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Due to basic laws of reality, such as locality and the nature of thought propagation, we're all in the currents of some sort of thought winds/waves.
You're amongst the thoughts and vice versa of what ever company your mind keeps.
Sublimating desire into discipline will keep you from passively resonating to whatever strongest force exists in your presence at any one time.
Not to mention the oh so subtle creatures and weathers and landscapes (however alien the patterns of these places are) that persist without our sphere of influence.
Best to methodically structure a path for your mastery of all the layers of reality.
Void I believe is an adaptation to counter-act the overpowering uncertainty of these realms. A modus operandi that focuses on filtering out any specific stimulus to retain one's ability to discover the path away from the lesser and towards the greater.
Emotion is only irrational if one accepts the irrationality in others and themself. It's as intellectual as the familiar rationale if one is willing to do the mental work.