A bit on conceptualizing the intangible and explaining the unseen to sceptics and oth

[sky]

Originally Posted by TattieHowker

Emotions don't come from a 'body'.

Mine come from my brain which is part of my body ....

[Redchic12]

Tattyhowler you state……..to answer your question, emotions are responses to external stimuli. For the sake of simplicity. You see something sad on the TV and you cry, someone rips you off and you get angry.

I don’t feel emotions are only attached to external stimuli. Sometimes we think of something in our mind and we can have an emotional reaction to that, which is an internal stimuli.

[TattieHowker]

Originally Posted by sky

Mine come from my brain which is part of my body ....

Yours - nor mine - don't come from an 'emotional' body. Different context.

[TattieHowker]

Originally Posted by Redchic12

Tattyhowler you state……..to answer your question, emotions are responses to external stimuli. For the sake of simplicity. You see something sad on the TV and you cry, someone rips you off and you get angry.

I don’t feel emotions are only attached to external stimuli. Sometimes we think of something in our mind and we can have an emotional reaction to that, which is an internal stimuli.

Where did that 'something' come from originally?

[sky]

Originally Posted by TattieHowker

Yours - nor mine - don't come from an 'emotional' body. Different context.

I actually said 'my' emotions come from 'my' brain which is part of 'my' body.....

[Redchic12]

Tattyhowler……….Where did that 'something' come from originally?

Well here is just an example.

Some one woke up with an idea for a new invention which has never been seen before and would in turn cause an excited emotion thru out the body.

OR

Someone was trying to think of a better way to do something that has never been tried before and then “click” all of a sudden they have an idea that will work, another emotion of anticipation and excitement.

Mozart woke up from his sleep with an original idea for a whole symphony no doubt producing much emotion.

It does seem to indicate that they were original thoughts and don’t seem to have come from external sources.

[sky]

Originally Posted by TattieHowker

Where did that 'something' come from originally?

Internal/external.......

[iamthat]

Originally Posted by Redchic12

Some one woke up with an idea for a new invention which has never been seen before and would in turn cause an excited emotion thru out the body.... Mozart woke up from his sleep with an original idea for a whole symphony no doubt producing much emotion. It does seem to indicate that they were original thoughts and don’t seem to have come from external sources.

This is potentially a whole new discussion.

Various sources suggest that while the body sleeps we are pursuing our interests in the astral realms, and so a composer may produce a piece of work during sleep which is then transmitted to ordinary consciousness on awakening.

The same sources state that there are scientists at work on the subtle planes trying to convey ideas to physical humanity, often during sleep. Hence the phenomenon where two or more people in different parts of the world come up with the same invention at the same time.

For example, we accept that Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. What that means is that he applied for a patent first. What is less well known is that a Professor Elisha Gray applied for a patent for the telephone on the same day in 1876 but his application was after Bell's. So Bell got the credit. Perhaps they were both influenced in their sleep by the ideas of non-physical scientists.

Which is all interesting but maybe not relevant to this discussion.

Peace

[TattieHowker]

Originally Posted by Redchic12

Some one woke up with an idea for a new invention which has never been seen before and would in turn cause an excited emotion thru out the body..

You excitement is arousal, is arousal an emotion?

[Redchic12]

TattyHowler.

Yes I would say arousal is an emotion.

I googled the meaning, just for my own personal benefit and it stated: Arousal is a state in which you feel excited.

So I guess excitement must be an emotion.