Logic & Emotions

This blog was also written sometime back. I felt that it was incomplete so didn’t publish it. But now I am getting impatient to publish this one in response to a forum. Although I can’t add much to it - may be because I am not in that pensive mood. Also Spirit asked me to give more food for thought so the incompleteness of the blog will give such an opportunity to the readers ;-)

So read on… Here it is.

Ok this one is going to be a real complex one since it relates to the mess in my head. A few days back I had a very interesting discussion with a very close friend of mine about the power of reading others, about thinking logically and not emotionally. Sometime back I thought I am an emotional fool but after discussion with him and knowing his experiences I think I was wrong. I am not one. Why?

He feels he has lost his emotions just because he thinks logically and can anticipate the actions of others. Here lies the catch. When you anticipate too much you become defensive. After that discussion I have not been able to resist myself from using this sixth sense. Believe me, life becomes hell! You don’t behave naturally. You keep calculating each move of yours to match the moves of others. I would explain this with an analogy. We know that there are billions of bacteria around us. Just imagine if we could see them. Would we be able to inhale? Think…..

But why do we think so much? Is it because we feel insecure?

I feel emotions give hope. If I thought logically I should not have any hope left by now. May be this is the reason they have started stressing on EQ more than IQ ;-) But again too much of emotion can also destroy.