Pride

Contents

1. Why study pride

2. Definition of Pride

3. What is difference between pride and self-esteem and self-respect and self-acceptance?

4. Is the Pride the root of all Sin?

5. History and story of pride in Bible

6. Story of pride from other

7. What is root of Pride?

8. Why are people obsessed with Pride

9. Why it is so difficult to overcome Pride?

10. Is there any good that can come from Pride?

11. Sign of Pride

12. Life experience about Pride?

13. How to overcome pride


Why
1. Why study pride

1.1 Jesus example

1.2 Redemption process

1.3 Put off old-main, put on new man

1.4 Grow from experiencing opposite quality

1.5 Pride hinder character built up

1.6 Spiritual warfare

1.1 Jesus example

Before Jesus started his mission, he had been tempted by Satan with three temptations), 'turning stone to bread'(Luke 4:2-3), 'tempting God' (Luke 4:9-12) and 'glory and power' (Luke 4:5-8).

1.2 Redemption process

From truth outline arranged by Pastor Feng's teacher, 'knowing the sinner' and 'knowing the sin' are second and third on the list.

1.3 Put off old-main, put on new man (Eph 4:22-24)

In order to grow character, first, we must renew your mind (Romans 12:2)  by  'Put off old-main, put on new man' so that you are able to overcome your sin. (PDL 22:Cooperate)

In Chapter 2 of 'The way of the cross'(twoc:2), it said that "Unless you are renewed in the spirit of your mind,  your virtues are only taught practices and grafted upon corrupt bottom. Everything you do will be a mixture of good and bad; your humility will help you to pride; and your charity to others will give nourishment to your own self-love and as your prayers increase so will the opinion of your own sanctity.".

To renew, we need to repent. To repent we must know what to repent. To know what to repent, we need to know what the nature of sins are.

To renew is also to replace. To replace includes replacing focusing on self with focusing other and replacing focusing on worldly value with eternal hope and replacing focusing on temporal value with eternal value.

1.4 Grow from experiencing opposite quality

God develops the fruit of the Spirit in your life by allowing you to experience circumstances in which you're tempted to express the exact opposite quality! Character development always involves a choice, and temptation provides that opportunity. (PDL 22:ExperienceOpposite)

1.5 Pride hinder character built up

The very essence of character built up is to realize our old character's flaw and choose to change it. But, the very natural of pride is 'refuse to admit own flaw' and 'refuse to change' and 'disobedient'. Therefore, without overcoming pride, it is hardly possible to build up spiritual character and have spiritual growth.

1.6 Spiritual warfare

In book Romans, there are two main themes, justification and sanctification. When talking about sanctification, Paul mentioned there is a spiritual war between mind and fresh (Romans 7:23). In 1 John 2:16, John identified 'lust of the flesh', and 'lust of the eyes', and 'pride of life' are three main sins among us. To win the spiritual war, we have to cooperate with Holy Spirit to make effort to win over 'pride of life'.  (PDL 22:Cooperate)

In 孫子謀攻篇 says "知己知彼,百戰不殆". To win the spiritual warfare, we need the following:

Be alert and not to be captured (Romans 7:23)

Spiritual weapon (Eph 6:10-18)

Holy Spirit(Luke 24:49)

Identifying the enemy (twoc:4)

Knowing all aspect the enemy (twoc:5)

Preparing battle plan

Staying in the battle field

Training

Exercise


Definition
2. Definition of Pride

2.1 Definition of Pride from "The New Bible Dictionary"

2.2 Definition of Pride from bible verse

2.3 Definition of Pride from brothers

2.4 Definition of Pride from Wikipedia

2.1 Definition of Pride from "The New Bible Dictionary"

PRIDE The emphasis placed on pride, and its converse humility, is a distinctive feature of biblical religion, unparalleled in other religious or ethical stems. Rebellious pride, which refuses to depend on God and be subject to Him, but attributes to self the honour due to Him, figures as the Very root and essence of sin.

We may say with Aquinas that pride was first revealed when Lucifer attempted to set his throne on high in proud independence of God (Isaiah 14:12-14). The fallen devil (Luke 10:18) instilled the craving to be as gods into Adam and Eve (Genesis 3:5), with the result that man`s entire nature was infected with pride through the fall (Romans 1:2l-23).

