Great insights Jeremy. I've come to many of the same conclusions. What I've found is exactly what you mentioned; that emotion (making use of feeling in general as well) contains information that can't be accessed rationally because of its link to intuition.
The way of distortion.."It is the way of distortion that in order to balance a distortion one must accentuate it." If we don't express/accept ourselves, new information or perspective can never be gained. It's as if the mind is focused on one particular area, unable to let go and look around and be receptive to something new. I've found that when dealing with others, just letting my thoughts come out created new perspective instantly that I was unable to see before. So while Chaldron suggests learning to sit with emotions, I agree but I say that comes in time. You really have to let things fly, and over time you learn things and refine your approach, requiring less of an outward reaction.
What is mind? If you search mental/emotional..you'll see Ra lumps the two "mental and mental/emotional."
Also, Ra's definition.."The mind is a complex which reflects the inpourings of the spirit and the up-pourings of the body complex. It contains what you know as feelings, emotions, and intellectual thoughts in its more conscious complexities. Moving further down the tree of mind we see the intuition which is of the nature of the mind more in contact or in tune with the total beingness complex."
The thinking mind delineates and organizes..it looks at pieces. Our intuitive faculty feels into the whole. Ra says most are dominated by intuition here, yet once we learn to value rationality, it seems reasonable to feel back into thought, because thought has an emotional quality. Feel, think, feel, think. What's interesting is the link to the body, which we typically associate with feeling/movement/sensing, as well as the spirit described as a shuttle..so everything is entwined. "The fool steps into space without regard to what comes next."...a nod towards intuition leading the way. "The function of intuition is to inform intelligence."
The way of distortion.."It is the way of distortion that in order to balance a distortion one must accentuate it." If we don't express/accept ourselves, new information or perspective can never be gained. It's as if the mind is focused on one particular area, unable to let go and look around and be receptive to something new. I've found that when dealing with others, just letting my thoughts come out created new perspective instantly that I was unable to see before. So while Chaldron suggests learning to sit with emotions, I agree but I say that comes in time. You really have to let things fly, and over time you learn things and refine your approach, requiring less of an outward reaction.
What is mind? If you search mental/emotional..you'll see Ra lumps the two "mental and mental/emotional."
Also, Ra's definition.."The mind is a complex which reflects the inpourings of the spirit and the up-pourings of the body complex. It contains what you know as feelings, emotions, and intellectual thoughts in its more conscious complexities. Moving further down the tree of mind we see the intuition which is of the nature of the mind more in contact or in tune with the total beingness complex."
The thinking mind delineates and organizes..it looks at pieces. Our intuitive faculty feels into the whole. Ra says most are dominated by intuition here, yet once we learn to value rationality, it seems reasonable to feel back into thought, because thought has an emotional quality. Feel, think, feel, think. What's interesting is the link to the body, which we typically associate with feeling/movement/sensing, as well as the spirit described as a shuttle..so everything is entwined. "The fool steps into space without regard to what comes next."...a nod towards intuition leading the way. "The function of intuition is to inform intelligence."
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