People who can’t control their emotions are easy to control.
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... was it not jung who said that?
No I think it was Nietzsche discussing anger. “Who cannot control himself, will have to obey”
no doubt, 'anger-control' is important.
but i think its more than just anger.
Carl Gustav Jung said at the beginning of the cold war (1950) that he rising troubles (nuclear war etc) are not to be pointed at external factors, but rather internal processes (emotional awareness and control of the individuum).
therefore, i think, that emotional awareness is the key. anger, fear, love, disgust,... name it ;-)
and when looking at the current *media*, it becomes easily quite obvious.
You cannot control your emotions any more than you can control your thoughts.
You can control your beliefs & the agreements that you make with yourself. These beliefs shape your reactions to events & the thoughts & emotions that arise.
Don't try to control your emotions but feel them & let them flow through you. What are the beliefs that cause fear within you?
Fear is at the heart of all your negative emotions. You have nothing to fear if you know who you truly are.
Those that live with fear are easy to control.
Greed is the fear of scarcity, of not having enough.
Anger stems from the belief that things are being done to you & not for you.
I agree with this. I should have said “Those who can’t control their reactions to their emotions are easy to control.”
I feel like I see examples of this every day with msm manipulation tactics and politicians who stoke fires by appealing to emotion.
Thanks for always making me think Brisket!
Yeah having feelings arise within you is largely unavoidable but as you say, you can choose not to act on those emotions. Fear & greed probably have the worst outcomes when you take action, with anger coming in a close third. We keep these emotions alive through the stories we tell ourselves. Otherwise they would simply pass.
Fear is the definitely the preferred tool for those who like to control us.
I enjoy discussing & articulating my thoughts on these types of things. I think that they're not unimportant.
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Emotions are a part of every memory, and thus every reaction, decision, expectation, and action taken.