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[BigV]

For someone who has little respect for other people's need to express their emotions, you sure do spend a fuckload of time ranting about it. Talk about your wasted bandwidth.

You're a hypocrite.

[John Sellers]

Originally Posted by BigV

For someone who has little respect for other people's need to express their emotions, you sure do spend a fuckload of time ranting about it. Talk about your wasted bandwidth.

You're a hypocrite.

Agreed. I am starting to wonder if TW respects his/her own emotions.

Emotions can often be useful. They reside in us, all the time, helping us to navigate throughout our daily lives, informing us about how to experience safety, acceptance, connection, contribution—all very basic needs of human beings of any age. When we’re emotionally blocked, we’re more likely to feel distance from ourselves and others and disempowered. Giving our emotions quality attention supports us in experiencing choice of new action which lead to breakthroughs and fulfillment.

As Robert Henri (1865-1929) said "Cherish your own emotions and never undervalue them."

Now, back to the main topic since apparently TW can't handle thread drift either.

[tw]

Originally Posted by John Sellers

Emotions can often be useful. They reside in us, all the time, helping us to navigate throughout our daily lives, informing us about how to experience safety, acceptance, connection, contribution—all very basic needs of human beings of any age.

Emotions should never run our lives. Process of becoming an adult is to use and control emotions as a tool. A tool used by the adult (logical) mind. Not as something to justify actions or make decisions.

High atop a building, one can have fear. A child entertains that fear - may scream or panic. An adult knows that fear is the subconscious mind reminding him to take extra care. A tool. One never entertains that fear. One uses that emotion to make a definite, careful, and logical decision.

A perfect example of adults acting like children is in N Korea. A BBC producer, reporter, and cameraman were held for eight hours in extensive questioning. Then deported. Accused of insulting "Dear Leader". Another example of adults acting on their emotions - not thinking logically like adults. Adult who make decisions based upon emotions are why N Korea is so dangerous. Emotions must never be justification for actions.

Hitler was another perfect example. He was driven by an emotion called ego. His ego needed him to annex or conquer other nations (ie Czechoslovakia, Poland). All for the greater glory of his ego and other emotions. The purpose of life (as understood by an adult mind) was irrelevant to his life ambition. Another example of why adults who are still children can be problematic.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Process of becoming an sociopath is to use and control emotions as a tool.

[John Sellers]

Originally Posted by tw

Emotions should never run our lives.

I agree, but certain emotions, even negative ones, can lead to good decisions.

[tw]

Originally Posted by John Sellers

I agree, but certain emotions, even negative ones, can lead to good decisions.

Exactly. One must make decisions based only in logic. At the end, one then examines his conclusion. If he does not like it, then one goes back to redo the logical analysis.

Again, emotions are what children use to make decisions. For an adult, emotion is a tool; must never be justification for a conclusion. But like fear (cited previously) it can provide additional knowledge or caution.

Another example of "emotion to make a judgement": racism - judging someone only upon first impressions. Any first impression must be tempered and constrained by what controls an adult - logical thought. Eventually, even Archie Bunker learned to stop being so emotional (so the series got canceled).