Truth is we can still live in the wild, live off the land without the slightest hint of our time. But one thing that gets in the way fear stemming from our inability to sustain ourselves without the amenities afforded us within the confines of modernity. We've become lazy and complacent, would rather shop at the market than hunt for food, rather enjoy a home cooked meal than scrounge the forest for edible mushrooms and berries, rather get in our vehicles instead of walking 10 miles for some fresh water and stay within the parameters of our safe world where wild beasts capable of eating us whole are blocked out. Sure the fantasy sounds alluring and fascinating but in all reality we are no longer geared to survive in the wild and are at the mercy of government and corporate subsidies. Soon corporations like Monsanto, a leader in GMF production, will have total control over our food supply while government will regulate our mobility through energy resource. Either way we will be brought down to our knees and prostrate for the mere right to survive. Well there is another topic; the "right" to survive. We've thrashed at this in the past here in ME but perhaps some younger minds can give us a glimpse of the view through the mind of growing up in this segment of space time continuum. So do we have any "right" to survive? Just ask your local "prey" and then interview the "predator".
On Jun 4, 8:18 pm, kenny <[email protected]> wrote: > it is crazy when you think of all the possibilities. sometimes i > fantasize about all the options i have, to become something. though my > prudence keeps me on the mainstream. i dream much of living wild in > the woods like H.D.T. just one of many. what is the study of learning > from ones mistakes? and of learning of things we not yet know of? some > kind of scientoligist i'd think... and combine that with such > creativity to bring to the people, and teach them something more than > entertainment. enlightenment! > > On Jun 4, 11:48 am, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 3 June, 03:30, kenny <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > if someone were to ask me to sum up the best thought i could to > > > explain what i call living i would say... it is trying to treat people > > > as who they are in situations. to try and have people see the other > > > side that they are blind to. we, i think, are all blind somewhere. > > > some people have issues...many different kinds. i think it is fun to > > > explore, challange, and dominate others. guess it is in my nature. and > > > when someone gets the best of me then i have learned something about > > > myself. > > > Yes, perhaps the best thing about losing an argument is that it > > affords you the certain knowledge that you, obviously, didn't have > > that would have won you the argument. Perhaps then, living is for > > learning. And, of course, there are two main opportunities for > > learning: > > 1) learning from a standpoint of ignorance > > and > > 2) learning from having made a 'mistake' > > > Learning from a standpoint of ignorance is addressed, these days, > > through education, by teaching our children certain basic facts in an > > orderly fashion so that they can take that knowledge with them into > > their later years. Any additional 'education' we do also falls into > > this category. > > The only other opportunity that life presents us with is when we make > > a 'mistake'. By 'mistake', I mean, the kind of things where our > > expectations of a result were different from the actual result. It > > may be that our 'means of achieving the result' was not correct or it > > may be that our expectations could have been different. Either way, > > we are afforded a chance to learn and a chance to correct either our > > expectations or our means of achieving a particular result.
