Hi all,
I'm very new to this group, but absolutely fascinated. I've really enjoyed the posts I have read so far.

I wanted to ask about emotions as people.
I find myself spending more time trying to build relationships with the feelings that visit me on a regular basis (Fear, Failure, Grief, Wonder, etc). Classical mythology has personified many of these folk already (Aphrodite for example), but I'm more interested in moving away from personification in the anthropocentric sense, and building a more personal and immediate relationship.
Sometimes I write poems to them, trying to understand a bit more about who they are, and what their agenda is...
Sometimes it's nice to sit and say hello. It's interesting how they come and go. Maybe we can consider them as much a part of our bio-region as the hawthorn hedgerow and blackbird outside. We need to include our own bio/biology in the mix don't we?

Rumi's poem 'Guesthouse' reflects this idea well. www.gratefulness.org/poetry/...ouse.htm

Your thoughts and experiences please!

Julia xx