Emotional Sobriety Adapted from Richard Rohr It is important to stop "acting out" . The steps that follow the stopping so a healthy lifestyle can be sustained is an integral part of the process. "Emotional sobriety" is part of that lifestyle. Full sobriety is not just to stop acting out, but to become a spiritually awakened person who has found some degree of detachment from your own narcissistic emotional responses. The word emotion comes from the Latin for movement. It's a body-based reaction that snags you quickly and urgently. The body holds shame, guilt, hurts, memories, and childhood conditioning. Emotions feel like truth. So it's very hard to "unhook" from our feelings. This is true for everyone. Emotions in and of themselves have no moral value; they are neither good nor bad. They are just sirens alerting us of something we should pay attention to. If we learn to listen to them instead of always obeying them, they c...
Compassion is the pathway to mercy. Mercy is the dwelling place of grace. Grace is the divine empowerment to be who I am and to act from that identity. Grace is an unmerited gift bestowed upon me. It is available for all who seek it.