There is something to be said for common sense. Where would we be without those who know to work on the household sockets with the power off? Perhaps the natural knowledge passed down from simple daily truth ought not to be taken for granted. But there is something I would like to say emphatically. Neither deify or defy common sense: leave it common.
The human mind is the center of contemplation not just literally, but also culturally. It is glorified, mystified, examined...and deified...by attention so focused that the magnifying glass of a thought ignites a dangerous flame of over-examination. Wrapped up in intellect, we always miss greater things in faith, spirit, truth, and revelation. Rich in our science, logic, and reasoning we raise common sense and following our inner selves above higher wisdom. What a senseless place to be.
On the other side, there is a cultural craze for randomness. We enjoy random humor, and random arrangements of colors, furniture, or objects. Its a cultural laud to be dubbed "random" as if a spiraling genius is birthed from something like flashing disco lights. So thus, we find people, myself included, finding "amusement" (from the literally meaning "to not think") in defying common sense just because we can. Oh joy. What freedom in being stupid. Be careful of actively defining "avant garde" with the literal action "dumb." Do not defy common sense because in return for "fun," it leaves those who leave it.
So on this topic I will cease to speak. Just take it and use it: "common sense." We should all be aware of that sound practical judgment independent of knowledge, without exalting it above the hidden things of God.
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