The Dog of Logic and the Ear Flickers

Logic is often thought of in the same envelope as intelligence or common sense, but in truth it is neither. In fact, though the Dog of Logic can help us overcome many obstacles in the world, it can also cause us to stagnate and be too rigid in our outlooks and opinions. First of all, “logic”, and “opinion”, do not fit well together from the start. Opinion is at best an unproven philosophy or view point and while any opinion may be formed through logic, the Dog of Logic has one tremendous flaw that it can almost never see. This flaw is that the Dog of Logic if it is given too much leash, can cause the Dogs of Ego and Emotion to leave the team in order to support it, for if Logic is not right, who is? These dogs may even call out the Dog of Aggression to help move opposition aside so that the dog of Logic can remain pure and sound. This can and does cause problems for all humans.


Have you ever had a viewpoint you were so sure of you did not see it as opinion, but as clear logical fact? Something that you were so certain of that you would bet all you had on its authenticity? The human graveyards are full of people who lunged forward with certainty, feeling logic was on their side, only to realize at the last minute that their “logic” was flawed. “I was sure I could make it!”; “I thought it would hold out”; “It shouldn’t have done that!” and other explanations abound when someone who feels they have logic on their side meets with failure. The fact is that though logic itself is pure and unwavering, the human Dog of Logic is not. This dog can only be as logical as the information the human has to offer it so just as most peoples opinions and attitudes change with more or less information, so the human Dog of Logic changes its position with each new insight or fact. Our human Logic Dog is only as logical as the information we give it to process and even then it can only focus properly if all of the other dogs are properly fed and held in check. Imagine that you were shown something by another human that you admired greatly and thought of as very intelligent, more so than yourself. You would take this opinion and your Dog of Logic would place it in the part of your brains filing system that holds “fact”. It will remain there unless and until there are additional facts are uploaded into the brain that contradict the original idea or philosophy. At that time we may change our thinking on the matter and this information may be either moved into our “theory” or “opinion” files, as we now understand that there was a flaw in the logic. In the time between this misplaced logic can cause huge problems for our humans. Since the information is held by our Dog of Logic, it is very unwilling to part with it, much like a real dog is with a juicy bone. The more one tries to move this Logic Dog off of the bone to help it see that there may be a flaw, the more the Logic Dog becomes angry and upset. Since the Dog of Logic cannot act irrational, even when it is holding on to irrational or incorrect information, it can either bend to the pressure from the inner self and adjust its filing system to correct the problem, which is rare, or it can turn further inward to protect its misplaced ideals and call upon the dogs of Emotion, Ego and even Aggression to come to its aid. This inevitably ends with pain and confusion to our human, because the people around us also have their Dogs to deal with and if their Dog of Logic has a counter opinion to something our dog of Logic sees as unwavering truth, a war of sorts is inevitable. Have you ever been so sure of something at some time in your life that you would bet the world on its authenticity only to look back later and realize that you were completely wrong? This is especially hard on those of us who are generally in charge of our Logic Dog, because the more your human is right, the more it thinks it is “always” right. It is the reason that every year of most humans lives we think that we are, at that point, more in tune to what is true than we have ever been before and more than anyone else, especially people older than we are. As we grow older, most us of look back and realize that we really didn’t know much at all. The problem is that while it may be easy for a human to look at themselves a year or more back and say “I really didn’t know what I was talking about back then”, or the like, it is much harder and rarer that a human can look at their ideals and opinions today and accept that they may not be correct, even if they seem unbending at this moment. The Dog of Logic in most humans is far underfed, left fat and lazy within the pen. The Dogs of Ego, Emotion, Aggression and others prefer it this way. If the Dog of Logic is asleep, the other dogs can lead the human where they please without concern that the Logic dog will awaken and pull the human back to a more sensible place. Ego does not like Logic because the Dog of Logic is the best tool to keeping the Dog of Ego under control and properly fed, neither fat nor lean. Logic is that which pulls the human back from leaping between two buildings when both Ego and Aggression are barking that the jump is easy. It is what keeps our Dog of Emotion from spending all day barking in tears about something that is insignificant or where tears will not help. It is also that which our inner self, (remember, you can call this what you want, inner child, soul or what have you, the dogs are still in there!), relies upon to behave properly around others, especially loved ones. As mentioned in the very first posting, if you know in your heart you love someone and truly care for them, it is illogical to think that you would ever knowingly do anything to hurt that person. Still it happens, for to hurt is a human thing and it will happen to all of us. The key to understanding this is to maintain the knowledge that the inner self and the human self are separate and seldom cooperative. This is one of the most important aspects of the Dog philosophy that couples need to know if they want to avoid long periods of tension or fighting in their relationships. The fact that who we are inside, would never knowingly or willingly hurt another human does not mean our outer human will not, in fact it is a certainty that almost all of us will. I like to refer to this as “ear