Friday, February 04, 2005

My Ongoing Existential Crisis

Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words not truthful.
Lau Tzu, LXXXI

I think therefore I am is anthropocentrically myoptic and an idea which missed it's mark and whose time has passed. An idea is nothing without it's utterance to another. A thought once uttered becomes something more. There is not a truth that exists in a void. A statement is ratified by a reciever and thus the sender is individualized as the messages proponent. If the statement is not ratified then a discussion ensues and different dimentions of a concept come into fruition via the facticity of their utterance. Man's being grows out of his relation to the other.

Bob Marley, Them Belly Full.
Cost of livin' gets so high,Rich and poor they start to cry:Now the weak must get strong;They say, "Oh, what a tribulation!"Them belly full, but we hungry;A hungry mob is a angry mob.

Bob Marley, Rat Race.
When you think is peace and safety:A sudden destruction.Collective security for surety, ye-ah!Don't forget your history;Know your destiny:In the abundance of water,The fool is thirsty

FIVE ABSTINANCES
killing-lieing-theft-lust-greed

SIX PERFECTIONS
generosity-discipline-patience-effort-concentration-wisdom

Marlow ceased, and sat apart, indistinct and silent, in the pose of a meditating Buddha. Nobody moved for a time. 'We have lost the first of the ebb,' said the Director, suddenly. I raised my head. The offing was barred by a black bank of clouds, and the tranquil waterway leading to the uttermost ends of the earth flowed sombre under an overcast sky-seemed to lead into the heart of an immense darkness.
Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness

Read Noam Chomsky-Bernard Lewis-Robert Kaplin @ www.cbc.ca/hottype/season02-03

1 comment:

TonyGuitar said...

Five, yes, but ease back on Greed and suddenly theft, lust, (other than animal),lies and murder are pointless.

I like most animals, but fox weasel and racoon are on thin ice. They will kill more hens in the pen than they need at the moment. Evolution, innocent animals become more sophisticated, more human - like. Ouch! TG