A Ramble...

Me -A Ramble....
An understanding of what is can be a continual process of expanding one's domain knowledge, till you arrive at an Acceptance that, just this, is is the boundary to one's domain. Nature and nurture have determined the quality of emotional response in this Acceptance.
Emotions, I guess, are experienced feelings reflecting a state of mind. The primary triggers of the experience seem rooted in one's likes and dislikes and the thots they evoke that are then felt as feeling and interests. Ones likes are anchored in the residual memories from one's experiences in life. The non-registering in memory of strong likes and dislikes, thus limit the qualitative experience of emotional responses, be it happiness or grief. Desire and Want too..
Why life didnt register is but hindsight hypotheses now. And one's feeling frame is basically guided by a memory vacuum, as there are no real impressions from life available on recall that trigger happiness, sadness etc. in the absence of benchmark experience from life. Helps tho in my planes of equanimity. Gives new insight to the term "Cant be bothered" too!!
Arun -The bottom line is just to BE, and not trying to Become (happy or sad).
Me -Aware of that. Just being is what sees me through my days. The ripples arise when the world around attributes one's state as their perception of You've become. And I guess its also about the knowledge and experiencing of feeling. To be, one cantafford to be ignorant about the facets that represent becoming, so that, not to be is a recognised chimera.
Arun -Well, my philosophy would be, to do that which makes you feel ba better human being in your own eyes.