[MD] Emotions for Joe

[MarshaV]

Hi Mark,

This was primarily a post by Ian.  


Marsha


On Aug 7, 2011, at 12:22 PM, 118 wrote:

> Hi Marsha,
> I would present your statement in reverse.  "I am therefore I feel my
> emotions."  This is where Descarte got it wrong and sidetracked
> Western Logic.  "I think therefore I am" should have been "I am
> therefore I think".  This is obviously much more logical.  We have to
> be to think.  We cannot think that we are.  We are also not what we
> think (what we eat maybe).
> 
> You do point to a correct interpretation of "I", in that I owns both
> the brain and body, and is therefore neither.  Of course you knew this
> from your readings of Buddhism.
> 
> So, we are ultimately in agreement.
> 
> Cheers,
> Mark
> 
> On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 5:00 AM, Ian Glendinning
> <ian.glendinning at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Marsha asked
>> "What role do emotions play in consciousness?"
>> 
>> Well, our consciousness (the bundle of patterns that is us) are
>> conscious of them.
>> I feel my emotions therefore I am.
>> (What happens next depends on how you use your brain / body.)
>> 
>> BTW - I just blogged the clip you linked and also linked back to my
>> earlier piece on Haidt's Happiness, and noticed Damasio featured
>> heavily there too. I made a throwaway remark a few weeks ago that
>> there really wasn't very much contentious left to be understood in the
>> brain / mind workings these days - even things like "will" - one of
>> the reasons I get frustrated when we continually recycle old debates.
>> I still "feel" that's true.
>> 
>> Haidt is/was (almost) a total Buddhist, but just pulled back to a
>> position of dynamic balance in his conclusions.
>> 
>> Regards
>> Ian


 
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