Ask him what he does with his emotional "tools" and he might see that some emotions work better than others for certain purposes, in his mind. If he sees them as tools, then he would prefer to have a hammer when there's a nail and a saw when there's wood to be cut - so even in his analogy he would probably have preferences.
but also emotions directly effect our cells. science find this out too. stress (emotions we don't really like) cause tightness all over our body and love and other positives like peace, cause relaxation and cells that are able to operate better.
Something I heard/read was saying even our DNA uncoils in the presence of peace and love and twists up in the presence of anger and hate. But that might be to much to say to a skeptic. |