Emotions are intrinsically good and bad

[bennyboy]

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.

There's also no good without negative emotions. Baby cries, pisses me off. I go feed baby so it will shut the fuck up. I'm not cooing at 3:00 am "Awwww look at his cute little red face. . . and OOH what great vocal chords he's got!" At times, there's just enough instinct there to prevent me from smothering my own offspring with a pillow.

But if I wasn't annoyed, I wouldn't get out of bed and feed the baby, and the problem would solve itself right quick. It is good that I get annoyed enough to do something about my baby's needs, because that allows baby to survive to grow up, learn to read, and respond to goofy hippy philosophies online.

I suspect that the OP doesn't have enough responsibility that his/her suffering matters much in contributing to a good goal. Without actual things that need to be done, then suffering is just heat that threatens to melt the snowflake, and there's no good to be found there. Anyone who utters the words "Transcended Dimensions" needs to step out of the drum circle for a while and find a way to participate in society a little more. Then you'll learn that suffering GETS THINGS DONE, and getting things done is good.