Feelings and reason - which is more important? This question has occupied people at all times. Relying on what to make life choices: on the heart or on the head? And the answer is simple, and it is on the surface: both feelings and reason are equally important. You need to listen to them equally.
Feelings and Mind. I want and need
If a person listens exclusively to the mind, he risks suppressing his feelings, forgetting how to feel, losing his intuition. Such a person is forced to live in the grip of "should" and "right." He begins to make the same demands to those around him, condemn them and punish them for the “excess” of feelings, which he himself is deprived of.
If a person listens only to feelings, he risks being captured by his passions, getting lost in his desires, and ceasing to distinguish between “want” and “need”. Blind adherence to feelings leads to the fact that a person indulges himself. And then it is very difficult to regain will.
Some people choose to rely on the mind for themselves, and listen to feelings - as a guide. It is not for nothing that a person has a craving for something, it is not without reason that he sympathizes with someone or avoids someone. There is always a reason and a purpose for this. Before making decisions, it is important to understand both the cause and the purpose of your instincts.
Other people consider their feelings more important and use their minds as a guide. They evaluate how not to do stupidity and not lose the ground under their feet, following their desires.
However, the difference between the first and second paths is not significant. It is not so important whether feelings or reason are primary. It is important that they are balanced.
How to find balance between feelings and reason?
When faced with a choice between your "want" and "must", do not allow yourself to make hasty decisions or jump to conclusions. Stop and observe the pendulum within you.
Do not try to drown out either the senses or the mind. Listen to yourself, focus. Live, breathe, see. The pendulum continues to swing, but it is very important not to push it! On the contrary, try to slow down the swing with every movement. Keep watching.
At that moment, when the pendulum has almost stopped swinging between "I want" and "I must", the easiest and most correct decisions come. Know how to wait, and perhaps the situation will settle by itself.
