Is it wrong to let your thoughts interferewith your emotions, vice versa?

Question

what i mean is seeking the truth or happiness in this world.

Answer 1

"Our two minds .... One is an act of the emotional
mind, the other of the rational mind. In a very
real sense we have two minds, one that thinks and
one that feels" (Daniel Goleman, Emotional
Intelligence, Bloomsbury Publishing, London, 1996,
page 8). This rational mind is also called the
faculty of logic and reason. It handles our conscious
thoughts.

The Upanishads say that these two are opposite in
nature. Emotions appear irrational. Rationality
seems to lack emotions. Modern psychologist also
have observed it, but they are not very sure about
it:

"At the same time, reason sometimes clearly seems
to come into conflict with some desires (even
while not being in conflict with others) giving us
the impression that reason is separate from
emotion".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reason

One must know about the answer to this question well
before seeking truth or happiness.

Is perception of reality always relative?

Perception:

Mathematically speaking, perception is the integration of pieces information
provided by the senses.

http://www.gibson-design.com/philosophy/Concepts/$_PERCEPTION_1.html

The process of organizing information received through the senses and interpreting it. This is done by the conscious, mentally aware (faculty of) brain.

http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/search/dict-search2.html?bo1=AND&word=perception&search_type=normal&def=

Perception goes beyond plain sensation in that it includes the results of further processing of the sensed stimuli, either conceously or inconceously.

http://www.schorsch.com/kbase/glossary/perception.html

Recognition and interpretation of sensory stimuli based chiefly on memory.
The neurological processes by which such recognition and interpretation are effected.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/perception

In psychology. and the cognitive sciences, perception is the process of acquiring, interpreting, selecting, and organizing sensory information. It is a task far more complex than was imagined in the 1950s and 1960s, when it was proclaimed that building perceiving machines would take about a decade, but, needless to say, that is still very far from reality. The word perception comes from the Latin perception-, percepio, , meaning "receiving, collecting, action of taking possession, apprehension with the mind or senses."
(every moment).

Methods of studying perception range from essentially biological or physiological approaches, through psychological approaches through the philosophy of mind and in empiricist epistemology, such as that of David Hume, John Locke, George Berkeley, or as in Merleau Ponty's affirmation of perception as the basis of all science and knowledge.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perception_%28psychology%29

The faculty of perceiving; the faculty, or peculiar part, of man's constitution by which he has knowledge through the medium or instrumentality of the bodily organs; the act of apperhending material objects or qualities through the senses; - distinguished from conception. (Sir W. Hamilton.)

in psychology, mental organization and interpretation of sensory information. The Gestalt psychologists studied extensively the ways in which people organize and select from the vast array of stimuli that are presented to them.

Perception is influenced by a variety of factors, including the intensity and physical dimensions of the stimulus; such activities of the sense organs as effects of preceding stimulation; the subject’s past experience; attention factors such as readiness to respond to a stimulus; and motivation and emotional state of the subject. Stimulus elements in visual organization form perceived patterns according to their nearness to each other, their similarity, the tendency for the subject to perceive complete figures, and the ability of the subject to distinguish important figures from background. Perceptual constancy is the tendency of a subject to interpret one object in the same manner, regardless of such variations as distance, angle of sight, or brightness. Through selective attention, the subject focuses on a limited number of stimuli, and ignores those that are considered less important.

http://www.bartleby.com/65/pe/percepti.html

Perception (psychology), process by which organisms interpret and organize sensation to produce a meaningful experience of the world. Sensation usually refers to the immediate, relatively unprocessed result of stimulation of sensory receptors in the eyes, ears, nose, tongue, or skin. Perception, on the other hand, better describes one’s ultimate experience of the world and typically involves further processing of sensory input.

http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761571997

The 'how it is' to cognitive systems in the world. A means of distinguishing how things are from how a cognizer thinks they are.

http://philosophy.uwaterloo.ca/MindDict/P.html

Awareness of an object of thought, especially that of apparently external objects through use of the senses. Since things don't always turn out actually to be as they seem to us, there is ample reason to wonder about the epistemological reliability of sense perception, and theories of perception offer a variety of responses. The skeptical challenge to direct realism is often answered by representative realism, phenomenalism, or idealism.

http://www.philosophypages.com/dy/p2.htm#perc

Our minds are as different as our finger prints -
no two are alike. The perception of one person is
bound to be different from that of another person
- the process used is designated by the word "conception".
Still, all those perceptions are interpretations of
the same reality.

