Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84; site hao.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!ittatc!dcdwest!sdcsvax!bmcg!asgb!hao!woods From: woods@hao.UUCP (Greg Woods) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: Emotions and choice Message-ID: <1675@hao.UUCP> Date: Mon, 5-Aug-85 19:21:59 EDT Article-I.D.: hao.1675 Posted: Mon Aug 5 19:21:59 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 7-Aug-85 04:23:04 EDT References: <5557@cbscc.UUCP><591@unc.UUCP> Organization: High Altitude Obs./NCAR, Boulder CO Lines: 19 Rich Rosen: > (I do agree completely about the possibilities of other choices, but, contrary > to the turn this discussion has been taking, one cannot be considered > responsible for things like emotions until one is aware of the possibilities > of controlling them.) I would argue that not acknowledging your responsibility for something (in this case, how you react to your life experiences) does not mean you aren't responsible. It just means that the subconscious mind is making most of the choices. Increased awareness of your own belief structure allows more (but not all!) of your choices to become conscious. I think that *complete* awareness of your beliefs would give you that elusive "total control" of your emotions, but I also think that's an unrealistic goal. The best you can do is to continually increase your awareness of what beliefs that you have are causing you to react in certain ways. I think all we are arguing about, Rich, is what we mean by "choice". To me, a choice doesn't have to be a conscious decision. --Greg