Experiencing emotions versus thinking about them

Frederic says he has been experiencing emotions rather than looking at them, and has found it simple as long as he just experiences it; the moment he thinks about it, it becomes complicated and he separates from it.

The Wonders remark that everything ever thought about has been written into a book, but nothing ever experienced can be written.

Asked whether a technology could ever transfer experience from one mind to another, they answer no - only the idea can be transferred, never the experience; a book about emotions conveys an idea or construct but not the actual emotion, which is precisely the benefit of experiencing.

When they ask how he feels about experiencing emotion, he cannot describe it; they offer 'scary' and 'like going down a roller coaster with no brakes' as ideas, then press him for his own, and he settles on foreign and unfamiliar.

They explain it is unfamiliar because his mind has not yet justified and judged it, and when he protests that justifying it would not be useful, they note his mind is nonetheless trying desperately to do so.

They close by telling him to enjoy the ride, since all roller coasters return to the same point however scary they are - he may yell, scream, dance or sing, but he will always arrive back at the same point - and leave him to work out what that point is as a subject for the next conversation.

In the post-session reflection the channel recounts being petrified of roller coasters until the day he screamed his head off through the whole ride at Canada's Wonderland, ending up laughing and crying and describing the total loss of control as the greatest experience.