Hence find a sustained condemnation of human arrogance throughout the Old Testament, especially in the Psalms and Wisdom Literature. In Proverbs 8:13, both, arrogance, and insolence, are hateful to the divine wisdom: their manifestation in the form of national pride in Moab (Isaiah 16:6), Judah (Jeremiah 13:9), and Israel (Hosea 5:5) are especially denounced by the prophets. The notorious pride which goes before a fall' is call 'gaon', 'swelling excellence`, in Proverbs 16:18, and is rejected in favour of the lowly spirit. 'Haughtiness', 'gobah', appears as a root cause in atheism in Psalms10:4. It is the down of Nebuchadrezzar in Daniel 4:30,37. A milder word 'zadon', 'presumption' is applied to David's youthful enthusiasm in I Samuel 17:28, but in Obadiah 3 even this is regarded as a deceitful evil. Further warnings against pride occur in the later Wisdom Literature, e.g. BenSira x. 6-26.

Greek teaching during the four last centuries BC was at variance with Judaism in regarding pride as a virtue and humility as despicable, Aristotle's 'great-souled man'  had a profound regard for his own excellence; to underestimate it would have stamped him as mean-spirited. Similarly, the Stoic sage asserted his own moral independence and equality with Zeus. Insolence (hybris), however, is a. deep source of moral evil in Greek tragedy (eg., the Antigone of Sophocles).

The Christian ethic consciously rejected Greek thought in favour of the old Testament outlook. Humility was accorded supreme excellence when Christ pronounced Himself 'gentle and lowly in heart' (Matt 11:29). Conversely, pride (hyperephania) was placed on a list of defiling vices proceeding from the evil heart of man (Mark 7:22). In the Magnificat (Luke 1:5l), God is said to scatter the proud and exalt the meek. In both James 4:6 and l Peter 5:5, Proverbs 3:34 is quoted to emphasize the contrast between the meek (tapeinois), whom God favours, and the proud (hyperephanois). whom God resists.

Paul couples the insolent (hybristas) and boastful (alazunm) with the proud sinner; in his sketch of depraved pagan society in Romans 1:30; 2 Tim. 3:2. Arrogant display or ostentation (aluzaneia) are disparaged in James. 4:16 and l John. 2:16. Love, in 1 Cor. 13:4, is stated to be free from both the arrogance and the self-conceit which mar the heretical teachers of I Tim. 6:4.

Paul saw pride ('boasting' in knowledge of the law and in works-righteousness) as the characteristic spirit of Judaism and a direct cause of Jewish unbelief. He insisted that the gospel is designed to exclude boasting (Romans 3:27) by teaching men that they are sinners, that self-righteousness is therefore out of the question, and that they must look to Christ for their righteousness and take it as a free gift by faith in Him. Salvation is 'not of works, lest any man should boast' it is all of grace. No man, therefore, not even Abraham, may glory in the achievement of his own salvation (see Eph. 2:9; 1 Cor. 1:26-31; Romans 4:1,2). The gospel message of righteousness through Christ sounds the death knell of self-righteousness in religion; that is why it was a stumbling-block to the proud Jews (Romans 9:30-10:4).

2.2 Definition of Pride from bible verse (excerpt from What does the Bible say about ...)

2.2a Proud Look

Proverbs 6:16-19

Proverbs 21:4

2.2b Not Being Arrogant

1 Samuel 2:3

Romans 12:3

2.2c Proud Heart

Psalms 119:69-70

Proverbs 21:4

2.2d The Pride of Life

1 John 2:16

2.2e The Pride of Man

Proverbs 29:23

Isaiah 2:11-12

Isaiah 2:17-19

Isaiah 13:9-11

Obadiah 1-3

2.2f The Proud and Arrogant

2 Samuel 22:21-28

Psalms 119:69-70

Psalms 138:6

Proverbs 16:5

Proverbs 28:25,26

Isaiah 2:11-16

Isaiah 24:4

Isaiah 26:4-5

Daniel 4:37

Malachi 4:1

Galatians 6:3-4

James 4:6

1 Peter 5:5

2.2g Proud in Spirit

Ecclesiastes 7:8

2.2h The reward For Pride

Jeremiah 48:42

Ezekiel 28:2-8

Ezekiel 28:12-19

Daniel 5:18-31

Obadiah 1-4

Zephaniah 2:9-10

2.2i What Accompanies Pride

Proverbs 11:2

Proverbs 13:10

2.2j What Follows Pride

Proverbs 16:18

Proverbs 18:12

2.2k Who Hates Pride and Arrogant

Proverbs 8:13

2.2l Who is Proud

Proverbs 14:3

Proverbs 21:24

Habakkuk 2:4-5

1Timothy 6:3-5

2.3 Definition of Pride from brothers or others

2.3a Pride is the exaltation of self (Isaiah 14:13-15).

