{"id":66034,"date":"2022-05-07T09:51:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-07T13:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=66034"},"modified":"2022-05-20T15:49:56","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T19:49:56","slug":"eckhart-tolle-emotion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/eckhart-tolle-emotion\/","title":{"rendered":"Eckhart Tolle: How Emotions Form Our Identity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What exactly are emotions? How do emotions relate to thoughts? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to spiritual teacher Eckhart Tolle, emotions are our bodies&#8217; responses to our thought elements (morals, values, and beliefs). He says that our emotions aren\u2019t caused by situations, but by the thoughts, we have about the situation. Over time, he argues, recurring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/thoughts-feelings-and-behaviors\/\">thoughts and emotions<\/a> become part of our identity and become the lens through which we interpret the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s how Eckhart Tolle explains emotions and their role in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-identity-is-formed\/\">identity formation<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-emotional-elements\">Emotional Elements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Eckhart Tolle, emotions contribute to the formation of our self-image. When we experience a recurring thought and consequent emotional reaction, it becomes part of our identity. And, the more strongly we identify with our thought elements, the stronger our emotional reactions will be when things don\u2019t meet our expectations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, each time we have a negative emotional reaction to a situation, it affirms the thought that caused the emotion. When the thought pattern is affirmed, we\u2019re rewarded with a feeling of superiority for being \u201cright,\u201d <em>and<\/em> we will be more likely to experience the same thought and emotion in similar situations in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, if we operate on the underlying thought element that no one\u2019s trustworthy, we\u2019re likely to interpret honest mistakes as deceit. If someone mistakenly takes our jacket thinking it\u2019s theirs, we\u2019re going to assume they were trying to steal it from us. Then, we will have an emotional reaction that affirms this belief\u2014\u201cthey tried to steal my jacket and play it off as a mistake. <em>I knew it, no one is trustworthy<\/em>.\u201d This will make us feel superior for being \u201cright\u201d and we will now be more likely to experience the same misinterpretation in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Emotions Are \u201cConstructs\u201d of the Brain<\/strong><br><br>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.panmacmillan.com\/authors\/lisa-feldman-barrett\/how-emotions-are-made\/9781509837526\"><em>How Emotions Are Made<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em>Lisa Feldman Barrett argues that, contrary to popular belief, emotions are not an instinctive response to outside events, but instead are <a href=\"https:\/\/fortelabs.co\/blog\/how-emotions-are-made\/\">concepts constructed by the brain about how to react and cope in different situations based on our past experiences<\/a>. This very closely aligns with Tolle\u2019s assertion that emotions are our body\u2019s responses to our subconscious, underlying thoughts about a situation\u2014Barrett just refers to these \u201cthoughts\u201d as \u201cconcepts that are constructed by the brain.\u201d Barrett calls this the theory of constructed emotions.<br><br>Barrett elaborates that whenever we experience external stimuli, the brain needs to process what it\u2019s seeing to formulate an appropriate response. It does this by comparing these stimuli to past similar experiences and forming a \u201cconcept\u201d of what the stimuli are and how to respond. For example, through life experience, our brains have learned that drops of water randomly falling from the sky are called \u201crain,\u201d and are not a threat. We then store this concept of \u201crain\u201d so we can appropriately explain and respond to the phenomenon in the future.&nbsp;<br><br>Barrett argues that emotions are concepts of the brain just like rain is. When we witness an external event, we experience certain bodily sensations and then form a \u201cconcept\u201d of what the bodily response is and when it\u2019s appropriate. Just like water falling from the sky is \u201crain,\u201d an intense feeling in our gut after a loss is \u201csadness.\u201d In the future, our brains will tell us that the correct response to a loss or tragic situation is to be sad.<br><br>Further, Barrett explains that emotions function as self-fulfilling prophecies\u2014our brain makes a prediction about how we should feel in a certain situation based on a <em>concept<\/em>, and when we react in this way, the concept is confirmed. Thus, the emotional reaction is more likely to occur when we face similar stimuli in the future. Tolle makes the same assertion\u2014emotional reactions are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/affirmation-and-visualization-7-habits\/\">affirmations<\/a> of our underlying thoughts, and when the emotions affirm the thought, we\u2019re more likely to react the same way again.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-pain-body\">The Pain-Body<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Tolle explains that<strong> our emotional identity is housed in an energy form called the <em>pain-body\u2014<\/em>the part of our mind that collects and stores all the negative emotional experiences we\u2019ve had in our life.<\/strong> The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/eckhart-tolle-pain-body\/\">pain-body<\/a> collects these emotional experiences, and the next time a similar situation occurs, it reminds us of our previous negative thoughts and emotions and prompts us to react in the same way. This suffering ultimately strengthens the ego because it feeds on negativity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pain-body not only stores these emotions but also feeds off them. <\/strong>So, the more we experience negative emotions, the denser and more reactive the pain-body gets, and the bleaker our emotional identity and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/perception-of-the-world\/\">perception of the world<\/a> become. Additionally, the denser the pain-body becomes, the more it craves further negativity to sustain itself, and thus the more it seeks out, recognizes, and creates negative thoughts and emotions.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Therefore, our pain-body causes dysfunction by trapping us in an endless cycle of suffering that affects us and those closest to us.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What exactly are emotions? How do emotions relate to thoughts? 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