Principle 1-1 (magnesium)
The meaning of “good” and “bad”
I would bet that you think the words you listed for anger are for the most part “bad.” I put the words "good" and "bad" in quotes, because the idea of good or bad is based on interpretation. We might think something is bad, but others might see it a different way. We might actually be wrong. I might view carrots as "bad," for example. But carrots are a healthy, nutritious food unless we are allergic to them.

On the other hand, we know eating rotten food (or carrots if we are allergic to them) is bad. In this case, the basis for our evaluation is that doing so would be unhealthy.

When we think of something as "bad," we hold a very low opinion of it and think of it as harmful. We want to reject it.

Take pain, for example. Pain is bad, right? What would happen if you could not feel any pain whatever in any circumstance?

You would be in great danger. Pain warns us of a problem. Pain is unpleasant but it's not bad.

So is anger more like pain or rotten food? What do you think?

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