Why Bittersweet Emotions Underscore Life's Beauty | Susan Cain | TED

Life is a constant state of both joy and sorrow, dark and light, bitter and sweet. In a meditative conversation, author Susan Cain explores how being attuned to the bittersweetness of life -- and being fully present for both the happy times and the sad times -- helps us navigate love and loss and connect to the "insane beauty" of the world. (This conversation, hosted by TED current affairs curator Whitney Pennington Rodgers, was part of an exclusive TED Membership event. Visit ted.com/membership to become a TED Member.)
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I wish more people were willing to reflect on life in this capacity and search for meaning with the level of enthusiasm and curiosity that Susan displays here.

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"Telling the truth of what it's like to be alive." I love that!

[@laurienichols1209]

Thank you Susan, as a fellow introvert, I have learned so much from you. Keep inspiring the world!

[@jessmason2112]

Sorrow and joy both have emotional power or value. Sadness or grief can be extremely motivational for positive change. (Get so upset or moved to make changes necessary or not make the same mistake."I'll never do that again." ) The same with joy. Experiencing that state of mind is overwhelming and we learn to strive for that emotion. You can either become bitter or positive. The choice is yours to make with your choices in life are where you end up... Better make it a good one. ✌ I guess that's is very stoic. 😎

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The complement of inherited grief is inherited fears. Emotions are the instrument panel on the dashboard of life.

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Susan inspired me just with this 16 minute interview, I didn't know about her before, I love how she's passionate about trying to figure out the right philosophy and understand of life, how she took some of the dark moments of her life as a headstart to learning even more about the existence of the human being.

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There is bitter and sweet, but they don't usually mix. They are mostly forgotten amongst the love and hate, ecstasy and suffering, underpinned always with deep mystery that almost no one puts voice to but everyone feels.

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Emotion is the limitation, shaping, coloring, and distortion of Feeling by fear, anxiety, sorrow, despair, loneliness, shame, guilt, confusion, contradictions, addictions, ambition, competition, vanity, envy, greed, jealousy, attachment, possessiveness, ill-will, hatred, cruelty, bias, prejudice, and all other mental afflictions/disturbances.

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Emotions prevent Perception. Emotions prevent Clarity. Emotions prevent Communication. Emotions prevent Connection. Emotions prevent Communion. Emotions prevent Relationship. Emotions prevnt Beauty. Emotions prevent Love.

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Emotions make you inhuman. Feeling makes you Human.

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Total Freedom from emotions doesn't take time. It had nothing whatsoever to do with time, effort, or choice. It occurred faster than the speed of light. The children are ready to be set Totally Free at the earliest age so they don't waste their entire lives with any mental afflictions.

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@@jacobsolace177 I'm not sure what distinction you are making between feeling and emotion, can you clarify?

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Susan, thank you for bringing value to human nature in such an eloquent and sensitive manner.

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Susan is one of my favorite authors, I’m so glad to hear her talking about such an important topic ❤️

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This is a lot of my thought process recently

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Not everyone can demonstrate the ability of an empath. Narsacists, egotistical, sociopaths, and psychopaths have a common thread coursing through their psyche. These personality disorders have a propensity for domination. Hence the idiom that the brain is the best defence over brawn. I advise anyone who works in a toxic environment is get to know the players for the players' sake. Promoting someone whose goals are oriented to serve a single actor.

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"To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering". True, there is no beauty in the world, but the beauty within the way we perceive and interpret it.

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