A little more seriously now.
Rigorous thinking and reasoning can be as much a contributor to challenges as a contributor to solutions. We reason ourselves into rigidity. Reliance on reason has become humanity’s default when it comes to decision making. Although often effective in the short term, the result may be clever yet not necessarily wise nor lasting. We need to expand the current boundaries of reason to move away from rigidity, away from the safety of reason. Movement away from rigidity provides opportunity for developing unique paths, creative paths. To a situation where we might have made a statement, “It is simply not possible,” we would then add, “according to my very, very narrow fields of perceptions, biases, references and experiences.” Moving from our usual style of reasoning, however, it is important that the intellect not be abandoned, rather maintaining as well a balance of sensed expression, being more sense able, even more practical while exercising more of our sense abilities.
There is more than one way to deal with rigidity. We can move from our rigid reliance on reason while at the same time expanding our concept of what reason can be. Intuitive processing with awareness may in time be perceived and recognized as a highly productive state of reasoning.
Here is a suggestion for exploration at the personal boundaries of reason. Begin to identify the boundaries of those consciously or subconsciously, self-imposed limitations. Recognize that those tightly held concepts of boundaries become bondaries when they don’t include “U.” (a little embedded humor here)
Boundaries that in the past have kept us safe are now limiting our abilities to go where we need to go.
And where might we need to go?
Humanity needs to journey towards more and more conscious awareness with increasingly more transformational flexibility.