Ж§Ж (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} ixisixi) wrote,@ 2009-03-16 03:32:00 |
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He and I switch off writing these. He posts videos of drivel while I compose my soul in words.
The biggest downfall of our society is the worship of that which is easy.
It's because we worship that which is easy, we worship that which is stupid.
A conspiracy to keep the masses passive? Nah, not my style of thinking.
A result of a country without morals.
People bring up arguments like "no morality exists without religion." That's a fallacy.
Both the religious and anti-religious movement have collapsed morally. The anti-religious movement became amoral as a counterculture and the religious movement became amoral trying to "fight the heathens" so to speak. Both are wrong. Both should disappear.
A new movement of thought and morality could arise, but over these long years I have yet to think of a solution to the issue of introduction. One cannot inform, convince, or trick someone into morality - I've tried them all. Morality comes as the result of a revelation and even recreating the perfect circumstances for such a revelation is insufficient. The individual must want to change and must be willing to accept it.
It's not easy and so it won't work.
How do we change a country to change its values? Even though the current system has failed us so utterly in the fields of politics, economics, and education, no change has been called for - it's too hard. How can you inspire a generation in which so few members truly seek knowledge and truth? Those who do feel outcast by a society that condemns their very nature.
We all saw the same movies growing up but it would seem that very few of us took to heart the lessons that those movies attempted to teach. I always wonder if the amoral people I meet saw Aladdin and said "Jafar is a pretty awesome guy."
I always remember the people from my grade school years who struck a nerve with me. They were considered the best because of their arrogance and exclusivity. Who could blame any of us for thinking so at that time? When you don't know who you are or what matters in life what choice do you have but to take things at face value? Surely those people must be the best because everyone else seems to think so. I know I didn't have the self esteem to believe I was the best, so surely they knew something I didn't. I know now that to hold that much awe and respect and to abuse it is wrong. But then again, one can hardly blame children for such a thing. But how about now? Can we blame them for living a shallow life of drugs and clubbing? Sure we can be considered adults, but they were never given the chance to grow up. Not really, anyway. Having the responsibilities of financial independence and a family thrust upon you by life doesn't make one an adult or mature - it just demonstrates the incredible ability of life to adapt to its environment.
Nevertheless, to think of those people as unfortunate is incorrect. Well, it's correct, but no more so than to think that way of the average person. The average person still hasn't yet (and will probably never) realize the facade of the people who pride themselves on shallowness and exclusivity. In fact, the average person is the person upon whom we should take pity. You see, the average person ends up working for those they assume superior. And this is not a result of talent or even confidence - this is a result of a lifetime of advantage taking. Because, you see, when you think yourself superior to those around you, there is no reason not to take full advantage of and abuse your peers. Those same peers who follow the definition of the status quo as defined by "good" to be a product arrogance and exclusivity - the road to wealth and happiness in America. And thus, the arrogant are just because the people give them the power to decide what is right. The people don't know what is good, and those who do have a lifetime of smashed confidence to keep them at bay.
What is easy and what is right.
Pick one.
As I write this I realize that this is probably the natural order of things - and things in nature have probably always been this way. But we, as a species, are beyond that. There's not much natural about us left. We spend millions of dollars to ensure that nature does not take our life before we are ready. 90% of all health care costs in the US are spent on people in the last six months of their life. It seems random but it's all related. It's all the blanket.
There is not a single thing in this world that is not related. I know that not everyone can see it as it appears in my mind - most of that is because my mind is organized like my room: spread out all over the place but I know where things are and where they all belong. But if a stranger came in and looked around they wouldn't see a method. They would think nothing is in its "place." They just can't understand that everything is exactly where it's supposed to be - the place I put it because at the time I believed it would be the best place for it to go. Short term planning leads to long term failures doesn't apply to me and my room. Things needed to be the way they were at the time in order to make sure that the machine could function properly. The machine being me.
Nothing has changed. I've always connected seemingly random things in this way, but I was too young to make any sense of it. I've always though that my subconscious brain was a genius and my conscious brain was a fool. But my conscious brain is the moral brain, and without it I would run amok. End of line.
