THE EMOTIONS AUTHORITY

"Be Emotionally Clear."

This is your strategy if the Emotions center is defined in color.

Whether you are man or woman, feelings rule your life and you're here to surf them.

Regardless of any other centers that are defined, the

Emotions rule.

Earlier I used the analogy of a storm tossed ship in tumultuous seas to describe what it can feel like to be you.

Your correct decision­ making process, therefore, is to find lasting emotional clarity in spite of the storm.

Such clarity isn't easy if your emotions are particularly intense or con­fusing.

When something is sending you into a tailspin, the easiest option is to make a decision, any decision, just to bring matters to a head or to end the pain.

Conversely, if you're experiencing huge pleasure, you might want to hang on to that feeling and let yourself get carried away.

That would be equally rash.

Few decisions will work out if you are emo­tionally spontaneous or reckless; your natural authority demands that you seek emotional clarity before you make decisions.

True and reliable decisions will form in the clarity that arrives when that storm tossed ship suddenly finds itself at rest in the middle of a still lake.

At that moment, everything becomes clear.

Admittedly, it takes time and practice to recognize this, but the more you allow yourself to witness your emotions, the more quickly you'll begin to find an emotional balance, which, in turn, will foster clarity.

Have you ever agreed to do something one day, only to wake up the next morning groaning with regret because you're absolutely not in the mood anymore?

Or how about making a fundamental switch in direc­tion, only to rue your haste some days, weeks, or months down the line?

Rash decisions tend to be attached to some emotional expectation of hope or fear about how things will turn out.

Heightened emotions, there­fore, paint a misleading outcome and cannot be reliably followed.

Take the following two real life examples:

*If I marry him, that's it, I'm trapped, there's no way out.

What if he's wrong for me?

I might fancy someone else when walking down the aisle ...(panic, panic, panic!)

In this state, the bride to be is in a heightened state of anxiety and fear and is painting expectations on a canvas before her.

*I can't believe it; he's offered me the job!

Loads more money think of the car I can buy, the house I can have, the girls I can attract ... (Joy, joy, joy!)

In this state, the job candidate is in a heightened state of excitement, and joy is painting expectations for him, too.

In real life, I'm pleased to say, the bride eventually walked down the aisle and now she couldn't be happier.

And the job candidate ultimately rejected the post despite the trappings of wealth because, he said, "It wasn't for me in the end."

Those two people recognized the emotions rising within them, refused to be attached to them, sought clarity, exer­cised caution, and gave it at least a night's sleep.

In some cases, it can take days before such clarity dawns.

In the case of the bride to be, it took months, but she finally got there!

Sometimes, though, you don't need to sleep on anything.

You've already set your sights on a new car or a fashion accessory you've seen advertised.

The emotional clarity is already present, waiting for that specific item to show up.

But if you act in haste, be prepared to feel that inner frustration and resistance that is your true self's way of saying: "You got it wrong again!"

Your decision making process hinges on finding that still point that Buddha calls "the middle way," "neither this nor that."

Picture a fre­quency sine wave where the signal, like your emotions, makes swoop­ing peaks and dips on either side of a central line.

It appears dramatic but, essentially, nothing is happening except the rising and falling of waves.

The frequency is only captured at the constant still point in the middle.

Likewise, your emotional clarity exists at that still point.

Emotional clarity is when something feels right the most peaceful, natural thing in the world.

It is a clarity that resounds in your very being. Feel it, don't think it.

Sometimes this process requires enormous patience in a life that can seem hurried and urgent.

But seek clarity crystal clarity to the point of absolute knowing.

Allow it to happen.

Patience is your watch word, clar­ity is your authority, and stability can be carried within you, no matter how wild the emotional waves become. ­

One Important Note: If you have both the Emotions and Spleen defined, you'll be aware of instantaneous alerts within you, coming from the Spleen.

But wait.

Emo­tions still rule and you must seek emotional clarity.

Sit with your senses and "feel them out" until it all becomes 100 percent clear.

Then you can make your decision.

If the Emotions, Spleen, and Sacral are all defined, your alert senses (from the Spleen) and gut responses (from the Sacral) may well be jump­ing up and down.

But wait.

The Emotions still rule and emotional clarity will enable you to determine what feels clear and right.

~ Chetan Parkyn - Human Design: Discover the Person You Were Born to Be.