Hey! I had this idea of crying starting to create questions in my head a while ago and what "purpose" crying has? What does crying symbolize?
You don't need to do alot of research to understand that crying is somehow connected to strong emotions. Though crying is often seen as being done while feeling sad emotions, it also occurs while feeling equally strong emotions of happiness (understandable while those joyful tears are more rare than the sad-related crying in todays society)
So basically I want to know what you know about crying and it's connection to spirituality :). Does it have to do anything with the body needing to release energy in any way? I believe many things like this (body functions) are somehow deeply connected spiritually and serves a purpose that aren't so obvious at first glance.
Lately since I started to wake up I found myself crying more in a year than I had done over the years of becoming a teenager (predominantly out of joy and happiness, I haven't been deeply sad and hence crying since my guine-pig passed away over 3 years ago or my grandma passed away 2 years ago). I started to think that this might have a connection that you are becoming more sensitive and have much easier to let go of that "stone-face" that is holding back your tears and your eyes dry. So I figured this must have something to do with releasing, letting out, cleansing in any sort of way?
Today I'm a very sensitive person and I get tears in my eyes very easily from feeling emotions (they don't need to be super-strong). I get tears in my eyes from holding my cousins baby in my arms, seeing a photo of my now gone granpa smiling and holding me when I am 1 years old, watching cute animals, watching a happy or sad moment in a movie - and the list goes on :).
Does this have to do with the feminime side integrating more and more which I have seen people stating lately is happening? Does this represent the feminime energies in any way being more sensitive to emotions and therefore leading more easily to tears? I'm trying to see past that males are more masculine and females are more feminime in nature, is this also true? As a guy I would say that I feel more connected to feminime energies than masculine - not in that misinterpreted way that I would wear female clothes , like some people tend to think about feminime energies when you mention them. When I express myself freely being myself without any limitations of what others would think of me, it's clear that people around me associate that behaviour by labelling that as "gay" behaviour. It's so sad to see what the mental programming done by media and movies triggers and learning people to judge, without actually have this original thought themselves.
I will cut this topic off here before I stray apart too much from the meant topic of tears and emotions :) I think this could become wonderful discussion and I hope getting many answers to my questions and to see how much you know about this topic yourselves. I haven't seen this subject being taken up so much in reagards to spirituality.
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Hi Lori ..
well I wrote the line .. when we cry, then we should get right into it and release it rather than suppress our emotions . .. notice I used the word should ..but I have no desire to have power over anybody .. perhaps another word to replace the word should instead may be could . we could to get right into it ..
I think you can use the word should in terms of gentle, non judgmental encouragement .. which is the exact opposite of wanting power over others... an example could be when you are speaking with someone who is unsure which route to take in their life, and you could say .. if you ask my opinion, I think you should follow your heart instead of following the crowd, but its up to you !
anyway .. I guess we don't have to over analyze .. they're just words.
Hey Luke :) I don't think she was referring to your line in her reply. I think she quoted my line "There are so many norms today about how women and men SHOULD live"
Shows the importance of quoting the one you are answering to sometimes when there are more than one people in the reply tab ;).
oh its all good brother .. I know Lori and shes cool.. so no worries .. but you are right about quoting whoever we are replying to, sometimes misunderstandings arise in threads ..
its all good.
That was a beatiful saying. I completely agree with that! :) Crying seems to be really hard for some people and it is a very powerful thing to do.
Thank you Feather :) this is starting to make a whole lot of sense and I understand I wasn't too far out asking these questions. It's so nice to have other peoples knowledge about something you wonder about :)
I'm wary of people who don't have emotions...emotions means you have a heart....simple as that.
We cry for alot of reasons, we cry when we're in pain, we cry when we're sad, we cry when we're inspired...we cry when we feel love, or compassion..or gratefulness.. or when we feel guilt or remorse....there's alot of reasons. And for the most part, it's a release of some sort.
I'm not much of a crier, never was really. I don't cry when people die...I don't cry when I'm in pain, physical or spiritual pain...I don't cry when I'm sad or lonely...I'm just too tough for that, really. It's not that I don't feel emotions, I'm actually pretty emotional....I am a cancer after all, the most emotional sign...but I keep it on a leash, it doesn't overwhelm me. I have cried from inspiration, or love, or compassion...but I'm usually the cool, calm and collected type...most of the time lol
I think the last time I cried, was when...I cheated on my girlfriend...and she found out and she was so hurt...and I felt horrible about it, so I cried. I really didn't mean to hurt her...and I didn't want to lose her for my mistake...so it was a mix of love, remorse, sadness and guilt...but eh, sometimes that's how it goes lol
Hey John :) I know what you mean. I used to be like that almost having hard crying and I remember someone in my family asking me when my grandpa died when I was young "aren't you sad?" beacuse I didn't cry, I couldn't for some reason. It was not because I wanted to show I was tough and holding it back, it just didn't overwhelm me as you said!
But as for later I've beginning to notice how easy it is to get tears in my eyes, not flooding tears from sad emotions, rather from being happy and blissful, thinking about good memories etc. this never happened before my spiritual awakening, so I do believe it has a connection. I have gotten many different and good replys so far :)
Thanks for sharing brother!
Sure Ogdoo....thanks ;)
I cry every day .. usually in the mornings .. I have a tendency to weep.. not just to cry, but to weep deeply .. if you were in my shoes, then you would understand the reasons why .. I think I have far to many reasons to cry .. anyway.. its all about letting go as far I see it .. tears are way up there in the letting go department ..
I believe there is more Love in tears .. never be afraid to cry in front of anyone.. don't feel embarrassed to cry in front of complete strangers .. if you need to cry, then do it .. no matter who sees you .. because on one level, they need to see it .. its a sign of strength and Love .. I think getting depressed is a bitch, but its a deep seated letting go .. life is tough and we pay for it through our emotions .. there is something really beautiful in tears .. its strongly connected to the heart and it is a sign that you are not disconnected from your Love .. I feel that being tearful is very spiritual and when we cry, then we should get right into it and release it rather than suppress our emotions ..
when we bottle stuff up, it can lead to physical illness .. the whole stiff upper lip syndrome is completely going against the natural flow of our emotional bodies .. we need to release our emotions .. many men in particular, have blocked their emotions through social conditioning and it needs to be freed up .. I can foresee a surge of emotion being released en masse as the divine feminine energies flood through ..
Remember this song? .. Cry .. by Kevin Godley and Lol Creme .. LOL Creme .. that is his name .. LOL is actually his first name .. and LOL is short for laughing out loud .. so every time I see someone adding the LOL to a reply, I wont know whether to laugh out loud... or cry !
LOL .. !
Yes I totally agree with you Luke :) Personally when I see someone crying from strong emotions, it usually smittens me to do the same. The emotions are so strong that they can be felt to me if the person is in the same room even.. It also does not make me look down upon the person for being "weak", it always gives me the picture of them that they are strong and not afraid of letting it out, it's beatiful even if the crying is about something really sorrowful. Like I said, you could think some men would rather lose a limb than to show they are crying, and I think it's really hurtful. This must have been passed down from older generations believing crying is a sign of weakness and not being a "true man". There are so many norms today about how women and men SHOULD live, no one is allowed to be themselves in society without being judged for their behaviour. I often end up wondering where all the respect have gone to people being strong letting their unique self take control and shine thru!
And I have listened to the song while I wrote this :) it was really beatiful! and his name made me laugh for some reason :'D.
Thanks brother for sharing your view!
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