2.3b Pride is a feeling of value or worth where you make yourself the center of attention.

2.3c Humility begins in our Spirits; Prides begins in our hearts

2.3d Pride is taking credit for what God gave us.

2.3e Pride is a sense, perspective of an individual. By comparison, we sense it when we have something that others lack.

2.4 Definition of Pride from Wikipedia

Pride is an emotion which refers to a strong sense of self-respect, a refusal to be humiliated as well as joy in the accomplishments of oneself or a person, group, nation or object that one identifies with, or to think of one's self as being better than anyone else. It is considered one of the seven deadly sins. According to the Concise Oxford Dictionary, Proud comes from late Old English prud, probably from Old French prude "brave, valiant" (11th century), from Latin prode "advantageous, profitable", from prodesse "be useful". The sense of "having a high opinion of oneself", not in French, may reflect the Anglo-Saxons' opinion of the Norman knights who called themselves "proud", like the French knights preux.


Difference
3. What is difference between pride and self-esteem and self-respect and dignity and self-acceptance?

Self-esteem reflects a person's overall self-appraisal of their own worth.

Pride is an emotion which refers to a strong sense of self-respect. Self-esteem also is a confidence and satisfaction in oneself.

Pride can also viewed as overly focus on self (twoc 5,  6 ) that includes self-center, selfishness, self-important, self-love.


Is Pride Root
4. Is the Pride the root of all Sin?

4.1 Pride was the first sin.

4.2 Pride was the first temptation. (Genesis 3:5)(PDL 26)

4.3 In a way, yes. Adam and Eve's pride can be seen as them neglecting God's rules that shows us that their wants and desires became the center of their world.


Pride History in Bible
5. History and story of pride in Bible

5.1 The exaltation. (Isaiah 14:12-14) Self-exalt

5.2 The fall. (Isaiah 14:15)(Luke 10:18)

5.3 The temptation. (Genesis 3:5) Authoirty

5.4 The murder. (Genesis 4:5-8) Jealous

5.5 The tower. (Genesis 11:4) Prestige

5.6 The despise. (Genesis 25:34)

5.7 The sale. (Genesis 37:5-28) Power, Jealous

5.8 The plagues. (Exodus 7-12) Power, Stubborn, Security

5.9 The leprous. (Number 12:1-16) Jealous

5.10 The ground split. (Number 16:30-33) Power, Jealous and Disobedient

5.11 Saul. (1 Samuel 15:9,10) Self-righteous (1 Samuel 18:7-10) Insecure and Jealous

5.12 David (1 Samuel 17:28-30) Show off

5.13 Hezekiah (2 Kings 20:13)(2 Chronicles 32:24-31) Self-exalt and Show off

5.14 Uzziah. (2 Chronicles 26:16-20) Self-exalt

5.15 Nebuchadrezzar. (Daniel 4:30-37) Self-exalt

5.16 Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector. (Luke 18:9-14) Self-righteous

5.17 Peter (Matt 26:33-35; John 13:37,38; Mark 14:29,30; Matt 16:22,23) Overconfident

5.18 Paul (Phi 3:3-7)


Pride Story
6. Story of pride from other

6.1 Pride and Prejudice

6.2 The emperor's new clothes

6.3 The humble bee

6.4 Rainbow fish

6.5 Star War

6.6 German Young Pilot enter Russia

6.7 James Dobson


Root of Pride
7. What is root of Pride?

7.1 View from brothers

7.2 View from human history

7.3 View from world Value

7.1 View from brothers

7.1a Self independence

7.1b Selfishness

7.1c Insecurity, Dumb, Self-centered, Lack of faith

7.2 View from human history

7.2a The creation

7.2b The temptation

7.2c The expel

7.2d The survival

7.2e The driven motive

7.2a The creation

When Adam and Eve was created, they are created nobly with the image of God and without sin.

7.2b The temptation (PDL 26)

When the snake tempted Adam and Eve, Adam and Eve doubted God's word and let sin, mainly the pride, be seeded into their heart.

7.2c The expel

When Adam and Eve were expelled from Eden, God cursed them "through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life"(Genesis 4:17).

7.2d The survival

After Adam and Eve were expelled from Eden, human has to struggle to survive(Genesis 4:19) through thorns and thistles(Genesis 4:18), which creates an environment for sin and pride to manifest and grow and pass down from generation to generation increasingly.

