When Not to Reason

2015-01-26

One of the participants in the online group posted an observation today that included a comment about the help he received from his wife and what a great partner she was. Reflecting on his post I suddenly saw that reasoning in the arena of creative action, like who our partner should be, is probably not wise, at least in the beginning. Even with our best insight and methods of evaluation it does seem to me that we would come up short trying to reason this through on the front end.  Too much is hidden, even with our best efforts at seeing.

On the other hand, true Objective Reason as a faculty of a developed higher being body would probably be appropriately used here, but most of us are a day or two away from that. About all we can do is watch the divine play in action, and then try to see the manifested intelligence through hindsight.

This after the fact understanding is not just for gratitude and appreciation. It can also open our eyes and our receptivity to situations that we would never consciously think to put ourselves in.

So it looks like the reasoning process might just have a part to play after all.