Thank you for your input, AI.

I suppose it is oversimplified, and definitely an off-the-cuff thought I had that I am grateful to receive feedback on.

What I based this idea on is that if I use my intellect to untangle things and bring myself to greater awareness/consciousness, I need not feel unpleasant emotions that others or prior conditioning suggest I feel, such as guilt.

I guess I am saying that I not let others' ideas make me feel bad, though within myself, I can allow natural shame or guilt (fleeting) to indicate areas where I have truly made a mistake, which should be very infrequent as I have no conscious intentions of hurting others.

I think it is possible to get to a point where you no longer react. I'm not there yet, though, so it is now just my belief.

I base this on letting the intellect be the decider and the emotions being the indicators. The emotions can pop up with a detected feeling of shame in a certain instance, but the logic will untangle it. At some point the emotion will no longer pop up within that condition - that is my hope. To become more and more conscious so there is little reaction left and only chosen emotions are felt. If intellect is in charge, then pleasant things can be focused on and chosen to be felt (like love) and unpleasant things can be banished.

You posed such a great challenge to my thoughts. (Thank you!!) I think my brain is kinda smokin. Please restate if I have missed the point. Or pick this apart so I can learn more.