If you call some emotions negative, aren't you creating a
mentalpolarityofgoodandbad,asyouexplainedearlier?
No.The polarity was created at an earlier stage when your
mindjudgedthe present moment asbad;this judgment then
createdthenegativeemotion.
But if you call some emotions negative, aren't you really
sayingthattheyshouldn'tbethere,that it'snotokaytohave
those emotions? My understanding is that we should give
ourselves permission to have whatever feelings come up,
ratherthanjudgethemas badorsaythatweshouldn'thave
them. It's okay to feel resentful; it's okay to be angry,
irritated, moody, or whatever — otherwise, we get into
repression,innerconflict,ordenial.Everythingisokayasit
is.
Of course.Oncea mindpattern,anemotionor areactionis
there, accept it. You were not conscious enough to have a
choiceinthematter.That’snotajudgment,justafact.Ifyou
had a choice, or realized that you do have a choice, would
youchoosesufferingorjoy,easeorunease,peaceorconflict?
Would you choose a thought or feeling that cuts you off
fromyour naturalstate ofwell-being, thejoyoflife within?
Any such feeling I call negative, which simply means bad.
Notinthesensethat"Youshouldn'thavedonethat"butjust
plainfactualbad,likefeelingsickinthestomach.
Howisitpossiblethat humanskilledinexcessof 100
million fellow humans in the twentieth century alone?
Humansinflictingpainofsuchmagnitude ononeanotheris
beyondanythingyoucanimagine.Andthat’snottakinginto
account the mental, emotional and physical violence, the
torture, pain, and cruelty they continue to inflict on each
otheraswellasonothersentientbeingsonadailybasis.
Dotheyact inthis way because they are intouchwith