A very interesting and thoughtful way to put it. I think of feelings, ranging from horny to anger to sadness or fear and everything else, as information that helps me make sense of myself and to a lesser extent, the world around me. They are useful and I try to neither ignore them or be ruled by them. Sort of like how the things that have happened in my life (that I really wish could be surgically excised from my memory) have become more like a page in the book of my life, neither something I have to focus on or avoid.