Why Your Emotions Matter
Emotions are not here to harm us. They are here to guide us.
Emotions form the building blocks of consciousness, acting as crucial drivers of our intuition and signaling important needs within our bodies. However, this does not mean they are meant to control us or dictate our behaviours. Think of them as friendly passenger-side navigators that just want us to arrive home safely, who don’t always express their intentions as directly as we’d like. We must be patient with them, and learn to interpret their meanings with the best understanding we can, otherwise we can miss their signals and get lost, finding ourselves in a near-hopeless state, wandering aimlessly through desolate streets.
We must learn to listen and honor them, always. But this does not mean we obey their every impulse.
Because, often, their directions are not designed to lead us where we think they are leading us, at first glance. Have you every been irritable and snapped at someone nearby for a simple miscommunication or harmless mistake? You might assume this emotion originally stemmed from your annoyance with said person, when in reality it was more likely your mind-body reminding you that skipped breakfast, or that you are stressed about an upcoming obligation. That irritability was actually trying to tell you that you need some self-care in the form of a nutritious meal or relaxation ritual.
Emotions are the energetic expressions of messages sent from our bodies, souls and Spirit. Our emotions assign meaning to our lived experiences, shape our memories and define eras of our existence.
Every emotion, whether you choose to assign it “positive” or “negative” traits, contains vital information about what our bodies, minds and souls need for us to grow and stay safe.
In today’s world, we are incessantly bombarded by stimuli that our psyches were never designed to deal with. We are systematically encouraged to numb our emotions, to question their validity and to resist processing them in healthy ways. Our collective lack of emotional literacy impacts every facet of our personal lives and individual perspectives. This ignorance impacts our relationship to ourSelves as well with others, our understanding of the external world and our own inner world, the psyche.
In school, we are taught algebra, geometry and geography. We are not taught how to identify, process or understand our emotions.
Our mission is to unlock the omnipotent, omnipresent wisdom given to us by our Creator through the gift of our emotions.
In our digital archives as well as our upcoming Emotions Oracle deck, you will discover how a broad range of emotions are expressed as sensations in the mind and body, how to work with (instead of against) your emotions via somatic healing exercises, and how to utilize the unique energy of each emotion to your advantage. We provide thoughtful insights to reflect on as you begin to understand the underlying purpose your emotions serve towards your greater personal development, and provide rituals to help you release challenging or unwanted emotional energies.
The Emotions Oracle deck is our way of advocating for emotional literacy, because understanding how to work with instead of against our emotions is a crucial part of humanity’s evolution and socio-cultural progression.
Through our resources, we are creating an accessible and entertaining resource for the global community to learn about the intricacies of their own emotional spectrum and how to engage with them healthily, holistically and intentionally.
Every emotion has a purpose. They act as signposts guiding us down our paths towards self-actualization and the fulfillment of our Life's highest purpose. Emotions Oracle aims to help you visualize a map of your own inner world, and shows you how to read the directions your emotions lay out for you.
