Emotions are intrinsically good and bad

[Transcended Dimensions]

Have you ever heard the saying that there is no good without god?  In that same sense, there is no good without positive emotions.  When a person without god in his life still makes a decision to save his own life or the life of someone else, then how does the religious doctrine address this?  I'm quite sure it would be the same answer here as well when it comes to positive emotions being the god in our lives.

Fair enough you can say that there is no good without positive emotions, which are intrinsically good.

But then you can't argue that intense ecstasy of an extreme single positive emotion for a few moments isn't better than the 'wisdom' of choosing a variety of positive emotions over a shorter period of time... without borrowing from values other than intrinsically good positive emotions. Wisdom, moderation and variety doesn't matter if all that matters is positive emotions.

So for you to argue that a variety of positive emotions that are non-extreme is necessary... then you'd have to argue that there are other values like moderation that are important too... and not just positive emotions.

But the thing is, if I was in the most miserable state of my life and I have made a decision such as getting myself all better so that I can have all the positive emotions I want in my life, then I would still be able to tell that such a decision during that miserable moment was still just a thought.  It was no real good value being perceived in my life at all.  My life was still empty.  It was like I was missing a higher component (the inner light) to truly make my life and atmosphere beautiful and good.  So, how would we accommodate this? I have, in fact, had such miserable moments happen to me. Many of them, as a matter of fact. I have thought that making decisions was something good and beautiful, but my life was still completely empty. It was still the worst life.