7.2e The driven motive

After generation, the nobility given by God during creation is total lost and replaced with false nobility, such as pride, and human has become totally living by instinct like beast(2 Peter 2:12). The pride that is one of the instincts also becomes the major driven motive behind all human activity.

7.3 View from world Value

7.3a Fact of World Value

7.3a1 World Value based on Bible

7.3a2 World Value based on observation

7.3a2.1 Prestige

7.3a2.2 Power

7.3a2.3 Money

7.3a2.4 Pleasure

7.3b Reality of World Value

7.3c Replacement of World Value

7.3a Fact of World Value

There are many world values hid within our heart without being noticed by us. The world value influences us and smears our conscience. It is the driving force behind most people if he is not aware of it.

7.3a1 World Value based on Bible (twoc: 9)

The Bible says "For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world" (1John 2 :16).

7.3a2 World Value based on observation

The most influential world values in our heart are Prestige, Power, Money and Pleasure. To further simplifies it, it can be viewed as Reputation (名) and Profit(利). The Chinese old saying says that: "人活著不是為名就是為利". All of them works together to serve satisfaction of our-self. If we sense ours satisfaction of the four area are threaten, we feel uneasy about it.  Pride is our main Sense to and Expression of the Prestige, Power or Reputation. Or, in other words, Prestige, Power or Reputation are the Source of Pride. Or to be conservative, Pride is over-sensitive to Prestige, Power or Reputation. The ultimate root of Pride is the Self.

7.3a2.1 Prestige

Prestige is the precursor of Power. Chinese old saying says that: "有名就有權,有權就有勢,有勢就有錢". Deep in our heart, we are hunger for Prestige and try to protect and acquire it. To some degree, that we are hunger for Prestige is also try to fill it to the empty space left when we lost the Nobility, which God has given to us during creation.

There are many metaphors of Prestige such as Social Status, Face, Fame, Reputation, Respect, Title, Position and others.

7.3a2.2 Power

Power is precursor of Money. Many people are power hungry. Even with people who are not obviously pursuing power, but, under his heart, he is still trying to acquire it.

The metaphors of Power are Control, Security, Right, Authority, Influence, Position, Superiority and others.

Compare human's power with God's power

7.3a2.3 Money

Metaphors of Money are Fortune, Wealth, Possession and others.

7.3a2.4 Pleasure

Metaphors of Pleasure are Entertainment, Lazy and others.

7.3b Reality of World Value

The World Values are temporal values and they are existed only for serving the satisfaction of our self or flesh.

The Bible has repeated telling us that we are only sojourning the on world, (Genesis 26:3; 47:9; 1Peter 1:17; Heb 11:13) and what we are living is just temporary tabernacle. (2Peter 1:13,14; 2Cor 5:1). Jesus also reminded us not to prepare for yourself. (Luke 12:6-21) In Ecclesiastes, Solomon repeated expressed his teaching that under the sun, everything is vanity. (Ecclesiastes 1:3,9,14; 2:11,17-22) This world is the old creation and it will be dissolved (Isaiah 34:4; 2 Peter 3:10-12; Rev 20:11; 21:1; Psalms 102:26; 90) and pass way (1John 2 :17).

7.3c Replacement of World Value

In order to nail the World Value to cross, we need to replace the old with new in our heart.

Replace old birth with new birth.(John 3:3-5; 1Peter 1:3)

Replace the visible and tangible with invisible and intangible. (Heb 11:27, 8, 1; 2 Cor 4:17,18; Romans 8:23-25;

Replace old the earth and old heaven with new heaven and a new earth. (Rev 20:11; 21:1)

Replace the instinct with Holy Spirit.

Replace lie with truth

Replace "under the sun" with "above the sun".(WorMsg NewCreation 1:2)

Replace temporal world value with eternal hope. (Heb 11;Col 1:5;Romans 8:24,25; 1The 5:8; Titus 1:2; 2Peter 3:13)(ppl:6)

Replace old creation with new creation.(WorMsg NewCreation 2:1)

Replace own purpose with God's purpose. (ppl:7)

Replace Focusing on Self with on Relationship. (ppl:16, 16,16,17,19,19,20,23,24,1,10,11,12,15,16,16)

Replace Insecurity with Rest(Isaiah 30:15).

Replace "Close Hand" with "Open Hand"


Why Obsessed with pride
8. Why are people obsessed with Pride?

Why people need pride?

Why do people like Pride?

Opinion for brothers

People want to feel good about themselves and the easiest way to feel that is to hear it from other people.

