To free yourself, you must forget yourself.
The process of self transcendence can be viewed at a higher resolution. It is no longer a single thing that must simply be strived for upon the recognition of one's own critical limitations- but instead a metaphorical golden coin with two equally necessary sides: Self-expansion (self-manifestation), and self-annealing (self-dissipation).(Pardon my amateur drawing skills)When humanity (the individual) is at its best, we are much like trees; reaching out above to touch the light and to witness the ideal, giving shade and shelter to all those underneath them and manifesting said light into something new. Something that truly creates a new intense understanding of what life is capable of becoming. Ideally, consciousness is the catalyst of the very fabric of reality, enabling it to reconstruct itself into something of an even higher synchronicity. An exponentially more intense harmony....
Question for Jordan Peterson, on the "Gentle Monster" and "Turning the Other Cheek"
Where does one draw the line between the gentle monster, and "turning the other cheek"?I spent most of my life "turning the other cheek" and it did not get me very far. Now I am adopting the opposite strategy. My parents tried to get me to do this years ago, but I was reluctant to be assertive and stand up for myself.What about allowing others to destroy what we have created, and destroying all hope for the future? Of course, I think that is inadvisable, but is that not "turning the other cheek"?By the way, most people who I see telling me to "forgive" or "turn the other cheek" never do this themselves. They only want to be able to use me like a doormat, to abuse me, with impunity. So it is very self-serving. I have noticed a pattern among bullies to deny that bullying exists, or to blame the victim, or insist that the victim should apologize to the bully, or similar non-selfaware...
Lessons from NY Philosophers, A Tale of Getting My Ass Kicked Part 1
I recently went to a philosophy discussion here in Rochester, New York centering around an introductory reading on Eastern philosophy. When my turn came to summarize my impression of the reading I mentioned the Computational Universe. Against my better judgment, I might add. This was a mistake. They play rough here in New York, rougher than in Minnesota at least. If you need any proof of this I refer you to the drivers. It’s no surprise then that when I mentioned the Computational Universe and their ears perked up they expected me to elaborate and justify what I was talking about. This I was unable to do and so spent the next several minutes trying to defend myself from a fully justified onslaught on my position. An onslaught I might well have been spared back in Minnesota. I couldn’t solidly defend my idea largely because the idea was more a feeling than an idea. More specifically,...
Who Writes History?
Who Writes History?Dear Friends,It seems to me, the term, “the victors write the history,” is as pernicious as it is nihilistic. The adage doesn’t inform, it gives permission. Because lets face it, what is your stake in the troubles between Marius and Sulla? Our view of Roman history is from such a vantage point in time, that we can dispassionately examine their history, regardless of the winner of any engagement or war. Tamerlane conquered India and will always and forever be a villain. His historians must have sucked. Sparta won every war it was in. Today, anyone who has read Plutarch and Herodotus, consider them the most barbarous state that ever existed. That is why that model failed. The truth is, the victors only write their own version of history, which they can enforce, for awhile… but force is temporal, history is not.The term makes sense… until you think about it deeply...
A Rant Against the Cynicism of Millennials
A blight upon the earth, the cynic must be put in his place, for the pernicious message he sends out, is spreading. And we millennials are particularly susceptible to falling prey to it. What strange times we live in! When it is considered almost “fashionable” to be cynical these days. And why so? Because cynics like to believe that they have a more rational outlook of the world in general. It certainly has a ring of truth to it. Cynics are often the over-rationalising type; they reduce the shades of the world to a set of facts. As if the world could be quantified by even the best among us! It is my opinion that the cynic does so to feel good about themselves as they walk about drunk with intellectual condescension.Smugness is the hallmark of a cynic. He sees no worth in the world, and for him, humanity is irredeemable. Typically, a cynic will only fight battles that he knows he will...
Zsuckerberg for President 2028 (?) (!!!!!) *Why We need DaamnTalkDJO
thatDaamnTalkspotConnect with DaamnTalk and other members of thatDaamnTalkspot communitythatdaamntalkspot.locZuckerberg for President 2028 (?) ‘The widening economic divide & why preserving Free Speech on the internet is invaluable to the survival of individualism.’· Think back to 2020. A bankrupt reality tv Star is about to win a second term as president and social media’s billionaire-baby-boy, (Suckerberg), has access to everyone’s modern day digital diaries at the tips of his eerily long fingertips…. In an attempt to not spread Ourself too far hither, We’re bypassing any specific political perspectives (opinion-free) & rest assured the entirety of the following word vomit will henceforth be ‘DonnieT - free’. I will focus on the book of faces & the ensuing implications of the present social media age. Imagine having access to billions of people’s digital diaries. Now...
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