Thoughts Create Feelings and Feelings Influence the Psyche

Feelings represent primary processes in the carrying out of life, which is why they must not be stifled or eliminated in any form... They must never be foreced with Gewalt, or be fought and elimated. But the difference between feelings and emotion is easy to recognise for every human being if he/she directs his/her attention to them: emotions, namely, come suddenly like lightning, surging, exciting and uncontrollable, whereby they are often only of short duration. However, feelings manifest slowly and then are associated witha preceding thought-process, quite in contrast to emotions, which are not preceded by thought-process, quite in contrast to emotions, which are not preceeded by any thoughts