While there is a close intra-relationship betweeneach pair of variables on the axis, there are many life circumstances that give rise to a more complexinteraction between the emotional and physiological levels.9A secondary modulator of the HRV amplitude is the degree of cognitive engagement. High cognitiveengagement tends to reduce HRV, while low cognitive engagement increases HRV. As noted, forpurposes of simplification this factor is not considered in this model.INTEGRAL REVIEWDecember 2009Vol. 5, No. 2be predicted from the conjunction of the particular combination of arousal and valence values onthe two dimensions in our typology.Following this logic, therefore, each of the six segments within the inner circle in Figure 4demarcates a range of emotion and its corresponding representative HRV waveform patterns forthe variety of emotional experiences that typify everyday life. Organized in terms of degree ofarousal and valence, and rotating clockwise around the figure, these are the familiar emotions weexperience from day to day. They are labeled: HappinessExcitement, LoveAppreciation,ContentmentSerenity, SadnessApathy, FrustrationResentment, and AngerAnxiety. At thecenter of the circle, in a small area surrounding the intersection of the two axes, is the space ofEmotional Impassivity (not labeled in Figure 4). Involving little or no emotional feeling, eitherpositive or negative, emotional impassivity is typically experienced when the individual ismentally engaged in performing a familiar action or routine task. These seven areas within thecircle of day-to-day emotional life denote substantively different emotions and feelingssubjectively experienced by the individual.Psychophysiological Hyper-StatesQualitatively distinct from the feelings of daily life are six distinct psychophysiological hyper-states reflecting the bodys response to extreme emotions. Because these hyper-states involve aphase shift in physiological organization and psychological experience that is discontinuous fromthe states of normal, everyday emotional life, they are set apart beyond the perimeter of the outercircle in Figure 4.Generally speaking, the psychophysiological hyper-states are indicative of two quite differentdirections of movement in bodily processes. As described below, hyper-states involving extremepositive emotions are transcendent states in which the individuals emotional experienceinvolves the feeling of spiritual connectedness to something larger and more enduring beyondthemselves. Typically these states are associated with selfless actions and are also generative ofbodily renewal. By contrast, hyper-states of extreme negative emotions are all-consuming statesof self-absorption and self-focus. These states are usually associated with highly destructivebehavioreither directed at the self and/or projected out onto othersand have detrimental,even devastating, consequences. Negative hyper-states lead to a depletion of the bodys energyand resources which, in the long term, results in the degeneration of bodily function.Shown beyond the high end of the arousal axis are two states of hyper-arousal characterizedby extreme emotional activation. The extreme emotional activation can result in a loss of self-control, which may lead to unpredictable behavior. It is important to understand that theseextreme emotions are associated with the highest level of physiological activation. This drivesthe heart rate past physiological norms to such a degree that the amplitude of the HRV waveformbecomes extremely low.On the negative side, violent, uncontrollable anger and rage, or overwhelming fear andanxiety are the hyper-aroused emotions experienced here. As already mentioned, we haveempirical data documenting the HRV pattern associated with this state (see the waveform patternshowing the movement to intense