WHAT IS MEANT BY EMOTIONS?
“Emotions are internal events that coordinate many psychological subsystems including physiological responses, cognitions and conscious awareness.”.
Emotions are instinctive which were there with man even before he evolved into what he is today. When man evolved from apes he developed the rational brain which distinguishes him from other animals. This rational brain has helped him to understand and analyze his emotions and given him an edge over the others. But many a time it can be seen that he sadly fails to use his rational brain against the emotional one. It is often rationalization in retrospection. There is an emotional outburst first and the analysis later – often too late for redemption. Thus it can be said that emotions define a person.
The recent years has witnessed the immense scope and relevance of ‘Emotional Intelligence’ (EI) in every realm of life. Research abounds in proving the role of EI in bridging the gap between the successful and the talented, but not so successful people.
THATS WHY MANKIND NEEDS A MANUAL OF LIVING. . The Bhagavad-Gita, which is considered the fifth Veda, talks about not just emotional intelligence, but goes a step forward to discuss emotional stability. The lessons that we can take from this time tested book are innumerable .
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The present world order, in the background of uncertainty, has impacted all dimensions of ones life, be it physical, social, cultural, economic, psychological and so on. The new normal challenges calls for enhancing the appropriate skill-set of individuals .
As individuals cannot change/alter the external challenges/situation, it is only prudent/logical that they focus their attention on enhancing their intrapersonal skills, especially mind-set and emotions. Intra-personal skills may refer to an individual's understanding and development of vital factors within oneself.
Role of Emotions: In the ever-changing and dynamic world, emotions play a vital role in the attitude and productivity of individuals. In fact, emotions evolve a personality trait of individuals. Human emotions may be positive or negative. Positive emotions include comfortable, enthusiastic, satisfied, happiness and so on. Negative emotions include frustrated, stressed, anger, fear and so on.
Importance of emotions in work place through a study on various kinds of emotions. The study underlined six important kinds of emotions, namely, anger, fear, joy, love, sadness and surprise.
The task lies in enhancing the positive emotions and mitigating the negative emotions. It requires the skill of understanding and managing of emotions (ie.) emotional intelligence.
Emotional Intelligence: Emotional intelligence may be defined as the ability of an individual to identify, understand and manage ones own emotions as well as that of others and make decisions that achieve positive results.
emotional intelligence as the ability to understand ones as well as others feelings and emotions, and to regulate them with the objective to guide ones thinking and action.
one would identify, five important dimensions of emotional intelligence. Out of the five dimensions, three dimensions, namely, self-awareness, self-regulation and motivation reflect the individuals personal competencies related to knowing ones own emotions and managing the same. The other two dimensions, namely, empathy and social skills reflect the individuals social competencies related to knowing others‟ emotions and managing the same.
The skill of emotional intelligence: (a) enhances creativity, communication, empathy and relationships among human resources, (b) manages change, difficult work conditions and career prospects, and (c) reduces stress, mistakes and negativity in work place.
To sum up: From the foregone discussion, we are able to understand that the importance of emotions cannot be over emphasized. Further, emotional intelligence is a skill that involves managing one’s own as well as the emotions of others. It is a vital skill for inter-personal relationships in work-place.
With the above background on emotions, let us now enter into the Bhagavad Gita's perception of emotional stability IN NEXT CHAPTER.
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