Reading emotions

Here's an article interview of an expert on reading emotions. The expert is Paul Ekman.

"There are seven that have very clear facial signals -- anger, sadness, fear, surprise, disgust, contempt and happiness."

I find the above fascinating.

He also talks about the importance of identifying emotions: "Crucial to how we feel is being aware of how we are feeling in the moment. The sine qua non of that is to realize that you are being emotional in the first place. The earlier you recognize an emotion, the more choice you will have in dealing with it.

In Buddhist terms, it's recognizing the spark before the flame. In Western terms, it's trying to increase the gap between impulse and saying or doing something you might regret later. "

Cool beans.