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I read your comment and wonder, why is it significant that we must determine which comes first the action or the thought? I agree there is definitely a correlation between the three (feelings, actions, and experiences) but what is the importance? Do we always have to have an action followed by a feeling or can we have a feeling followed by an action? What about a feeling with no action. I have had some tramatic experiences that make me think and ponder for a minute every now and then. I feel, think, and wonder about these experiences and how they shape me and my decisions but when I have these moments I do not act. I sit and think.

I feel it is very important to think about the two separately before we can combine them and consider their influence upon each other. Why do we have feelings and why do we act? I have always wondered, when we are impulsive do we really act before thinking or is there some type of thought before we act? I think it is important to consider what is a thought and what is a feeling. I think a thought could be categorized as many things. It could be an image that pops into one's brain or a long drawn out process from start to beginning. Or sometimes how I think about this class, my thoughts are loopy. They never end but continue to question each other in a round about way. And then its important to think about what is an action. Is an action the actual though one is experiencing in their minds. And does their experience and personality affect this thought and therefore affects this "action".

In order to understand the correlation between feelings, actions and experience we must define these terms. But the real question is, are one's feelings, actions and experiences affecting the definition of these terms? Is the correlation internal or is it constant throughout a society?