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Originally Posted by William 辰
Two questions I have to non-dualistic people:
1) Can you tell me where both positive and negative emotions come from without using the word 'mind'? (for example physical [..] / non-physical [..])
2) Do you see yourself as being separate from 'lifeless objects'? Yes or no, and why?
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negative emotions tend to be associated, very certainly with cortisol. For instance, if you have an over-active adrenal gland you will be experiencing physical stress which then translates into emotions later. There is also proof that physiological states between anxiety and excitement, what you would consider opposites - are identical, and it leads current neurology to the hypothesis that our physiological experiences are contextualised by our brain's neo-cortex activity and our personal memories, how we attribute those to certain physiological responses.
I am lifeless objects which have combined in such a way to create the experience of my body. Carbon atoms are lifeless, I am made out of those, but I'm not lifeless. Life is made out of non-life, and vice versa.