It is true that people don't really need pride or even want it for that matter and what people really need is affirmation.


Why difficult overcome Pride
9. Why it is so difficult to overcome Pride?

9.1 Opinion for brothers

9.1a	?恩夫人?：在人的里面，?傲是最后死去的，

在人外表的行?上，脾气是最后死去的。

9.1b Pride seems quickly satisfies what we need (that affirmation) on a very surface level.

9.1c Lack of a meaningful focus.

9.1d Pride is like peeling onion, one layer after another

9.2	Don't know

9.2a Don't know the essence of the Pride.

9.2b Don't know the symptom of the Pride.

9.2c Don't know how to stop the Sense of Pride.


Good of Pride
10. Is there any good that can come from Pride?

10.1 Opinion for brothers

10.1a That's one of the easiest platforms for us to fall from and when we fall, we can be reminded of our real need for God.

10.1b Pride also provides examples of what we should be cautious of.

Pride makes us feel shame when we do something wrong, so that it prevent us from wrong doing.

10.1c Pride motives us to do "right thing".

10.2 Two Old Trees


Sign of Pride
11. Sign of Pride

Fear or worry

Angry

Sad or depress

Joy seeking

Arrogant

Show-off or brag or exaggerate

Attraction

Take credit for self

Affirmation, recognition, approval or acceptance

Attention

Refuse admitting mistake or blame

Disobedient

Envy or jealous

Intolerance, stubborn, inflexible or not agreeable

Lie, cheat or hide

Comparison or competition

Control

Right

Superiority

Despise or respect

Self-importance or self-center

Timid, silent or quiet

Self-righteous

Judge

Correct

Independent spirit

Achievement

Tentative Example:

Mistake, fault

Trigger:	Mistake, fault, or other circumstance

Sense:	My reputation is under threat

Thought:	I have to protect my reputation

Feeling:	Uncomfortable or uneasy

Behavior:	Lie or cheat to hide the truth of mistake

Blame other for the mistake

Result:

Advise or Criticism

Trigger:	Being advised or criticism

Sense:	Superiority is under threat

Thought:	I have to maintain my superiority

How can other give me advice or criticism

Feeling:	Feel angry

Behavior:	Fight back, argue, say bad words.

Result:

Rejection or challenge

Trigger:	Good opinion or idea was being challenged

Sense:	Superiority or reputation is under threat

Thought:	I have to defend for my reputation

Feeling:	Feel angry

Behavior:	Fight back, argue,

Result:

Fear, quiet

Trigger:	Something my conscience urges me to do

Sense:	Lack of confidence

Thought:	If I cannot do it right, my reputation may be under threat

Feeling:	Feel Fear

Behavior:	Keep quiet or silence and fail to do the right thing

Result:

Being offended or word abused or treated badly

Trigger:	Being offended or wordly abused or treated badly by other people

Sense:	My prestige is under direct threat

Thought:	I have to defend my prestige, things shouldn't be like this. I have to do something to win back my prestige.

Feeling:	Feel Angry

Behavior:	Eye to eye, evil to evil

Result:

Show off, brag, or exaggerate

Trigger:	Opportunity to show

Sense:	Chance to boost my prestige

Thought:	I have something to make people admire or jealous or accept me.

If I don't have something extraordinary enough to make people jealous, I need to exaggerate it.

If I don't have something obviously to make people admire or jealous, I need to make it more obviously.

Feeling:	Satisfaction

Behavior:	Show off or Brag or Exaggerate

Result:


Life experience about Pride
12. Life experience about Pride?


Overcome Pride
13. How to overcome pride

Spirit Growth

Lifelong lesson (Pastor Fang)

Believe and Repent (Pastor Peng)

Not by own will or strength but by Holy Spirit

Pray

Identify the root of Pride

Alert to the sing of Pride

Change thought

Change

Romans 12:2

2 Cor 5:17-18

Gal 6:15

Eph 4:20-24

Col 3:1-4;9-11

1 John 2:8

Gal 3:26-28


Fear: We hesitate to do the right thing because we fear we would lost our pride if we make it wrong .

Angry: We get angry all time when someone criticizes us because the Pride let us feel our social status is threaten.

Lie:  When we made mistake, we tend to lie to cover it up because we fear that we would lose our social status if we tell the truth.

Blame:  When we have conflict, we tend to blame the other people because we fear that we would lose our social status if we apologize.