I have most of the pieces, but I still can't fit the puzzle together. Perhaps I never will.
The biggest downfall of our society is the worship of that which is easy.
It's because we worship that which is easy, we worship that which is stupid.
A conspiracy to keep the masses passive? Nah, not my style of thinking.
A result of a country without morals.
People bring up arguments like "no morality exists without religion." That's a fallacy.
Both the religious and anti-religious movement have collapsed morally. The anti-religious movement became amoral as a counterculture and the religious movement became amoral trying to "fight the heathens" so to speak. Both are wrong. Both should disappear.
A new movement of thought and morality could arise, but over these long years I have yet to think of a solution to the issue of introduction. One cannot inform, convince, or trick someone into morality - I've tried them all. Morality comes as the result of a revelation and even recreating the perfect circumstances for such a revelation is insufficient. The individual must want to change and must be willing to accept it.
It's not easy and so it won't work.
How do we change a country to change its values? Even though the current system has failed us so utterly in the fields of politics, economics, and education, no change has been called for - it's too hard. How can you inspire a generation in which so few members truly seek knowledge and truth? Those who do feel outcast by a society that condemns their very nature.
We all saw the same movies growing up but it would seem that very few of us took to heart the lessons that those movies attempted to teach. I always wonder if the amoral people I meet saw Aladdin and said "Jafar is a pretty awesome guy."
I always remember the people from my grade school years who struck a nerve with me. They were considered the best because of their arrogance and exclusivity. Who could blame any of us for thinking so at that time? When you don't know who you are or what matters in life what choice do you have but to take things at face value? Surely those people must be the best because everyone else seems to think so. I know I didn't have the self esteem to believe I was the best, so surely they knew something I didn't. I know now that to hold that much awe and respect and to abuse it is wrong. But then again, one can hardly blame children for such a thing. But how about now? Can we blame them for living a shallow life of drugs and clubbing? Sure we can be considered adults, but they were never given the chance to grow up. Not really, anyway. Having the responsibilities of financial independence and a family thrust upon you by life doesn't make one an adult or mature - it just demonstrates the incredible ability of life to adapt to its environment.
Nevertheless, to think of those people as unfortunate is incorrect. Well, it's correct, but no more so than to think that way of the average person. The average person still hasn't yet (and will probably never) realize the facade of the people who pride themselves on shallowness and exclusivity. In fact, the average person is the person upon whom we should take pity. You see, the average person ends up working for those they assume superior. And this is not a result of talent or even confidence - this is a result of a lifetime of advantage taking. Because, you see, when you think yourself superior to those around you, there is no reason not to take full advantage of and abuse your peers. Those same peers who follow the definition of the status quo as defined by "good" to be a product arrogance and exclusivity - the road to wealth and happiness in America. And thus, the arrogant are just because the people give them the power to decide what is right. The people don't know what is good, and those who do have a lifetime of smashed confidence to keep them at bay.
What is easy and what is right.
Pick one.
As I write this I realize that this is probably the natural order of things - and things in nature have probably always been this way. But we, as a species, are beyond that. There's not much natural about us left. We spend millions of dollars to ensure that nature does not take our life before we are ready. 90% of all health care costs in the US are spent on people in the last six months of their life. It seems random but it's all related. It's all the blanket.
There is not a single thing in this world that is not related. I know that not everyone can see it as it appears in my mind - most of that is because my mind is organized like my room: spread out all over the place but I know where things are and where they all belong. But if a stranger came in and looked around they wouldn't see a method. They would think nothing is in its "place." They just can't understand that everything is exactly where it's supposed to be - the place I put it because at the time I believed it would be the best place for it to go. Short term planning leads to long term failures doesn't apply to me and my room. Things needed to be the way they were at the time in order to make sure that the machine could function properly. The machine being me.
Nothing has changed. I've always connected seemingly random things in this way, but I was too young to make any sense of it. I've always though that my subconscious brain was a genius and my conscious brain was a fool. But my conscious brain is the moral brain, and without it I would run amok. End of line.
I have most of the pieces, but I still can't fit the puzzle together. Perhaps I never will.
