Sharpen Your Reasoning And Own Your Life

The way we think determines the way we interpret and create meaning; how we understand our reality and develop a meaningful life for ourselves. There is a dynamic relationship between the way we interpret and the way we create meaning. We form ideas as we connect and interact with our environment and experience the meaning and value of our interactions. In turn, the ideas we form come to influence the meaning of our feelings and the value of the choices and actions we undertake. This back and forth activity is part of learning. This is the process through which we develop our own personal system of thought. We may not be aware of the process, but we experience the effect of our thinking in the life we create for ourselves.

We develop wise thinking when we realize, examine and reflect on the process of our reasoning (as opposed to that of others around us). We develop in so far as our way of thinking develops.

Paths represent the cognitive processes that are part of thinking. Meaning is qualitative in nature and as such it is elusive. It needs to be revealed by understanding the way in which it is created. The four paths represent the processes in which we engage when we cultivate our ability to set purposeful goals and create a life of meaning for ourselves and others.