Food for thought: He irritates me so much!
: How do feelings work? Feelings = thoughts + instincts. Thoughts assign definite meanings to instincts through the experience of feeling. Thus, behind every feeling is a causative thought.
No man can generate thoughts for another person, because that would require entering their soul and using their free will to form a thought. All a person can do is create an environment that enables another person to choose how to form and direct their thoughts in response to what is happening. Only when a thought is chosen, and thus meaning assigned, does it produce a corresponding feeling in the body.
“He irritates me so much”. No, irritation is a feeling, and this feeling is a consequence of the thought we voluntarily chose to assign to the experience. While their actions might be reprehensible, how we feel is a consequence of how we chose to think about it. Thus, it is not “he” irritates me, but “I am choosing to feel irritated”.
Dr. Ikenna Q. Ezealah
Foundation for Ascent 
Excellent! Eye opener. I have to learn to be intentional with my feelings . Never thought of it this way . Well done 👏 cuzn.
On Thu, Apr 29, 2021, 3:18 PM Foundation for Ascent wrote:
> Ikenna Q. Ezealah, Ph.D. posted: ” Food for thought: He irritates me so > much! : How do feelings work? Feelings = thoughts + instincts. Thoughts > assign definite meanings to instincts through the experience of feeling. > Thus, behind every feeling is a causative thought. No man can gene” >
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