That is quite eloquently put. I am reminded of Minsky and his color to this. It is a useful view. To characterize emotions and feelings as subroutines that inpu

That is quite eloquently put. I am reminded of Minsky and his color to this. It is a useful view. To characterize emotions and feelings as subroutines that input to your higher consciousness. Having that distance to say "ok, anger is activating, what is it trying to tell "me"?" Happy and sad are the same. These feelings arent "you". They are inputs to your "you". When you can observe these feeling you can at times become powerfully separated. But I also like to embrace the holistic integration at times. To be "human" and let it all jumble together. It is quite beautiful and tragic at times. (Minsky, society of the mind).