Thursday, January 6, 2005

Is it logical to accept things as they are?

From a friend:

"I call it 'logical' (rather than mystical or spiritual) because what could be more reasonable than accepting things as they are *because they ALREADY ARE that way*, whether I like it or not?"

I call it spiritual as opposed to logical because it is based on experience, and how our spirit/feelings respond to it. I actually find no "reason" to accept things as they are - actually I find a lot of good reasons to dislike the world the way it is, and the only "reason" to accept it may be utilitarian - to not make myself miserable. But it is not a logical conclusion to me that just because the world is a certain way, that I should accept it, or say it is "okay" in any sense. For me, there is a step beyond reason that comes from my experience. I know, when I stop trying to change people, and start to accept them as they are, that things start to flow much better. I only know it from experience, not from logic. Spirituality, the way I use the word, is all about experience - gaining truth from sensing and feeling rather than from deduction or logic. That's why it can't be proven - it has to be picked up by each person in their interactions with life.

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