You Are Not Your Feelings – On Vibration, Awareness, and Inner Freedom

Feelings are like waves — they rise and fall, come and go, change their shape and intensity. But only when we realize that we are not the waves, but the ocean beneath them, can true inner freedom begin.

Feelings are the language of our aliveness. They reveal where we stand, what touches us, what inspires or challenges us. Yet, they are not who we are.

When we talk about feelings, we enter a vast landscape — full of nuances, colors, and depths. Some prefer to speak of emotions, others make subtle distinctions between the two. For now, let’s see them as one, because what truly matters is how we perceive, understand, and flow with what we feel.

One of the most important realizations is this: You are not your feelings.

You have feelings. They move through you — changing, transforming, flowing like waves touching the shore. When we identify with them — “I am angry,” “I am sad” — we turn something fluid into something fixed. But the moment we say, “I feel anger,” or “I sense sadness,” a small but powerful distance opens. And in that space, awareness begins to grow.

Feelings are not good or bad.

They are energy in motion — vibration, resonance, a natural rhythm of life. Every emotion carries a message. Joy shows us alignment, fear asks for attention, anger points to our boundaries, grief helps us release and create space for something new.

When we suppress our emotions, we block this movement — and what cannot flow, transforms. It can turn into restlessness, tension, or even physical discomfort. But when we allow and observe what we feel — when we let it move — it shifts. Because energy is meant to flow.

Let’s explore this with a simple exercise:
Letting Go of Feelings

1. Take two minutes.
   Write down everything you feel in this very moment — without judging, filtering, or trying to sound “right.” Gratitude, tiredness, joy, anger, longing — everything is welcome.

2. Then take three more minutes.
   Write down all the emotions you’ve experienced in the past seven days. They may have been subtle, conflicting, or even hard to name. Just let them flow onto the page.

When you’re done, pause for a moment.
Breathe. Feel. Notice what stands out. Are there patterns? Emotions that repeat? Ones you often embrace — and others you tend to avoid?

Now imagine each feeling as a vibration, a frequency moving through your field. Joy vibrates light and open, grief deep and soft, anger strong and pulsating. When you acknowledge them all, your inner sound field begins to harmonize. The waves settle. The energy rebalances. You come back into resonance — with yourself.

And that’s the healing moment: not pushing emotions away, but feeling, understanding, and gently releasing them.

Lightness doesn’t mean the absence of heavy feelings — it means being in tune with them, without losing yourself in their sound.

When you no longer resist what you feel, you begin to resonate with life itself — and that is where true harmony begins.

©Martina M. Schuster