Are Your Feelings Reliable? Interview with Rabbi Mordecai Finley, PhD. Part. 2
Belinda: You often distinguish between thoughts, feelings, and intuition in your classes. Let’s talk about feelings first. I see many people using feelings as their main criteria for making major life decisions and relationship decisions. They’ll talk about their feelings as if they’re the most sacred and true part of themselves. Do you believe that feelings are that reliable? Rabbi Finley: Feelings are definitional of the limbic system and the ego self. That’s what feelings