Listen now | By Keith Sherwood | This episode of the Inner Awareness Podcast explores the topic of emotions. Inauthentic emotions arise from identification with the I and lead to attachment, whereas authentic emotions – like anger, fear, pain, and joy – can be experienced without attachment when they emerge directly from the chakras. There are three levels of emotional experience: soul (yogic system), spirit (Taoist system), and transcendence (hybrid), becoming increasingly subtle and refined. Spiritual masters cultivate discernment, refusing to engage with distorted or karmically inherited emotions. For them, bliss is not a feeling but a natural, radiant state of consciousness beyond personal identity.