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Just because you have chosen to walk a spiritual path you will not be free from the emotions and feelings that are part of being human. You will still get angry, be annoyed with people and get frustrated. All of these emotions are normal. What changes, as you move along your spiritual path, is how you process these emotions, what you do with them and how they affect your life. They will not have the same effect on you as they once did and you will learn to choose your emotional responses to situations and even, at times, choose not to respond at all. This is when your spiritual and emotional being is in balance.
The belief that once you step onto the spiritual path you will no longer experience emotions such as anger is false. It is unreasonable to expect that of yourselves, just as it is unreasonable to expect that you will always respond to every situation within the context of your spiritual learning. You will still feel anger and even fear, but you will not feel it in the same way. The emotions that once had control over you will now be part of an experience that you will assess with calm detachment, just as you would consider on which side of the street you wanted to walk.
Balancing spirit and emotion gives you freedom to live your life without drama and chaos. And in that respect it may be difficult because one of the mind's functions is to manage chaos and it likes to keep a certain amount of chaos functioning in your life. So as you move towards balancing your emotions with spirit, you will find that some chaos and drama may present themselves to tempt you. At first, you will react in your usual ways but over time you will feel comfortable without the presence of chaos and drama. Then you will be free to experience the emotions that you choose to, in ways that reflect your spiritual growth and learning.
Life is meant to be fun and joyful and being human requires that you experience many types and levels of emotion. When you are balanced your emotions do not have power over you and cannot, for example, devastate you or cause you to rage in anger. As you balance your emotions with spirit, the people and situations in your life that were once the source of drama and chaos will either leave or change. And you will be free to move along your path without becoming so involved in your emotions that you forget your journey and purpose. Then your life will flow effortlessly and joy and peace will be yours.
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