The phrase "active feeling" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a strong, engaged emotional state or response to a situation or experience.
Example: "The poem evoked an active feeling of nostalgia that resonated deeply with the audience."
Alternatives: "vivid emotion" or "intense sentiment".
Emotions belong to the subclass of passive feelings while desire and will belong to the subclass of active feelings.
Echoing Lotze's distinction between passive and active feelings, Stumpf argues that emotions are passive feelings as opposed to active feelings which are directed towards a duty, a project or an intention to be achieved through voluntary actions.
Values are the specific content of the class of active feelings (desire and will) while the contents of an emotion are values.
Feelings are passive in that they have something existent as an object (that is any object of a true judgment) while active feelings are related to a duty (object of a voluntary act).
"We found that people who are more physically active have more pleasant-activated feelings than people who are less active, and we also found that people have more pleasant-activated feelings on days when they are more physically active than usual," study researcher Amanda Hyde, a kinesiology graduate student at Penn State, said in a statement.
The informants enjoyed the activities, and described being more active and feeling included in a fellowship where they were able to be themselves.
For example, being very active and feeling unpleasant is the state of being angry, whereas feeling very pleasant and not active is the state of relaxation.
The senior athletes uniformly stated that being physically active, including feeling physically strong and performing outdoor activities, was important for experiencing body related health.
"It keeps me active and feeling good".
