TaigaStar
More! Deeper!
I'm torn between several things for this entry. So I'll do them all!
I am convinced that ignorance should be classified as a sin, and pinned up as the greatest of them all. I come to this conclusion because I see the world around me descending into this drone-like state where people actively seek to dumb themselves down and join the proverbial herd. I feel that we, as a species, should be doing far more than we actually do, and that the fault lies in the general populace for trying to ignore everything. From a religious standpoint, there is a parable Jesus tells of a rich man who gives money to three of his servants. The first invests the money and triples what he was given, the second goes and doubles his money in the same manner, and the third one hides his money in the ground so it doesn't get lost or stolen. When the rich man calls for his money, he rewards the first two, and condemns the last one for not even trying to do something with the money. The interpretation I've always heard is that we are the servants, given special gifts from God to develop and make greater. Nowadays, I think the entire story can apply to the general mentality of people--it seems like there is so much people can think about and say and do to make the world better, but they hide their minds away in fear. In such a case, are people not committing the greatest sin by actively not thinking about what they see around them?
Another trend I'm noticing is the idea of global destruction. I find it silly. Yes, humans have changed the world (and not for the better, as it now seems). However, so many people fail to state an obvious fact- we need to adapt. We, as a species, has gotten the idea that we control our world; we are of this world, and thus are controlled by it. While so many disasters strike, we should be thinking of ways to minimize the damages incurred by storms and the like. People point to the Mayan Calendar and Nostradamus as proof that our world is ending. Both sources were based on spiritualism, where death and transformation are usually synonymous. Likewise, we don't know what a dominant species' long-term effects on a planet are (what with the total lack of data), and so maybe this is all a part of the natural order of things. Maybe a species as advanced in our genetic and technological evolution is supposed to face the repercussions of its development and understand their world better.
Speaking of future predictions... I believe that while humans have the capacity to sense beyond the basic 5 senses, it's such an undeveloped trait that it cannot be credited as a fully-developed "ability." For instance, many people claim to see bits of the future. I believe I can, I believe others can. I don't believe, however, anybody currently has such skill with it as to successfully predict what will happen in a point in time yet to exist. If these people are so gifted, can they not likewise be more accurate with the past? If the past has happened, could not the residual energy be more readily tapped into than a series of probabilities all contingent on choices not yet made? What events already having occurred could be brought into question as opposed to what "could" happen? If people can truly see the future, is it not our responsibility to make sure the best possible outcome will occur? I believe that no future is written in stone, and that any future we see is more than likely the "most plausible outcome" as processed by our minds.
I think I'm done for now.
I am convinced that ignorance should be classified as a sin, and pinned up as the greatest of them all. I come to this conclusion because I see the world around me descending into this drone-like state where people actively seek to dumb themselves down and join the proverbial herd. I feel that we, as a species, should be doing far more than we actually do, and that the fault lies in the general populace for trying to ignore everything. From a religious standpoint, there is a parable Jesus tells of a rich man who gives money to three of his servants. The first invests the money and triples what he was given, the second goes and doubles his money in the same manner, and the third one hides his money in the ground so it doesn't get lost or stolen. When the rich man calls for his money, he rewards the first two, and condemns the last one for not even trying to do something with the money. The interpretation I've always heard is that we are the servants, given special gifts from God to develop and make greater. Nowadays, I think the entire story can apply to the general mentality of people--it seems like there is so much people can think about and say and do to make the world better, but they hide their minds away in fear. In such a case, are people not committing the greatest sin by actively not thinking about what they see around them?
Another trend I'm noticing is the idea of global destruction. I find it silly. Yes, humans have changed the world (and not for the better, as it now seems). However, so many people fail to state an obvious fact- we need to adapt. We, as a species, has gotten the idea that we control our world; we are of this world, and thus are controlled by it. While so many disasters strike, we should be thinking of ways to minimize the damages incurred by storms and the like. People point to the Mayan Calendar and Nostradamus as proof that our world is ending. Both sources were based on spiritualism, where death and transformation are usually synonymous. Likewise, we don't know what a dominant species' long-term effects on a planet are (what with the total lack of data), and so maybe this is all a part of the natural order of things. Maybe a species as advanced in our genetic and technological evolution is supposed to face the repercussions of its development and understand their world better.
Speaking of future predictions... I believe that while humans have the capacity to sense beyond the basic 5 senses, it's such an undeveloped trait that it cannot be credited as a fully-developed "ability." For instance, many people claim to see bits of the future. I believe I can, I believe others can. I don't believe, however, anybody currently has such skill with it as to successfully predict what will happen in a point in time yet to exist. If these people are so gifted, can they not likewise be more accurate with the past? If the past has happened, could not the residual energy be more readily tapped into than a series of probabilities all contingent on choices not yet made? What events already having occurred could be brought into question as opposed to what "could" happen? If people can truly see the future, is it not our responsibility to make sure the best possible outcome will occur? I believe that no future is written in stone, and that any future we see is more than likely the "most plausible outcome" as processed by our minds.
I think I'm done for now.