Being too passionate with good or bad feelings can veil your view of reality. Being enamored can overtake your mind. Loathing can overtake your soul. Such feelings can make your friends and family seem like enemies. But in reality, you are being your own worst enemy.
Feelings define who you are, and you can affect those you share them with. Thoughts determine what you do, and your actions can affect many more people than you might realize.
Your passions are your spiritual endowments. The good ones are nothing short of wonderful, the bad ones are debilitating. Let your heart move you, but let your mind rule. There’s a reason why your brain is higher in your body than your heart.
Well said. So much in just a few words.
We have 3 brains in reality: lizard brain, mammalian brain and the cortex. The lizard and mammalian brains are the old brain and is the seat of passion. It is the cortex that is the seat of logic. When we become overly passionate, we must think with our cortex as to how to behave to get the best result. When this happens, relationships flourish. When it doesn’t, they flounder.