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Default Mar 16, 2019 at 10:08 AM
 
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Originally Posted by TheUrOther View Post
If you want to think and not act out of instinct, you must think of your emotions as a weapon to wield...
What is the intent of wielding a weapon -- to revenge yourself on someone by hurting them as you have been hurt? That way you are still bound to them, to the imperative of instinct. If you wish to accomplish something with your anger, you have to be intelligent about it. You have to use your thinking mind to accomplish some permanent gain, not just an eye for an eye. You have to investigate yourself, as well as others.

That's what I say, anyway.

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