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”
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”
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.
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”
Know Thyself….
I think there are two type of people:
Which are YOU?… more “Know Thyself Post #39”
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”
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”
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?
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”
Wouldn’t It Be Cool If: we learned from PHILOSOPHY?
WIBCI: we understood and took control of fear?
The real destroyer of inner peace is fear and distrust. Fear develops frustration, frustration develops anger, anger develops violence.
Dalai Lama
The whole secret of existence is to have no fear.
Gautama Buddha
Do YOU feel that when you think about your future, is it with excited anticipation or fear? I believe the external world inserts the fear and knowing yourself diminishes it, what do YOU think?… more “WIBCI Post #35”
Know Thyself :
Think about this:
Do YOU have any tattoos?
If yes:
If no:
Know Thyself:
Try this:
Take off your shoes, and socks if possible.
Walk 10 paces in any direction.
Now walk 10 paces and really use all your toes, the ball of your foot and your heal.
Move about fully conscious of every part of your feet, ankles and limbs.
Notice how strong you can feel, how balanced and in control.
Imagine how conscious YOU could be doing anything with focus….what would YOU do?… more “Know Thyself Post #33”
Know Thyself through LITERATURE:
I consider songs poetry and therefore, lyrics qualify:
“When illusion spin her net
I’m never where I want to be
And liberty she pirouette
When I think that I am free
Watched by empty silhouettes
Who close their eyes but still can see
No one taught them etiquette
I will show another me”-Peter Gabriel Solsbury Hill
What do YOU think of these lyrics?
Do YOU ever feel like this?
Know Thyself through PHILOSOPHY:
Who do YOU hate?
I’m not one of those people that think you shouldn’t hate. As long as you have a definition in mind if/when you use the word that is.
When you answer, consider ‘Hate’ in this context:
Who do you wish were eradicated from the face of the earth? Not just ‘not in my backyard’, not if only they would, nor can you answer with an idea or a sentiment that you wish didn’t exist. The answer has to be people whom are on earth right now that if you had your way would no longer exist.
Change your answer?… more “Know Thyself Post #31”
Know Thyself through PHILOSOPHY:
Jean Jacques Rousseau believed that:
‘..if many individuals are to be united into a common social enterprise, forming a governing agency is less fundamental than forming a distinct society that its members think of as we, to become a member of a we one must share certain basic values, practice common customs, honor shared aspirations, and engage in degrees of mutual helpfulness and responsibility.’
With whom do YOU consider yourself a ‘we’?… more “Know Thyself Post #30”