Which of us would want to trade away that privilege - to feel?
Yet at the same time those very feelings leave us desolated in some of life’s most difficult experiences.
“Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.”
Many religions believe animals don't have souls and therefore are incapable of feeling - others believe that because animals don't have the capacity to experience suffering/or enjoyment since they lack the ability for higher consciousness, they cannot feel, while some believe they are unconscious beings or conscious automata. I can tell you that when I look into my dogs eyes, if what I am seeing is a reflection of how feel fine, but something tells me she feels too. When I come home and the first greeter at the door is my GEM and my wife gets extremely jealous - there are a lot of feelings!
http://www.spiritualriver.com/reader-mailbag-do-addicts-have-the-capacity-to-feel-emotions-does-it-help-them-to-know-that-i-care/
The link above describes how an addict can be perceived as someone who has absolutely nothing left in the tank to care about anybody else but themselves. The counsel provided sounds logical.
How best to harness this unique endowment and protect that gift from being abused is one of the cries of our heart.
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