Emotions

The Barry Long Podcast

Keywords: emotion, love, hurt, spiritual life, subconscious, loss, offense, self, energy, emotional, argument, love life, man, sexual excitement, stillness, life, grief, emotional reactions, personality, childhood
Outline:
0:00 Emotional reactions and past hurts affecting present behavior. Emotional reactions from childhood can resurface in the present, taking on the personality of the past hurt. The self seeks to understand past hurt through insistence on wrong words in the present.
5:48 Past hurts and their impact on present reactions. Past hurts and defenses resurface in present circumstances.How people can offend others with their words and how to respond to such comments without getting defensive.
13:12 Emotions and the spiritual life. Importance of recognizing and addressing past hurts and insecurities in the spiritual life. Reflecting on past hurts and offenses hinders spiritual growth.
19:41 Emotions, vulnerability, and healing from past traumas. The unreliability of human opinions and the futility of worrying about what others think. On emotions and vulnerability in relationships. How past traumas, such as child abuse, can resurface in present-day love lives.
31:36 Sexual obsession and love. Love is not dependent on sex or thought, but rather on the connection between two bodies. The degradation of love and sexuality, citing the influence of bad company and the lack of proper guidance.
38:50 Spirituality and inner peace. Giving up the need to have the last word in arguments and to align with their true self, rather than living off their mind and emotions. The importance of dying to oneself and loving God above all, rather than loving oneself first. The importance of dropping thoughts to address emotions in the stomach. Power of stillness responsible for human existence, never moves or thinks.
46:34 Grief, love, and personalization of life. Rest into state of being, free from thought and emotion. On the nature of love and loss, arguing that everyone experiences it and it's not unique to personal relationships.
52:01 The nature of love and mortality.

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