Transmutation

Hello Dr DAVE’: This powerful article becomes very visual as I see with my observations that suppressed emotions of any kind can transmutation or, in other words, change form of shapeshift Into other emotions to the point of objective observation, mindful breathing and then release. Voila! Pure consciousness and bliss results. daily mindfulness practice with various emotional body entities within is required for long-term peace of mind. This will reinforce the morning, daily affirmation,Today is going to be my peaceful day “ I am imagining the emotions of anger, fear, resentment, happiness, gratitude, each being a unique and beautiful color. As the deep and physically destructive emotional feelings, simply contrived by the mind as a result of an experience, can begin to merge from base vibrations through the chakra colors and out into the crown for release and peace. Look with your inner eyes to see this. This “inner looking “will help your heart to see as my five-year-old son at the time inquired. Have fun and enjoy some bubbles!! Elaine Gotfryd Noonan Hide full comment

The idea presented by Michael A. Singer that the mind and heart are not enemies but are “trying to push impurities out” deeply resonates with me, especially as a first-year naturopathy student. In naturopathy, we learn that the body expresses symptoms like fever or boils as part of its natural healing process. Similarly, Singer explains that the mind and heart function in the same way — releasing stored emotional impressions. This perspective has helped me shift from seeing emotions as problems to understanding them as healing processes. He says, “The energy is expressing itself because you stored it in there,” which made me realize that many of my emotional reactions are not just about the present moment but are linked to past experiences. Earlier, I used to believe that emotions like fear, embarrassment, or sadness were weaknesses that needed to be controlled or avoided. But now I understand that they are simply energies trying to come up and release themselves. As a hosteller, I often experience homesickness and emotional discomfort. There was a time when I felt very low and missed home intensely. My first reaction was to resist it — I distracted myself with my phone and tried not to think about it. However, the feeling did not disappear; instead, it stayed within me and made me more restless and irritable. This showed me that resistance does not remove the emotion, it only suppresses it. Later, I tried a different approach. I remembered Singer’s idea: “If you can learn to not get pulled down into these energies, but to allow them to be… the natural process of transmutation is going to take place.” So, when I again felt homesick, I chose to sit quietly and allow the feeling without distraction. At first, the emotion became stronger and uncomfortable, just as he describes: “Now I feel the most embarrassment I ever felt… Relax.” I simply observed it and did not try to push it away. Gradually, the intensity reduced, and I started feeling lighter and calmer. This experience made me understand what he means when he says that the energy “becomes love” and that behind these emotions is a higher energy. I realized that when I stop resisting, the same energy that appeared as discomfort can transform into peace and acceptance. To help myself relax and “keep my hands off” during such moments, I practice simple techniques like deep breathing, reminding myself that “this is from the past and will pass,” and observing the emotion without reacting. Most importantly, I try to trust the natural healing process — just like the body heals itself, the mind and heart also know how to release and balance. Through this understanding, I am learning that emotions are not obstacles but opportunities for inner cleansing and growth. By allowing them instead of resisting, I am gradually developing more emotional strength, awareness, and inner peace. Hide full comment

I have come to see that uncomfortable emotions can feel like the body’s way of healing, just as a fever burns out infection, the mind and heart seem to push out what no longer serves us. One night, I felt a deep ache in the center of my chest and was terrified to close my eyes. I tried resisting, distracting myself, stepping outside, thinking of other things but nothing worked. Finally, I turned toward love, consciously filling that space with it. In that moment, I felt something move out of me, never to return. What remained was a new clarity, a different way of perceiving life altogether. Looking back, I realize this wasn’t a sudden shift but a gradual process. When we resist emotions, they tighten their grip. But when we allow them to rise and pass through, something lighter often emerges. Observing rather than clinging whether to pain or pleasure changes everything. It’s as if life itself invites us to step back and witness, and in that witnessing, the energy transforms. I believe this is what saints and spiritual traditions have always pointed toward. This was my experience, and though it may differ for others, the essence is the same: when we trust the process, the outcome is a kind of bliss. No one can force this state upon another it arrives naturally, in its own time when we surrender. Hide full comment

All of us are endowed with energy. How do we use our energy is crucial. We may use it wisely or unwisely. We may have a sword in our hand. The same sword either can protect us against our enemies and save our life or hurt us if we do not use it wisely. There is a wise saying in Gujarati, my mother tonge "Whicharine yar ucchara vani. "Think before you speak." The words we say can heal or hurt the other person. Discretion is very important in saying before saing.. It is like energy. How we use our energy is very crucail. We all encounter difficulies in our life. As we say life is not a bed of roses. There are times I have gone thorugh very difficult times in my relatively long life. There were times when I did not have enough enery in my body, mind and heart to function effectively. I believe in a holistic way of living. We have a body which requires food, air, water, movement, shelter, and rest. If I do not use these God-given gifts wisely, I cause problems not only for me bur also for others around me. Creaing , enhancing and sustaining energy is mostly in my hands. I need to be aware of and mindful about using my energy wisely. Living with awareness and mindfulness has been very helpful to me for living holistically. Namaste. Jagdish Hide full comment

Reading this, I don’t meet it as an idea. I meet it as a moment that opened me. After nearly twenty years of my husband’s steady heart healing, there was a sudden turn. Serious. Uncertain. And what rose in me was not the calm of a seasoned practitioner—but a deep, sacred fear. Ancient. Immediate. It carried echoes of my own early near-death experiences in my twenties—those thresholds where the body knows something the mind cannot yet hold. For a moment, everything in me wanted to organize it, to be the steady one, to move quickly into action. Yet something quieter whispered: stay. So alongside caring for him, I practiced a different kind of devotion. Hand on heart. Breath meeting the surge. Letting the fear rise without pushing it back down. Not collapsing into it. Not transcending it. But allowing. I’ve seen this terrain before—in the 36 voices of Yoga Radicals, where what begins as rupture becomes, over time, a doorway into service… into social impact… into lives re-authored from the inside out. And I’ve written through it myself—in those wandering lines that came during my own healing: almost breaking almost opening the same door What I felt beneath the fear, when I stopped interrupting it, was not relief—not at first. It was heat. Then space. Then a fierce, steady aliveness. A love that was not soft, but elemental. Not sentimental, but structuring. Over years of dialogue, movement, and meditation, I’ve come to trust this: what rises is not the enemy. It is the body, the heart, the field— pushing toward coherence. What helps me “keep my hands off” is relationship— to breath, to ground, to the wider web holding us when we cannot hold ourselves. And slowly, what felt like fear begins to reorganize… not because I fixed it, but because I allowed it to complete its arc. For me, this is the path of embodying emergence: awareness… opening into a creative field… and, in its own time, into action. Not forced. Not avoided. But lived. Hide full comment