Commentary:
Strong and excessive emotions, like anger or jealousy, can lead to Heat
and damage the Heart. The experience of the emotions takes place in the thorax. Jealousy
causes the pulse to increase and the blood pressure to rise. Desire leads to Heat and
damages the Heart. Desire is the absence of tranquillity and peace. Being under time
pressure can easily give rise to excessive emotion, for example, a red traffic light
can be reason enough to cause an excessive emotion, which in turn raises the pulse
rate and the blood pressure.
"I want" is the root of desire. We all want to have certain desires satisfied,
e.g. buying a new car, or to be successful in business, and so on. Goals are necessary
in life, but it is important how we deal with our emotions and attachments, especially
if we don't get what we want. We can only try our best and appreciate the driving force
of desire to inspire us to work hard to achieve our goals.
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