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Passion

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Valentine’s day is coming tomorrow and it is typically a time when people show passion for the one they love.  Passion is both emotional and powerful.

Demonstrating strong feelings or beliefs about something is the hallmark of passion.  These feels can cover many topics from success (a passion for achievement) to love (being passionate about somebody).

At the Expense of Logic

Typically passion is a good thing.  It helps supply the underlying energy and motivation we need to achieve our goals, i.e., things we are passionate about.

The downside is passion can blind us to reality.  Our ability to conduct a logical analysis of a situation can be overwhelmed. Our earnest and enthusiastic search to achieve the object of our passion might lead us to inappropriate behavior.

We may even injure our chances of attaining that which we seek.  Certainly, stalkers have some passion for their prey but it manifests itself in a totally inappropriate way.

Embrace with Caution

Passion can include belief in the spiritual and occult and other concepts that do not necessarily have physical proof of existence.  Actions in accordance with these beliefs should be treated with some measure of caution.

Recognizing passionate feelings have us in their embrace is important.  This is not to enable an override of those strong feelings and desires but rather to let us manage them appropriately.

Embracing those things you feel passionate about and acting on them is natural, it feels good and mostly is a worthwhile exercise.  Caution is recommended only to prevent headlong rushes into something you will regret.

Random thoughts – keeping you on your toes

Logic or Emotions

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I received some terrific feedbck about yesterdays post.  In summary of my post, I postulated a world based solely on logic would be peaceful.  That is to say, the things that break the peace have an emotional driver.

This idea was explored in the original 1960’s version of the sci-fi TV show Star Trek.  Vulcan characters could not feel, express or act on emotions.

Feedback Recieved

What would live be like without emotion.  Emotions motivate, create pleasure (not logical but nice to feel) and pain or sadness (again not logical but certainly motivating)

Also the question arises whether a fully logic based race would in fact be peaceful.  Could violence not be logically justified under certain conditions?

The answer to whether violence can be a logical outcome of any situation is probably an interesting discussion for debate.  I think strong arguments exist for both sides.

Motivation

The lack of feeling, pleasure or pain, does on the surface seem very detrimental.  Interestingly this topic was explored in a number of the Star Trek episodes.

Having watched these episodes with pleasure, I believe the ideas expressed promoted both lack of emotion as best and on the oppisite side,  the need for emotion as critical.  In short, it was inconclusive.

Of course A fictional drama cannot provide definitive conclusions; however, it can certainly be thought provoking.  As I hope is this blog post.

Personally the discussion I had about yesterdays blog, that is emotionless world might not be the peaceful paridise I postulated, certainly has strong suporting arguments.

That being said I do truly wonder if this emotional world we live in, with it’s mass murders, war, personal attacks, bullies and so on,  is really worth having the pleasure of emotions.