sravna
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Most often the state of being emotionless or more correctly being beyond emotions is thought to be an analytical or being not compassionate. Nothing can be farther from the truth. Emotions are the concomitants of one's clarity in thinking. Negative emotions and positive emotions are the results of lesser clarity in thinking than ideal. Generally speaking when you are negative you are biased towards self and when positive biased towards others.
The clarity of thinking when compassion is explicitly exhibited is not ideal. It may cloud the thinking and may be even end up harmful to the one whom we show compassion. Only when our thoughts are not accompanied by emotions do we show perfect clarity in thinking. There is a holistic positive feeling involved but it is not one of showing pity or such superior feelings but true compassionate feeling.
As a yardstick of whether one is under the influence of emotions is that there is a bias in the thoughts either towards self or others. When you grasp the deepest truths one does not feel such biases but considers things as a matter of fact and acts in the most balanced way possible in any given situation.
The clarity of thinking when compassion is explicitly exhibited is not ideal. It may cloud the thinking and may be even end up harmful to the one whom we show compassion. Only when our thoughts are not accompanied by emotions do we show perfect clarity in thinking. There is a holistic positive feeling involved but it is not one of showing pity or such superior feelings but true compassionate feeling.
As a yardstick of whether one is under the influence of emotions is that there is a bias in the thoughts either towards self or others. When you grasp the deepest truths one does not feel such biases but considers things as a matter of fact and acts in the most balanced way possible in any given situation.