Beneath The Veil of Logic… The Eye of Emotion
Beneath the veil of logic . . . the eye of emotion Some animals sleep with one eye open -some people for that matter-, for sensory input is necessary in order to appreciate the world reality. We test reality by comparing our own perceptions with that of others. If the majority rules, we are sane. If we happen to be in the minority, either we are insane or others have yet to acknowledge what lies within us. That is the case for external events. Yet what happens in the world is sometimes internalized. The photo of John F. Kennedy Jr. saluting the casket of his father and Neil Armstrong saluting from the moon may fill us with emotion. A world grieved the death of a President felled by an assassins bullet.
Some celebrated Americas walk on the moon. Some cursed America for this monumental achievement by the human race. I would like to think most Americans found out that they could go further than they ever dreamed they could. We can all relate to the death of a loved one. It is the single most emotional event one can experience. If you are young and have not lost someone you love, time will eventually allow you to experience this sad event. You will remember it thanks to your brain, geared to record every emotional moment as mental imagery or the senticon. In order to survive you must remember emotional events in order to take the appropriate actions to continue living. It is very human to make that choice on which path of life’s very emotional road we will travel. If we are not asleep we can open both eyes, if we are wide awake it is time to awaken our minds for discovery comes only to those who seek. If we don’t ask questions, if we don’t explore what little we do know in light of new data we will not grow in knowledge.
Cold emotions may appear to lie beneath the veil of today’s reality, the here and now of current behavior. The seed of emotion was planted long ago and will slap us in the face with the hot emotions borne from its mighty branches. No amount of trying to think ourselves out of a cold stew will do much good, if hot spices are added. We may think it does, but until we feel it does we have one eye open and one eye closed. When both eyes are open and we seize the moment, then we have lifted the veil. Logic is veiled and may deceive us. Emotion paints a true picture of what lies within. Isn’t it time to lift the veil and look inside?
