That was great Don! Now should I back you up on the piano or the bass? I assume you play guitar, no?
It is undeniably true that everyone, whether through the visual or the interactive, adapts their own personal "self" from all that has been absorbed within the environmental experience. We all know what happens to a child that is locked up in a room without any exposure to the outside world. We cannot fully discover ourselves without knowing what others have discovered. This is what prompts us to explore our shadow. On May 18, 5:54 pm, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > To truly discover who you are(or in another sense, who you'd like to be) I > think it is necessary and certainly beneficial to study others beliefs and > philosophies. An analogy would be the musician searching for his style. SD > can back me up on this(or not). You learn a dozen other people's style and > develop your own usually as a combination of the others. Many times it is > done unconsciously but if your goal is self understanding it would be better > to deliberately learn/copy other styles, pick what you like about them the > most and develop yours accordingly. > > dj > > On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 1:39 PM, e_space <[email protected]> wrote: > > > lol..."live" to me is the ongoing movie that is my life, not somebody > > elses...but i may consider this. im not really looking for info so i > > would prefer to read a book that is fun at least...hesse was good > > because his philosophy was at least in novel form...quite enjoyable > > and started with Siddhartha. i have mentioned this book in another > > post... > > > On May 18, 11:57 am, Rosey <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Sigh...I took a brief vacation from this forum and upon returning find > > > members poking lances at each other. Shame on you! Whatever it is, > > > get over it. > > > > I recommend Hesse-Siddhartha. > > > > I wanted to mention to e. that although I understand your logic for > > > not wanting to be influenced by others' philosophies you will notice > > > that we as humans do not differ much in thought. Many philosophical > > > view points tend to intertwine with each other. Relieve yourself and > > > enjoy a good read. Nothing like sitting on a chaise by a crackling > > > fire or breezy ceiling fan and getting absorbed into another world. > > > That's live. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
