From: E. Shaun Russell (e_shaun@uniserve.com)
Date: Sun Jul 04 1999 - 18:35:32 MDT
J. M. Casey wrote:
>But when we try to stanch the emotion we create an internal conflict that
>blocks our mentation. I'd suggest that what you're after is full,
congruent >emotion -- flow, it's been called, among other things -- so that
your >meta-emotions function in line with your primary emotions. It's a
simple >matter, though not always an easy one, to program in this adjustment.
That is an interesting point. The concern with any sort of
psychological adjustment, however, is the possibility of emotional
repression. It is always possible to consciously ignore an emotion and act
around it, whether or not it is a primary or secondary emotion.
Unfortunately, this repression has a tendency to weigh heavily on our
subconscious and ultimately affects our physical and mental well-being.
The question is whether or not we can psychologically tune ourselves to
feel unnecessary\undesirable emotions to a lesser extent without causing
this emotional repression. As I mentioned in the original post, drugs
don't seem to work (though I have never used any) in
reducing the magnamity of undesirable emotions. What can? Or as Greg
suggested, perhaps the whole spectrum of emotions which humans feel is
truly necessary to our well-being both now and in the future.
>To date, what we haven't as a species been able to do is to learn to do
>things like this without a change in lifestyle, and I think that's the
allure >of technology. We can stay the same old slobs and also live to be a
hundred. >But I wouldn't have thought this had much to do with extropianism.
Point taken: far better to be proactive than reactive. As Gandhi
reputedly said: "You must be the change you wish to see in the world."
--------------------------------------------------------------------
E. Shaun Russell Musician, Extropian, ExI Member
=================================================================>
Kineticize your potential. http://www.extropy.com
--------------------------------------------------------------------
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.5 : Fri Nov 01 2002 - 15:04:23 MST