Recently, I have started to judge logically and gradually understood how to apply rationality effectively. It brings us stability in its unique way. Let’s talk about it.
How to establish stability rationally
Sometimes, we want a stable, peaceful life.
If we are empathic and logical, we have two methods of judgment: empathy and logical sense. They have different qualities.
Logical sense is adaptable to change. It limits emotional reactions, such as fear and worry, and increases curiosity toward new things. That allows us to make use of the change with enjoyment.
On the other hand, empathy is good at creating stability. Emotions arise based on past experiences. That makes us always judge the same way as in the past and build a stable life.
They make us feel that rational life cannot create stability and empathic life cannot create change. I used to think so.
However, it was wrong. I realized that rationality can establish a stable and safe life in its unique way. This logic might allow you to use rationality more effectively.
The difference in the sense of stability
Empathy and logical sense build stability and change differently, as follows:
- Empathy can maintain a certain state, but it can also cause us extreme change.
- Logical sense cannot maintain a certain state, but it allows us to change moderately.
These qualities tell us a difference in the sense of stability.
To explain it, let’s look at how we can establish reliability in life.
When we are logical and things are changing, we want to know the limits.
For example, I have a naturally weak liver. To care for it, I gradually reduce the amount of food I eat during spring and let my liver release excessive liver fat. Then, after it eliminates enough liver fat, I gradually return the amount I eat back to normal during the early summer.
Logical stability
It means that the amount I can eat varies in those seasons. To understand how much I can eat now, I have to overeat. We cannot know our new limits unless we go beyond them.
The more I eat, the more I can restore my stamina. I can enjoy walking and cycling more. However, going beyond my liver’s capacity harms me.
That is why I often overeat and make my health worse during those seasons. By knowing the new limitation, I understand the reasonable amount to eat. The increase in capacity pleases me.
Imagine a state where your potential is growing. In such a state, you will challenge your new limits many times and find joy, even if you experience muscle pain. Feeling our growth makes us hopeful.
That brings us to moderation. Knowing our limits is the foundation of stability. That gives us flexibility.
We will not get discouraged even if we suffer by going beyond our limits. Knowing our limits is a necessary process in terms of rationality.
Empathic stability
On the other hand, when we are too empathic, we accept only one ideal, ignore our limits, and don’t allow any modifications to our goals.
That often drives us to extreme changes, especially when things are changing frequently.
In my case, when I overate and worsened my physical condition, I was often deeply depressed. I felt that I could never be healthy. That fear drove me to radical reactions.
Similarly, when I felt good, it felt like I would be well forever. That made me overdo it and hurt my health, which causes negative emotions.
That caused my emotional roller coasters. We experience extreme excitement in favorable times and severe depression in bad times.
That is empathic stability. It doesn’t have moderation but an imagination of an ideal. The perfect state changes based on our mood. That causes excessive emotional fluctuation and violent changes in attitude.
Conclusion
That is the difference in the sense of stability.
Empathy has only one ideal state. That causes our emotional roller coasters and extreme changes. That is the sense of empathic stability.
On the other hand, logical sense gives us moderation. Although we have to suffer from going beyond our limits, it gives us flexibility. That is the sense of logical stability.
We can create a stable and safe life, even in a logical way.
This logic might allow you to use rationality more effectively.
Thank you for reading this article. I hope to see you in the next one.
