I see my thoughts are conditioned and contradictory so, any kind of self-analysis I feel will yield unfruitful results — Zeus
And there's quite a substance to that, I feel — Zeus
I will help others. If someone falls and I see it, I will help them up because if I fall I'd like someone to help me up. If people are hurt, I'll comfort them. — Antidote
If you want something really bad, give it to someone else. — Antidote
Let's assume, if we can, an unexamined life is not worth living. But, can one truly examine one's life? Our life is the sum-total of our social and cultural milieu. So, with the limited data that we have can we be sure we're examining our lives properly? Is understanding in the perview of thought and conscienceness? Will logic and analysis help us understand life or is there a different dimension one needs to get in touch with? — Zeus
I guess it takes an extremely serious person to go beyond the mind's evil patterns, to cut through generations of conditioning and be a child again and question first principles. — Zeus
I do wonder sometimes if all answers lie in compassion — Zeus
I guess deep down, we all know that to be true but, we are not very observant. — Zeus
Let's assume, if we can, an unexamined life is not worth living. But, can one truly examine one's life?
self-examination is basically you being yourself and also the mirror you look at yourself with. The mirror is only as good as you are: your prejudices will determine what you see in yourself — TheMadFool
Last one I promise, — Antidote
I'd say that if we examine our lives with that higher awareness of the nature of our being as a starting point, everything changes. — Iamthatiam
So, what do I do? — Zeus
an unexamined life is not worth living
You could also go to a soothsayer, or to a psychic advisor, or to horroscope charter, or to Thailand and have sex day in and day out. All boils down to self-learning, via others.
9m — god must be atheist
So, what do I do? — Zeus
But, this is merely literature. Don't know if anyone has a lived experience. — Zeus
So, what do I do? — Zeus
Does that imply finally coming to terms with the way you are? I'm sorry, but could you elaborate on this? I am prejudiced implies, for example, I hold one ideal superior to another or one virtue superior to another. It implies, does it not, that I have a rigid mind? That there are distinct blacks and distinct whites. Now, I wonder if such a mind is capable of self examination, because, my prejudices, my biases, my neurotic ideosyncracies is the product of the age and place I dwell in. It's, simply put, downloaded data. Most importantly, it's just data, raw facts. And, can facts help me know who I truly am? On the other hand, if one sees that he is prejudiced and says, well, I don't recognize with my prejudices, I don't know what I am, but I am certainly not my prejudices, isn't that a good place to start? I say, I don't know what I am, but I want to find out. — Zeus
If so then you, me, everyone is pure consciousness which is to be understood here as the thing that has the ability to think. — TheMadFool
Because, thought is very limited. — Zeus
The formation R-I-V-E-R doesn't happen in my mind. I just SEE the river. I am present completely. The river is so beautiful. I am lost in the moment. I am living in the moment — Zeus
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Well then who would you like to examine your life?
A Seagull I would like to do it myself. But, how do I go about it? I see my thoughts are conditioned and contradictory so, any kind of self-analysis I feel will yield unfruitful results. I am tempted to say, that I can examine myself in regards to my relationship to others, as Viktor Frankl proposes. But, I am not quite convinced. — Zeus
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