Feeling and intuition
Hello Rabbi,
I saw that you wrote in your article about Memorial Day that you feel that a person has a soul and that it does exist and is not just a metaphor. I of course share this feeling, but I wonder why suddenly feeling and intuition are enough for this. Why are there things that you (and we) try to prove in every way and there are things for which a strong feeling alone is enough, what is the source of this feeling that constitutes proof of something for us to rely on (whether reason or just emotion), and what is the difference between them and the things for which we require more than just a feeling. Is this intuitive feeling also sufficient for faith in God?
And to be more specific, even a person who believes in the same man, or alternatively in some Baba, also has, in my understanding, a strong intuition that it is true, and on the other hand there will be those who will see him as nothing more than a fool. So either it is said that everything requires intellectual proof, or not everything… What difference is there between the two? I would be happy if you could sort out my questions for me (or if you don’t have time, in light of my many questions lately…, refer me to your article on the matter).
Thank you very much.
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Ok, I'll look at your book, B”a Blen”d.
I understand that this is your well-known claim about the emptiness of the analyst.
Only that according to this, it seems that there is no point in arguing at all because everyone has their own intuition, which cannot be argued about.. How then can we know which intuition is correct, and which is the truth? As I understand it, the answer is simply through reason and logical arguments, but they also rely on intuition, and God forbid, so this is a trap in an infinite loop? Isn't it?
I explain this in my book. Intuitions can be argued about. The toolbox for this is rhetoric (as opposed to logic). This is on the assumption that intuition is cognition and not thinking, and that is not the place here.
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