Expansive vs Contractive Feelings
Feelings feel different:
- Fear or anxiety are contracting. Which makes evolutionary sense, as we are protecting from a potential predator.
- Love, awe or curiosity are expansive.
Expensive feelings feel good π. If we get to notice them they connect us to the world and give us a sense we are all connected.
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