Fusion of the Five Elements Anthony Robbins Power of Emotions Integration Question

It’s important to know that aren’t any hard and fast rules
about which negative emotions are associated with which organs.

For instance, when the liver is blocked it is common to feel
anger or frustration. However, suppose you are in a state of anger.
Can you assume that it is coming from the liver spirit? Not necessarily.
You could be having anger coming from the lungs, or you could be having
it come from the kidneys, etc. So even if the *typical* negative reaction
of the kidneys is to feel fear, they are not necessarily limited to that.

The only way to actually know what the source is, is to be silent,
to look within, and to be a listener. Then you will know.

In other words, if you are feeling anger, while it is a good bet that
it is the liver spirit–it doesn’t necessarily have to be. It
depends from case to case.

Having said that, I’ll play the game 🙂

Below I’ll list what I consider are the most likely candidates,
but again, you can’t really apply a hard and fast rule.

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>>>1. Uncomfortable -Change your state, clarify what you want,
>>>and take action in that direction.

Spleen/Earth

Uncomfortable is kind of a vague word. It encompasses many
different feelings. You could be uncomfortable because you
are lonely, scared, frustrated, in pain, etc.
So it’s sort of too general to classify.

If pressed against a wall, I probably say it is a
Spleen/Earth issue. Without another emotion present,
I’d say it’s a lack of feeling centered and the unease
or underlying anxiety associated with it.

>>>2. Fearful -Get prepared, get ready to do something.

Kidney/Water

>>>3. Hurt – An expectation is not being met and you
>>>have a feeling of loss. Change your behavior or your
>>>way of communicating your needs.

Primary: Heart/Fire
Secondary: Lungs/Metal

When somebody hurts you–think jilted lover–it’s the heart that’s
under assault. Your heart is wounded. Expectations are a
subtle form of judgement (and judgements are sort of an
arrogant way of thinking–that you *know* how things are going
to go). Judgements are heart activities.

Any feeling of loss you get as a secondary consequence, is a form of grief,
which is lung issue–caused by fire melting metal in the control cycle.

>>>4. Angry – An important rule has been violated.
>>>Let the person know your standard may not be the
>>>same as theirs but you need their help.

Liver/Wood

Other elements can come into play here also.
Was your anger caused by a judgement of someone (as
in Tony Robbins interpretation)? Then the Heart/Fire
is involved. Was it an outgrow of trying to control
someone else? Then the Spleen/Earth is involved.

>>>5. Frustrated -You need to change your approach to achieve your goal.

Liver/Wood

>>>6. Disappointed -Your expectation may not be appropriate
>>>for the situation at hand.

Heart/Fire

Again, expectations are judgements. As in #3, the result
of thinking you *know* how things are going to go, but then
they don’t.

>>>7. Guilty/Regretful -You violated one of your own standards.
>>>You must ensure you won’t violate it again.

Heart/Fire

Guilt and Regret are judgements. You are judging yourself.
It’s a self-denigration that blocking self-acceptance. It’s
a form of self-hatred.

>>>8. Inadequate -You need to improve what you’re doing
>>>or change your criteria, your rules may be too hard to meet.

Heart/Fire

You create expectations for yourself (judgements), that you
don’t feel you live up to. It’s self-critical behavior.

>>>9. Overwhelmed/Depressed – You need to prioritize.
>>>List the things you want to accomplish in order of priority,
>>>then take action with the first item on your list.

Overwhelmed:
Primary: Liver/Wood
Secondary: Kidney/Water

Overwhelmed is a feeling of stress, which first hits the liver.
Overwhelmed is a feeling of frustration combined with fatigue.
Frustration comes from the liver, but the fatigue comes from
low kidney fire–having burned out your adrenals.

Depressed: Lungs/Metal

>>>10. Lonely -You need connection with people.

Heart/Fire

While loneliness can *cause* depression or sadness as
a secondary reaction–loneliness itself comes from the heart.
It’s a function of not feeling loved and not feeling
your heart connected to life. Feeling unloved is a heart issue.

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I find it interesting how many of the emotions that Tony
Robbins lists here are Heart/Fire issues.

Given his “fiery” personality and power of speech,
I’m not terribly surprised.

I just hope he doesn’t give himself a heart attack with
all the fire issues #3,6,7,8,10 fueled by adding wood to the
fire #4,5,9 and by the weak kidneys #9 which are exhausted
in trying to combat all that fire.

S

Hello Steven

Like it when you say that emotions from a organ can be different, from the model!
As always you have good things to learn me 🙂

S D

I resonate with Steven´s last part of his reply because that is how I feel it myself. Nearly always when I feel anger I notice it is a secondary reaction on another emotion ´sadness´, when listening carefully it is the sadness for not being heard, not being respected, for feeling limited in a situation that is creating the anger. Although my liver and gallbladder stored a lot of past anger which I notice in the physical reality of my body, listening more carefully and with patience it is actually the sadness in my lungs that feed that anger. So after the initial anger I know not just to focus on my liver/anger issues but I listen with care to my lungs/sadness and allow the feelings to arise there too, for that it needs a loving trustful space to show itself because it is much more vulnerable than anger is. If there is no such space and if I am not able to create that space inside myself, I stay with my anger and can not move to the initial sadness level.

I believe that when you live in an untrustful situation, be it environmental, social, in a relationship, work, family, it is the anger that shows itself to protect the sadness. ´Fight for survival´.
Taking those feelings and taking it into the organs I can notice it is also a matter of inner believe (earth), self love (heart) and inner wisdom (kidneys) …

I learned through the years of practice that it is best to listen to all five organs, not just to focus on one or two problem organs. Since they are all related, they all want attention, the strong organs need the love and appreciation for being strong and supportive, the weak organs need the love and care for being vulnerable, without being judged for the weakness and pain. All five children, strong and weak, need equal attention and unconditional love.