Moonbeam 13

Negative Emotions

David Kaonohiokala Bray, known as Daddy Bray, often spoke of positive and negative forces and the need for balance between them. He taught that the kahuna "must learn to know and control the negative forces of his own nature." (Lessons for a Kahuna by David K. Bray, 1985)

In those lessons, he listed some of the negative emotions:

1. The excessive craving for the pleasures of this earth
2. The excessive search for earthly wealth
3. The search for self gain and glory
4. Greediness
5. Selfishness
6. Envy
7. Lust for things that will satisfy one's self
8. Hate
9. Jealousy
10. Slavery to possessions
11. Fear, which makes a god of the unreal

The above are "negative" not because they are deemed "bad," "sinful," or "wrong." Rather, they represent the material aspects of one's nature that are out of control. When they are balanced with the positive emotions such as humbleness, patience, self control, perseverance, kindness, tolerance, love, calmness and many others, one can live in harmony. "All life is the creative union of duality," wrote Daddy Bray.

One needs to understand how the negative emotions manifest in one's own life, thus the need for self-examination. This can be accomplished with a conscious analysis of one's actions and through meditation. Once identified, negative emotions can be "refilled" by the positive. Only when the negative and positive emotions are held in balance, can one make contact with one's higher spiritual nature.

If taken to an extreme, the negative emotions ultimately lead to destructiveness. Balance must be achieved for the person, or health, or situation, to be made whole.

PRAYER

Prayer for Wholeness

From the lower
To the higher
From the lesser
To the greater
Refill the calabash of hate
With the wellspring of love
Recalibrate
The forces of greed
Toward the goodness of all
Realign the material
To the spiritual
May the light
Balance my being
As my spirit rises up.

Amama, ua noa. The prayer is freed.