"Our two minds .... One is an act of the emotional
mind, the other of the rational mind. In a very
real sense we have two minds, one that thinks and
one that feels" (Daniel Goleman, Emotional
Intelligence, Bloomsbury Publishing, London, 1996,
page 8). This rational mind is also called the
faculty of logic and reason. The rational mind
handles the conscious perceptions. However, the
logic used by the rational mind has a drawback.

In the 1930s, Austrian mathematician Godel proved a
theorem which became the "Godel theorem" in cognition
theory. It states that any formalized 'logical' system
in principle cannot be complete in itself. It means
that a statement can always be found that can be
neither disproved nor proved using the means of that
particular system. To discuss about such a statement,
one must go beyond that very logic system; otherwise
nothing but a vicious circle will result. Psychologist
say that any experience is contingent - it's opposite
is logically possible and hence should not be treated
as contradictory.

http://www.search.com/search?q=godel+incompleteness+theorem

The arguments permitted by the theorem gives rise to
many interpretations of the same reality.

The Upanishads say that even a the smallest thing
in creation, say a one cell organism, is a microcosm.
The more you try to know about it, you will understand
that there is more to know. Reality has infinite
dimensions. Perception is an approximate interpretation
of reality.

Answer 2

Feelings are the cognitions we have of metaphysical evaluations of events in our lives: weddings, deaths, receipt of a gift, the trauma of being hurt in a car accident. The old saying, "The heart and mind should agree," means that you must understand why you feel "fear" of certain things; why you feel "love" for certain people and not for others; etc.
You may determine your values are detrimental to your own well being--a mistake in metaphysics, demonstrated to you by your emotions. Or you may determine that the emotion is incorrect, such as feeling fear the world will be destroyed soon.
If you did not attempt to make your emotions demonstrate the truth of your metaphysical values, you would be wrong. You might even be insane to let it go on.

Answer 3

Mab=n is a chain of chemical reactions. His thought, his actions, his responses...it is when he learns of the triggers and how to master them and thereby his will and gain full control over his own self, that is tru freedom. Otherwise thoughts are merely chemicals in the brain leading our mind patterns to pre- configured mind patterns. Emotions govern thoughts. And vice versa.

Answer 4

Since Truth and happiness are the nature of what you are, it is the seeking that stirs emotion and causes the continual "feeling" of lacking them.
Peace and Blessings...

Answer 5

If by thoughts you mean reason, no. For reason reins in emotions which, if left unchecked, lead to our own destruction.

Conversely, emotions should NEVER interfere with our thoughts or reason, for they tend to cloud our judgments in our pursuit of truth and happiness.

That much should be clear, in a few words.

Answer 6

In each and every guy or woman's existence there lies a special timeline. This timeline is characterised via our concepts. it somewhat is like drawing a non-end line with a pencil. If our actual being is whilst in comparison with the pencil tip, the placement of the pencil tip on the paper is a huge contribution to the definition of who we are. in spite of the undeniable fact that, by using fact the pencil tip will continuously be shifting as though it have been on the top of a line, we gained't gaurantee the end results of the next day. as quickly as we make possibilities interior the present, we cause them to in connection with the line that we've already made. by using fact the line will develop in length, so does memory. The concepts are made by using each and every thing little ingredient we've encountered. interior the ability of drawing our line, we are susceptible to locate types or repetitive consequences to comparable circumstances. as quickly as we detect greater of those repititions, we steadily be taught to settle for them. and for this reason we expect of what we do is solid and yet it must be incorrect the next day. the destiny is unpredicted, so all we can do is practice for it.

Answer 7

I didn't know we had a choice in that???

I know it isn't the best I idea to have your emotions interfere with my thoughts, as for my thoughts, interfering with my emotions, I have no idea how to stop that.

Answer 8

if the thoughts are bereft of emotios, then i doubt if these can be called thougts?