Emotions, and the way you deal
with them can affect your health. This guide will help you understand the impact
of nine primary emotions in maintaining health. The positive emotions create a
positive field which fills your blood with the chemicals of happiness and
wellbeing. They are conducive to the building or rebuilding of the healthy
heart. The negative emotions create a
negative field which fills your blood with the chemicals of unrest and
unhappiness.
Navarasas are a
two-thousand-year-old Indian concept of emotions which see the mind as a space
filled with positive and negative emotions. These emotions are: love, laughter,
compassion, chivalry, anger, fear, abhorrence and wonder. Shantha or peace is
the result of handling all these emotions correctly.
Obviously, the positive emotions
or states like love, humour, compassion, chivalry and wonder put the mind in a
happy and enthusiastic state, thereby fostering health. On the other hand, the
negative rasas like anger, fear and abhorrence produce a state of mind which
creates, as described in Daniel Goleman’s book, an ‘emotional hijack’.
The Big Five negative emotions
are Lust, Anger, Arrogance, Greed and Jealousy. They are listed both in
Hinduism and Buddhism as generating an atmosphere of unrest in the mind. In this state, the fog of negative emotions
slows and confuses the mind. During meditative practices, the chemicals of
peace and tranquillity flow into the blood.
Breathing, heart rate and pulse rate stabilise. The mind is able to function calmly and
freely. An alert and relaxed attitude is required for the teamwork involved in
building ideas and analysing them.
Self-awareness of your state of mind can help you get the most out of
life and lead to a healthy heart.
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