Know Thyself through POLITICS:
The Federal Government is passing a bill that will defund Public Broadcasting aka PBS.
Is there a soul among us living who did not learn from Sesame Street?
For the love of Mr. Rogers, do the next generations not deserve to learn as we did?
Call/email your Senators and tell them this is NOT Better For The Most, unless you think it is, do YOU?… more “Know Thyself Post #25”
Know Thyself through PHILOSOPHY:
‘Don’t gain the world and lose your soul. Wisdom is better than silver and gold.’
-Bob Marley
Know Thyself through LITERATURE:
Why is ‘Four Legs Good, Two Legs Bad’?
in George Orwell’s 1984, do YOU know why this is? Do YOU know why this tune/or side of the fence is switched? Do YOU agree?… more “Know Thyself Post #23”
Know Thyself through LITERATURE:
In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Faber defines Quality Information, the foundation for HAPPINESS.
‘Three things are missing; do you know why books are so important? Cause they have quality. And what does the word quality mean? To me it means texture, this book has pores, it has features, this book can go under the microscope.
You would find life under the glass, streaming past in infinite profusion. The more pores, the more truthfully recorded details of life per square inch you can get on a sheet of paper the more literary you are. That’s my definition anyway.
Telling the detail, fresh detail.
The good writers touch life often, the mediocre ones run a quick hand over her, and the bad ones rape her and leave her for the flies.
So know do you see why books are hated and feared? They show the pores in the face of life.’
So where is YOUR quality information?
Here are some rules to go by:
Quality Information is/does NOT:
What do YOU think?… more “Know Thyself Post #22”
Know Thyself through POLITICS:
All laws/orders/mandates have a financial winner and loser.
look into how YOUR representatives voted….are YOU a winner or loser?… more “Know Thyself Post #21”
Know Thyself through PHILOSOPHY:
“Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.”
– Socrates
Interesting enough Socrates didn’t write down anything, so he is NOT self promoting.
I agree, genius’ before us have labored on the books we have at our fingertips, most of them had terrible lives which probably didn’t end well. Improve yourself through their suffering by thinking.
What do YOU think?
Know Thyself through POLITICS:
“You must also study and learn the lessons of history because humanity has been involved in this soul-wrenching, existential struggle for a very long time. People on every continent have stood in your shoes, through decades and centuries before you. The truth does not change, and that is why the answers worked out long ago can help you find solutions to the challenges of our time.”
John Robert Lewis: Congressmen/American civil rights activist
Sounds to me like he is asking us to Learn from History.
What do YOU think?… more “Know Thyself Post #19”
Know Thyself through PHILOSOPHY:
“if after self- examination, a man finds he has nothing to reproach himself for, then what has he to worry about, what has he to fear?’
– Confucius
aka, if you know yourself and you understand your place in the world (call a duck a duck) than you are educated and fear cannot deter your beliefs.
What do YOU think?… more “Know Thyself Post #18”
Know Thyself through PHILOSOPHY:
If there something about yourself that has always been an insecurity or something you are conscious of?
Like a facial expression, how you speak, habits or a body part?
Is there or has there ever been anyone in your life that loves this part of you?
Do YOU love an idiosyncrasy of anyone’s? You might want to think about telling them, they might think that cool.… more “Know Thyself Post #17”
Know Thyself through PHILOSOPHY:
Referring back to Know Thyself Post #7 where I asked you to picture someone in your life who has shown you selfless kindness.
Today I ask, Do YOU think YOU are, have ever been considered that person for anyone alive or dead?
Know Thyself through LITERATURE:
Joseph Campbell (look him up, he is AMAZING) described reaching Nirvana as follows:
‘The condition that comes when you are not compelled by desire, fear or social commitments.
When you hold your center and act out of there.’
When was the last time YOU were quiet, not watching a screen and were without the feelings of: desire, fear or compelling nature of social commitments? Sounds pretty awesome to me.
Know Thyself through PHILOSOPHY:
Think of three words YOU would use to describe YOU.
Think of three words you think those close to you would use to describe YOU.
Think of three words that you would like to be used to describe YOU.
Which is the best list?
Be that person.… more “Know Thyself Post #14”
Know Thyself through PHILOSOPHY:
Gardeners seem to be pretty cool
They have a lot of patience to wait and nurture something over time that isn’t going to make them money.
There are no commercials and no one stealing your identity in a garden.
I bet they think about a lot of things.
I bet they don’t come out of the garden more anxious than when they went in.
I bet they don’t go to bed at night dreading going back to the garden.
I bet they are happier.
What do YOU think?
What do YOU put this kind of focus towards?
Know Thyself through PHILOSOPHY:
What’s your favorite song, right now? This will not be held against you and it isn’t a quiz, just pick a song that you dig if you don’t know your ‘favorite’.
Listen to this song a few times through: prioritized order of best means to do this:
Read the lyrics, look at the pictures and do nothing else.
Do YOU like the song more or less?
Know Thyself through PHILOSOPHY:
Eye Contact…
Have YOU ever really looked into your own eyes? Try it, you have a mirror near by. Really look into them, could you recognize just your own eyes? Could anyone else?
Next time you are having a conversation with someone, in person, look into their eyes.
If eye contact is something you are both out of habit of doing, this could be uncomfortable. Don’t be creepy, and if the other person seems unused to this, just tell them you are making an effort to make more eye contact and see what it does.
I bet you listen better and they feel heard more.
What do YOU think?… more “Know Thyself Post #11”