in vacant or in pensive mood

Here's a prime example of simple questions absolutely stumping you: "Can you explain the the difference between feeling and emotion?" That's a question I was asked by a carpentry teacher with whom I have had several philosophic discussions. But this one was different, it felt different.  My mind felt that it knew what the answer was but somehow, deep down, I wasn't happy with what I shared. I intuitively and almost instinctively felt that emotion had a higher weightage or bore a deeper meaning in our lives, than feeling. So my response was that feeling was how we reacted to our surroundings as a response to any physical, mental or physiological changes, and emotion was our enhanced sensorial and conscious mind acting upon those reactions. So, I told him that feelings came first and emotion later. But I also felt that emotions could be unconscious and in our banter, strangely felt that even feeling could be unconscious - especially when we don't know what we ar...

The Instagram algorithm is fascinating. I came across a profound intellectual and philosophical piece of content not from any self-proclaimed Indian guru but an American stand-up comedian. This is Pete Holmes' bit. He draws a fascinating philosophic parallel between characters in a book and the author. He simply says that most people look for God in this universe - something that he has created - and that is akin to the character looking for the author in the book he/she has written, in which the character lives.  I'd add that each character is themself a version of the author. Every version of the author exists in each of the characters he writes about. They just can't see it from inside the book.  Why I said that the algorithm is fascinating is because I just finished rewatching Loki Season 2 and this bit immediately drew me back to the Finale of Season 2. For those who haven't watched the show - let me first give you announce 'spoiler alert' here. Loki, the g...