What are feelings and emotions?
Feelings are a companion to our souls designed to amplify the state of our inner lives. “I feel great!” “I feel alone.” Many of us are afraid of our feelings for they reveal too many things that we would not want to know about ourselves. The wide range of meanings for feeling from ‘lust’ to ‘sympathy’ has greatly confused the issue. (2) How can feelings be rightly used? Feelings are a good tool to explore our inner beings but dangerous when used to make decisions. Some people justify living by their feelings because it is their real selves. Because people ‘feel’ a certain way, they respond in a corresponding manner. Although these feelings may reveal real insights into our inner lives, they are not to be identified with our person. (3) How is the mind different from feelings? The mind was designed to lead while the feelings to follow. The mind can objectively examine things such as ones own life by accepting outside data. Feelings can only express inward reflections. Renewing of the mi
