REASON

Reason is one of those wonderful phenomenons that is either a blessing or a curse, depending on how and when you use it—and how often you use it.

Consider Reason to be a very necessary blessing.  Reason is Logic, and if we humans would let go of our emotions—our clinging connection to every little thing that happens to us—and think logically, there would be Peace on Earth.

Have you ever walked into a room, heard people laughing, and become worried and indignant because you know the people are laughing at you?  Now…  If we were to remove our emotionally sensitive connection to this scenario and look at it as an outsider—someone who has only just arrived—Reason would tell us that 1.)  The conversation was probably happening long before we walked into the room; 2.)  We are not that important as to be occupying other people’s conversations, unless we're famous; 3.)  Most people have so many problems that they are not focused on anyone else’s for more than a short while.  (However, it remains that many times the more problems a person has, the more they will find distractions from their drama by concentrating their personal discomfort toward someone else’s issues.  People in this state are usually obsessed with worrying, and will return to their own crisis as soon as they can.  In other words, you are not that important to them!)

Rather than becoming immediately offended at the perceived snub to our character, Logic should tell us we’re not that central. 
If you know that you do absolutely stupid, embarrassing, idiotic things, Logic should tell you that you’re not alone.  Plenty of people in the world have the same foolish behavior.  If you truly believe people are gossiping and laughing about you—you important thing, you—then Logic should tell you your character needs an overhaul.  Straighten up, for God’s sake, and stop doing stupid, embarrassing, idiotic things that provide fuel for those looking to avoid their own idiocy.   

Now, for the curse-side of Logic.  Many people overuse this wonderful tool, so they can avoid feeling.  We all know that feelings contain a fair amount of Pain in them, and pain is no fun.  In our constant yearning to have fun and feel pleasure, we become distraught when Pain barges into our world and interferes with "the good times".

Enter Reason to force all those painful emotions into a little compartment in the head, where Logic explains the feeling.  If Logic is explaining the feeling to us, we don’t have to feel it. 

Let’s say a relationship comes to an end, and it hurts.  If it ends against our will, it may be viewed as an insult to our egos, making us feel inadequate.  Then there is the fear of loneliness which is rampant in the human race.  That insecure, empty feeling that it’s us against the world can be very disturbing.  Painful. Scary.  

Enter the wonderful world of Reason!  “I prefer being alone, anyway.  I knew he/she wasn’t the one for me.  I was thinking about leaving anyway.”  And blah-blah-blah goes our brain, neatly stuffing that potential for Pain into the compartment of Logic.

This is a safe way to live life, but it deadens experience.  Once we kill the feelings of Pain, the feelings of Pleasure also become dull, for the two exist at opposite ends on the same spectrum.   If Logic interferes with our body’s need to feel and our heart’s need for passion, emotional disorder can rule us.

With emotional disorder, we become crazy and neurotic.  This unrest, this lack of peace will eventually destroy our health and disease will arise.

Take heed, people.  Be aware of your thinking and your reactions.  There is a time for Reason—and there is a time for Emotions.  Teach yourself the difference by paying attention to when you should be Feeling, and when you should be Reasoning.  If your situation is truly personal, then feel.  If you are not sure about its being personal, then it probably isn’t.  Most of the time it isn’t. 

Use your Reason and let go of the emotional clinging that makes you feel you’re a target.