i like yer long, goddamn wind.Seance wrote:Knock knock.
Every creature operates within the envelope of its nature.
Who's there?
Human beings feel. And remember. And by virtue of retaining examples and extrapolating from them, humans think.
Banana.
It's in our nature to feel/remember/think.
Banana who?
A genetic or neurological predisposition is not the same thing as having no choice.
Knock knock.
Everything that "is" sets the parameters for the situation of now. Our choices are based on what "was" as filtered through our expectations of what "might be" or "could be" or "will be".
Who's there?
The moment of now is a never-to-be-repeated phenomenon that rhymes.
Banana.
Even if it's just with a soft rhyme.
Banana who?
When contemplating the universe or ourselves, the human mind carries around its assumptions and prejudgements (shortcuts) with it.
Knock knock...
Letting go of some of our personal or collective prejudices is healthy.
Who's there?
Doing so helps us perceive what is really happening instead of predisposing us to fall into the trap of projecting and interacting solely with our own mental patterns.
Patterns that we see everywhere and that seem vaguely familiar (soft rhymes for hard times).
Orange.
Letting go of all of our prejudices and preconceived notions for a controlled, finite period of time can be healthy.
Orange who?
This is something that meditation and/or other forms of open-hearted "mind-expansion" allow for.
Orange you glad I didn't say that I slipped on a banana peel while walking through the "poor ranch"?
But like all such journeys, they are only meaningful and helpful if the traveller returns home safely to metabolize and enact what they've learned from their new experiential perspective shift.
How banal. Let's split.
It is in the nature of humans to possess an ego. I am skeptical of those who suggest "annihilating the ego" as a goal.
Such people often want to demolish the egos of others so that they can extend the sprawl of their own egos like
gated condominium developments.
The way I see it, joy and pleasure are only meaningful within the context of empathy and a healthy understanding of one's self
(ego/id/sensation/feelings/memory/etc.) and the overlapping links of our connection to that which is larger than us (life in all
of its abstractions and particulars).
Drinking a glass of water after meaningful but tiring work is a profound pleasure. The mediated and fleeting nature of
such a seemingly simple pleasure makes it all the more precious. For us to enjoy a glass of water after hard work, we have
to ensure that all the other animals and plants on earth can also enjoy clean, healthy water as well.
Much of what we take for granted, we shouldn't.
for me, the "free will" meme is meme.
better quest[ion] is "when does one acknowledge pain?"
pain is the baseline of life surviving... the true arbiter of "profit..." who survives more? you or Bob Sharker?
Showcase Showdown says spin the steal...
yet, i like to work... get hard... look hard... wear my own moisture to entreat hers?.. and fuck you. somebody gotta pay in..? bill me!..
from what lifeform(s) are we taking? hard hitting? how much does it hurt (you hurt, we hurt)?
no muscle strengthens in a goddamn vacuum...
personification of ALL material encourages participation.
pain is the first emotion, pleasure the first distraction.
where we goin?