The Elephant of Your Mind

Celeste: In the text I feel like Shanti Deva is saying in so many words emotions are an illusion that don't serve us. They cause us tremendous suffering so we dispel them within our hearts and strive for wisdom instead. My question is does she ever acknowledge this about emotions, acknowledge that they actually serve a purpose? Or is this your lens on the text? Should I tell the part about your mom? So we'll try to answer that tonight because I've been thinking a lot about this too.