[quote=Assallya]
When it comes to the Force I always harken back to Obi Wan and Yoda in the original trilogy. The prequels and the original series conflict. I mean, throughout the original trilogy Yoda and Obi Wan are constantly telling Luke to stretch out with his feelings. Even Vader told him to do so. Then, in the prequels Yoda says not to feel when the key to using the force is to stretch out with one's feelings? Bah. A pox on the prequels and upon midiclorians too!
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I took "reach out with your feelings" to be related to "a Jedi can feel the Force flowing through him." In that sense, "feelings" aren't emotions, but perceptions. When Obi-wan first tells Luke "reach out with your feelings", Luke is trying to learn to sense the remote droid so he can deflect its attack. Soon after that he tells Kenobi "I [i]could[/i] almost see it.", relating the "feelings" he was reaching out with to one of the basic five senses, or ways of perceiving the world.