Comments on: How to Not Hate your Job

By: Jarrod

Jarrod — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:04:04 +0000

@Catherine: I would not say that you do not ‘experience’ the emotions. In fact in some regards because you are paying such attention to it you actually see much more of the tiny manifestations of it than you may normally see.

The main difference is seeing it versus having it take over ‘you’. Probably the closest analogy is that of having no attachments in philosophies such as Buddhism.

Another consideration is if all ‘emotions’ are of the same quality? Higher emotions vs lower emotions… I don’t know the answer to that question, all I know is that I feel some emotions very differently in my body, some want to take over and control others do not seek to disturb or shut ‘me’ off from my freedom.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:50:10 +0000

I am curious, what if you want to experience an emotion? Are you able to detach yourself again when u are ready or do u have to keep it up constantly? What about falling in love? How can you ever experience that if you have locked yourself into this unemotional state?

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By: Jonathan B.

Jonathan B. — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:30:07 +0000

Sorry for my late response. I believe I understand what you mean. In my own words, it is the difference between Happiness and Inner Peace. Some think of them as the same thing, but to me they are different.

By: Jarrod

Jarrod — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:33:24 +0000

@Jonathan: Excellent question

This is very difficult to describe, but worth a shot. There is one type of emotion called happiness which is the ‘I’m going to disneyland’, ‘I won the lottery’, ‘I got an A+’. Then there is a different type of happiness.

Peace in my experience is something that is constantly present at varying strengths when we are free of any thoughts and emotions.

Happiness and fun I probably should have described as joy, but this also has its disneyland interpretation aswell. The reason I don’t call joy exactly an emotion is because it has a different quality to the other emotions.

Fear, anger, pride, infatuation, disneyland happiness all take you away from that ever-present peace. Getting you all wrapped up in the particular emotion. The joy I am trying to describe does not take you away from ever-lasting peace. It almost seems to grow out of it.

That is the main distinction. The joy I could call a higher emotion (but I don’t like the term higher with my lack of knowledge), peace seems more like a quality of existence.

That’s my attempt to describe the difference.

By: Jonathan B.

Jonathan B. — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:06:42 +0000

Jarrod, you say: “If any emotion or thought occurred I would get rid of it.

In my job I found peace, happiness and fun.”

Do you not consider peace & happiness & fun to be emotions? Perhaps there is a better word to express what you mean.

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By: Jarrod

Jarrod — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 02:51:21 +0000

@Lance: Thanks Lance, our internals are so important. Yet so many people overlook them in life.

@Tom: Nice one Tom, I’m glad you were entertained but I don’t know if I’ll keep hiding the message till the middle of the article in the future.