crying - Spiritual Forum - Ashtar Command - Spiritual Community2024-03-29T05:12:09Zhttps://www.ashtarcommandcrew.net/forum/topics/feed/tag/cryingThe Healing Power of Tearshttps://www.ashtarcommandcrew.net/forum/topics/the-healing-power-of-tears2014-10-12T08:27:01.000Z2014-10-12T08:27:01.000ZEsoteric Emissaryhttps://www.ashtarcommandcrew.net/members/EsotericEmissary<div><p>Tear expert William Frey spent 15 years studying tears, as head of a whole research team. They discovered that emotional tears contain toxic biochemical byproducts, so that weeping removes these toxic substances and relieves emotional stress. This is only true for emotional tears, not crying caused by irritation such as peeling an onion.</p><p></p><p>Its... hard to imagine what they were doing for 15 years. Must have been a lot of tests. Yeah, that's a great job: getting paid to cry all day. lol, and being able to cry whenever you need to is a great asset for an actor.</p><p></p><p>The simple act of crying also reduces the body’s manganese level, a mineral which affects mood and is found in up to 30 times greater concentration in tears than in blood serum. They also found that emotional tears contain 24 per cent higher albumin protein concentration than tears caused by eye irritants.<a class="ftn_link js-ftnLink" id="ftnLink_8" title="Footnote 8" href="https://answersingenesis.org/human-body/the-miracle-of-tears/#fn_8" name="ftnLink_8">8</a></p><p>The researchers concluded that chemicals built up by the body during stress were removed by tears, which actually lowered stress. These include the endorphin <em>leucine-enkephalin</em>, which helps to control pain, and <em>prolactin</em>, a hormone which regulates milk production in mammals.</p><p>They found that one of the most important of those compounds which removed tears was <em>adrenocorticotrophic hormone</em> (ACTH), one of the best indicators of stress. Suppressing tears increases stress levels, and contributes to diseases aggravated by stress, such as high blood pressure, heart problems and peptic ulcers.<a class="ftn_link js-ftnLink" id="ftnLink_9" title="Footnote 9" href="https://answersingenesis.org/human-body/the-miracle-of-tears/#fn_9" name="ftnLink_9">9</a></p><p></p><p>There are some good articles about this:</p><p><a href="http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2011/05/29/7-good-reasons-to-cry-the-healing-property-of-tears/">http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2011/05/29/7-good-reasons-to-cry-the-healing-property-of-tears/</a></p><p><a href="https://answersingenesis.org/human-body/the-miracle-of-tears/">https://answersingenesis.org/human-body/the-miracle-of-tears/</a></p><p></p><p>The article is slightly religious, and possibly a bit conceited in that there are statements like, the human brain is the more complex thing in the whole universe, and only humans can cry.</p><p></p><p>"Emotional tears are a response which only humans have, for only people can weep. All animals that live in air produce tears to lubricate their eyes. But only people possess the marvellous system that causes crying."</p><p>-Gregg Levoy, ‘Tears that Speak’, <i>Psychology Today</i>, July–August, 1988, pp. 8, 10.</p><p></p><p>Well, Mr Gregg Levoy, I think you should have your head examined for suggesting that Animals don't have any feelings. safe to say I will never read Psychology Today, as it is obviously full of bullshit and lies. I happen to have a dog, and if he is made upset enough, he will cry.</p><p></p><p>Last, but not least, don't forget to buy the book and cry about the price. It's $60 used, $361 new</p><p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Crying-Mystery-William-H-Frey/dp/0866838295">http://www.amazon.com/Crying-Mystery-William-H-Frey/dp/0866838295</a></p><p></p><p>"If you are interested in the history of tears AND the chemistry of human emotive weeping then this is a must read. You will find this book widely quoted, and it is good to support the author by purchasing this marvelous work."</p><p></p><p>Hmm, the "History" of Tears? I wasn't aware there WAS a history of Tears. I mean what, are the tears of past generations somehow different? Perhaps there are hidden vials of royal tears for us to find. Maybe when Cleopatra cries, a magic beanstalk comes out the top of the great pyramid. Call me crazy, but somehow I don't think human tears have changed a whole lot throughout history.</p></div>Crying and it's relation to emotions.https://www.ashtarcommandcrew.net/forum/topics/crying-and-it-s-relation-to-emotions2013-01-20T21:33:45.000Z2013-01-20T21:33:45.000ZOgdoohttps://www.ashtarcommandcrew.net/members/Ogdoo<div><p>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?</p><p>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)</p><p>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.</p><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}8110522664,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}8110522664,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="550" class="align-full" alt="8110522664?profile=original" /></a></p><p>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?</p><p>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 :).</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>"It takes both rain and sunshine to make a rainbow"</p><p>Love you all <3</p><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}8110522884,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}8110522884,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="550" class="align-full" alt="8110522884?profile=original" /></a></p><p></p></div>