our physical fitness.  And our body's filing cabinet needs to be used for holding important information, rather than be used to hold on to the past things that no longer serve us.