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[Balancing both emotional thinking and existential thinking for service] When we do service to the Lord we it is said that we should apply our emotions and that is the attitude to do that particular service. But sometime to execute some existential thing we have to keep our emotions away and put our like cognitive intelligence more on that particular thing. So how do we like balance both emotion thinking and existential thinking to do it in a right attitude?

Category: Devotional Service | Speaker: MPP | Date: 2025-07-29 | Time Stamp: 44:35 | Shloka: SB 3.23.54
Answer
I told you—emotion is a force. And like any force, it can be used properly, misused, or not used at all. The key is to use it intelligently.

For example, you may become very attached to a particular service. But if tomorrow an authority asks you to change that service and you become disturbed, that shows your attachment was misplaced. That is a misuse of emotional energy.

So the goal is not to glorify emotions themselves, but to develop emotional intelligence—the ability to guide and use emotions properly.

Emotions are powerful, and they must be directed with intelligence.

At the same time, we should neither suppress nor reject emotions. That is not practical. How can we live without feeling? Feelings are natural, and in fact, they often drive success and dedication.

The real question is:
How much? Where? In what way?

That requires discrimination and maturity.

So the principle is:

Do not blindly follow emotions
Do not reject emotions
Refine and guide emotions through intelligence and spiritual understanding

In this way, emotions become a strength rather than a disturbance.