Why Can’t Logic and Reason Fully Explain Why Reality Exists?
The desire for everything to make rational sense in itself is an illusion, because deep down we all know existence cannot be a rational proposition.
Rationality is a tool created within existence, not a vantage point outside of it.
We can use reason to navigate physical reality, but reason cannot fully account for the fact that reality itself exists at all.
Eventually, every chain of logic arrives at a mystery that cannot be explained without appealing to something equally mysterious.
The universe simply is.
The rational mind seeks certainty, yet existence offers only participation.
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We are not observers standing outside reality, judging it from afar. We are expressions of the very mystery we are trying to explain. This is why every rational framework of explanation fails.
It’s like trying to observe the back of your eyes with your own eyes. It’s a nonsensical proposition.
Foundationally, existence is built around an irrational (non-physical) core, and what we experience in human form is its surface (physical) mechanics. While we can use logic and reason to explain the surface mechanics locally, the foundation itself can never be reduced to an equation, an experiment, or empirical measurement.
Understanding the foundation requires an entirely different mode of perception and a different kind of intelligence that is non-rational; as a matter of fact, it is anti-rational. Meaning, it actively resists and subverts logical explanations.
As a spiritually-inclined philosopher, I see profound beauty in this. I revel in its absurdity like it’s an inside joke. But to a scientist or a rationalist, it can feel frustrating. They may see it as less of an explanation and more of a dead end because their discipline is built on the premise of certainty in the form of a mechanical explanation.
As I said, beyond the localized, physical manifestations of reality, science, logic, and reason are completely out of their jurisdiction.
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