> people who appreciate themselves and other people and the universe around them as the mystery they are, yet who still try to make inroads of understanding I

> people who appreciate themselves and other people and the universe around them as the mystery they are, yet who still try to make inroads of understanding I like this sentence. Accepting and appreciating mystery seems to be a real key to unlocking openness and understanding... maybe because reason, as powerful as it is, often fails to capture all of what is meaningful and valuable in life? So many people seem to put 100% of their faith in a form of "reason" that is demonstrably incomplete... they think they're being rational by leaving out mystery, but I think it's the opposite. I've learned that if I hold the belief that "reason is my only god, and I possess it entirely" I miss out on a huge chunk of what I actually care about. But when I accept that there's a vast swath of important stuff (relating to people and relationships and meaning-of-life in particular) that I currently have no way of adequately describing my thoughts on, or fully understanding, but that I want to experience and discover -- then I seem to be able to live in a much healthier way.