The Depth Of Rationalism

No ideological transformation is as foundational, all-encompassing, or vital as going from non-rationalism to rationalism, not even the decision to commit to Christianity.  Personal flourishing is tied to philosophical standing, and therefore personal desires and experiences inevitably have a distinct relationship with one's worldview.  One's personal life does not dominate or dictate one's worldview unless it is specifically allowed to, whether by stupidity, self-imposed ignorance, or sheer ideological apathy, but one's worldview will always mold one's personal life, even if inconsistently due to a lack of sincerity.

Since literally everything about epistemology (and metaphysics) hinges on reason, it would be impossible for even other genuinely important issues to ever have the same weight as the veracity of logic and whether one has chosen to fully align with it.  However, it would be both fallacious and mistaken to think that rationalism does not provide a deeper context of absolute certainties and immutable ideological footing that can actually allow one to more deeply, freely experience other parts of life as well.  Reason has the power to make life generally stable outside of explicitly philosophical confirmations.

In this way, rationalism brings or reveals depth even to very familiar things someone might not have once even recognized as having personal significance in any sort of ultimate existential sense, things that might be very trivial by comparison to core truths about logic and ultimate reality.  Simple pleasures of everyday life can stand out merely because of the stability rooted in reason.  This, in turn, permits an ever-deepening self-awareness that can envelop one's whole personal life.  With a philosophical foundation laid that everything in one's life stands on, every conscious moment can be heightened and savored.

It is even true that people would not have to necessarily learn something new about an aspect of themselves or their life in order to benefit from how rationalism brings depth.  After all, just understanding reason itself and the parts of reality it exposes means that potential fulfillment and security in philosophical knowledge could spill over into more casual, "practical" matters.  There is a vast difference between understanding a component of one's own mind accurately but by happenstance and appreciating it all the more because one's entire worldview is formed by reason.  Something does not have to be outwardly philosophical in an obvious way (though everything is philosophical) for rationalism to impact how one thinks or feels about it.

There is not an aspect of a non-rationalist's life that reason and therefore rationalism cannot deepen.  Reason allows everyone to understand any knowable truth that they wish to grasp, and this includes truths about personality, introspection, hobbies, and personal goals.  Becoming a genuine rationalist is certainly the grandest point in someone's life in a sense, but no one has to shy away from certain things that are trivial on their own when compared to the nature of reason.  One of the consequences of rationalism is the ability for certainty or excitement in one area of a person's worldview to filter how they experience things that might seem completely unrelated.