Water and Our Emotions

Emotions are powerful and can be all consuming when we allow them. Anger, envy, jealously and fear are the ones that come to mind that are the most common ones that as humans we allow to take full control of us at times that can be detrimental to our state of being.

These emotions can cause anxiety and depression which then can lead you into a tail-spin that it feels like you can never get out of.  

Within the spiritual world water is the element that is associated with emotions, as like the oceans it can ebb and flow gently as it laps the sand on a beach or it can swell and rise up in storms, just like your emotions. 

Just like emotions water is a necessity for every living being on this planet, nothing can live without it; even the most draught tolerant plants still need some form of water to survive. 

On the other end of your emotions is the feeling of friendship and love that pours over us when we are with our family, friends and loved ones. Two sides of the same coin, and as such we cannot be without either side. 

Water can be a cleansing, healing, psychic, and a loving element. It brings forth a living soul. Such is the greatness of water that spiritual regeneration cannot be done without it. 

This is where the saying "our emotions wash over us" comes from. 

When we swim it is water that supports us, when we are thirsty, it is water the quenches our thirst, another manifestation of this element is the rainstorms that drench us, or the dew formed on plants after the sun has set. 

Water is a feminine element, it also the element of emotion and subconscious, of purification, intuition, mysteries of the self, compassion. 

Drinking water and brain function are integrally linked. Lack of water to the brain can cause numerous symptoms including problems with focus, memory, brain fatigue and brain fog, as well as headaches, sleep issues, anger, depression, and many more. 

Our Emotions have the same effect on our brains 

Over 70 per cent of your body is composed of water and every function in the body is dependent on water, including the activities of the brain and nervous system. 

Water is the element that is connected to our emotions as they are what control our everyday life. 

Whether that is in a positive way or a negative way it is always a part of us and something that we cannot ignore. 

We can have highs and lows and in the most extreme of conditions it can be debilitating such as Bi-polar which can take us to the heights of ecstasy or to the depths of depression.  

Gaining control over our emotions can be really hard sometimes but it always depends on our experiences and the stories that we tell ourselves which will dictate just how hard that can be. 

Judgement and forgiveness are just two of the biggest obstacles that we can face in order to start the journey to gaining back control. 

These two emotions are the mirror that we need to face in order to not give away our own power. But way too often I see people constantly giving away their power to others. 

When we allow people to trigger us into reacting in a way that WE believe is appropriate it can just be a mirror of what our own issues are. 

Taking responsibility for our own actions and not blaming others is actually quite difficult when you first start this process. 

Also not taking someone getting angry at you personally can be so hard at first until you truly learn that it’s the situation that they are angry at and their reaction to it, that is the issue and you just happen to be the person in the firing line at that given moment.  

It also goes the other way, when you get angry at someone or something then this is the time to look within and ask yourself,  

Why am I getting angry?  

What is it about this situation that is triggering me? 

What issues about myself have I been ignoring and need to deal with? 

Taking responsibility for our own emotions when you have up until now always handed over responsibility to another can be hard. 

It’s a long term habit that we need to learn to break.  

We allowed our parents to be responsible for making us feel safe and loved as we grow up. 

We allowed our partners to make us feel safe and loved when we are in a relationship. 

We allow our friends to make us feel supported and loved within our friendship group. 

We allow our colleagues to make us feel respected and liked when we are at work. 

All of the above is US giving away our power and looking for our emotional support to come from outside of us from others, where if it came from within we would always feel loved, supported, cared for, liked and respected. 

So with society acknowledging most negative emotions you can see how we can very quickly conform to this rather than living in a more positive emotional state.

So when we come up against a situation all it is, is a reflection of our own reality that

We have not taking responsibility for until now. And the universe will keep on shoving the same situation in many different formats until we finally stop and listen and take RESPONSIBILITY for it and own it as our own making.

And I know that may feel hard to hear that we are of our own making and create everything which happens to us, but the sooner we do, the quicker we learn from these lessons the sooner they stop showing up.

So Judgement and forgiveness are what you need to be working when it comes to gaining more control over your emotions.

Now as with water our emotions work in much the same way such as it ebbs and flows and can be calm and torrid.

Journal Prompts

What does forgiveness mean to you?

What does it mean?

What is your understanding?

What is your definition of Forgiveness?

When was the first time you learnt about forgiveness whether it was towards yourself or others?

What is your personal scale for forgiveness?

Are there things that you find easily forgivable?

Are there things you find unforgiveable?