Is being noetic, poetic?
NOETIC (nō etʹik) – adj. of or having to do with the mind or
intellect; sometimes specifically able to be understood only by the intellect.
Think “poetic” with
your noodle – not the pool noodle, silly – your noggin / noodle / little pea
brain. Noetic belly-flops into your
intellectual pool of thought.
We
“wax poetic” from tidbits of prose floating through our minds. And we grab
those tantalizing tastes of wisdom with our intellect – noetic.
But
according to famous and infamous Swiss psychiatrist, Carl Jung, “… intellect
is, at best, only the half of truth …”*
So
many philosophers, so little time … but let me feed your curiosity …
