A Subtle Sign That Your Reasons Will Take You in the Right Direction
Reasons, the Right Direction, and the Clarity in Between
“I don’t divide the world into the weak and the strong, or the successes and the failures…. I divide the world into the learners and non-learners.” — Benjamin Barber
We all have our reasons. How, then, does a person know about the direction of life through reason?
Our stories depend on the storytellers and perspectives. Since we all have our reasons for our beliefs and perspectives about life, that narration may or may not match the reality hiding behind the velvety curtains of perspective.
The question, then, is are all of us right at our places?
In other words: How do you seek growth through those reasons? From being right in our own places?
A person who keeps breaking other people’s hearts, for example, because of some negative past experiences, is ever justified?
Does a person oblivious to the piercing pains some of his/her words inflict on others have right justifications only because he/she does not know the potential impact of that behavior?
The answer is too complicated, and like many life-related things, a simple yes or no cannot suffice.
But the answer to the reasons also lies in the reasons.
Give me a minute. I’ll tell you how.
The philosophy of life, as you surely know, paints the horizons with curious questions that might not be answered most accurately.
What inspires me most about philosophy is the power to uncover (or create) the landscape of realities and discover what we “truly” believe through the glimmers of thoughts.
Thoughts are an intricate business (perhaps too intricate sometimes) — entangled and curious.
But that’s where the silvery light to change lies, though hidden in the darkness of probability.
A quest for broadening the perspective on life has tempted philosophers into looking deep within everything that meets the eye because, of course, there’s always more than what meets the eye.
The process of looking at matters not with a specialized slant but as a bigger picture allowed philosophers to create their definitions for everything about life.
Now, now, now! What distinguishes those deep, mature, and sophisticated minds from our preoccupied minds?
It is, as I’m sure you’ll agree, the clarity of their reasons.
Plato, for example, believed that a good life is based on absoluteness as it is the same for everyone. Aristotle, on the other hand, believed in the subjectivity of a good (happy) life.
They had their reasons but what matters most is they were clear about their reasons. That’s why their viewpoints created a difference in their lives and the world.
In trudging through the complexity of reasons humans learn, grow, and change their viewpoints whenever they align with understanding.
Whenever they seek comprehension the right way.
Whenever they are open-minded and encompassing.
Whenever they see a world beyond themselves.
The keyword in this process is: clarity.
So in life, I believe, it’s clarity of reason that matters. Whatever happens in the universe, it’s always clarity that wins us a gift from the universe — a gift that appears as an omen, changing the patterns of our lives for the better.
“We all have souls of different ages”. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Our understanding of life is different, for that matter. But we are all here in the process of growth.
When we know what we stand for and what we are doing for it, we can change the narrative of our story and even the ending of our story.
I, for example, breathe in my flesh and bones and do not really know what some other person is going through. As a second-party observer, I may get different vibes about things relating to that person. Now what matters in my situation is the clarity of my reasons.
That clarity invites growth and changes the whole picture — if reality needs a change.
Life is not about being perfect because perfection is a lie; it is about striving to be the best version of ourselves. The road passes through the reasons as we have our own reasons.
When we are clear about the reasons, we learn where we are going and can redirect the car whenever it is necessary. So, whatever you believe about stuff in life, feed the clarity to invite growth.
Of course, you cannot know everything. You cannot always be clear. But the thing is: avoiding conclusions until we are clear. An example of this is the current Palestine-Israel war. The news will tell you one thing, your peers will tell you one thing, and history will tell you another thing. Here’s where comes the importance of clarity that both the concerned nations and their representative have (or have not) to offer. That should be the deciding factor of all things.
Where there’s doubt, where there’s avoidance, where there’s evasiveness, that side needs further exploration. Dear reader, please remember without clear alignment nothing can be a full stop no matter how tenacious the source of that thing is.
Let’s continue with our encompassing take on life and its affairs until we reach a fair enough and more-encompassing conclusion.
As,
“When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.” Buddhist Proverb
