Do You Make Decisions Based on Your Reasoning?
No decision is correct if it is based on only one side of reality.
We generally believe that rational decisions are better. When we think about the positives and negatives of an issue and find that we will be wiser if we act in a certain way, we do not become victims of our feelings.
However, feelings are much more important than we think. Compassion helps us avoid the rational cruelty that characterizes most people.
Many prefer to be selfish rather than letting others take advantage of their kindness, but kindness is actually a medicine that heals those who receive it and positively transforms those who generously offer it to everyone.
If you belong to a psychological type based on feelings you will certainly agree that feelings are more important than thoughts, but if you belong to a psychological type based on thoughts you will think that sentimental decisions are foolish.
In fact, we cannot generalize and conclude that in all cases the reasoning is better than feelings or the other way around.
However, most of the time we are very cruel when we are rational and do not take into account our human side.
Besides, what’s the point of thinking we’ve done the right thing when we feel miserable for not having followed our heart?
I belonged to the introverted psychological type based on thoughts and so all my decisions were always thought-based, but that didn’t help me avoid mistakes. Quite the opposite; I made a lot of mistakes because I insisted on doing what I thought was right.
Later I found that I was wrong for judging my thoughts so right, as what I thought could only be based on the knowledge I had and I was ignorant.
In fact, ignorance never fails to characterize a person, no matter how much they may learn in life.
When I was able to translate my dreams through the method discovered by Carl Jung, I managed to develop my feelings and also my sensations, and my half-developed intuition.
To my great surprise, I verified that virtually every decision I made in life based solely on my reasoning was wrong.
Therefore, I warn you that reasoning does not give you any guarantee that what you will decide will be correct. It may seem to be right for you according to your knowledge, but later on, you will see that you were very wrong.
On the other hand, I’ve seen many people insist on marrying a person they loved even though their love wasn’t reciprocated and in the end, they got divorced and started hating the person they loved so much.
Being too sentimental without thinking logically is also a big mistake. So, don’t conclude that you should always be sensitive and act based on your feelings.
The Ideal Solution
It would be nice if you developed all of your psychological functions (thoughts, feelings, sensations, and intuition) instead of relying on just one fully developed and one partially developed psychological function, as everyone else is since everyone is born with a conscience that is based on a fully developed psychological function and a partially developed one.
The other two psychological functions remain in the primitive part of our brain and need to be developed to belong to our conscience.
However, if you don’t have time to occupy yourself with this issue, you should at least remember that feelings, sensations, and intuition are just as important as thoughts, and help you avoid many mistakes that you cannot see when you consider your reasoning superior.
In our historical time, reasoning has been considered wise, while this is not true. Reasoning is cold and calculating and makes people insensitive.
On the other hand, in our time materialism prevails, which means that most people are interested in satisfying their body’s desires and having pleasures. Therefore, sensations end up being more important for everyone, since the satisfaction of the body is closely linked to materialism.
This means that most people believe they make decisions based on their reasoning but always take into account their material satisfaction. This means that everyone just thinks they are rational, but they actually act based on their body’s sensations.
So, before making any decision, ask yourself if you are trying to be logical or if you are only concerned with your sensations, and be sure to take your feelings and intuition into account.
Feelings and intuition are the psychological functions that are most neglected today.
However, feelings warn us that we will be unhappy if we don’t pay attention to our heart and intuition warns us that we won’t recognize people with whom we have a true affinity or people who are false if we don’t pay attention to invisible signs that show us the hidden truth behind appearances.
Therefore, don’t trust your opinion no matter how smart you think you are. Take a long time before making any decision. Try to be balanced and pay attention to every point of your reality because everything is important and every detail you observe will help you avoid fatal mistakes.
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