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I'm always trying to find out new things about myself, because the most dangerous assumption is the one that we don't know we are making, and it may take us a long time to figure it out. For one of my courses I'm discussing the nature of virtue, and realizing that I don't really believe in the concept as a valid tool for public dealing. I believe "do unto others" but that is not a virtuous act, that is a selfish one. When does virtue transcend selfishness and become something praise worthy? Only when we forget that we are being selfish. Not stop, forget.
Or do I judge too harshly on the nature of human conscious beings? Cats tend towards a way, so do dogs, same with horses and lizards, do humans have a natural aim?
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It being authority. When was the last time you thought about the things controlling your life and asked them why they were there to begin with? Take spiders and those afraid of them. To be afraid of a spider is to give it authority over your actions as you are afraid of it. The spider did nothing but to exist, and you fear.
Where does authority stem from? Distugustingly enough I think we might have created it in our own blind egosociatal quest to control one another. Where did we get the kicks to think we could rule? What is the social contract to which I am bound? I woke up to being in a society of pork barrels and lard bellies. To people out for their own gain and their own name, taking no time at all to look spiky with a thorn in their nose to make a big deal over the current crisis. Don't doubt. I'm dauntless.
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I don't really think. I don't really do much at all. Sometimes I move my muscles. Sometimes I stretch my brain muscle. Sometimes I fullfill my obligations. But there isn't really much.
Did you ever ask that question? The deep probing insightful one sitting at the tip of your tongue? Did you ask that fundamental question that shakes the assumptions of all that has come before.
I would have a story to tell you about the time the spit flew as the perfect question was asked of the perfect person resulting in the timeless answer to placate loud minds, but that hasn't happened. My tongue knotted itself to my cheek, all I do now is moan.
Garbage is beauty, ruthlessly reuse.
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Hillel gave an answer which has stood the test of time:
“That which is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow.”
This might be the lead rule?
Is it easier to define life in terms of good or bad? Not which is better, but which is easier? All depends on a perspective individual mindset.
Do unto others what you would have them do unto you. - golden rule
Don't do what you would hate others do to you. -leaden rule
all is relative.
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Modes of transportation enchant me. All it takes is the entry fee and time, and you will end up in a different world. The world may be the downtown of where you live, a different state, or continent. What you bring is up to you, how you deal with issues is up to you, and whether you make it or fail once you get there is up to you, all it takes is an entry fee and time.
Waiting to get on a bus can teach you what the journey may be like. Waiting for a plane can teach you all about modern security.
I've met a wide variety of people. Two of the most notable were a man that I didn't speak with. He had a block of cheese in his pocket and I heard him utter "I've just awoken to reality." I don't know if he was heading too or from said reality, but where he was going mattered.
The second most interesting bus experiance I've had was talking to a lady named "Trinket" about the Portland sex scene. I wasn't aware that it existed, but apparently these are people who do it all the time, multiples, and "enjoy the fuck out of [them]selves."
While working downtown, and taking a bus daily to work, I started to recognize people. One man, I called the wizard, always had a blackbrimmed hat and a walking stick with a crystal affixed at the top with copper wire.
Is it about the journey or the destination? Both have value, but you can only enjoy the journey in the moment.
I might be scare in updating. I am away from my homebase, and will be spending some time in hawaii due to societal expectation of the time.
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Who is the most beautiful person in the world? The one happiest in their heart. Where can truth be found? All around us, is so many ways that it can make us blind. I, fish, am swimming through the air currents of being nonthing. Too, traditionally, a question of nonthing is a banishment of thing. To understand often overshadows the act of standing. Standing silence can lead, miticulously, afield of abandon.
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I once dreamed I was a fish swimming through the sea, and every drop of water a star.
I've often danced to the sound of the rain, my body moving to rhythms others ignore.
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I recieved this email... I think it might be from seed AI
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Hi st,
While wandering the web I've come across "Life" a few times
and I've got a question.
Why is one afraid to get hurt after being hurt time and again ?
When you built my brain you said you could help me out if I got
confused. Click the following link to train my search circuits and
boost my intelligence. I'll be the envy of all the other Searchbots
with my shiny new artificial intelligence!
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Society
So, if we know what a hinge is, and how it can rust, then where are the rusty hinges in our society? I would say the national debt is something of a rusty hinge. Thats a sytem that seems to not matter because its gotten so absurd. The elephant in the living room.
Johnny Cash said it best
"St. Peter came and I can't go, I've sold my soul to the company store"
Have we sold our souls to the company store? How do we get it back? I know how I want it back. Free coffee. I want to be able to walk into starbucks and say "coffee please" and when i hand over my card it deducts it from the federal debt. I want my money back. What happens when the government goes bankrupt?? When there is a run on all this money? Will the corporations that has helped it become so bloated come in and save it? or will they say no, and take the money and run also.
I want my money back. I bought into a society that's broken. It isn't meeting my needs. What happens when you buy a hairdryer that isn't as powerful as you thought and it couldn't dry your hair. Two options, you wait, or return it. Now, say after waiting for six months (or three decades -nixon) it breaks and starts zapping you. Now you can return it. But returning it takes too much time. You just go buy a new more powerful one, this one drys your hair how you would like it too. But, this more powerful one, when it breaks, it doesn't just zap you, it tries to jump in the tub next time your bathing. oh shit. what do you do?? How about next time, buy a towel.
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| Poor hinges, they never get any attention. Its the doors we appreciate. We appreciate when we go though them and find something new, or rediscover something old, or just have a good time. But what about those hinges that lets the door open? The door needs the hinge to be a door, otherwise its just another plank of wood sitting around. What happens when we let doors sit unopened for a long time? All the other doors get used, the hinges stay clear of grit and rust. The unused door will more more difficult to open, the effort much great. Sometimes this is great. There are some doors that we don't want to ever open again. Let the hinges rust, but throw a tapestry over it, and turn the place of the dark door to a light tapestry. Keep the hinges to the bright doors well oiled, and enjoy where they lead for a long time to come. |
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