The 3 Actions and 4 Operations of Feeling
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Chapter 8b explained the 3 Actions of the Mind and the 4 Operations of Thinking.
3 Actions of the Feeling-Mind
We list the feeling version of the 3 Actions of the mind compared to the thinking version:
| Action | Thinking Example | Feeling Example |
|---|---|---|
| Flow | Moving from an idea to another | Having feelings spread between people |
| Force | Being attracted or repulsed by an idea | Positive of Negative Feelings |
| Memory | Short or Long term | Trauma versus joyful memories |
- Flow
The most common action of the feeling-mind is flow which lets us:
- feel differently at different times
- feel the feelings of others and vice versa
- This is easily seen when we see someone cry or laugh.
The minds of all men are similar in their feelings and operations. We are all affected to some degree by what affects others. In wound-up strings, the motion of one string communicates itself to the rest. In the same way, all affections:
- readily pass from one person to another, and
- beget correspondent movements in every human creature.
David Hume
Treatise of Human Nature, Book 3, Part 3, Section 1
- Force
This is most obvious with strong emotions that oppose each other. This has been explained in depth by various philosophers in various way.
Our innovation is to:
- distill the forces of the feelings just as we distilled the forces of Physics through our Medium-Substance-Quanum model.
- apply Descartes’ Rules of Motion onto the feelings
Pride and humility happen alternately depending on their causes. If these 2 encounter, the stronger one annihilates the other. Only the superior one continues to operate on the mind.
David Hume
Treatise of Human Nature, Book 2, Part 1, Section 2
- Memory
This is seen in either extremely Negative experiences that lead to trauma, or Positive ones that lead to joy. This is the cause of personality disorders such as:
- Antisocial behavior
- Obsessive-compulsive behavior
- Schizophrenia
The 4 Operations of Feeling
Chapter 8b explained the 4 operations of thinking-mind based on David Hume’s Relations which we distilled into 4. We use the same 4 for the feeling-mind.
- Identity
This is Property 1 of waves as commonality. This packages our feelings into emotions as explained in the previous section.
- Resemblance
This is Property 2 of waves as frequency or vibration. This is the affinity or discord between ideas to those in the personality.
This connects to the 2nd Action as force. This is why we are attracted and repulsed by various objects.
This also leads to the variations between the different feelings such as:
- Brotherly Love
- Friendship
- Love for Parents
- Romantic Love
- Love for Pets
- etc
- Quantity and Quality
This is Property 3 as strength. This manifests as the ego which has a configuration called a personality. This actually processes feelings according to our beliefs.
- Space and Time
This is Property 4 as spread. This makes the feelings connect to other feeling-entities automatically. This connects to the 1st Action as Commonality.
The other abilities of the mind can be explained in Bio Superphysics.
