Mencius observes most people follow the Way blindly: they act without grasping its meaning, stick to habits without reflection, and never truly understand the moral path they live by. He urges conscious self-awareness rather than mindless routine.
The preferences of Heaven are beyond human understanding. Even sages struggle to discern them, let alone ordinary people! The Dao operates through inscrutable natural laws, transcending human logic. Sages approach such mysteries with humility rather than forced interpretation.