reading @AgnesCallard describing philosophers who are against emotions (hatred, regret, empathy) I realized I believe:
i)eliminating emotions is impossible
ii)everybody who claims they are doing so is kidding themselves. They do things for emotional reasons & deny it.
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While it can seem "holier-than-thou" from a distance, a genuinely heartfelt understanding that the perpetrator of violence must have been deeply suffering in order to have acted in such a way helps with extending compassion to them as well, without viewing them as any "lesser."
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Through this practice, my anger naturally dissipates as its fiery energetic basis is transmuted into the warmth of compassion for both friend and foe, alike.
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