Where are emotions occurring?

[Mixcoatl]

Today I went to eat tacos for lunch and these guys at the restaurant played a very melancholic emotional song on the speakers that I instantly felt the emotion. I started to feel kind of sad, so I tried to find out where this emotion was occurring. Since I was at University I was very skeptical of the reductionist explanation of all qualia that happens to humans, therefore, the explanation of science that says that emotions are chemistry inside of the brain is related but not convincing for me at all. 

Going back to the experiment at the restaurant, I noticed that the feeling was the song as if they both were stick together but at the same time, the feeling was "in the air". This is just a small insight I had. I wanna know if you have had a similar insights regarding emotions and how I can do a good enquiry to realize the nature of emotions.

[Someone here]

Do you mean the emotion was felt out there exactly where it was occurring instead of inside your brain in the head ?

That’s not correct either . A sensation can be pinpointed as being in the hands or the head etc but an emotion can’t be pinpointed to in the body or outside the body and yet it is experienced and it is real .

 

[Mixcoatl]

1 minute ago, Someone here said:

Do you mean the emotion was felt out there exactly where it was occurring instead of inside your brain in the head ?

That’s not correct either . A sensation can be pinpointed as being in the hands or the head etc but an emotion can’t be pinpointed to in the body or outside the body and yet it is experienced and it is real .

 

I certainly felt emotional due to the song. But I couldn't find where this emotion was occurring. It didn't feel in the brain, nor in my body. It was more like the emotion was just occurring. I tried to find where it was happening and my first insight was that the music and the emotion were stick together. I felt that more real than feeling it in my brain.

[Someone here]

4 minutes ago, Mixcoatl said:

It didn't feel in the brain, nor in my body. It was more like the emotion was just occurring. 

Yes I agree . Emotions are ethereal ..abstract and unlocalized . Unlike sensations and perceptions . 

Edited 3 hours ago by Someone here

[Mixcoatl]

2 minutes ago, Someone here said:

Yes I agree . Emotions are ethereal ..abstract and unlocalized . Unlike sensations and perceptions . 

I think there must be a sentient being around for the emotion to be raised but yes, it was not localized. 

I kind of believe that the emotion is just when a music-sentient-being system appears, emotions arise. Maybe all these things are mixed up in one homogeneous experience

[Osaid]

You can't find it because it's what you are

[Mixcoatl]

15 minutes ago, Osaid said:

You can't find it because it's what you are

But why I can find a chair?

[UnbornTao]

I'm liking this! 

'Where' might not be the best question to ask. 'What' is better, more open. What is an emotion?

What occurs in your experience? What is melancholy? What do you "do" prior to feeling that way? 

You might think that hearing something made you feel a certain way - as if your state were dictated by an external factor - a melancholic song, in this case. 

Say the song was playing, but you were deaf. Now what? What does this suggest? Obviously, you first have to perceive something. 

Can the emotion be produced without the external stimulus - at will? If so, what does this possibility suggest relative to the source of emotion? 

This half-assed line of questioning can hopefully open some doors.

Edited 1 hour ago by UnbornTao