Crying is therapeutic. Tears contain seeds of healing. Through crying we get in touch with those experiences that we have forgotten, hidden, buried away in the pit of our souls. There are many different varieties of tears.
Unshed tears get caught in our throats, making it hard for us to speak our truth, express honestly and move on. Babies cry when they are hungry, scared and cold. They cry when they think they are alone or about to be harmed. If you don’t kiss them before you put them to sleep they will cry themselves to sleep.
Babies cry when their mothers die, and fathers leave them. They cry silently when you lock them up in the closets and beat them up, or when they believe that you love other babies more than you love them. Lastly if you tell babies not to cry then they will end up in a Mental Institution.
The origin of angry tears is in the Ego. They create heat and stiffness in the body, shattering our image. Angry tears originate from the outside corner of the eyes. They are easier to wipe away. They occur at unexpected moments or inappropriate times. Anger is not acceptable in public, hence held back, because it reveals our vulnerability. We as children are wrongly taught that boys don’t cry and we grow up with this belief.
Sad tears come from the heart. They create bending of the shoulders and drooping of the head. Sad tears originate from the inside corner of the eyes. They find their way across your nose, cheeks, lips and you lick them.
Frightened tears originate from the soles of our feet and shoot up through the body to create trembling, shaking in the whole body.
The chief cause is fear. These tears originate from the entire eyes. They are big tears and well up clouding our vision and thinking. Shame filled tears originate from the pit of our stomach, causing us to bend in anguish. They fall when we judge, criticize, or beat up ourselves.
Finally we have the combination tears. They are all of the above. They have the stiffness of anger, drooping of sadness, trembling of fear, and bending of shame. You get cold and nauseated.
Women handle crying and tears better than men can do. Men have to learn this particular lesson from women.
Rohit Khanna is the author of the book - Magic Of The Mind & Miracle Of The Body. This article has been taken from his book