Tuesday, August 02, 2005
Glancing Blows to the Id
Laying in bed this morning waiting for the alarm to defibrillate into existence, a glance at the red glaring numerals of the aging radio-sound effects-alarm clock drove the thoughts of actually moving my head and then the rest of my body to the ritual of getting up and going to work. Damning thoughts flow: I should have dropped into bed earlier last night to start my trip to REM. Of course more thoughts flow as the list of "shoulds" grows and self-flagellation ensues. Ahhh, stay out of self analysis mode for now. I have work.
The mind is the great battlefield of the world. Influencing the mind is indeed the purpose of many individuals. The most cruel weapon a person can wield against another is to cause doubt. Most people, once in a state of doubt tend to stay there. Those few individuals that start searching from the baseline of doubt, and explore the possibilities live a greater life than they could have imagined. The actual concept of thinking doesn't appear to have much value. Only "doing" has value in the world.
I'm reading a light historical detective novel now for a little mind candy, and a passage in the book is not so "candy". Shortly stated, it projects the idea that everyone has a unique ability. Everyone. However, the unique ability is not always valued by current society because the unique ability doesn't serve the needs of the society at that time. In another time the unique ability might have been greatly needed. Example: Today someone with the unique ability to train horses well is valued somewhat, two hundred years ago that ability was paramount.
Thinking gets one in trouble. Life is so very much like the movie "The Matrix". Once you know the truth, your life is forever ruined, maybe. The old idioms such as "ignorance is bliss" is not as trite as first preceived.
Aristotle be damned.
The mind is the great battlefield of the world. Influencing the mind is indeed the purpose of many individuals. The most cruel weapon a person can wield against another is to cause doubt. Most people, once in a state of doubt tend to stay there. Those few individuals that start searching from the baseline of doubt, and explore the possibilities live a greater life than they could have imagined. The actual concept of thinking doesn't appear to have much value. Only "doing" has value in the world.
I'm reading a light historical detective novel now for a little mind candy, and a passage in the book is not so "candy". Shortly stated, it projects the idea that everyone has a unique ability. Everyone. However, the unique ability is not always valued by current society because the unique ability doesn't serve the needs of the society at that time. In another time the unique ability might have been greatly needed. Example: Today someone with the unique ability to train horses well is valued somewhat, two hundred years ago that ability was paramount.
Thinking gets one in trouble. Life is so very much like the movie "The Matrix". Once you know the truth, your life is forever ruined, maybe. The old idioms such as "ignorance is bliss" is not as trite as first preceived.
Aristotle be damned.
