Just sharing my views in this context, namjap ji
When we discuss about emotions, you will find their base in the followings
Ego, anger, greed, attachment and lust. Every person have them but with different degrees.. All the reactions are noticed, come due to them, how strong could be the reaction, also depends what level of those fives exist in different individuals. Interestingly they are also related with each other, for example, level of ego decides the level of passion; however, passion usually negates the level of ego and anger if fortified. Very interesting, isn’t it? In Psychology, they go with different terms but the substance remains the same; many call, the presence of these ones, a measure of being human, in its extended form, the lack of such feelings in context of civility desired in a society decides about the insanity as well. Above all, all these fives we said above, are significantly grow into different levels in different environments. Some time Psychologists, for the well being of the individual, urge not to tap such feelings due to their side effects. In this sphere, experiments support that kind of idea of catharsis. Spiritual path molds the mind not to become slave of this in a way that their control over mind is lost. As said before different levels of these fives due to many reasons, are taught to steer them from their intensity without using suppression techniques. In spiritual field, that is why all things that attract these fives, are graded as” Maya” and worthless in pursuit of enlightenment.
G Singh