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Online Kephapaulos

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Feelings are just feelings. Really?
« Reply #15 on: January 04, 2017, 05:26:25 PM »
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    • It is hard to explain the faith to much of anyone today because of the dominance of feelings in the modern world. How can a Catholic even begin to explain anything objectively to someone who has been habitually led by emotion? It seems impossible.
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    Feelings are just feelings. Really?
    « Reply #16 on: January 04, 2017, 05:53:45 PM »
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    • Although feelings are important, they must be ruled by reason, which itself should be enlightened by the Faith. Unbridled feelings are a danger to the Faith because they can lead to the denial of Truth, especially concerning those truths revealed by God that are hard to hear and that may produce in us "negative" feelings.

    For example, the dogma that only Catholics in state of grace go to Heaven. If we do not master our feelings, we may feel very sorry for those dear ones outside the Church who are clearly in the path to Hell, to the point of absolutely denying the dogma, instead of working towards the person's conversion.

    We must bridle our feelings, less we fall into what is known as sentimentality, which is very detrimental to the Faith (take another example: the modern notions of "all you need is love and mercy without justice" behind the current moral societal leprosy). If we become too sentimental, we may be inclined to twist the clear teachings of the Church exalting human law over God's law. Unruled feelings can get diabolical very quick.
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    Feelings are just feelings. Really?
    « Reply #17 on: January 04, 2017, 05:58:56 PM »
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    • Although, it's sort of a mantra in much of the secular world and probably a whole lot of seminaries where sensitivity garbage permeates the atmosphere, it is absolutely erroneous.  That mantra is simply that we should always trust our feelings.  That's sort of like saying we should always let our heart rule our head.  That's a slippery slope to something even worse -- letting something below the heart rule the heart and the head!
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    Feelings are just feelings. Really?
    « Reply #18 on: January 04, 2017, 06:08:48 PM »
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    • To the OP question: no, we do not need to ignore our human feelings; but we need to rule them with our reason enlighten by the Faith. We must be able to restrain them, when necessary, especially in regards to the external display of them, when they are prejudicial to ourselves or our neighbor and we definitely need to be wary of them and supress them when they conflict with the revealed truths of the Catholic religion.

    Also, I really do not think that feelings and the way we deal with them have anything to do with male or female life expectancy.

     
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    Re: Feelings are just feelings. Really?
    « Reply #19 on: April 19, 2017, 01:24:28 AM »
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    • This is actually a pretty important topic. I have often wondered about the same question. I read a detailed article about this in a health forum called psych central. All feelings that we have even sad ones has a function. To quote from the article "Feeling your feeling gives you an opportunity to follow your inner wisdom". This is true, think about a situation where you feel unsatisfied with the work that you do in the office this makes you feel sad and motivates you to make a career change. I am not saying that you must always act on your feelings but acting at the right time and with the correct attitude will be a headstart to the changes that you want to make in your life. Acting on our emotions especially negative ones would not be helpful. Thinking too hard about an embarrassing situation or mistake will stop you from gaining wisdom out of life. Life is a journey, we are meant to make mistakes like the old saying goes experience is the best teacher. The more you experiment with life, the wiser you would become.

    There are a lot of things that boost positive feelings and nostalgia. Wall arts helps me to calm down and I always have them around the house. Though I don't paint or draw I enjoy looking at a picture and wonder what made the artist draw this picture. Great artist always leave a bit of themselves in their work, whether it is a painting, book or a song. It is always important to process your feelings. Storing our feelings in the body can result in stress, hypertension and headaches. I don't believe in bottling up your feelings. Let go when it's time to let go. 
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    Re: Feelings are just feelings. Really?
    « Reply #20 on: April 22, 2017, 03:55:29 PM »
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    • example of "dangerous" indulgence in one's feelings (can u relate to this story?)

    I have been very angry @ God b4, b/c of sufferings I thought I could not bear, which came from circuмstances that were extremely... um... diabolical

    so sometimes in life my feelings have told me that God does not care about me

    Is that a feeling we need to validate? Well, of course all feelings that tell us seeming "truths" should be examined and dealt with. In moments like that, I recall to mind certain scripture passages

    My ways are not your ways [says God], My thoughts are not your thoughts (Isaiah)

    It is necessary to undergo many hardships in order to enter the Kingdom of Heaven (St Paul)

    and there are others

    Yet sometimes those psgs do not do much for me. Prayer does things, though, esp t he rosary. Also, I have noticed that being in the Real PResence gives me a proper perspective on things. And I speak of the Real Presence in the NO Churches. Jesus promised He would not abandon us. The NO Churches are full of devils, both human and actual

    but Jesus is still there



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