i liked reading that it's like a dance don't you think? bit like that hindu concept - lila. got to stay on those self-aware toes, lest we fall back onto our reactive arses...
--- On Fri, 5/2/10, John Carl <[email protected]> wrote: > From: John Carl <[email protected]> > Subject: [MD] John Carl v2.0a (the morOnist build) > To: [email protected] > Received: Friday, 5 February, 2010, 11:22 AM > I agree completely. > > That the most fundamental of this particular OS install > into the new and > improved John Carl Avatar. "I agree > completely." > > It could be irritating and get old really fast, especially > if meant > sarcastically or ironically or trying to get all "one over" > on y'all. > That'd be just plain rude. So I think a little > explanation should clear > things up. > > First of all. The necessity of the rebuild. The > old personality just > wasn't working out all that well. I mean, > my wife loves me and my kids > think I'm a god. So I have no basic complaints but > really, on any sort of > social scale I'm way below the bottom. Even low-life > white-trash scum have > friends on a saturday night, have an idea how they fit into > their world and > have mommas that love 'em mostly. > > And I felt bad, with my communications on this list, > somehow. It was all > critical, negative and fighting. And I felt bad in > retrospect about my > response to Mary. It's not really my fault > that my system goes into a > freeze/glitch whenever I encounter the "L" word. Its > just a bug. But a bug > that oughta be fixed, dammit. So I rebooted. > > And I think I like this new version. It's making > sense to me. The truth > is, I do agree completely. Everybody has their little > slice of the truth, > and for them it's all there is and all they've got. > To counter it or > disagree with their reality is just plain rude. I > wouldn't want it done to > me, why am I always doing it to other people? > > And cackling away it all the while! > > What an asshole I've been. > > So... John Carl 2.0a at your service. > > Now... as to what I mean by "the moronIst rebuild" is sorta > a *reductio > advert boozium* kinda deal - Like Pirsig using the absense > of Quality to > prove it's existence. One of those logical > thinga-ma-bobs. Only more > inspired by alcohol than intellectual excellence. I > will completely assume, > for this personality, that the mOronist position is the > absolute bedrock of > truth, the metaphysical foundation of the world is > meaninglessness. Krimel > is my teacher. When I make mistakes, (as it's easy to > do when you're > running an un-de-bugged install) he can correct me and > extract whatever > meaning or value I inadvertently snuck in there. And > if he's busy, maybe > y'all who are familiar enough with his cosmological > position can step in and > sub. > > Anyway, if the world makes more sense to me running this > adaptation, then I > oughta adopt it. Honestly and legit. Right now > the controlling me is a > little skeptical, but I'm willing to give it a run and see > how it does. > > Now. The main differeneces of this new OS, seems to > me to be the strong > affirmative propertys. No more negativity! > I'm not gonna disagree with > anybody ever again, except maybe my wife. And > Platt. Probably Ham. But > that's it. No more disagreement at all, ever. > Disagreement accomplishes > nothing that you want it to, and lots of things you don't > want it to. What > good is it? Toss it out. mOroniSts are > pragmatic with the hand they are > dealt. Since nothing really matters, we oughta > accumulate the most brownie > points we can while we are here. > > Now, intellectual honesty must be maintained. I > cannot agree with falsity > or lies. But every person states truth as they see > it, from their > perspective. And I can agree with them that they do > in fact see things in > that way that they do. So there is truth in every one > and there is room for > agreement every where. The big issue of course > is whether this is a good > thing or not. And that's why I've had to specify the > MorOnisT build here, > because it really doesn't make any difference what is > really true, in the > end. All that matters is one's social popularity, > pragmatically > manipulated. And people love to be affirmed. > That's the one constant pull > of existence is having one's metaphysical and egoistical > platform validated. > It seems a simple enough service to provide. > Why have I been denying it > all these years? If it doesn't work out, then > maybe I'll try the > personality without the MoRonisT add-on. Although > it'd be hard to figure > some things out, It'd be fun to try. > > Other features of this personality are its advancement in > the area of > Loyalty. My recent conversations with Ham > led me to realize that my > personality had room for improvement and I should consider > the possibilities > beyond existentialism. I became convinced from my > roycean readings that I > needed Loyalty as a major component of my > personality. And sometime ago, > I'd declared a prediliction for "the low road". Over > and against "the high > road". And yet, even though I declared for the low, I > was messin' around > with the high and mighty! Getting all involved in > intellectual speculations > way outta my league and way over my head. > > No more. > > The 2.0a version of John Carl is going to stick to his > road, be loyal to his > path, and not interfere nor hinder the progress of those on > the higher > paths. And I said then what I say now, it might be a > different way, but we > have the same goal. I'm rootin' you fellas on. Go > academic acceptance of > Robert M. Pirsig! Yay team! Wish I could be of > some assistance, but > obviously I can't. > > I'm a low-roader from way back and I've got my old man's > stubborness in me > when it comes to running my own ship. He'd always say > "there's my way or > the highway". > > I didn't like the highway then and I don't like it > now. I'm sticking with > the way that is "my'. > > Just like you all. > > And doing a damn fine job too. each and every > one. > > love, love, love > > JC2.0va > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > __________________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo!7: Catch-up on your favourite Channel 7 TV shows easily, legally, and for free at PLUS7. www.tv.yahoo.com.au/plus7 Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
