Which emotion do you think has the most power over people’s actions?

[7Phoenix7]

I feel like this could go in a lot of different directions, so I’m curious what people think.

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Love

Fear

Anger

Jealousy

Other

[ohsheeT]

For me the most powerful is love

And that mean all the rest of them are just as equal as love

And just like will love you have understand them because if you don't the you can't control any of them and if you don't understand them and you can't control the then you can control yourself or any thing else you have to be disciplined

And understand you can be angry in a loving way

No matter how angry you are doesn't mean you have to task it there and act it out.

Because when you do that's your ego and you have to be heard because you feel a certain way blah blah blah

It's a choice really that you have to understand the power of love before you can understand anything else

Just because it's a duality world doesn't mean that you let your ego control it you have to control it

[7Phoenix7]

I get what you’re saying. I like that perspective

[MrChinaski]

This is an easy call. Fear. It's so pervasive and powerful that often we are scared to even name it.

Why do relationships end? Fear.

Why are people jealous? Why do people cheat on their partners? Fear.

Why are people angry at each other? Why do we hurt each other? Fear.

Why do people do jobs they hate to 'earn a living'? Fear.

Why do we go to war? Fear.

How do people feel about death? Fear.

Fear is our default setting. Life is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.

Love is the meaning we create in our loves. Loving is hard work, every day, year after year, for your entire life to hold back the tidal wave of fear.

[MrChinaski]

*lives

[7Phoenix7]

Yes 👏 lol

[Simslover92]

Love. The things people will do for it can sometimes be crazy. We are driven by it more than what people would like to admit. We are driven by it more than any other emotion in my honest opinion. Why do you think there are more love songs than any other type of song out there?

We crave it. We need it. We want it. Why? Because it's what we were honestly put on this earth to do.

[7Phoenix7]

Love your answer lol

[Simslover92]

Lol thank you!

[MrChinaski]

Nice answer. I still think Fear is more powerful. But I agree with every word you said.

[Simslover92]

@MrChinaski thank you! 😊

[White_Widow]

Most definitely fear. Our whole western society is being driven by fear at the moment.

In all of history there hasn't been as much anxiety in the world as right now. Every government in every western country is pushing people further and further on to the fear spectrum. People who are scared are easy to control.

[OneViewpoint]

There is no one top answer. Humans have a lot of emotions and motivations. Those emotions and motivations change constantly depending on environmental stimuli. And baseline personalities run everywhere from passive to psychopath. From introvert to extrovert. From nurturing to criminal.

In the "Other" category is...

• Insecurity
• Hate (different from anger)
• Peer pressure (societal expectations)
• Greed
• Competitiveness
• Sadness
• Complete lack of emotion (psychopath)
• Sadism
• Domination
• Altruism
• Kindness
• Sexual desire

[7Phoenix7]

Yep lol

[Master_Debator]

I voted other... but I mistakenly took logic as an emotion. I would say care for others is the biggest. But not for all of us... fear for some. I honestly think we're different as base material..

I don't got a funny meme for this one except for the libtards... here it is...

But I honestly think different people worry about differnt shit. Just is what it is. Fucking libtards... I swear they're going to liberate us all by just being against them.

[7Phoenix7]

Lmao

[aaron13547]

High vibration emotions naturally drown out lower vibrational emotions. For example if someone is in fear and someone they trust shows them love. That fear doesn't magically go away but you notice the love in them, more so, then the fear in yourself.

Love is the most powerful emotion. Your chakra system expresses love as gratitude, compassion, surrender, acceptance and many more emotions. That wholeness that love is allows it to manifest in so many different ways, that is what gives it the power to transmute any other emotion.

[TonyMetal___86]

Jealousy and anger, the majority of this generation aren't good people, sometimes i prefer a dog over a human!

Back in the past, i'd say love and fear...

