SG Hi Sergio,
Thank you for your post and questions.
You seem very interested in The Teaching of the Truth and I remember you mentioned you don’t speak English. I just posted a new forum thread here: https://forum.futureofmankind.co.uk/d/76-request-a-live-qa Do you think you could read this post and response?
Question #1 - What is your opinion regarding the swinging waves of sympathy or antipathy? There are a very large number of swinging waves. I’m considering making a short video on this subject due to this question. Please give me a few days to consider the project.
Question #2 - Would it be correct to say that if a person feels sympathy for another, he/she should control these impulses and neutralize them?
The basic answer is no but there is much more to it. One doesn’t neutralize the waves, we neutralize our reaction or response to the waves. But this point is several steps down the path, so to speak, so let’s back up and talk about “when a person feels sympathy for another”.
The first and most important thing to know is where did this feeling of sympathy come from? Feelings are preceded by thinking. Did one of your thoughts create this feeling of sympathy? If you answer yes or no, how do you KNOW that? Does the person remind you of someone else, maybe a friend or family member? Could this memory have created the feeling of sympathy?
Of course, swinging waves also come from other people. How do you know if the feeling or the waves came from you or the other person? Could they have come from a nearby person or someone on the other side of the world?
The most important, and first step is to KNOW how and where the feeling of sympathy came from. This is the internal work that only you yourself can do.
Do you remember a few days ago when you asked: “If I'm honest, I think I can't really understand why it's important identify the "WHY we think (or feel) the way we think, feel." and I said I would answer it in a few days? Today is the day.
Step #1 - How would you know what to do with a feeling of sympathy if you have no idea where it came from? You need to be able to answer the question: “why do I have this feeling of sympathy?” The first step is to KNOW, not think or believe, why do you have this feeling of sympathy and where did it come from?
Step #2 – After you have spent some days or weeks thinking and researching within yourself, you might have some basic or simple understanding of how and why the feeling of sympathy came up. Then the next question is: “how do you KNOW that?” Our personalities and egos are very, very tricky and can make you think you have the answers but in reality, you don’t. You have to learn to sift through these “tricks of the mind” in order to get to a real answer.
Step #3 – Then you have to test your theory or new understanding. The things that you have learned from steps 1 & 2 now have to be applied in your everyday life. You have to test your new understanding and see if it is like you think, or maybe needs some modification or maybe you need to build a completely new understanding.
These are some of the reasons why it’s important to know how we think and feel.
Does this answer your question or does anything need more clarification?
Salome,
Mike