What was it somebody said "Out of chaos comes order"? In the every day life of humans there has to be some community control for sure, but within the individual there lies expansive room to freely let the imagination run wild. In the book Papillon, while he was in solitary confinement (controlled), he was actually living the life of Riley on some sunny Caribbean island, with a gorgeous wife and everything he could ask for. To those around him, his life was dark and solitary, while in his "reality" he was joyous and free. It's a wonder he wasn't tanned when they finally let him out!
I guess what I'm getting at is, yes, we are controlled to some extent in our communal lives, but our spirit and imagination offer freedom. They cannot be bound or taken away from us. In the relative impact of control in my life, the boundaries I am subjected to are bareable, and I have all the rope I need to go hang myself with the colossal freedom that I enjoy. An enthusiastic criminal may not feel the same way, and I am happy about that. As long as ones ambition to do something is not considered criminal or harmful to others, there are not many meaningful control mechanisms that restricts the freedom to persue most activities imo. On Jul 26, 8:19 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > We had Molly's wonderful post gone chaotic concerning control and > since then I thought of other aspects of control and being in control > and whether or not we are supposed to be in control. > I hear evangelists speak of turning your life over to God, letting the > Holy Spirit guide you. I hear of following rules and regulations, > laws and dictum of governing bodies. I ask myself, where is there any > room left for us to have any control? > This goes beyond the Molly post as being self and the awareness of > decision that was made prior. Are we not mostly controlled beings? > Isn't control limited to our personal space and even then limited to > no one knowing about that space? Isn't it true, what has been said, > that the only privacy we have is that which exists in our minds? But > then again, when we talk about control, spiritual control, external > control isn't that also a matter that is questionable? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
