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| hmm i haven't written here for a while.
lots of changes in the past couple of weeks. i got a job, i started taking shit seriously...it's been good.
i try not to hate, but it's so easy.
all i ask for is reciprocated honesty and respect...but people play this game of life to WIN!
drifting...
oh and btw...i've never felt so jaded in my life.
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| i went up to the mountains this weekend. i was surprised to find it snowing in late may. i guess nature never fails to conjure feelings of awe and inspiration. the imagery was splendid: rolling vapor clouds
condensing into snow as they climbed the mountain face and creeks
formed by melted runoff. water in every phase, the vast mountain, and trees evergreen.
the valley was beautiful as well. though the sky was occupied by rain clouds, the moisture accentuated the beauty of grassy lawns and mature trees.
i'm beginning to feel like certain habits in my current lifestyle have lost their appeal. often these actions are carried out in an obligatory almost mechanical fashion without any true satisfaction. perhaps it's time to break such habits. | | |
| i've come to realize that no matter how modern the world will inevitably become, its antiquities will remain and continue to inspire people. we will remain attached to nature's beauty -- it's patterns, shapes, and organization. yet, the acceleration of modern growth worldwide will continue to compete with our natural environment. our material desires will compete with the inherent desires of our posterity. eventually, humans will realize that our progress and growth are microscopic in comparison to the scale upon which our true desires are measured. i am confident a balance will be met as long as those people who remain unattached to the "modern agenda" are resilient.
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| i used to write here to explain myself to others. i find myself more intricate than most. i am not one to accept maxims without proper reasoning. for this reason, i have found myself to have values and ideals which are anything but mainstream. i have found that i tend to offend more people than i enlighten. still, i have not lost hope in explaining myself for the occasional free spirit.
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| upon reanalyzing the nature of god i have created a general theory for
why the idea of god exists and why this understanding is important.
we
must assume that the vast majority of people (both alive and previously
living) are uneducated or at the very least have a basic level of
literacy. it is therefore important for a society and contributing
members of society to explain to these people, usually at a young age,
a tangible reason for moral action. this is where the concept of god
comes in. if we study the ancients we come to realize that god is
always good and destroys evil. for the greeks the gods protected the
people from the titans. zoroastrians believe that ahura mazda trumps
angra mainyu. in judaic belief the story of abel and cain is a
framework declaring good vs. evil. the ten commandments establish the
difference between what is good for all and what is evil (often what is
only good for the individual). thus, god is the concept of the infinite
and universal conscience; that which prevails every living human being.
obeying "his" will is essentially understanding our own hardwired moral
emotions as well as the life-promoting natural laws. therefore belief
is nothing more than the acceptance and understanding of these central
ideas. it is useless to have blind faith. faith must be a logical and
reasonable acceptance of these secular ideas. assuming that god is some
guy up in the sky who can listen to our prayers is insanity.
the
problem with religions is that too many cooks enter the kitchen.
initially a prophet, a man like you and me, creates and preaches his ideas and perhaps creates some elements to explain the
unexplainable and establish a method for living a moral life. over
time, these elements are accepted as truth and the prophet only
succeeds in making people moral. the truly effective religions do not
adhere to supernatural tenets. over time, improperly established
religions (or perhaps religions which started as movements and then
progressed into a religion) gain added elements which should be viewed
as sacrilegious. these added elements, often which are made to be legal
requirements may actually harm humanity on a whole. such requirements negate the primary purpose of
god. to be specific, clothing, diet, and belief
(such as the belief that jesus resurrected) requirements are
unneccessary for one's connection to god and should at the very least
only be observed by individuals who find it personally necessary or
important. the performance of traditions and rituals should be allowed and understood however should
never be considered a requirement. piousness is
determined by actions alone not by a dot on your forehead.
it is important that those who adhere to religions and take
part in religious practices do so not for a supernatural god, but for
one's individual moral strength. meditation and prayer undoubtedly
affect a person's emotional response to certain ideas and can help
create positive determination. they are a strengthening of the will to be.
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