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by cortesoft 2521 days ago
This is interesting, because I was just thinking the other day how easily I can summon various emotions. I can think about my family and the people I love, and feel happiness and warmth. I can think about the cruel things humans have done to each other and feel despair. I can think about people I have lost and feel sad.

I actually find it quite easy to choose the emotion I want to feel.

I guess the difference is that I am not 'pursuing' positive emotion so much as summoning it by my thinking.