RE: Emotions are intrinsically good and bad
September 29, 2017 at 7:10 pm
(This post was last modified: September 29, 2017 at 7:19 pm by Transcended Dimensions.)
(September 29, 2017 at 7:04 pm)Khemikal Wrote:(September 29, 2017 at 6:15 pm)Transcended Dimensions Wrote: Have you ever heard the saying that there is no good without god? In that same sense, there is no good without positive emotions.This statement is inconsistent with your previous contention that there could be emotional good, and good of thought. If they are separate things, and can exist independent and even in contradiction with each other....then good without positive emotion is not only a possibility, but a an inevitability.
Amusingly, examples are easy to find. I know it's good to flush the toilet, but doing it doesn't make me euphoric. You manage to contradict yourself and reality in a single breath. Bravo.
Then read my recent posts to know what I mean here. I first had a conversation where I said that positive emotions really are the only good and that we can't have good thoughts and that situations can't be good. I then later said that there is good without positive emotions, but that it would be like the words at the entrance to a club being shut down (i.e. "dead"). It would be a no quality standard of goodness in your life. I am still in the process of trying to work out this whole worldview so that it is clear to others. So, don't just jump to the conclusion that I am speaking nonsense, making contradictions, and then end your discussion with me.