What are the other possible sources?
On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 4:12 PM, ED <seacrofter...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > Steve, > > My focus is more on 'the ultimate source of emotions' because of question > Tao Shei Fei asked: > > > "... when you are deconditioning yourself to these "bad habits," are you > aware also of their source?" > > Two possible 'ultimate sources' are: > > o The evolutionary biological-psychological model as to how humans have > evolved with traits, including emotions, that maximize evolutionary > fitness in the Darwinian process. > > o The other is the Buddhist perspective of transmission of karmic > tendencies in the process of death and rebirth. > > --ED > > > > --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, "SteveW" <eugnostos2000@...> wrote: > > > > Hi ED. I agree with you on this. I certainly don't think that people > > should never be angry when it is appropriate to the situation. What I am > really talking about are pervasive conditioned patterns of response across > the board. For Aversion types, even when they are not angry, there is still > a subtle urge to push away, and escape from, people, places and things. > Anger is sometimes perfectly appropriate, imo. If I see a child being > abused, I will certainly allow the quite appropriate anger to energize my > appropriate response to protect the child. IMO. > > > Steve > > > > > --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, "ED" seacrofter001@ wrote: > > From the perspective of an 'ultimate natural source', the potential for > anger, greed, lust and so on exist in humans, because these traits over the > millennia have enhanced Darwinian fitness. > > "Natural selection is the process by which traits become more or less > common in a population due to consistent effects upon the survival or > reproduction of their bearers. It is a key mechanism of evolution." > > Human ability to anger is embedded in the deep structure of the human brain > - the Limbic System, as it has significant reproductive fitness enhancing > tendencies (when not misused.) Hence the difficulty humans face when > attempting to 'control' or 'erase' anger. > > In short, from a this-worldly perspective, (appropriate) anger is normal > and natural in humans, for, when allowed to be expressed sparingly, it can > contribute to individual human interest, to family interest, or to group > interest. > > --ED > > > > --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, yonyonson@... wrote: > > > > ... when you are deconditioning yourself to these "bad habits," are you > aware also of their source? > > > Tao Shei Fei > > > > > > > >