Not agreeable:

Inflexible:

General description

Pride roots deeply in our heart and smear out conscience for urging us to require social status which are important for living in corrupt world but has no value for a Christian who believes the heavenly hope. Although, we know that Pride is the source of our sinful nature, it seems that we have hard time to rooted it out. In order to root it out, we have to connect it to other obvious worldly value.

2.

3. Is the Pride the result of other problem? For example, self-rejection?

4. What is the root of Pride?

5. Why are people obsessed with Pride? Why people need pride?

6. Why do people like Pride?

7. Is there any good can come from Pride?

8. Why it is so difficult to override Pride?

9. Can you list all the symptom you can image of Pride? For example, arrogant, easy to fear, easy to angry, easy to worry, and so on...

10. Can you list all the possible negative result, you can think of, can come from Pride? For example, damage relationship with people, offend people, and so on...

11. Can you list all the possible thing people would do because of fearing of lose Pride or gaining more Pride? For example, lie, cheat, and so on...

12. Can you list all the example or story, you know, about Pride in Bible? For example, Saul, Adam, Abel, Satan, Tax Collector,

13. Can you list all the teaching, you know, about Pride in Bible?

14. Can you list all your life experience, you can remember, about Pride?

15. Can you list all the books, you know, related to Pride other than Bible?

16. Can you list all the movies, you watched before, related to Pride?

17: Can you suggest how can we override Pride?

understand where is value of pride.

18. What is the difference of Pride and self-esteem, proud of oneself?

19. What is the difference of Pride and self-acceptance?

20. Do you have other points about Pride?


Emotions

Definition of Emotion

Basic Emotions

Secondary Emotions

Emotional Process

Emotional Time

Emotion Conclusion

Emotional Oscillation

Definition of Emotion

In psychology, emotions are complex evaluative (positive or negative) reactions of the nervous system in response to external or internal stimuli (e.g., fear, sadness, anger, happiness, surprise, ambivalence, and others). Different types of emotions are associated with relatively distinct patterns of subjective (internal) experience, overt behavior (e.g., crying or laughter), motivational states (e.g., approach or avoidance), physiological arousal, learning, and activity in the nervous system. Emotions are evolutionary adaptations, as they enhance an organism's ability to experience and evaluate its environment and thus increase its likelihood to survive and reproduce. In addition, emotions serve important functions in animal communication (between or within species). Despite that in many cultures emotions (passion) are contrasted with cognition (reason) as a source of motivation and decision making, modern psychological science recognizes that, in healthy animals and humans, an individual's emotion, cognition, and behavior have a certain degree of integration and also can influence reciprocally each other.

Basic emotions

Anger, Fear, Sadness, Joy, Disgust, Curiosity/Interest, surprise, Acceptance

Secondary emotions

Acceptance, Affection, Aggression, Ambivalence, Apathy, Anxiety, Boredom, Compassion, Confusion, Contempt, Depression, Doubt, Ecstasy, Empathy, Envy, Embarrassment, Euphoria, Forgiveness, Frustration, Gratitude, Grief, Guilt, Hatred, Hope, Horror, Hostility, Homesickness, Hunger, Hysteria, Interest, Loneliness, Love, Paranoia, Pity, Pleasure, Pride, Rage, Regret, Remorse, Shame, Suffering, Sympathy


Emotional process

Emotion is kind of feeling which is the result of an emotional process.

The emotional process involves five sequences: 1 Trigger, 2 Sense, or Desire 3 Thought, 4 Feeling, 5 Behavior.

1: Trigger

Almost anything can start an emotional trigger. The trigger can be external or internal or it can be physical or non-physical. Sometimes, the feeling itself can trigger an another emotional process. Since the trigger comes from circumstance which we normally have no control of, we cannot change the trigger. But, sometimes, we can avoid it. The trigger may be viewed as trial or temptation (PDL 26). If you intend to practice healthy emotional process, you can manually start a trigger and practice to use your Purpose Driven Thought to alter the emotional process.

2: Sense (Emotional Sense) or Desire

When our mind (brain) receive the trigger, our mind has to sense it and produce stimulus. Some people may have strong sense to the trigger so that even small trigger produces massive stimulus. On the other hand, some people may have weak sense to the trigger so that even massive trigger produces little stimulus.

The sense maybe genetically or epigenetically inherited, or shaped during growing by environment. Therefore, once the sense has taken shape in your sub-conscious mind, it is very hard or impossible to change it.

The Sense is passive response to the trigger, the Desire is active.

3: Thought

The Though is the process how you interpret the stimulus, and the result of the interpretation determines the feeling you will get.

