Emotions, Part 1

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Now let’s tackle the emotional qualities:
There are two types of emotional qualities:
1) Personal/Emotional -how one feels regardless of social interactivity
2) Reactive/Functional -how one feels in reaction to or in relation with social interactivity

On the Personal/Emotional level, there are:
Chessed- commonly translated as ‘kindness’ or ‘attraction’ on the right, and
Gevurah- commonly translated as ‘severity’ or ‘rejection’ on the left.

And on the Reactive/Functional level, we have:
Netzach- commonly translated as ‘victory’ or ‘competitive’ on the right, with
Hod- commonly translated as ‘submissive’ or ‘devoted’ on the left.

Example: A person who gives tzedakah out of the kindness of his heart is acting upon a personal emotion, Chessed. One who lays a kind hand on the shoulder of his friend and comforts him is acting upon a reactive (socially interactive) emotion, Hod.
Or: Someone who secludes himself for a period of time and meditates is acting upon a personal emotion, Gevurah. One who creates division/seclusion by maintaining an elite-ness about himself as opposed to others, is acting upon an interactive or functional emotion, Netzach.

Break for coffee.