Reason & Intuition


	Reason & Intuition

celestialdancer

10-10-2009 5:03 AM

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celestialdancer says:

There is a lot more that is interesting at the source. The pendulum is constantly swinging "intuition" then "reason" somewhere in the middle is the "still point" and this is where wisdom is found.

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10-10-2009 9:05 AM

Socratoad

Much food for thought

Thanks.

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