If you interpret the stimulus positively that will produce positive feeling.

If you interpret the stimulus negatively that will produce negative feeling.

If you interpret the stimulus rationally that will produce rational feeling.

If you interpret the stimulus irrationally that will produce irrational feeling.

The thought process maybe intentional or unintentional.

The thought may be habitual or not habitual.

No matter which kind of thought it is, since it is the will-part of you mind, and if you will, you can control and change it. And the 'thought' is the one part you can change among the emotional process.

Sometimes, your imagination, on the other words, thought without stimulus, can also produce emotional feeling.

The thought can be categorized as two models of thought: the Natural Thought model and Purpose Driven Thought model.

Nature Thought model

The Nature Thought is basically the extension of the 'Sense'. It extends the stimulus from the 'Sense' and sometime intensified it. If works unintentionally as human instinct and generate quick feelings which may solve short-term trouble but leads to long-term struggle. The Nature

Thought dwells deeply in our heart and it is very hard to get rid of it. But, without getting rid of it, we can replace it with Purpose Driven Thought.

Purpose Driven Thought model

Purpose Driven Thought is the thought that counters the nature thought so that it can produce desire feeling, which meets our goal of life long purpose.

The Purpose Driven Thought, which does not come from our nature instinct, has to be taught and learned for a period of time based on the purpose of your life so that it can become part of your habit and when the trigger and sense produce undesired stimulus, your Purpose Driven Thought can arise automatically to counter the undesired Nature Thought.

Purpose Driven Thought based on Bible

If the goal of your life is to be godly and Christlike, you can develop Purpose Driven Thought based on Bible's teaching.  That requires you to read, study, understand and memorize the Bible verse, pray to God whenever you need and cooperate with Holy Spirit.

 Thought Replacement(ppl:17)

Thought Replacement is to use your Purpose Driven Thought to replace your Nature Thought when stimulus come so that you can get desired feeling. In order to do so, first, you must have the Purpose Driven Thought available to you, second, you must be able to connect your Purpose Driven Thought to the stimulus automatically.

Attitude

4: Feeling (Emotional Feeling)

The feeling or emotional feeling is the direct result of the Thought. You either have the feeling or don't have the feeling. You absolutely have no control of the feeling. You cannot change your feeling neither alter the feeling. If you really want to change your feeling, you have to change your thought.

5. Behavior (Emotional Behavior)

Your behavior is the direct result of your feeling. Your feeling will affect or determine your behavior. If you let your feeling overflow, your feeling will determine your behavior. If you refrain yourself, your feeling may just affect your behavior and you might be able to use your will to control your behavior against your feeling. But, you can only control it for a short term. In the long term, you will be exhausted and eventually subdued to your feeling.

Depending how you express your feeling, there can be three kinds of behavior, first: authentic behavior, second: civilized behavior, third: misleading behavior.

Authentic Behavior

The Authentic Behavior expresses your feeling authentically without covering. Sometimes you need to express your feeling authentically and sometimes you don't. You must discern the result of your behavior.

Civilized Behavior

The Civilized Behavior expresses your feeling with refrain. If you notice that your feeling is not what you desired, which might offend other people or damage your relationship with other people nor not serve the purpose of your goal, you can use better wording to express of your feeling without showing full force of your feeling.

Misleading Behavior

Misleading Behavior expresses your feeling with wrong words. People without proper learning, always express their feeling with wrong words. People, even with proper learning, according to some survey, still express their feeling with wrong words more than 50%.

The emotional process sometimes only takes a few seconds to complete.

Based on the emotional process model, in order to have desired behavior, the only thing you can do is to learn desired Thought or Thought Pattern or Thought Habit to replace the undesired thought.

Emotional Oscillation

Emotional Oscillation is the condition that when the emotional behavior of one emotional process becomes the trigger of another emotional process and continues on.


Epigenetics

Epigenetics is a term in biology used today to refer to features such as chromatin and DNA modifications that are stable over rounds of cell division but do not involve changes in the underlying DNA sequence of the organism.[1] These epigenetic changes play a role in the process of cellular differentiation, allowing cells to stably maintain different characteristics despite containing the same genomic material. Epigenetic features are inherited when cells divide despite a lack of change in the DNA sequence itself and, although most of these features are considered dynamic over the course of development in multicellular organisms, some epigenetic features show transgenerational inheritance and are inherited from one generation to the next.[2]

Specific epigenetic processes include paramutation, bookmarking, imprinting, gene silencing, X chromosome inactivation, position effect, reprogramming, transvection, maternal effects, the progress of carcinogenesis, many effects of teratogens, regulation of histone modifications and heterochromatin, and technical limitations affecting parthenogenesis and cloning.

