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however, for me the analogy breaks down where will (the engine) drives the emotional nature (trans). i thought of the clutch when someone mentioned about being aware of a rising emotion and seemed to suggest letting it rise, where i immediately thought of disengaging the clutch to starve the rising emotion of the power it would use to disturb consciousness.

and, yes, i can raise and lower them at will (it's the same kind of thing that actors do, right?)

hey cool jimbo! nice thoughtful commentary. you are right, i do feel the analogy breaks down w/ manual tranny; that is why in the 2nd post i mention for my comparison, my "car" was an auntomatic. to further the point:

in the automatic transmission, the powertrain control module computer (modern cars, of course) contains software algorithms that control shift points and many other aspects of operation, like the degree of "slip" of the fluid clutch, most notably torque converter lock-up where slip is eliminated (commonly called, overdrive). high-performance trannies utilize differently tuned algorithms to maximize torque conversion and power transfer, especially in concert with engine control algorithms.

those software algorithms and internal efficiencies bulit into the automatic are to me, the dna/ natural spiritual emotional programing that wants to play as you "drive" around situations.

problem is lots of people have changed the manufacter's original programing (look at young children fresh off the assembly line form a good idea of the original prog.) they are still on automatic shift, but the programmings been spiked or hacked!

i looked at manual shifts a bit for this analogy and decided i didn't know enough about manuals to speak on it. what i feel is, folks doing manual tranny shfiting are perhaps, trying to learn or work on a particular something w/ awareness (for a faster result?). my guess (and this is not fleshed out) when they get a certain proficiency of gear/emotional shifting to the point that they don't even have to think about it.... viola!... that set of gears becomes automatic, until it is time to work on it conciously again.

hopefully the "program" of shifting that they just created, that has now become automatic shifting, is... uhumf, how should we say, within the original manufactuers recommendations..... so, in otherwords, it can go back and forth from auto to manual as your attention wanes and increases. honestly, i don't know manuals well enough to flesh further then that. however, clearly the clutch has to do with mastering timing and control between gears (emotions) to create smooth transitions that are not jarring to self or others.... ok well, i could go on, but i think people get the idea... the two types of trannies go hand n hand w/ each other.

ps. i agree... that is what some actors do; depends on thier training and how much they feel they are in control of it independent of thier surroundings (ie staging, proprs, the other actors etc.)

peace and love, (and thanks for the great thoughts everyone!)

darlyne