All you say may be true, but when you change your mind and say something completely different in the next post, you lose me. Yes, I might not be smart enough for you Andrew. That is for sure. Reason has its place in the big picture.
On Friday, August 29, 2014 4:41:19 PM UTC-4, andrew vecsey wrote: > > OK Molly, I will respect your opting out and not conversing with me > because my "fluid" position is too challenging for your intellect. > Do any of you other "thinkers" feel the same way as Molly?. Who also finds > having a rigid position more intelligent? > I suppose a non-changing rigid dogmatic position of parroting what they > teach at school is exactly what these pricy and snobby schools and their > professors demand of their students. And perhaps that is also what the CEOs > of the large corporations demand of their employers. Part of being free is > being able to be fluid enough to change your mind on any position, and part > of showing respect is to have the honesty and humility to do so. > > On Friday, August 29, 2014 9:49:48 PM UTC+2, Molly wrote: >> >> ....And I am reminded that your fluid position makes it difficult to have >> an intelligent conversation with you, so excuse me if I opt out on this one >> now. >> >> >> >> On Friday, August 29, 2014 3:12:22 PM UTC-4, andrew vecsey wrote: >>> >>> You have to show respect to earn it yourself. If you love your enemies, >>> you will not have any. You have to be patient, good things take time to >>> take root. Hope is a powerful thing. Do not give up too soon. Its better to >>> be positive and optimistic, than to be negative and pessimistic. Perhaps >>> you should change your line of work. >>> On Friday, August 29, 2014 6:56:53 PM UTC+2, Molly wrote: >>>> >>>> I have to say that in my line of work, I have not seen much respect for >>>> other peoples views. There is quite a bit of hate in the world. I'm not >>>> judging it, just tired of dealing with it all week. Glad for the holiday >>>> weekend. Respect cannot be legislated, and not everyone is capable. If >>>> your model depends on it, I would find a different one. >>>> >>>> On Friday, August 29, 2014 10:59:30 AM UTC-4, andrew vecsey wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Perhaps one needs to find the golden middle- not too small and not too >>>>> big, but just right. What would the golden middle be for our world? How >>>>> many languages, how many countries, how many religions. What is the ideal >>>>> size of a family? The golden middle should be found not by scientists or >>>>> religious leaders, but by the people themselves. As long as we do not >>>>> have >>>>> "too big to fail" mentalities, and as long as we respect people`s views, >>>>> and their desire to be free, everything should gravitate automatically to >>>>> the golden middle point. And if things get too big, let them fail and >>>>> break >>>>> up. >>>>> >>>>> On Friday, August 29, 2014 4:07:15 PM UTC+2, Molly wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> I find the philosophy of focusing locally ethnocentric and short >>>>>> sited if that is the whole of it. Working with local community for >>>>>> local >>>>>> needs is important, but so is a more global focus like world peace, >>>>>> climate >>>>>> change, space program, world hunger, disease irradiation...these things >>>>>> can't be resolved on the local level yet individuals can make a >>>>>> difference >>>>>> on them within their communities. My local community does not >>>>>> manufacture >>>>>> cars, but there are certainly enough made in my state, so I need to >>>>>> expand >>>>>> my scope to get one. I have a Land Rover for brutal Michigan winter >>>>>> driving, so there, I have supported Archy's community too. >>>>>> >>>>>> Folks are drawn to herd mentality for many reasons, usually an >>>>>> underdeveloped mind. There is no particular "they" doing the >>>>>> brainwashing >>>>>> but the cultural norm of the time, whether it be local, national or >>>>>> global >>>>>> culture. Each of us is responsible for our own development, we choose >>>>>> to >>>>>> look away from ourselves and get stuck in a stage of development, or >>>>>> choose >>>>>> to face what stops us and get beyond it. An ongoing process of >>>>>> introspection that many find too painful to pursue. Those who believe in >>>>>> conspiracies are themselves stifled by the belief that forces beyond >>>>>> their >>>>>> control limit them. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Friday, August 29, 2014 5:48:36 AM UTC-4, andrew vecsey wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Nature clearly demonstrates cycles of growth and separation. This >>>>>>> trend is seen from cells to mountains and from families to empires. >>>>>>> Growth reaches a point where the size becomes too big to sustain >>>>>>> itself and then falls apart, separating into smaller better manageable >>>>>>> pieces. Man tends to interfere with nature, and the trend to >>>>>>> globalization as desired by the few greedy powerful that want to have >>>>>>> it >>>>>>> all is a clear indication of this. Schools have followed this >>>>>>> trend. They started out as facilities of learning in families and >>>>>>> communities. They became international centers of indoctrination. >>>>>>> Politics >>>>>>> also have followed this trend. They started out as communities and >>>>>>> ended up >>>>>>> as empires. Businesses started out as family run enterprises and ended >>>>>>> up >>>>>>> as global corporations. Left to themselves, they will all get too >>>>>>> big and fall into smaller pieces. Thanks to the technologies >>>>>>> available at the present, this cycle of growth and separation can be >>>>>>> allowed to follow without the normal destructive processes that would >>>>>>> be >>>>>>> otherwise necessary to allow the “too big to fail” to fail. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> For schools and education, this is the internet. For empires, this >>>>>>> is the democratic process of voting instead of wars. For the >>>>>>> banks, this is the bitcoin protocol. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> It high time for people, especially educated ones and those claiming >>>>>>> to be “free thinkers” to embrace these possibilities. But >>>>>>> unfortunately too many are already brainwashed. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> There is hope. The simple solution to this ever growing trend of the >>>>>>> few rich to actually get it all is not to play along. Once people >>>>>>> actually >>>>>>> find that “local small” is more desirable to “global big”, then the >>>>>>> first >>>>>>> step is made. Then you can vote with your wallet and support local >>>>>>> schools >>>>>>> and businesses over the global ones. This is possible because the >>>>>>> driving >>>>>>> force of these greedy few rich that want it all is money. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> If this seems too simplistic, it is because most “thinkers” are >>>>>>> brainwashed to believe in “the bigger the better” way of thinking. Most >>>>>>> “thinkers” also are brainwashed to believe that “if it is too simple, >>>>>>> then >>>>>>> it has not been fully thought out and needs more expertise to make it >>>>>>> work >>>>>>> at all”. Unfortunately with the mass media, most of us have been >>>>>>> brainwashed not to think at all and to be complacent with entertainment >>>>>>> and >>>>>>> drugs. >>>>>>> >>>>>> -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. 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