Message #22452

[guest88]

forgive my naive nature.....

OK, so thoughts we want to turn off....

but emotion??? thoughts and emotion are separate, so we are trained to believe....

but thoughts help tame emotion and meditation helps tap into a deeper level of feeling beyond the "normal" grasp of thought or emotion . . . ?

still, it is a feeling being tapped into, is an emotion..... ?? ? there is a benefit to a silent mind

but still, i am confused....

i believe emotion, animal instinct.... these are integral aspects of growth to be cherished, not shunned out...

thoughts only help foster evolution.. .

i don't doubt thoughts can create chaos... i'm not trying to attack...

i just think, to cut this aspect of ourselves does not promote enlightenment

especially when that enlightenment people are trying to reach SEEM to stem from feeling or emotion outside a regular grasp of day to day living