I think this is an important post to mull over:
You will meet some folks who lean heavily towards an intellectual frame of mind and way of life. They are logically astute and perhaps excel in some intellectual sphere such as STEM, philosophy, economics, law, history, etc. - but they might lack in aesthetic appreciation, they may not be able to understand how people feel, may lack emotional depth and not appreciate subjects in the aesthetic sphere such as art, music, dance, etc.
On the other hand, you will meet some folks who are very aesthetically refined, have emotional depth, can understand how others might be feeling at any given time easily and may excel at some subject(s) in the aesthetic sphere such as art, music, dance, etc. - but they may lack analytical depth. For example, someone might be a great musician but not understand the physics of sound, or a great painter who doesn't understand the physics of light and colour, or a poet who empathizes with strife and turmoil and writes verse to awaken humanity but doesn't have a keen understanding of history.
What we need to aim for in ourselves is a balanced, comprehensive, development of the mind and heart:
Consider yourself carefully. What is your leaning? If you find yourself analytically sharp but lacking in emotional and aesthetic appreciation: work on that. Maybe pick up art or music or dance as a hobby and spend some time on it every day. On the other hand if you find yourself to be emotionally sensitive and well refined aesthetically, but lacking in intellectual depth, pick up some subject(s) in the intellectual sphere that you think might interest you and spend some time with it/them every day.
Do you see what I'm saying? We need to develop ourselves holistically and become balanced, well refined, personalities - and be humble enough to stay "works in progress" right till the end of our lives.
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