Personally love and anger impacts my actions a lot, i'm trying to reduce the actions related to my anger and heading for more love, peace and joy 😌

Maybe someday i'll fly like a phoenix 😁

[7Phoenix7]

I believe you can fly… I believe you can touch the sky… think about it every night and day… spread your wings and fly away.

I believe you can soar…

LOL

[TonyMetal___86]

Cool song miss phoenix, i'd like to hear your voice singing it for me 😄

[7Phoenix7]

Lmaooo no you wouldn’t 😆

[TonyMetal___86]

Are you shy miss phoenix from bouvet island? 🤣

[7Phoenix7]

I can’t sing loll

[TonyMetal___86]

Don't worry i'm not in the jury of bouvet island got talent! 🤣🤣

[HawkPerception]

I think many emotions heavily affect your life. Happiness, anxiety & fear, sadness & depression, anger & frustration, love, guilt, shame, etc. Each of them can push us forward, set us back, or keep us stagnant.

[7Phoenix7]

I agree with you

[Apulu_backagain]

Can I say Nostalgia? People unknowingly chase that feeling everywhere.

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

So true, so consistently true over time

[7Phoenix7]

Yes 👍 love that answer…

[Apulu_backagain]

@Maybe_Maybe_not @7Phoenix7

yeah, people try to go for things similar to them, they make decisions on basis of themes which they already know and want to experience again. Even when finding love you try to find someone who has similar characteristics to your loved ones. People want something similar and old all the time. When something is completely new and you don't feel any resemblance with that situation then you feel alarmed and desperately want to escape that. Even adventurous people who try new things still don't try things which is completely polar opposite to the kind of environment they as used to.

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

Well, let's not push that observation though lol, because at some point it will look like we're trying to turn our observations into a generic system

[Apulu_backagain]

@Maybe_Maybe_not agreed

[7Phoenix7]

But she’s also so right! That’s why so many people end up in multiple toxic relationships… because toxicity in relationships feels familiar. Their parents may have been abusive to each other…and also to their kid. And the kid grows up thinking all of that craziness is normal. So when someone healthy shows up to date them, they don’t like that person. They go snd find someone toxic af to make themselves feel comfortable lol

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

I agree, I do agree that, in specific areas, for specific mechanisms, we're going to repeat familiar patterns. I don't question that. I just questioned temptation to extend a valuable observation beyond its context, temptation to create a full system out of it to explain everything we do

[7Phoenix7]

@Maybe_Maybe_not I do agree with you questioning that lol

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

Boy, there's so much agreement in this thread, it's suspicious 😂

[7Phoenix7]

@Maybe_Maybe_not 😄😄

[Apulu_backagain]

It feels weird when people agree every perspective because again, we're used to people not agreeing so easily with us and we're familiar with that.

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

Apulu is on fire with her theory 😏

[Apulu_backagain]

@Maybe_Maybe_not I better be if I'm going to study philosophy later lol.

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

Actually, your idea belongs much more to psychology than philosophy

[Apulu_backagain]

@Maybe_Maybe_not oh my mistake, I'm going to study psychology and philosophy and economics combination so yeah. Still counts.

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

Though I think psychology has a lot to learn from philosophy

[Apulu_backagain]

@Maybe_Maybe_not agreed.

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

I believe so many thing derives from fear, historically, individually, collectively, mentally, physically etc.

[7Phoenix7]

So many things do derive from fear… even the way we love can..

[RandomGirl42]

I think in the big picture it is love 'cuz love really affects all the other emotions. Its power is slow and builds quietly and can be so big u dont even realize it.

If it's like instant reaction , then anger is prolly the most powerful. Everyone reacts to it instantly by going into fight or flight mode. So, it might look big but meanwhile love is still working behind the scenes. 💖

[purplepoppy]

Shame. You can make people do anything if you convince them it's shameful not to.

