Re: [ET2] Easy?

Yes, Nicholas! (to your last paragraph)

This is what Silvia suggested in her last letter
and what I concur with.

BTW, my website (below) contains some info on
Benjamin Libet's work. Another important book on the
current research on emotions is Anthony Damasio's
"DesCartes' Error"..... and he's written two others since....
where it is very clear that emotions are an essential part
of making (cognitive) decisions. Without emotional
"colouration", the thinking process spins in circles and
choices simply cannot be made. (I sense you may
have experienced the latter!)

On Mon, 10 Feb 2003 08:43:20 -0000
"Dod" <mandod_at_vSl4j9etGKR6sDiQk_73N1Z15DHpis3OZi6w8kziI7IA9TYy6ldGNwbxHzU2mq0DV5e0Ja9ZCg.yahoo.invalid> wrote:

> Hello Brian,
>
>
> You say:
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> "It seems that Nicholas is having a hard time letting go of the
> current psychobabble that presumes "thinking leads emotion"......
> and most self-help books subscribe to this presumption."
>
> I am! I have serious difficulty with this. I wouldn't call it 'current',
> particularly, though.
>
> You add:
>
> "Modern neurological research shows that this is just not true!
> ...........
> emotional body-states initiate direct motor response up to
> four seconds AHEAD of the modulating thinking action of the cortex."
>
> I need to check up on Libet and others.
>
> In the meantime, I'm happy to assume the existence of an underlying
> energy body that reveals its stuckness to me in the form of emotions,
> which I can feel and work with directly, without worrying too much where
> my thoughts fit into the equation.
>
>
>
> Nicholas
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