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Feeling our feelings : Are our feelings guiding or misguiding us?

Feeling our feelings : Are our feelings guiding or misguiding us? . 1: Are our feelings our needs or our wants? 2: How can we avoid negative feelings? 3: How much should we let our spiritual life be shaped by our devotional feelings? Are these feelings actual or sentimental?

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Feeling our feelings : Are our feelings guiding or misguiding us?

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  1. Feeling our feelings: Are our feelings guiding or misguiding us?

  2. 1: Are our feelings our needs or our wants? 2: How can we avoid negative feelings? 3: How much should we let our spiritual life be shaped by our devotional feelings? Are these feelings actual or sentimental? 4: Is our dependence on devotees emotional or transcendental?

  3. 1: Are our feelings our needs or our wants? • Source • Skeptical • Planning • No quick facilities

  4. In 1973, 13 percent of Americans thought of air-conditioning in their cars as a necessity. Today, 41 percentdo.

  5. prakasham ca pravrittim ca moham eva ca pandava na dveshtisampravrittani na nivrittanikankshati udasina-vadasino gunairyo na vicalyate gunavartanta ity evam yo 'vatishthatinengate (Bhagavad-gita 22-23)

  6. When the salesperson knocks on the mental door…. Be skeptical, not gullible.

  7. 2: How can we avoid negative feelings? • World is a station, not a destination • Do beneficial counterfactual thinking egBronze medalist feels better than silver medalist • Our treatment is custom-made for us; so no need to compare • Trust Krishna’s intelligence – not just his power; don’t serve him as an advisor

  8. 3: How much should we let our spiritual life be shaped by our devotional feelings? 1 Convictions 2. Commitments

  9. 4: Is our dependence on devotees emotional or transcendental? Focus on Knowledge, Facilities and Inspiration for practicing devotional service

  10. Emotional dependence: We want devotees to make us feel good vs Spiritual dependence: We want to please devotees

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