[7Phoenix7]

That’s so true…

[Anonymous]

For guys, fear. It either breaks them or fuels and drives them to succeed. And success is not a number or a title. There are always dragons to slay. As long as a man draws breathe he feels that.

For women, jealousy. I would say love, but I think there are more bad women than good women who feel in competition with other women. I think only women who do not fear other women truly know how to love. Because love STARTS with loving yourself.

[Still-alive]

It's fear and a lot of people in power have figured that out unfortunately.

it's why we must all try to be courageous as we can or they can manipulate us using our fears against us

[MikeTheBartender]

In the words of Meatloaf...

"And I would do anything for love..."

[7Phoenix7]

lol..

[MrChinaski]

@MikeTheBartender '... But I won't do that'?

[MrChinaski]

@MikeTheBartender It's actually a pretty bleak song.

'After a while you'll forget everything
It was a brief interlude and a midsummer night's fling
And you'll see that it's time to move on
I know the territory, I've been around
It'll all turn to dust and we'll all fall down
Sooner or later you'll be screwing around'

[MikeTheBartender]

@MrChinaski true.

[Massageman]

Anger, which comes from fear and jealousy for the most part.

[7Phoenix7]

So maybe fear

[msc545]

I would think it's fear, because fear is the thing that people respond to the most quickly, in most cases.

[7Phoenix7]

You would know… of all people.

[msc545]

Why do you believe I would know all people?

[7Phoenix7]

I said you would know of all people. I meant because of your psychology background. You literally studied… and you seem like you understand people really well. psychological trifecta? 🙂

[msc545]

Oh, I hadn't thought about that, but yeah, you're right. I have a very deep understanding of fear...

[7Phoenix7]

Your perspective carries a lot of weight on questions like this… in my opinion.

[msc545]

Thank you. I appreciate that.

[7Phoenix7]

I feel like gag should have a psychology category/topic… no?

[msc545]

Yes, it should, but of course, because it has been desired by so many people, including myself, we will never.

[7Phoenix7]

Right LOL

[Phoenix98]

Kind of hard to say really everyone is influenced by different emotions a lot of factors can play into that their relationships or lack of, their situation, how they grew up, etc.

[sage2021]

I respond to giving LOVE and being LOVED in a very powerful way.

The rest of things on your list are things that I don't feel or don't do.

[AydenHazor]

I think it's highly dependent on the individual. Some people are motivated by anger or jealousy, others by love or joy. It's hard to select a single emotion because each of us is unique and the emotion that motivated us is unique to our personality

[12karen]

I’ll go with anger and fear, sometimes I speak nonsense when I’m upset

[7Phoenix7]

😆 right lol

[Likes2drive]

Anger can make you do things you would never think of doing

[7Phoenix7]

True…

[Sunnyrjs]

I think fear.
A lot of time anger, pain these are brought out by fear.

[7Phoenix7]

Yes, that’s true

[exitseven]

I used to think it was rage but it is really love that is the great motivator.

[goaded]

Fear is the path to the dark side... fear leads to anger... anger leads to hate... hate leads to suffering.

[thegreenyogi]

I vote for happiness.

[7Phoenix7]

This made me smile 🙂

[thegreenyogi]

Glad it did!!🙃

[Dargil]

Jealousy and envy.

[7Phoenix7]

It can make some people do the worst of things…

[LiamS95]

I think it's a tie between fear and love.

[7Phoenix7]

I was thinking there might be a lot of love and fear picks

[msg321]

Unfortunately anger

[7Phoenix7]

Has that rang true for you personally?

[msg321]

It was true when I was younger but it decreased as I got older but I sometimes still struggle overcoming anger.

[nolabels]

Fear.
Definitely fear.

[Agape93]

Greed

[7Phoenix7]

That’s a good one

[fish5505_87]

Unfortunately, after fear comes anger!

[AviatorTom]

Fear is the most powerful.

[Jerre]

I think sexual feelings wins

[beefcakebradybatson]

LUST !!!