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RE: Thoughts about the stereotype of rational people being incompatible with feelings
I teach people how to understand and work with their emotions, and part of that process is understanding how we need to learn to integrate our whole selves to live our best lives. This means our rational mind, our emotional self, our physical bodies, and our spirits. So yes, I agree with a lot of what you've said here!
I would like to understand how we could integrate our rational minds with our spirit. That sounds hard to achieve don’t you think?
Well, we would need to start with our own definitions so we knew we were talking about the same things. In the framework I'm talking about, spirit could mean a soul (if you are religious, etc) or even just a visionary self - something that sees the big picture and aspires to broad minded. As far as integration, I think of it as a "whole is more than sum of parts" type of thing. A bone is very different than a heart, yet they are both integrated into a whole body, for example. You're not meshing the bone with the heart, just as you're not meshing spirit with rationality, but you're holding them both (and the other two - emotions and body) all as equal and valid parts of your whole self. The integration isn't to each other, but to a whole meta-self that arises when you allow the wisdom of each part of your self to show up and inform your life. Does that make sense?
I see, you are talking about developing several aspects, even though if they are different. That could work for some people I believe.
But I am not sure about a 100% rational mind wanting to be involved in spiritual subjects haha.
Still, it is an interesting take.
Fair enough!