>
>One way to determine what is important in life
>is too look at those who are enjoying life and
>stable. People who seek answers in philosophy
>or abstract reasoning do not appear to be
>finding answers that lead to enjoyment and
>stability.
I think a lot of it has to do with engagement in life. Seems to me there
are several levels:
1) DOUBLE-WATCHING: Watch pretend people pretend to have a life--we call
this TV or
video games.
2)WATCHING: Watch other people do things.
3) LEARNING: Learn about things we can do--various kinds of education.
4) SEMI-CONNECTED: Practice or do things which are various degrees of
remoteness from the needs of life--like clerking in a music store or
programming
computers.
5) CONNECTED: Practice or do things which are vitally connected with every
day needs of life like growing food, cutting wood, cooking meals, dancing,
creating music.
From what I see, the more people are in stage 5 and the less they
are in stage one, usually the more connected to life they are. And assuming
they are being reasonably successful with 5, generally the happier
they are.
Sharon
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