Although there is a strong belief in consciousness that healing comes from releasing suppressed emotions, this is a misunderstanding about how true healing occurs.

• In order to understand what true healing is, it is important to understand how the perception of pain and suffering is generated. Consciousness is a play of false perception of separation from Source. This false perception generates the experience of all pain and suffering. True healing is the choice to no longer invest in false perception. It is the direct result of willingness to perceive (the choice to see things) differently. Seeing things differently means releasing hidden subconscious desires that generate false perception.
• Hidden subconscious desires deny the natural state of peace and thus the natural state of Being. In A Course in Miracles (ACIM) this release is called a miracle. A miracle is a decision that is always available to release the belief that there is value in keeping hidden desires that generate emotional experiences.
• The “Crazy Dream Bubble diagram” (below) depicts how the outer ring of desire (green ring) is used by the ego to obscure Light—the natural state of being. As the ego dives deeply into the dream state, thoughts, feelings and emotions arise (deeper layers of pink and blue) resulting in a world (mis-perception) of separation from Source (Inner Light) (aqua layer).
• Miracles, the release of hidden desires that deny inner Light (depicted by yellow box on the right hand side) always occur at the level of desire. Thus, forgiveness and healing occur at the level of release of hidden desires.

• Healing comes from releasing the ego desire to deny inner Light and thus Love through deciding to no longer value something other than Light. This decision is called a miracle, a change in perception that experiencing something other than Light, has value. The play of consciousness is to place more value on the desire for experience, more than our natural inheritance, which is Light/Joy/Happiness. Our natural state of being is Joy and this is Identity, which is very different from emotion. Emotions move and change. The natural state of Joy is unchanging.
• “Accepting” emotions is not helpful as this makes emotions seem real. As an Infinite Being you are far more powerful than any emotional experience. What must be accepted is that there is a hidden subconscious desire to deny inner Light that is creating (mis-creating) the experience of the emotion. All power comes from willingness to release the hidden desire to the light of truth. You can simply notice the emotion, quickly admit healing is necessary and ask for help from a joining partner/the Holy Spirit.

• Thus, while emotions may (and probably will be experienced) on the Spiritual Journey, know that it is not absolutely given that they be experienced for Spiritual awakening. In Spiritual Awakening consciousness displays a wide variety of movements—thoughts, feelings, emotions, and energy movements. Consciousness is an addiction to identifying with movement. When movements are experienced it is best to ask Jesus to interpret whatever is arising, as the ego is very deceptive in using movements and emotional states to deny the experience of Divine Light within.

• Emotions are not to be judged as right or wrong, rather, they are to be seen for exactly what they are, a by-product/expression of the desire for an experience of denying inner Light.

• You have merely to ask Jesus, the symbol of the Voice for God within, whether whatever is appearing is a “holding on” or “releasing” an inner desire. If it is “releasing”, that means there is an acceptance of the change of perception that something in form has value. This means the desire for an experience that is not of peace is no longer valued and is released. If it is holding, then there is something deeper under the emotion that needs to be seen through to fully release the desire to deny inner Light.
• The Joining in Light Center offers many ways to join. Joining is a powerful means for uncovering and releasing desires. Joining is coming together to see what is true using the Joining in Light Miracle Worksheet. To find out more about joining click here.

Miracles arise from the willingness to decide to change the perception that a desired experience has value. With willingness, the desire for an experience of pain and suffering, which often expresses out as emotion, can be released without any emotional release whatsoever! This is the power the mind has to simply make a different choice, to choose the power of Love over fear/denial of inner Light.

Notice where emotions are in the Dream bubble diagram. Emotions are very deep within the dream layers, well below the levels of thought and below desire. Miracles occur at the level of desire, so why not focus on releasing desires, the real source of desired experience which produces emotions as a by-product? The intensity of emotions are driven by subconscious beliefs and focus, a decision within the play of consciousness to “look away from” inner Light. Notice how it is possible to increase the intensity of an emotional state just by focussing on a set of thoughts and meaning. A constellation of a group of thoughts and the associated meaning is a story. This the playground of the ego.