just seeing different views on this

IMO there is no good or bad feeling/emotion. it is the actions from them that determine that

example: MLK. putting myself in his place, I would think he would be angry, hurt, maybe jealous, fearful, etc. that's how i would feel anyway. but instead of doing something negative...he used those emotions to make a positive difference

this is just my opinion. any thoughts or differences?

I cannot know exactly how or what people feel in certain circumstances. However from what I do know it seems most every human feels the same types of emotions in regards to the same type of reactions.

Emotions are complex things.

We feel anger. We feel anxiety. We feel happy. We feel sad.

Many of these feelings can happen in conjunction, when we feel betrayed by someone close to us we may be sad, angry and anxious all at the same time.

I think even though we all have the same emotional hardware, we get to choose how we act in response to these emotions. We are each skilled to different degrees in how best to handle that.

I think wisdom is the ability to see many paths when responding to an emotional situation. Goodness is the insight and desire to choose the least harmful (to everyone) reaction.

very true. i had to learn the hard way to "reframe my thinking". I try to take the emotions and do something to improve myself. I guess i feel like i took a step backwards if i do something wrong. i'm human...it happens. i tend to have a temper and speak my mind (i'm not violent though) i have had to try to learn to use that temper for the good lol

we are all human and sometimes we slip...hopefully we can learn from mistakes in life. i have made many, but what doesn't kill me makes me stronger...at least i hope lol

ty for your imput

whether i agree with people or not...i love learning new things and how people think. helps me to better understand people and life

I agree. I have not always been so good at guiding my behavior when in a highly emotional state.

The way of Buddhism and learning the techniques helped me be able to analyze the emotion, see from where it came, and this has allowed me to be able to have a better perspective when decided how to respond to a group of emotions.

Sometimes you realize your being highly emotional (this is not always a bad thing) but its only after you have done something you regret.

The thing is if your emotion is warranted, and valid, yet your reaction was not, sometimes this will make you feel as if the emotion itself was not valid.

Many times our emotions are telling us something, we must take the time to analyze this and gain an understanding before reacting.

Emotions.....most emotions are self focussed... it's all about ME...Me ...ME...

Even when empathising with another... it is how you would feel in that situation...

I am an empath, as are my kids, and many that I know....however... finding/sorting/ and discarding emotions that are not relevant, or self serving is the constant challenge.


Emotions are mostly ego based.... the front brain governing...

whereas the deeper consciousness/awareness has different forms of emotion.... pure stillness... with an undertone/bass note of love, woven with the spikes of joyfulness and bliss...


the rest of emotions, anger fear, jealousy etc are pure fabrication.

very interesting and something to think about. I don't really agree but it's all about learning huh?

Not arguing with your point on emotions, but since you have mentioned MLK, did you know he has his personal file at FBI sealed up in 1977 for 50 years by a special order, because apparently it was said that not sealing it would totally destroy his image.

Remember, everything we are being taught, is a lie.

no I didn't know anything about that. It was just an example to show my point

Yes, I know, I am not messing with your point.

lol no problem at all/ i was just trying to show that the "bad feelings" can be a spring board to do something good

I would rather stick to your initial assertion, which seems to be true: There are no good or bad feelings, there are just feelings, and they are always just. However, what determines the type of consequence they will take is the quality of ones character.

I a character is flawed, then a person is hell bent on doing wrong things. If there are no flaws, then a person will be acting to bring in the justice. Everything in between, falls in between.

It is a flaw in a character that makes people grow stupid. Then a bad judgment is made and next is a wrong action on it.

lol I tend to speak my mind and can be very blunt at times. I have temper (not violent though)

sometimes my feeling brings out the worst in me. but that is because i didn't stop and think before i spoke

lol I tend to speak my mind and can be very blunt at times. I have temper (not violent though)

sometimes my feeling brings out the worst in me. but that is because i didn't stop and think before i spoke

Through various studies, 'they,' whomever they are, have determined that cats do not feel happiness. The closest they get is contentment.

One, how can one determine that an animal is not happy but content?

And isn't contentment just a quieter form of happiness as opposed to bouncing off the walls happy?

not sure about that. as much as i think to think i know my cats and dogs...i can't read their minds. so what you said is beyond any knowledge I could answer on

but contentment mean a form of happiness or could it be someone is so angry or fed up that they are content that things aren't worse????

per ole webster

con·tent·ed
Pronunciation: \kən-ˈten-təd\
Function: adjective
Date: 15th century
: feeling or showing satisfaction with one's possessions, status, or situation <a contented smile>
— con·tent·ed·ly adverb
— con·tent·ed·ness noun

you may be right

Happiness is not different from content, unless it is a result of justice arrived while it was delayed but expected. I think...

i don't understand my own emotions let alone other's or animals lol

i'm doing good to reframe my thinking before someone hands me my butt on a silver platter lol

We can't know animal emotions. It is all but speculations, although it may be a correct guess, of course.

We can not know even emotions of other men. Since we aren't them. We don't even know if what I see as red you see as yellow.

All we can do is examine our own emotions, and exchange the results, hoping that everyone is genuine. As for animals, we can't even do that.

but wouldn't it be cool to know how people are feeling??? stay away from the ones angry, comfort those sad, stay away from the ones happy (before i have my morning coffee lol)