Emotion is the label

[Tovius]

So let's say you someone you're familiar with off in the distance heading your way.

Notice that before you even identify with a thought, you have an emotion about said individual.

Therefore, it's not actually thought your are identifying with at the root of it, it's the emotion.

That emotion of how you feel about a person, place, idea, etc. literally is the tag that one uses to identify with said thing.

That emotion, once identified with and accepted as true, opens up like a file. You open up the entire file of how you feel about that thing. The judement you've held onto about this thing is held within this file. You then tag that entire file with an emotion to identify with it.

Once you remove the tag you can see how said object is either an expression of love or is expressing love. 

Emotion is the judgment. Love just sees love. 

Edited May 26, 2021 by Tovius

[Natasha]

@Tovius I would say emotion is mainly instinctive, is rooted in the subconscious, and serves survival. Animals don't judge, yet have emotions.