Controlling Emotions

These five steps help keep check on our emotions.

1. Awareness - Being aware of the emergence of the finest of emotions which if unchecked lead to irritation ,to frustration, to anger, to rage. In other words.. Yes "the storm is about to set in".
2. Acknowledge - Understand and acknowledge the emotion, be responsible for its emergence.
3. Acceptance - Accept the presence of the emotion without resisting it. Resistence helps the emotion grow stronger and spring up later like a volcanic eruption..
4. Ascend - Take a deep breath.. Slowly exhale..Detach from the emotion and it's source. Observe the emotion lose power and dissolve.
5. Attune - Return to the inner centre of peace and bliss.