flicking”, because it reminds me of many years ago when riding a school bus when there were bullies who would sit behind the kids they could intimidate and do things like flicking their ears to get a reaction. This “ear flicking”, generally did not cause any long term damage and as long as the “flickee” didn’t react to the “flicker”, they would eventually stop and look for another victim who would give them the reaction they wanted. The same philosophy stands for human behavior and can cause the largest of problems, especially between people in a relationship, be it romantic, friendship or familial. As humans, our “ears”, are constantly being “flicked” by various forces from the world around us. The world does this in short to keep our humans from achieving any inner peace for only inner peace will allow us to leave the world, which the world would direly like to prevent. Inner enlightenment means understanding that everyone will at one time or another, be either the flicker or the flickee, depending on the day and the situation. I love my partner dearly and would never consciously do anything to cause her pain, but still it will happen. This is one of the most frustrating things about our humans, in that we will behave this way even though our Dog of Logic would deny it. This is because the dog of Logic never bites, it only barks. Since it is born of logic, it could never accept that it would do anything to hurt anyone else, especially a loved one. The truth is however, that when our Dog of Logic is given too much leash, it will call upon the other Dogs for protection when an outside force is challenging what it knows to be fact. This can be on anything from the most menial subject matter to the most important, for the Dog of Logic does not categorize the information it files, it only sees everything as logical fact, until our inner self pulls back on the leach so it can see more clearly. During this time, if our Logic Dog feels someone or something is threatening to disrupt or damage the pure files within, it may call on the Ego, Emotion dog for assistance and these Dogs may let loose the Dog of Aggression to assist, without understanding that this may cause hurt or pain to those around us. This is when humans use terms like “she snapped at me”, or “he bit my head off for no reason” etc.. They cannot understand where the negative or damaging tone or actions came from, because from their point of view they can see the flaw in the logic, even if our own Dog of Logic cannot. If it could, it would pull back those other Dogs and keep them held tight before they caused any hard. Instead, we draw our broadsword quickly with the right of Logic on our side and slash at the weeds of discontent and challenge around us. This is ear flicking at its best, (or worst?). I’m sure every human out there with even a small bit of sense would accept that no one is always right, just as no one is always wrong. The problem with this is that when our Dog of Logic has filed something into the “truth” file, unless we have the dog held firmly by the collar it is impossible for it to in any way think that it could be incorrect. Logic, by its nature, should make us question everything, especially ourselves and our human decisions, but because few people understand the Dogs within them, (lets face it, I am just now righting about it and so far am the only human reading it!), they do not see that we are, each of us, two separate entities housing one vessel. Without this realization and acceptance about our inner and human selves, we will tend to defend the thinking of our Logic Dog to a fault. Those of us in the top 10% of enlightened beings may get ourselves to where we can honestly question ourselves and our own logic before letting loose any dogs in support of our beliefs, but the 80% pack simply cannot so they instead go through life like an eighty pound dog walker with 500 pounds of dogs pulling at the leash. At any time these dogs can bark, bite and scratch at the world around them, disrupting other humans and ear flicking at will. When you reach a point of enlightenment, you will begin to understand that this is normal, even for those who understand it. In my relationship, when one of us behaves in a way that is unkind or negative to the other, we will soon after reach out to say, “I’m sorry if my human was flicking your ears”. This lets both of us know that, a) We recognize and accept that we behaved in an improper and negative manner, and b) That this behavior did not come from the true inner self, but only because we lost control of one or more of our Dogs. Although the hurt felt by those whose ears we flick, or by us if our ears are the target, still brings pain, understanding that the cause of the hurt was not conscious and did not come from the true one who cares for us, is critical to getting past the many small disturbances we bring to each other every day. Before we understood this and embraced it, even a small ear flicking could cause days of tension, tears and frustration on all sides, which could have easily been avoided had we understood that since our inner self would never hurt those that we respect and/or love, if we caused such hurt it can only be because our human, through the improper care of its Dogs, did do so and will no doubt do so again. It is also important to remember that we can flick our own ears, especially if the Dogs of Ego or Emotion are involved. Feelings of low self esteem or insecurity are simply your human’s way of sitting behind your soul on the bus, reaching out and snapping its ear until it gets a reaction. The reaction will almost always include the release of the Dog of Aggression, who often wakes up groggy and confused at this, since there is no other human to bark at or bite. It is illogical that the Dog should bite itself, but as humans it is a fact that we often do. Whether self inflicted or from an outside force, when our ears are flicked it is important that we use our Dog of Logic to focus on the reality rather than the pain and understand the difference between a real threat which warrants releasing the protector dogs from the pen, and a meaningless ear flicking whose only design is to cause a reaction that will cause our humans pain and keep us from finding inner peace.

Think about this and I will discuss more later…………………………………….