I was told many years ago that humans are as easy to program
as computers. I laughed because I thought this idea bordered on insanity. To
me, it was ridiculous to entertain the thought of humans being easily deceived
or brainwashed. I have grown up with the idea that we are the masters of the
universe and that humans not only win at the game of life, but we also create
the games that are being played. It wasn’t until I had the fortune of taking a
class in my undergrad that caused me to reevaluate and dissect my whole outlook
on the inner workings of life. It was during this pivotal moment in my life
that I learned that all humans are controlled by one and only one emotion. During
my epiphany I became acquainted with the knowledge that the majority of the
stresses and tensions that are created by the human mind can find its origins
in this one emotion. In my studies and in my investigation, I’ve come to the
conclusion that this one emotion is the most powerful force known to the
development of mankind.
Now I’m not delusional enough to believe that my Ideas will be accepted by all of my readers however the purpose of this article is to impregnate you with an optional mental alternative. As I look at current affairs and the status of our well-being I am concerned that the harvest will not yield an expected crop. This concern motivates and encourages me to continue my quest for enlightenment. However I am troubled with the possibility that throughout human history we may have all been duped and that proverbial happiness is only a smoke screen that operates as a divisional tactic. My mind began to foster these feelings after I experience consciousness of this one “emotion”. I became knowledgeable of the fact that we cannot trust our emotions and when we do this is when we are led astray. To understand this fully we must understand that there is no complex matrix of emotions. We must subscribe to the idea that everything in life is defined by human interpretation and without that interpretation nothing would exist. It is the entanglement of physical and mental along with our interpretation that creates the images and the world in which we live. This propaganda is created by humans to justify their self appointed superiority over other animals. And it all begins, with this one emotion.
So what is this emotion? In order for me to explain this theory I must first define what an emotion is and how it is created. I must trace its history and then reveal its goals and motivation. Webster’s dictionary defines the word emotion as “a conscious mental reaction (as anger or fear) subjectively experienced as strong feeling usually directed toward a specific object and typically accompanied by psychological and behavior changes in the body” (An Encyclopedia Britannica
Company, 2013) .
This tells us that we must first have a consciousness of its existence which
means that we cannot experience any emotion passively; it requires that we are
active participants. Also this definition lets us know that emotions are
subjectively experienced, meaning that, by definition emotions are our own
creations. Wow!!
Now I’m not delusional enough to believe that my Ideas will be accepted by all of my readers however the purpose of this article is to impregnate you with an optional mental alternative. As I look at current affairs and the status of our well-being I am concerned that the harvest will not yield an expected crop. This concern motivates and encourages me to continue my quest for enlightenment. However I am troubled with the possibility that throughout human history we may have all been duped and that proverbial happiness is only a smoke screen that operates as a divisional tactic. My mind began to foster these feelings after I experience consciousness of this one “emotion”. I became knowledgeable of the fact that we cannot trust our emotions and when we do this is when we are led astray. To understand this fully we must understand that there is no complex matrix of emotions. We must subscribe to the idea that everything in life is defined by human interpretation and without that interpretation nothing would exist. It is the entanglement of physical and mental along with our interpretation that creates the images and the world in which we live. This propaganda is created by humans to justify their self appointed superiority over other animals. And it all begins, with this one emotion.
So what is this emotion? In order for me to explain this theory I must first define what an emotion is and how it is created. I must trace its history and then reveal its goals and motivation. Webster’s dictionary defines the word emotion as “a conscious mental reaction (as anger or fear) subjectively experienced as strong feeling usually directed toward a specific object and typically accompanied by psychological and behavior changes in the body”
That is powerful because what that tells us is that the
emotions that we experience our products of our own imagination. So there is
only one emotion, we consciously and unconsciously label these “feelings”
according to our surroundings. For example, if as a child you felt uneasiness
in your stomach when you watched a certain horror movie; you might be inclined
to label that feeling as fear. Now if we take the same feeling and put it in a
different scenario for example, those same butterfly feelings only this time you’re
face-to-face with someone that you are infatuated with, now that same emotion
will be characterized as love. It is at this point the reader must understand
that it is only one emotion and this one emotion is being called different
things according to different scenarios and circumstances. So there is no love,
hate, fear or any other emotion without our presence and our interpretation of
what we are feeling.
An Encyclopedia Britannica Company. (2013). Merriam-Webster.
Retrieved from emotion: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emotion
