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Question:if it's reality face it...feelings are not important


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: if it's reality face it...feelings are not important

Make your feelings the basis of your interpretation of truth. People do it everyday.

meditation - peace and beauty are the best balancing agents in life.

what? How about dont hide our feelings beacue if you do your lieing. People that know your lieing might not tell you but it makes it seem like you dont trust them and that upsets the ones closest to you greatly.

truth and feelings are important, u use it everyday,

It is difficult.
Example: This party is boring and you are sitting next to perfumed to the hilt person and you want to go but you are trapped. Your hostess just asked if you are enjoying her party

1. You cannot tell the truth and tell her you are dying where you are sitting.
2. You are too nice to say something like " why did you douse yourself with a can full of airfreshener before you left your house ?" to the person next to you.
3. You are too afraid of appearing uncivilized by going out the door to get a few good gasps of unfragrant air .

The answer to your question is:
Most of us will grit our teeth and suffer in silence . That is how we reconcile truth and feelings.

You gotta let it all go. It's called nonstandard analysis. Do some kind of unlearning, some kind of anti-infinite regress. The unexamined life is just not life!0!

Everything is self-evident...Descartes.



PS> BEWARE of self-denial.

Feelings must be subject to Truth. Actually, feelings are irrelevant. Think about it, any feelings which are contrary to Truth are obviously false.