On Sep 8, 2:31 am, "bigflet...@
gmail.com"
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wrote:> On Sep 8, 4:51 pm, Immortalist
yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>>> On Sep 7, 4:32 pm, "bigflet...@
gmail.com"
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>> wrote:>
>>> Most of us have been brought up under the influence of the phrase
>>> "judge not or you shall be judged". Like many common suggestions ,
>>> this one has many interpretations, and as such, proves to be an
>>> interesting yardstick to ones growing awareness.
>
>>> Try this one for size.
>
>>> Given the premise we are all unique. (To recognise such uniqueness can
>>> be associated with the more 'obscure' term of self realization).
>
>>> It is unarguable that we each have a unique set of experiences, not
>>> only in what happens to us and when, but how we interpret such
>>> events.In the early days we often need to make comparisons to get a
>>> fix on our own position.(Ever wondered what it would be like to be
>>> Bill Gates???)
>
>>> As one grows, the 'connection' to our own originality grows also, but
>>> old understandings, such as interpretations of the phrase refered to,
>>> often become blockages.
>
>> Seems like worrying about blockages is just another blockage.
>
> Here we go again. Introducing the term "worrying", change the thread
> totally, and then launch into a five minute lecture.
>
I suppose I meant an "excess of concern" about old understanding
blocking originality. Thats why I put in a basic summary of
Aristotle's Golden Mean. But now you raise the point of "how much"
concern is healthy and how much we should do about opening up to our
originality. Seems like pop psych and a metaphysical form striven for
instead of a trial and error action.
> You are a worry sometimes Imm....
>
> But we all love you (shucks, did I speak for everyone...now thats
> another worry :-)
>
> More in line would have been how the stress of worry actualy
> biochemically contributes to heart blockages.
>
Another paleolithic prescription, about a group of instincts that
helped us in the past but now seem out of place with modernism. Worry
probably had its helpful effects even if it altered the heart. Maybe
there is a right amount of worry for the apes.
>
>
>>> Freedom is going where life takes us. Frustration is judging
>>> (believing) that it should be somewhere else, not only for yourself,
>>> but for others also.
>
>> Again there is a balance between the extreme and what is healthy, the
>> yin and yang brother.
>
> Its all healthy, in as much as we each create everything that happens
> to us, and realizing that is what life is all about. Nothing more,
> nothing less.
>
Too much food can lead to obesity, to much wakefulness can lead to
problem, too much of about anything and too little of some things can
cause problems.
> BOfL