Epigenetic research uses of a wide range of molecular biologic techniques to further our understanding of epigenetic phenomena, including chromatin immunoprecipitation (together with its large-scale variants ChIP-on-chip and ChIP-seq), fluorescent in situ hybridization methylation-sensitive restriction enzymes and bisulfite sequencing. Furthermore, the use of bioinformatic methods is playing an increasing role (computational epigenetics).


Seven deadly sins

The seven deadly sins, also known as the capital vices or cardinal sins, are a classification of vices that were originally used in early Christian teachings to educate and instruct followers concerning (immoral) fallen man's tendency to sin. The Roman Catholic Church divided sin into two principal categories: "venial", which are relatively minor, and could be forgiven through any sacrament of the Church, and the more severe "capital" or mortal sin. Mortal sins destroyed the life of grace, and created the threat of eternal damnation unless either absolved through the sacrament of confession, or forgiven through perfect contrition on the part of the penitent. Beginning in the early 14th century, the popularity of the seven deadly sins as a theme among European artists of the time eventually helped to ingrain them in many areas of Christian culture and Christian consciousness in general throughout the world. One means of such ingraining was the creation of the mnemonic SALIGIA based on the first letters in Latin of the seven deadly sins: Superbia, Avaritia, Luxuria, Invidia, Gula, Ira, Acedia.[1]

Listed in the same order used by both Pope Gregory the Great in the 6th Century AD, and later by Dante Alighieri in his epic poem The Divine Comedy, the seven deadly sins are as follows: Luxuria (extravagance, later lust), Gula (gluttony), Avaritia (greed), Acedia (sloth), Ira (wrath, later anger), Invidia (envy), and Superbia (pride). Each of the seven deadly sins has an opposite among the corresponding seven holy virtues (sometimes also referred to as the contrary virtues). In parallel order to the sins they oppose, the seven holy virtues are chastity, abstinence, temperance, diligence, patience, kindness, and humility.


Self-esteem

In psychology, self-esteem reflects a person's overall self-appraisal of their own worth.

Self-esteem encompasses both beliefs (for example, "I am competent/incompetent") and emotions (for example: triumph/despair, pride/shame). Behavior may reflect self-esteem, in (for example: assertiveness/timorousness, confidence/caution).

Psychologists usually regard self-esteem as an enduring personality characteristic (trait self-esteem), though normal, short-term variations (state self-esteem) occur.

Self-esteem can apply specifically to a particular dimension (for example: "I believe I am a good writer, and feel proud of that in particular") or have global extent (for example: "I believe I am a good person, and feel proud of myself in general").

Synonyms or near-synonyms of self-esteem include:

    * self-worth

    * self-regard

    * self-respect

    * self-confidence (a sometimes disparaging term which can (more than self-esteem) suggest excessive self-regard

    * self-love(which can express overtones of self-promotion)

Criticisms

Critics see the all pervading importance given to self-esteem in popular culture and in modern psychology as misleading and dogmatic. A review[citation needed] of self-esteem literature by Roy Baumeister confirmed that high self-regard per se is not necessarily "good"; nor does it translate into higher estimates by others of a person's intellect, appearance or virtue. Baumeister describes the view of self-esteem as panacea as "a very compelling illusion" because it correlates with happiness and other good things; he sees psychologists as "a little too eager in promoting the program before the data were in." Some social constructionists [attribution needed] argue that modern-day America � with its overwhelming cultural bias towards self-enhancement � has fabricated and validated the dogma of self-esteem as a universal human goal that all must strive towards perfecting. This fails to consider the absence of such an emphasis in other flourishing cultures, in which people neither celebrate high self-esteem so much nor regard it as so central a concept.

Psychological literature and popular culture both concentrate on the presence or absence of high self-esteem, however some evidence suggests that the overemphasis on the self-esteem mantra can lead to rapid falls when the self becomes invalidated in the domains that one considers important. In addition this pursuit may have negative consequences on the welfare of society as a whole. Eastern philosophy, particularly Buddhist and Hindu thought, tends to see the self in its limited form as illusory; it perceives a "true self" as a sublime and transcendent entity, whose nature remains hidden from the limited or egoic self.

Dignity is defined as "the state of being worthy of honor or respect".[1] The inherent worthiness of human beings is known as human dignity and is different than dignity.