Comparing logical thought

In comparing our reasoning to other creatures, if to determine a ranking, we should consider efficiency. The intelligence to create does not mean a creation was intelligently created… therefore being an inefficient use of resources. A beaver does not build six dams if he needs only one nor would a goose consider attaching a jet engine to its back. While six dams and a jet engine would be more efficient, some things, like a jet-engine for a goose, would be ridiculous. Yet humans do things like that so I’m hesitant about ranking them in the top ten. While everyone knew, all along, that animals had a different frame-of-mind, but what that really meant, as that would apply to our ability to understand and relate to the spirit world, has been lost to almost everyone.

This superior mentality which exists I have been calling ‘spiritual logic’ but it probably deserves a more apropos name, although that doesn’t really matter now. Anyway, I first realized it existed about 15 years ago while sitting on my back porch watching a doodle-bug go about his business. As if a bolt of lightning struck me, I realized his world was as ordered and sound as the universe itself. While we often refer to animals which can perform tricks or understand commands as ‘smart’, indeed they are… with few exceptions they’re thinking outside their inherent boundaries by communicating with humans. A few creatures can relate to humans but most can't, especially not insects and reptiles. It didn’t always come naturally though, they usually had to be trained and thus a regime necessary for thinking spiritually.

Summary

In that it may remain unclear why I so often referred to all of this as being a matter of ‘logic’, let me explain this in another way. First, one must understand that realities dictate what rational manner of thinking would be most suitable to function within those realities, so the manner in how one thinks must fit the circumstances within that reality… and the most prudent and effective course of action would be considered the logical course. Now, if tomorrow you acquired realizations from a greater understanding of true reality that caused a shift in your priorities, what became more important… then what seems a rational methodology today wouldn’t tomorrow. That’s because priorities are also the children of reality and thus, influence logic. In other words, if you discovered time didn’t exist as we understand it or if our sun and all others were actually living creations, an entity, and not 'nuclear' in the way scientists believe, then reality as you would then understand it would be quite different affecting your entire outlook, especially if you pondered the significance of those realizations. Logically then, you would proceed with life in a different manner with a completely different outlook based on a reality as you now understand it. Knowing true reality, or at least to the extent whereby it was determined to be vastly different than you previously understood it, would cause a marked shift in how you think. In the end, one cannot claim heightened knowledge unless, to some degree, one's actions are based on the pure logic of the universe. Knowledge is available in at least two distinctively different forms, knowledge concerning the physical and knowledge concerning the ethereal (spiritual), and one's action reflect which one dominates and the degree it dominates. Of course one's actions also reflects the level of knowledge held within each.

From only this supreme mentality (spiritual) can true logical thought flow, it cannot flow from any other source. What might be considered 'logical reasoning' (by man) is appropriate only to that given circle of circumstances. To have less than this all-encompassing knowledge means any thoughts considered logical aren’t really, they merely fit the circumstances when in truth they could be far removed from being rational outside any circle of limited knowledge. And while knowledge reveals realities, it also widens the circle causing a person to think differently. This can be seen in everyday life, the mentality of an intellect is certainly different from a street thug with a sixth-grade education. What I'm saying is... by incorporating the spirit world likewise broadens one's knowledge and vastly increases the size of the circle one chooses to operate in. For the doodle bug, he doesn’t need this supreme knowledge or true logical thought, his largely pre-programmed knowledge (instincts) is quite sufficient for the parameters of his world. Humans, on the other hand, we're given the ability to establish their own parameters and if one was doubtful that the spirit world exists, or believing it shouldn't be foolishly incorporated until proven, that person is wearing blinders. They are choosing instead to stay in their little circle, their comfort zone.

In yet another way to describe this… one must first determine the logic of the universe and it can’t be done by ignoring the spiritual aspects, being content with leaving metaphysics a mystery. First-things-first though, if one doesn’t have a feel for the logic behind all things then it’s impossible to think logically. Men would like to believe they think logically but they can’t while being unaware of so many things. Enter now the juxtapositional logic I’ve been talking about, from which only true logical thought can flow, relegating scientific logic to a subjacent position. Unlike the doodlebug, God intended the parameters for the human race to be wide, to include the spiritual, but instead science tries to exclude it, keeping man on a lower level. No wonder scientists think we’re just another species of animal.

Scientists must recognize that they are working within a sphere, but, granted, a place where their reasoning power is sufficiently capable of tackling difficult questions, where the laws of physics are reliable. In their world, reverse engineering is what scientists are now doing trying to unravel the mysteries of life. At some point they will realize that it wasn’t necessary to build centrifuges, all they have to do was adopt a more effective frame-of-mind which encompasses more than just the physical world. At some point they will understand the limitations of scientific thought and broaden its scope. In part, it is to incorporate the mentality of both a savage and mystic, which incidentally, are largely one in the same. Full circle almost?

A.O. Kime
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© A.O. Kime (2003) A.O. Kime is an author of two books plus some 70 articles on ancient history, spiritual phenomena, political issues, social issues and agriculture which can be seen at http://www.matrixbookstore.biz