personal note
In the process of decision making I try to function under these contexts:
Soul-The most important. This is the trump to all other choices. If a decision will morally or spiritually deprive me regardless of other wants, the soul can set my decision right.
Brain-The mind is more rational than feelings, hence it placing in second most important. A logical choice can be make, the mind is open to weighing in different situations and on anything too unclear whether I should or shouldn't the soul may be consulted.
Heart-Feelings are fickle but still important to happiness. The heart however knows little of right or wrong, better or worse and that is why I feel endulging the heart without using any other way of making decisions will leave you unhappy at best, but if you follow the heart when the soul and mind are in agreement, the heart will find contentment.
Flesh- The needs of the body are base and unfulfilling if just impulsively chased after. If a human only eats, shits, fucks and sleeps then they might as well not be living. To leave behind just shit when you die, or worse yet, shit and children who will only leave more shit is truly depressing. The wants of the body if in alignment with the rest of a human will be an active miracle instead of just more wasted life.
This order is subject to change, but in theory it shouldn't. For example if I were starving to death, my body's needs would be pulling the most, however ideally I could think why steal food, or worse kill a person for food to keep a theif or murderer alive?
This may also be flawed, but this is how I would like to try and live.
Soul-The most important. This is the trump to all other choices. If a decision will morally or spiritually deprive me regardless of other wants, the soul can set my decision right.
Brain-The mind is more rational than feelings, hence it placing in second most important. A logical choice can be make, the mind is open to weighing in different situations and on anything too unclear whether I should or shouldn't the soul may be consulted.
Heart-Feelings are fickle but still important to happiness. The heart however knows little of right or wrong, better or worse and that is why I feel endulging the heart without using any other way of making decisions will leave you unhappy at best, but if you follow the heart when the soul and mind are in agreement, the heart will find contentment.
Flesh- The needs of the body are base and unfulfilling if just impulsively chased after. If a human only eats, shits, fucks and sleeps then they might as well not be living. To leave behind just shit when you die, or worse yet, shit and children who will only leave more shit is truly depressing. The wants of the body if in alignment with the rest of a human will be an active miracle instead of just more wasted life.
This order is subject to change, but in theory it shouldn't. For example if I were starving to death, my body's needs would be pulling the most, however ideally I could think why steal food, or worse kill a person for food to keep a theif or murderer alive?
This may also be flawed, but this is how I would like to try and live.