tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706019632027162854.post106972023090228147..comments2024-03-08T20:43:47.037-08:00Comments on Happy Thoughts Travel Fast (HTTF): On JusticeSoph Laughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16588609258171352719noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706019632027162854.post-23760805543892429002014-01-18T11:35:48.864-08:002014-01-18T11:35:48.864-08:00Mark,
I can't say that I notice a big differ...Mark, <br /><br />I can't say that I notice a big difference in how I perceive the world today other than having a whole host of new sources from which to derive thoughts on what comes into my vista of perception. Thus, I probably have no practical insight on this other than to say PLAY. Play with your thoughts. Even the grown-up ones. Communicating with me is like playing with thoughts, so apparently you're not all that grown-up, just yet. Even if you have less than idealistic ideas, they are merely your playing a scary tune in your mind. If you prefer blue fairies and magically transforming vehicles, simply imagine them. Works for me. When all else fails, philosophize ... that's fun, too! Soph Laughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16588609258171352719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706019632027162854.post-54571742107770954152014-01-18T11:35:48.485-08:002014-01-18T11:35:48.485-08:00Mark,
I can't say that I notice a big differ...Mark, <br /><br />I can't say that I notice a big difference in how I perceive the world today other than having a whole host of new sources from which to derive thoughts on what comes into my vista of perception. Thus, I probably have no practical insight on this other than to say PLAY. Play with your thoughts. Even the grown-up ones. Communicating with me is like playing with thoughts, so apparently you're not all that grown-up, just yet. Even if you have less than idealistic ideas, they are merely your playing a scary tune in your mind. If you prefer blue fairies and magically transforming vehicles, simply imagine them. Works for me. When all else fails, philosophize ... that's fun, too! Soph Laughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16588609258171352719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706019632027162854.post-81255769976976782722014-01-15T14:50:36.333-08:002014-01-15T14:50:36.333-08:00Indeed, I suppose anyone close or a family unit, a...Indeed, I suppose anyone close or a family unit, a friend, a passing soul who takes time to notice the needs of others (such as yourself in Mexico). If I may derail for a moment, I do wish the innocent days were more applicable to people in their older days. Such child like mentalities of world peace and an end to all hunger. I find as I have gotten older, things become unnecessarily complicated and the once beauty of my childhood, blanketed with impracticality and impossible immutable tasks for mankind. <br />Going back to what you were saying about other cultures belief in souls inhabiting more than one body; I see it where I look. Sometimes, even in the mirror. Western civilization tends to put the ‘I in we’. We are more capable in numbers than the one. One can set a fire but the many can carry it to the corners of many earths. Who knows? That’s the beauty of philosophy Sophy :))<br /><br />Mark<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706019632027162854.post-53555821169417351322014-01-15T05:42:20.151-08:002014-01-15T05:42:20.151-08:00Excellent points, Monk...
Are you saying that if...Excellent points, Monk... <br /><br />Are you saying that if an individual had no physical resources, the balance could be provided by another, such as a caregiver? <br /><br />Irrespective, it is interesting to think that balance could be shared at a group level rather than at the individual level. Often times when we consider such notions we are still thinking of the self, i.e., the individual self. I believe there are communities who hold the belief that a soul can inhabit more than one body and thus balance would be found in multitudes of beings rather than in a single solitary individual, such as how western mind's often times consider the notion. Since I am not versed in such matters, I'll leave it up to future rumination and simply thank you for expanding my thoughts in new directions. <br /><br />Soph :DSoph Laughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16588609258171352719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706019632027162854.post-87813184455479494232014-01-14T18:36:39.955-08:002014-01-14T18:36:39.955-08:00I look at the world and I notice it's turning ...I look at the world and I notice it's turning – The Beatles <br /><br />There are moments when I see the world as an inevitable revolve. True to itself and designed with a one way system. Being altruistic in nature can perhaps serve as a conduit for a calmer path but can justice be found? If you hold open a door for someone, is a ‘thank you’ in order? Do you hold the door to be thanked? Or is it just our needs that require fulfilment? You ask if the just ones or the unjust ones, yield the most pleasurable, worldly outcome? It is a difficult question to answer at face value but perhaps easier if one simply asks ‘am I hardwired to my moral compass?’ If you are, then unjust actions become void and you go about making your own differences to the world; continuing with no mind for the obvious that no matter how much you do, it can never quench the all. From one seed a whole field can grow and the more you surround yourself with likeminded people, the bigger the field. It reminds me of a story I read as a child about Thor in the land of giants. One challenge the giants threw down before the mighty Thor, was to drink mead from a horn in three gulps. No matter how hard he tried, he could not best it as it was linked to the sea. No one can drink the sea dry but he was able to lower it. If the aggregate were to form, we could drink it to the dusts........ So perhaps justice requires more than I. <br /><br />What use my beloved resources? <br />For I horde my sustenance<br />Until there is too much for one<br />And it became stale and old as I<br /><br />I am a firm believer of grounding yourself before trying to do something for others. As with the picture on the plane with oxygen masks, you cannot help if you are dead. However, there are always branches that split from the trunk. For instance, some people could be conditioned through say, abuse, in order to view the world from a masochistic perspective. Always seeking approval though ‘good deeds’ without a care for themselves. Others raised in a religious household could be taught to ‘love thy neighbour’ and from this can stem guilt or love, maybe the need to please God ...I could go on but we are capable of seeing whatever we want, if we have enough time to dissect it. Trouble is, the pieces can get lost in translation. <br /><br />I was also thinking that one could be poor with no physical resources but justice dictates that the balance is given in another. Be it now, then or when. Bold statement I know. Who knows how? Perhaps a family seeking shelter has a tighter bond than if they were privileged and warm. <br /><br />Monk :)<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com