Self Knowledge
By rachel | April 24, 2008
Self Knowledge is the quest for truth. It is the journey of an individual to determine who she is. When beginning this quest, she must assess every life experience singularly, as well as, holistically. She must also be aware of what happens in the world around her to influence her reactions to each experience.
When considering the search for Self Knowledge, one must consider whether this is a public pursuit or a personal pursuit or is there a happy medium between the two? You can not have one without the other if you want to have a comprehensive evaluation of who you truly are, and what elements make that possible. Read the rest of this entry »
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To Desire or Not to Desire… that is the question
By rachel | April 24, 2008
Desire is a deep longing for something a person does not possess. Whether the desire is for more money, more love in our lives, or increased status, human nature dictates that each of us eventually desires something. Unfortunately, we often come close to achieve that which we desire, but fall short in some area. This causes great suffering in most cases.
It is difficult to define the meaning of happiness. It is, however, much easier to observe that most human beings are not at peace within themselves. There is a desire to have more than what they possess. We live in a world where enough is never enough. Each generation grows up being taught that they should have a better material-based life than their parents. The parents are only trying to give their children a life better than they had; yet they don’t realize how this act, or combination of acts, is only hurting their children’s future. “I must own a better vehicle than my parents did,” “I must make more money than my parents did,” and “I must have a better relationship than my parents did.”
These are desires that are ingrained in us from childhood. Often times, these desires lead to feelings of inadequacy, which fester and lead to suffering and never finding the ability to be content in life. Read the rest of this entry »
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life too serious to muse about nothing?
By callipygos | March 14, 2008
I haven’t had any random musings lately. In fact, I’ve had some rather pointed thoughts about a whole lot of things of no relevance. wait… what?
Maybe I should randomly muse about things that have been brewing around in this overactive mind of mine, or maybe not.
maybe I’ll just work on having some thoughts that make no damn sense - things that are ridiculous in nature and mean absolutely nothing in the whole scheme of things.
Am I taking life too seriously right now? Is that why I can’t just spew nonsense?
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Off Season Changes
By callipygos | February 19, 2008
Rick Peterson had butt implants.
Someone Loves Jay’s melon
Shoeless Joe is back….playing for the Mets
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To be or not to be… civilized
By callipygos | February 14, 2008
You are at a party…and you are about to break the coveted seal on your bladder.
You find the host’s bathroom, the door is closed so you wait a couple of minutes for someone to come out.
No one comes out, but you are pretty sure in your drunk stupor you heard noises from behind the door. You try the handle and the door begins to open. You look down at the floor and you see:
do you try to use the bathroom or do you go outside and find a bush????
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When was the last time you visited a make believe world?
By callipygos | February 8, 2008
I’ve watched “Bridge to Terabithia” a few times over the past few months - its on Starz this month, I think it was on Cinemax last month.
Have you seen it? Its a great movie. One of the things that strikes me as wonderfully whimsical about the movie is the children’s imaginations.
I wonder at what point we lose the ability to use our imaginations as fully as children do. Why must adults squelch the ability to “Imagine” in children?
Children should be fanciful and full of make believe worlds. Remember this. Children are our own link to the important things - the things that make us feel good. Try not to squelch their creativity. This innocence, creativity and the make believe worlds they create are the things that keep us sane if we allow them to take us on a journey into their imagines.
I’ll catch ya later, I’m off to have a picnic with the fairies.
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