The Emotional Cycle By Henry Chu Speaker Master

Introduction The Emotional cycle is the extension of the Wealth Cycle and it’s the changes of an individual’s emotions (as related to I-Ching) This is related to the concepts of the Three Debts: Material, Emotional and Divine Like the Wealth cycle, there are eight elements (or states) and they are: happiness, fear, anger, hatred, despair, sadness, sympathy and Love A person may get stuck in a state and take life times to move on

Elements of Emotional Cycle Happiness— – This is the top of the cycle – This is the state of constant joy and happiness – The person is surrounded by happy relationships and everybody shares their happy energy with no reservation – This is the most desirable state and “the pursue of happiness” is the goal of all living beings

Elements of Emotional Cycle Fear— – This is the state of anxiety, nervousness and doubt – This is the realization that happiness (or anything else that was gained) does not last forever and will soon be lost – The person goes into a state of panic and the energy begins to retract in order to hold on and not letting go – This is the beginning of the down cycle

Elements of Emotional Cycle Anger— – This is the state of realizing the possible negative outcome and the reaction to the possibility, which is refusal and denial – Bursts of energy are released during this state (and the person begins to be drained) – Anger is often used to rectify the situation if the situation is salvageable – However, not all situations are salvageable so this can develop into constant anger

Elements of Emotional Cycle Hatred— – This is the state of realization that the negative situation is inevitable and the violent disagreement to that outcome – Hatred is a constant drain to the energy of the person (downward spiral whirlpool) and will ultimately consume everything – Hatred is one of the most difficult emotions to detach from and it’s the source of Demon Path

Elements of Emotional Cycle Despair— – This is the state of hopelessness and it is the final acceptance of the negative outcome – This is a state of the lacking of all energy and the person no longer has any mental or physical power to fight – This is also the bottom of the cycle, which means this is the same state as “Poverty” in the Wealth Cycle (and it’s going up from here)

Elements of Emotional Cycle Sadness— – This is the state of healing – In this state, the person already accepted the loss and is now focused on recovering from the loss – In the sad or depressive state, energy begins to gather within the person (which is why the person may eat or sleep a lot) – These activities are helping with the healing process and the person is on the road to recovery

Elements of Emotional Cycle Sympathy— – This is the state of compassion – The person is still recovering from the emotional wound but the recovery process makes the person sympathetic to other people’s suffering – The energy of the person is expanding to other people and the helping others became the focus of the person – The person’s energy expands beyond the self

Elements of Emotional Cycle Love— – This is the state of the Union – In this state, a person merges spiritually with another person and the two become one – This is subsequent to the expansion of energy, which resulted in the strong connection and the ultimate union – This is the road leading to happiness

Elements of Emotional Cycle Happiness (thus begins a new cycle) – Once again, we are back to where we started – When two people fell in love and created an union, then happiness is achieved – In the happiness state, abundance of energy is share amongst people and everyone feels the constant joy and bless – Never the less, soon this too will go away and Fear will begin the new cycle

Lessons to be Learned Doctrine of the Mean Chapter One stated: “Before the bursting of Joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness, that is the Center. After the bursting, but with proper extinction, that is Harmony.” Center and Harmony is the way of Tao This means not getting caught up in the Emotional Cycle and restore to the Center immediately after the burst (which is proper extinction or “Harmony”)

Conclusion Emotional cycle (just like Wealth Cycle) is a miniature version of I-Ching (I-Ching has 64 states and the Emotional Cycle has 8 states) The insights of the Emotional Cycle can further help us understand where we are in our cultivations Confucius taught us to practice Center and Harmony as we practice the Tao

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