Thursday, 12 December 2013

Emotions: Good Servant, Bad Master

You must keep your emotions well under the control of your discerning intellect. 



Be a master, not slave of your passion. You may entertain passion and not turn passionate. Harbor emotion and not become emotional. Have sentiment and not be sentimental. 
 Emotionalism upsets your intellectual balance and poise.  
Passive subservience to emotion ruins your material and even spiritual well being.  
          Your intellect, rather than the impulse of your mind, should guide your life’s activities.  

Do not fall a prey to your likes and dislikes. Nor yield to your feeling and emotion.                                                      
 Learn to become self-sufficient

 Goldsmith uses a striking metaphor to describe the grandeur of the preacher’s personality. Compares him to a tall cliff that rises well above the level of the clouds. 
The clouds gather around the breast of the mountain. But do not disturb the serenity of the peak.

The clouds represent the emotions of the mind. The peak, the intellect.
 The emotions of the preacher never unsettle his intellectual awareness.

To have emotions therefore is a virtue. But it would be a grievous error to let them interfere with your intellectual awareness and judgment. That would be tantamount to spiritual weakness. Nevertheless, history reveals that humans have let their emotions overthrow discretion and judgment.
DATA TAKEN FROM SPEAKING TREE : TIMES OF INDIA 

1 comment:

  1. Emotion should always act as motivation and should never hinder navigation.It is about self-restraint,discipline and a clear set goal in life that make u strong enough to tackle emotions which may take you down.It is important to decipher those emotions which are making you weak and countering your actions.One should prioritize their action and let weakening emotions thrown out of their hearts.Reins of your mind should be in your control in order keep emotions your servant.Emotions are literally not a bad thing but it is our reaction towards them which makes outcome good or bad.One should be wise in responding to emotions in his/her life.

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