Why are you so irrational?
abracad, · Categories: self help, spiritualityHow many times have you heard that, or even said it to others, in times of disagreement? Or its close relative, "Why can't you just be normal"?
But what is rational or normal? We might assume it's the most reasonable behavior, attitude, action etc that would be chosen by a computer - or even Star Trek's Mr. Spock - given all available information about the situation. But it isn't that simple. Sure, computers can make decisions given a set of inputs - however, they only base their decisions upon the program their running. Switch the program and the decision comes out different!
In reality there's no such thing as normal or rational. Only what's right for you. And since you're a unique individual that's likely to be different to what's right for someone else.
So what makes our individuality? It's a mixture of hard-wiring (genetics or how we're born) and upbringing (the environment in which we grew up). That said, our character never stops being made, we are affected by every experience throughout our lives. Usually these later experiences have an ever-so-subtle effect, but dramatic events can have a major influence, eg bereavement, being let down by someone you trusted completely...
Spirit individuates in physical form in order to broaden its experience. Everyone's basic character is determined (by them) before they are born. And everyone is different because if we were all the same life would be pointless. Experience comes only from the infinite variations arising from the interactions between diverse players.
The problem is that society has developed in such a way that sameness is valued more than difference. It pressures everyone to conform to the norm, to buy the latest fashions or little plastic gadgets, to behave rationally.
Stop beating yourself up if you happen to think / act a little differently to the crowd. Don't try to be what you're not, be proud of who you are. And once you're able to respect yourself, extend it to others. Never condemn anyone for not being rational or normal or not matching your particular view of how they ought to be. The world's big enough for us all, and all the better for our differences.
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