# Feeling Emotions

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feeling-emotions/917349>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 5, 2020, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feeling-emotions/917349 "2020-08-05T16:53:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2020, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feeling-emotions/917349/61 "2020-09-12T22:41:22Z")

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> [@Trinopus](#):
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> So to summarize, if she meditates hard enough she confuses herself. Simple as that.

> “Before one studies Zen, mountains are mountains and waters are waters; after a first glimpse into the truth of Zen, mountains are no longer mountains and waters are no longer waters; after enlightenment, mountains are once again mountains and waters once again waters.”

-Dōgen

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**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2020, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feeling-emotions/917349/62 "2020-09-12T22:43:44Z")

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Siccut erat in principio!

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2020, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feeling-emotions/917349/63 "2020-09-12T23:51:53Z")

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@Spice_Weasel, wow!!  
How are you?

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**Author:** ![Tfletch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tfletch1/32/5340_2.png) [@Tfletch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tfletch1)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feeling-emotions/917349/64 "2020-09-13T03:39:39Z")

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> [@Machinaforce](#):
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> You spend enough time in meditation, you will realize that you never genuinely feel feelings in the first place

What I think you’re trying to describe is “impermanence”. The main source of suffering is clinging to the notions of a permanent world and we are permanent beings. You try to create a world you can grasp onto based on your thoughts and perceptions. They may or may not be “real”. They’re only real to you. You crave this reality. The more you crave and cling, the more you suffer. At least that’s what I understand from Buddhism. Other contemplative religions, that focus on meditative forms, have come up with a similar philosophy.

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