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Originally Posted by H:O:R:A:C:E
'using the faculties in harmony' is something i think important too...
that's a way to understand what 'healthy living' is i reckon.
i don't know that i'd agree about 'mindless' explorations in the emotional
field as being "a wild ride" necessarily... that seems to imply that emotions
are jumbled and unpredictable without the guidance of the mind to keep
them in order (which i doubt to be the case).
meditation is sometimes described as "quieting the mind", so i suppose
it possible to do that exploration i've proposed, with little if any mental
processes involved.
the "trick" played by many people who've come to believe that 'everything
is thought' may be that they've cranked their emotional meter to a specific
value, and if they feel "trapped" that reading won't be 'peaceful'.
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The trouble with emotions is that it is hard to define where they begin or where they end. We all feel emotions, but alot of the emotional experience is reactive, it can be triggered by life situations, However life situations are interpreted by the mind, so that would make the mind the trigger to them.
Then they are also stimulated by chemical reactions in the body, whether natural hormones, or artificial stimulants (my son had a really bad reaction to some medication the doctor gave him and spent all Thursday crying, even he could not figure out why, and that really bothered him).
So are emotions then really a part of our psyche?...or are they just reactionary experiences based on the mind or chemicals, and have no real form of their own?
(I know we are going way beyond the original dream topic...sorry Lolly)