First let me say that there seems to be so many threads these days so I'm losing track and having to search through to find the ones that I have participated in in order to get back in reply. Is there some technique anyone has of keeping track of relevant threads. I was thinking of writing them down on paper so I can simply go down the list. This is a reply to a post that is 2 days old.
Yes I can appreciate the differences in people and see the benefits of that difference as well. Fact is I'm many times basking in enjoyment because of these people who toil at the same chores daily for years. They are the underlying fabric of many other lives. My post wasn't intended to demean or impune their lifestyles but was expressed from my own perspective looking out. Where would we be if everyone was totally free? Who would pick up and process our refuse, serve us a hot meal and then clean up after and all the other roles of servitude that people perform, mostly unnoticed and taken for granted. I don't know if it would be classed as a feeling of contentment for most, maybe a few. It may simply be a recognition of the accepted social level and the extent of one's ability and capacity to live. This is not to say it is a bad thing but simply the janitor knows he never could be a doctor regardless of finance, low proficiency in mathematics rules out much else and after a multitude of considerations, he settles for something that is within his recognitions. I also would not put it such that I jump from one thing to another as that would hardly be the case on the personal level, the internal. I guess it might be having the multitude of capacities that allow for change and the ability, as previously discussed, to effect change through focus. I find without focus there is no change but stagnation. Now I'm focusing on months ahead and trying to narrow down the desired possibilities. There are those Shakespearean stages in life That are predictable, especially the first and the last, which I often ponder in a hope for the best. It is within the stages in between that we have to dance and frolic about and that is what drives me to live. I think Justin sums it up well for me above with the one paragraph, with a single edit......... I think it means that our minds and lives can be made totally consistent with the (true self, cosmos) and if it is, the world will be transformed. Socially, it is the core realization under the 60s that we can all just decide to let all of this fighting go, we can just tune in, turn on, drop out and all of the wars and unhappiness will be replaced by the garden. Just do it, man. I guess this is why I love my garden. On May 19, 9:50 am, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > "... Maybe its just me but I don't understand how anyone would live > like that, without change...." - SD > > Of course it is different for each of us...and, as best as I can tell, > much of it is accidental. That notion aside, possibilities for these > people who sit at the same counter, chatting w/the same people and > perhaps even about the same things...it is possible that they are > content. > For you, perhaps to be content, you must keep jumping from one thing > to another. Either way or at any point in the spectrum inbetween, > neither way is better/worse... > > William Shakespeare - All the world's a stage (from As You Like It > 2/7) > > "All the world's a stage, > And all the men and women merely players: > They have their exits and their entrances; > And one man in his time plays many parts, > His acts being seven ages. At first the infant, > Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms. > And then the whining school-boy, with his satchel > And shining morning face, creeping like snail > Unwillingly to school. And then the lover, > Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad > Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a soldier, > Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard, > Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel, > Seeking the bubble reputation > Even in the cannon's mouth. And then the justice, > In fair round belly with good capon lined, > With eyes severe and beard of formal cut, > Full of wise saws and modern instances; > And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts > Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon, > With spectacles on nose and pouch on side, > His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide > For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice, > Turning again toward childish treble, pipes > And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all, > That ends this strange eventful history, > Is second childishness and mere oblivion, > Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything." > > On May 18, 6:07 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > It means that people have to pay their taxes, like it or not. {;-( > > > The quote suggests, and I would agree, that people have a tendency to > > stick it out in their lot in life not realizing that they can bail out > > anytime. Sometimes it takes a devastating hurricane or tornado to get > > people to that point of realization that life does move on. There > > are some small towns I go to that I haven't been to in years. At the > > cafe I see the same people doing the same thing, day after day, week > > after week, month after month, year after year. I look at my life > > and see that I have done more in one year than they have done in six > > years. Maybe its just me but I don't understand how anyone would live > > like that, without change. That is when I start to think about old > > souls and new souls. Maybe that is all they can do. I feel like I've > > been around the globe dozens of times in thousands of years. I > > always want to be doing something new, never had a full time job in my > > life and never had any job that lasted more than six months. I don't > > want to know what I'm going to be doing for the rest of my life, to me > > that is like death. So what it means to me is, I can walk out the > > door today and wander about and soon I will have a whole new wonderful > > life somewhere else. > > > On May 18, 8:49 am, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > "We hardly ever realize that we can cut anything out of our lives, > > > anytime, in the blink of an eye." > > > - Carlos Castaneda (1931 - ) > > > > What do you think it means?- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
