Know Thyself through PHILOSOPHY:
To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most People exist, that is all.
-Oscar Wilde
Do YOU live or exist? What do YOU think the difference is?… more “Know Thyself Post #49”
Category: Know Thyself
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Know Thyself Post #49
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Know Thyself Post #48
Know Thyself through HISTORY:
Paul Strathern wrote:
The first people to come up with philosophical answers–that is, those who used reason and observation unclouded by metaphysical mumbo jumbo-were the ancient Greeks, in the sixth century B.C. Precisely why this major step in human evolution should have taken place at this time on the obscure shores of the Aegean remains a mystery.
Fact:
The Hellenistic period (323- 30 BC) when Greek cultural influence reached its peak within and beyond its own borders. This was a time of great progress in philosophy, science, the arts, architecture, and music influencing readers, writers, artists and scientists ever since and is considered the foundation for Western culture.
Fact:
The Ancient Greek world never hosted a state religion.
Coincidence, cause and effect, ingredients but not the full recipe?
What do YOU think?… more “Know Thyself Post #48”
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Know Thyself Post #47
Know Thyself through LITERATURE:
Again, lyrics, to me, are literature; they are poems of someone’s feelings put to music.
The things, you say
Your purple prose just give you away
The things, you say
You’re Unbelievable
(What the)Seemingly lastless, don’t mean
You can ask us
Pushing down the relative
Bringing out your higher self
Think of the fine times, pushing
Down the better few, instead of
Bringing out the clues, to what the
World and everything anger to, brace
Yourself with the grace of ease
I know this world ain’t what it seems
(What the)
It’s unbelievable-EMF
Who would YOU say this to if YOU could?… more “Know Thyself Post #47”
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Know Thyself Post #46
Know Thyself through HISTORY:
Out of the 50 States only 10 names have an association with the English language.
Wonderful, descriptive and meaningful for future generations names, like, Mary-land which is named after the wife of King Charles I. Or how about North Carolina AND South Carolina, whose names, according to Wikipedia, have the exact same definition?: After King Charles I of England and his son, King Charles II of England. The name Charles itself is derived from Frankish karl, ‘man, husband’.
I think the states have all made their names have meaning rather than their meaning coming from their names but….for me, I prefer the 40 names that came from native languages; like Michigan which means Large Water in Ojibwe, or South Dakota meaning Ally or Friend in Sioux.
Why aren’t we taught this? I find more AMERICAN pride in a name that stands for friendship by a people who actually lived here, than a label whore king 6,000 miles away. Just me?
Do YOU know the language origin of YOUR state’s name and what it means? that is….assuming residence in the 50 US states, if not, pick one, there’s 50 of them.… more “Know Thyself Post #46”
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Know Thyself Post #45
Know Thyself through YOUR HISTORY:
What was one of YOUR favorite ‘things’, something that was all yours when you were a kid?
Mine was a bike. It had a name (one given by the maker, and one it earned from me:), a banana seat, no stupid bell, but I did used to put playing cards in the spokes of the wheels. And when I raced down that Franklin Street hill near my house, I felt free.
Do any of YOUR present day possessions make YOU feel like that?… more “Know Thyself Post #45”
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Know Thyself Post #44
Know Thyself through PHILOSOPHY:
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that matter’
-Martin Luther King Jr.
What do YOU think about this statement?
Have YOU been silent about anything?… more “Know Thyself Post #44”
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Know Thyself Post #43
Know Thyself…
Do YOU know how to whistle?
Did you know that you can’t be taught how to whistle? You have to figure it out yourself, and if you don’t have an uncle or neighbor that was a whistler, you may not have been exposed.
But YOU can learn how to whistle, YOU just need to take the time and try.… more “Know Thyself Post #43”
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Know Thyself Post #42
Know Thyself:
If YOU had three minutes to take three possessions from YOUR home in an emergency, what would they be?
Mine =
-my dog
-my pictures and my writings (aka laptop)
-jewelry (my dad’s watch etc.)
What would YOU take? Why?… more “Know Thyself Post #42”
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Know Thyself Post #41
Know Thyself Through LITERATURE:
Try this:
Look on your phone and see how long you spent on this screen yesterday.
In the X hours and X minutes you spent looking at your phone yesterday, what did you learn about what YOU think?
This could be difficult as, I’m making the assumption that what you looked at were other people’s opinions or regurgitated propaganda. Did you learn about YOU?
You can listen to Animal Farm by George Orwell in about 3 hours and 10 minutes.
In 3 Hours and 10 minutes you could learn what YOU think about: Equality, Inequality, Fraternity, The Nature of Man, Society, Dictatorships, Class Divide, Socialism, Communism, Greed, Commercialism, Democracy, Propaganda, History, Community, and The Banning of Books (Between 1952 and 1957, the CIA, in an operation codenamed Aedinosaur, sent millions of balloons carrying copies of the novel into Poland, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia, whose air forces tried to shoot the balloons down, the SAME book that was ‘challenged’ multiple times in the US and was banned 1987 by A superintendent in Bay County, Florida, at the middle school and high school levels. Which the Board overturned due to complaints per the Constitution)
Bonus, in a fraction of the time you wasted yesterday, tomorrow you could learn what YOU think about a lot of shit without commercial interruption, at YOUR pace, and without giving a flying f%$^ about what other people thought about it.
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Know Thyself Post #40
Know Thyself….
Have YOU ever REALLY looked at YOU own eyes? Go to a mirror and really stare into them. Study them.
Do you think there is anyone whose eyes you’ve REALLY looked at like this? Is there anyone whom you could recognize just from their eyes? Next time you are sharing personal space with someone whom you really like, study their eyes and see if you really ‘recognize’ them, and will you from here on out?… more “Know Thyself Post #40”
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Know Thyself Post #39
Know Thyself….
I think there are two type of people:
- the type that when asked if they like a food they haven’t tried, reply ‘no’
- and those that say ‘I don’t know yet’
Which are YOU?… more “Know Thyself Post #39”
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Know Thyself Post #38
Know Thyself through PHILOSOPHY:
‘Service to others is the rent you pay for your room on Earth.’
– Muhammed Ali
Do YOU agree?
What rent have YOU paid?… more “Know Thyself Post #38”
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Know Thyself Post #37
Know Thyself….
Can YOU keep a secret? Don’t just answer, think about it.
Do others think YOU are someone who could be trusted?
Does it matter to YOU?… more “Know Thyself Post #37”
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Know Thyself Post #36
Know Thyself through POLITICS:
Jimmy Carter (U.S. President from 1977 to 1981) said:
“A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful and restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to others. It’s a weak nation, like a weak person, that must behave with bluster and boasting and rashness and other signs of insecurity.”
Do YOU think we are strong?
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Know Thyself Post #35
Know Thyself through LITERATURE/WRITTEN WORD/LYRICS:
‘I’ve been waitin’ on a war since I was young
Since I was a little boy with a toy gun
Never really wanted to be number one
Just wanted to love everyoneIs there more to this than that?
Is there more to this than that?
Is there more to this than that?’– Foo Fighters Waiting on a War
Do YOU ever feel like this?…………… more “Know Thyself Post #35”