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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Replying to @ericlinuskaplan @AgnesCallard
Can't people just aim to be angry as little as possible, even if the complete absence of anger is impossible?
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Replying to @Mrjjrocks @AgnesCallard
Absolutely. But is the move from more anger to less anger is often bad. So if my friend gets beaten up I could be angry or I could cool my jets and say "Whatevs! These things happen!" But that is a bad thing to aim for. Makes me a bad friend.
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Correct. Moving from anger to compassion is the best response
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Replying to @theheidifeed @ericlinuskaplan and
I'm inclined to approach working with emotions as transmutation of energy. Rather than explode in anger, I regulate and reroute such "heat" toward compassion for my dear friend who was beaten. I seek justice but do so mercifully rather than vengefully.
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Replying to @NoaidiX @theheidifeed and
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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