03-13-2010, 10:20 PM
You're welcome, P.
I would put hate at what I'm arbitrarily calling the west side. It's a very extreme form of opposition or denial.
The desire to destroy something that threatens oneself, or is intolerable to one's self - southwest.
The desire to destroy something that threatens others - northwest.
The next step is to add the dimension of time, tracing a path through a series of emotions. How does love of someone else turn into a desire to hate what threatens them? How does fear on one's own behalf turn into clinging to what seems like it will provide salvation? Most apparent emotional states are actually a sequence of concepts, emotions, interpretations that flick from one state to another too fast for observation.
I would put hate at what I'm arbitrarily calling the west side. It's a very extreme form of opposition or denial.
The desire to destroy something that threatens oneself, or is intolerable to one's self - southwest.
The desire to destroy something that threatens others - northwest.
The next step is to add the dimension of time, tracing a path through a series of emotions. How does love of someone else turn into a desire to hate what threatens them? How does fear on one's own behalf turn into clinging to what seems like it will provide salvation? Most apparent emotional states are actually a sequence of concepts, emotions, interpretations that flick from one state to another too fast for observation.