Linda and I both differentiate between Feelings and emotions. Emotions are sensations such as fear, anger, and so on. These emotions are of unrighteous – unholy origin and thus allow shades and shadows to take control over People. When we engage in emotions, we are playing in the game of the unrighteous – unholy.
Separate from this are Feelings. Feelings are a natural expression of our True Nature and they are Love, Joy, Peace, Abundance, Harmony, and so on. To choose Feelings is to choose our True Nature and to stop the play.
With this little clarification, let's quote:
“From what you have just said, it appears there is a difference between me as a vaporous body and the thoughts of the physical body. Is this accurate?” Showay asked sensing the answer that he was about to receive would help explain why, no matter how much he had tried to control, purify, change, alter, and heal his thoughts, his experiences remained painful and his thoughts distorted.
“Showay, you are near Divine Truth. It is indeed the case that thoughts do not form your experience. It is in fact your feelings from which all Goodness flows. The events of your life flow from your feelings, rather than the worldly teaching that your feelings originate in the events.”
“So what you are saying is that, if I focus on the feelings that I want to experience, rather than on the thoughts that I want to have, I will be able to bring change to my life?”
“Yes, let the feelings that speak of your Divine Nature nourish and support your journey toward a Greater Awareness. Welcome from Within the Divine feelings of Harmony, Joy, Peace, Love, Power, Abundance, Health, and Wholeness and you shall see a change for the better.”
“Abundance?” asked Showay, “What does Abundance have to do with spirituality?”
“More than you think. No good or purpose, is served when you wallow in the depths of despair which the experience of poverty brings. You enter not the Kingdom from the depths of despair. It is from the heights of human expression you climb to the heights of human endeavor.”
“But we are led to believe that all great masters achieved their awakening in the desert, or while experiencing the depths of despair,” said Showay almost defensively.
“Your Honor and Virtue count for nothing when not used in Divine Service. When used in Divine Service, it is Right and Proper to seek and receive abundant Exchange of your Endeavor. Think not that the masters in destitute poverty prevailed. We talk not of attachment to mortal things. We talk instead of ‘abundant living’ which is the symbolic representation of your inner condition. To prevail upon your Endeavor, you must be free of your attachment to the belief that poverty is sign of spirituality.”