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darkw0rker · 06-30-2009, 08:16 PM

I had a very profound change this morning. As I was feeling depressed, lonely and sad the last night I was thinking about getting rid of my emotions altogether. Of course, by this I do not mean repressing my emotions, by transcending them.

I went back and read Steve's Levels of Consciousness article. The consciousness of reason is the exact level that I am interested in at the moment.

The problem is that 'Feeling Good' is the end in my life. Every moment I want to do that feels good to me. I have concluded this is totally wrong. Instead if I put Reason as the end in my life, things would be wholly different.

So instead of acting on emotions, whether negative or positive, I can act on rational self determined decisions.

I also think that all my life I have been a mere body, an emotional being rather than a rational being or a mind.

Although I think Steve is wrong partly about the consciousness of reason. When you are in this level, reason becomes the ultimate end in your life, not just as a mean to reach your passions. So when he says he was being totally rational of marketing his business, he was still limited to his emotions. He was using reason as a way to reach his passions.

Right now my goal is to experience fully the consciousness of reason. I'll make sure to post more about it.

Thanks everyone for responding so far to my past emotional outcries.

06-30-2009, 08:16 PM	#21 (permalink)
darkw0rker Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 152	Reason I had a very profound change this morning. As I was feeling depressed, lonely and sad the last night I was thinking about getting rid of my emotions altogether. Of course, by this I do not mean repressing my emotions, by transcending them. I went back and read Steve's Levels of Consciousness article. The consciousness of reason is the exact level that I am interested in at the moment. The problem is that 'Feeling Good' is the end in my life. Every moment I want to do that feels good to me. I have concluded this is totally wrong. Instead if I put Reason as the end in my life, things would be wholly different. So instead of acting on emotions, whether negative or positive, I can act on rational self determined decisions. I also think that all my life I have been a mere body, an emotional being rather than a rational being or a mind. Although I think Steve is wrong partly about the consciousness of reason. When you are in this level, reason becomes the ultimate end in your life, not just as a mean to reach your passions. So when he says he was being totally rational of marketing his business, he was still limited to his emotions. He was using reason as a way to reach his passions. Right now my goal is to experience fully the consciousness of reason. I'll make sure to post more about it. Thanks everyone for responding so far to my past emotional outcries.