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Originally Posted by H:O:R:A:C:E
maybe. i guess i was trying to get at the possibility of experiencing/knowing
something 'outside' the realm of mind. like, are my emotions independent of
intellect, and can i recognize navigating through an 'emotional field' without
relying on mental facilities to 'make sense' of things?
for people to sometimes feel "trapped in the mind" seems awful... it'd be
nice to to have other spheres of reality to explore in such a case.
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The problem with that scenario is that sense and understanding are faculties of the mind. Emotions can be experienced at a emotional level without the mind, but the experience is more of "a wild ride" rather than something that can build understanding of the experience.
Many people attempt to shut down one faculty to experience another, but we are whole beings, all the faculties we have are there to give us the full experience of life. The trick I believe is to learn to use them all for what they were designed for, and in harmony with each other, not independently.