As long as we are alive we shall have likes and dislikes, and frequently, will not be able to explain them. Our preferences often get out of control and carry us away, and are then capable of causing a lot of trouble.

     If, however, we are aware of our feelings, of their limitations, and of their capacity to cause trouble, we can be more in control of them, and though we might still dislike certain people and things, it will be possible to go beyond our preferences, and this is a liberation, of course. We can love people we don’t like, because: