One must take their life seriously. One must care about it. Even when one is joking, playing, etc. You must play seriously. — Agustino
Okay, I think I agree with you that we cannot deal with the new through a method - it is, afterall new, and methods are always old, what we develop from the past. So clearly to engage with the new completely, one must let go of methodology. Granted that this is the case, it's obvious that nobody can provide a method, so perhaps a method is not what we're looking for when we ask the question. But the question is, as you say, dangerous - if I am asking "how" it seems like any possible answer will have to be a method, a set of steps. But we have established that this isn't what we're looking for.That is a dangerous question. If I am trapped in a mindset that always deals with the new in terms of the old, then for anyone to give me an answer is to again give me an old method with which to deal with the new. — unenlightened
So perhaps this is a better approach. Would engaging with the unknown sincerely, authentically, originally - would this implicate any effort of thought at all? Or would any thought about it necessarily send us to the past? Because I feel that there is a sort of relationship between thinking and the past, as all thinking relies on memory, it relies on associations we have formed in the past. Is any authentic thinking, that is entirely new and fresh possible? I don't think so - because all thought seems to be the known...If I am trapped in the known, unable to face the unknown, the answer is unknown - it must be. — unenlightened
So perhaps this is a better approach. Would engaging with the unknown sincerely, authentically, originally - would this implicate any effort of thought at all? Or would any thought about it necessarily send us to the past? Because I feel that there is a sort of relationship between thinking and the past, as all thinking relies on memory, it relies on associations we have formed in the past. Is any authentic thinking, that is entirely new and fresh possible? I don't think so - because all thought seems to be the known... — Agustino
If you look at the child actually, you will see just how intensely he is playing, how immersed he is into it - he does it with his entire being, it is not a half-hearted effort at all. — Agustino
Mmmm... Wanker I have been called many times before, but I do not remember any instance of whiner. You must be a first ;)Agustino you lil whiner :razz: — CuddlyHedgehog
:eyes: I thought you are a Communist, what are you going to do with a million of them if your plan is to get rid of money? Just think how difficult it will be to throw all of it away after - it is better that I save you the trouble and not send them to you :wink:No. like these ones — CuddlyHedgehog
I thought you are a Communist — Agustino
I am not a communist but I do sympathise with your inability to differentiate between political ideologies that don’t belong in the right-wing conservatism in which you reside. — CuddlyHedgehog
Careful. I think Agustino might be falling in love with you. — T Clark
a lot of people lack seriousness — Agustino
I have never loved a man as much as I love you. — Agustino
Also, keep in mind that you fail the Hannah test. You must be at least 20 years older than my daughter in order for me to have any interest in a romantic relationship. Also, I'd have to ask my wife and she is unlikely to approve. I hope you're not too disappointed. — T Clark
Since your post is quite long, I thought it might help to summarise it for those who are too busy to read the whole thing.
- Why don't people think and act the way I want them to? — Pseudonym
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