one comes up, we tend to think "I mustn't," or "I shouldn't feel that way," and we try to get away from it. If we could only say, "but I do feel that way," and go ahead and fool

that way. After a while the feeling will change of its own accord, or go away naturally and be replaced by another, instead of being répressed like a cork to bob up again when our will power is turned in another direction.

FEELINGS HAVE REASON AND PURPOSE

We must remember that feelings come from a source unknown within us. They have a reason and a purpose, even though we may not understand what it is. They come from the unconscious wherein lies the wellspring of life. If the unconscious is the voice of God speaking to us then the messages we get from it are God-given messages and we need not feel guilty about them. We might feel guilty about some kind of action we might take based upon those feelings, but we mustn't feel guilty about the feelings themselves. In fact, they can be the best guide we have in leading us to where we need to go and away from the dangers we do not know exist. It is important to remember that the feeling function is a function that operates as a whole. We cannot be selective about it, allowing only certain kinds of feelings to exist and others not. If we try to repress one kind of feeling, we end up repressing all feelings, if we are successful. And that is certainly a sterile kind of life to live.

RELIGIOUS PRONOUNCEMENTS CONFUSING

Now, here is one place where religious pronouncements are confusing. We are told that it is evil to have bad thoughts. I once thought this was a contradiction to my thesis that feelings are not evil because they have their own source in what I call God. Upon reflection, it came to me that the statement might well be true and yet not contradictory to my thesis, I could illustrate it like this. If I became aware of a feeling of hostility towards some person and would try to think up some way to do him in by gruesome and tortuous means, it is not the feeling of hostility which is evil but the thought that follows it, particularly if I would try to translate it into action. It seems to me that feelings have been called eyil be. cause of the possible course of action which might follow as a result of the feeling. But this is a different matter. I can still have my feelings. And if the gruesome action I con-