Who’s In Charge — Reason or Emotion?
Determining whether to give first place to reason or emotions is tricky at times. Emotions can be right because first impressions, which are their forte, are often right. Reason can
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Are You Sensitive to Emotional Messages?
If you have an “F” in your profile, then you may have a mind that is sensitive to emotional messages. The presence of an “F” is an indicator that emotions
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The Role of Focus
Although the emotions are the powerhouse of the mind, one factor can cause the power center to shift. Focus plays a very strategic role in harnessing the mind’s power. If
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Thinkers Versus Feelers – An Ages-Old Conflict
“Thinkers versus feelers” (T or F) is a way of differentiating between two ways of judging the information we gather from the world around us and within us. Thinkers favor
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Emotional “Static”
When emotions overwhelm us, we can’t think straight. The presence of feelings fog the mind like emotional static and push our thoughts around in our heads. NTs know this all
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What Is the Emotional Mind’s Language?
Next we must learn that the emotional mind reads symbols, impressions, and overall patterns more than it reads reason and logic. This is why symbolic and metaphorical language, images, poetry,
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Is Reason the Path to Truth?
We previously discussed that some “establish” truth by whatever they individually think is truth. (And we’re seeing in today’s culture where that method leads us). Let’s observe a second way
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How We Use Our Emotions and Rational Faculties
We must understand how emotions and reason typically work before we understand how to use them. We have both beneficial and damaging use of both our emotions and rational faculties.
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A Hard Look at Logic, Reason, and Our Culture
Is it logical and reasonable? We often ask this question. We use these two words, logical and reasonable, frequently and we need them in our repertoire of words. But have
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