I began to post these ideas on Facebook and after consideration, realized that I was on to something. I must confess, I'm not entirely sure what it is. So I would like to share these observations, thoughts and things I've heard and see what you think. As Facebook allows only small amounts of text to be entered in the Status window, these are just small bits of ideas.
So here they are:
1. We see things not as they are but as we are. This means that
our reality is a bit of a hallucination. We live in a kind of
waking dream. We can't learn to see until we admit we are blind.
This is not K-12 curricula. Reality, Impression, Imagination,
Creativity. This progression begins with our impression of what
is and it's always different.
2. We have no idea how gravity, consciousness, intelligence, energy
and other things invisible work. Why does rice have 38,000 genomes
but humans have just above 20,000? Potatoes have 48 chromosomes.
People have 46. Why is it the more light it is, the less we can
see? Is time a line, a blob or just our version of reality?
3. If there are 100 billion galaxies, how many can we see? 5. The
biggest thing that's invisible to us is that which we don't know.
What is one thing we all cannot see? The point. It is dimensionless.
Here are two worthwhile questions: Why are we here and what should
we do about it?
4. Religion might have sprung from the reasoning that, although we
don't know why we are here, we must not enjoy ourselves. More to
the point: We are here on earth to help others. What the others
are here for, I have no idea. But good ideas, for me at least,
come between 10:30 - Midnight. Always when I'm eating Corn Nuts.
5. Does complex always mean complicated? Is it possible that we are
making assumptions about which things are viewed completely
differently by people next door? Some cultures only pay doctors
if they keep you healthy. "Out of the Box" can only happen when
we are willing to learn new ways of doing the same things.
6. Why is it that when we do things intentionally, it carries
purpose and the promise, if not the guarantee, of fulfillment?
But when we slap on the title, "good intentions", on a thing,
it is no more directed than an arrow shot in the sky? Perhaps
because one seems static compared to directed and focused.
Same word, different box.
7. The only problem with poor people is that they don't happen to
have money - which is a curable condition. The only problem with
hungry people is that they don't happen to have enough food -
which is a curable condition. When you think about it, we can all
be cured. So why aren't we?
8. Is it possible that we have become like the people who have
taught us? I say probable. What if we taught ourselves? Then
we are teachers. We were all taught to dream but never how to
effectuate those dreams. Most high-schoolers think they will be
millionaires by age 25. They have no idea how to get there. Or
what it means.
9. What if, in order to change who we are, what we do, what we
think, how we feel, we need to change how we view ourselves?
What if the sum of who we are is dependent on just one thing?
What if the entire Universe spins on this one thing? And what
if this one thing is in our total control? Can we teach this
to everyone? To ourselves?
So there you have it. It is my run of ideas and thoughts and things I've heard that I thought were worthy of elaboration. These were posted over a 24-hour period. And if I committed myself, I could easily do it again.
Further, I think you could too. Our brains are our tools. We can use them to engage ideas beyond our physical selves and into the realm of possibility.
The songwriter and singer, John Denver, wrote a song that describes his version of this idea. Here are the lyrics of that song:
There are those who can live
With the things they don’t believe in
They are giving up their lives
For something that is less than it can be
Some have longed for a home
In a place of inspiration
Some will find the emptiness inside
By giving it all for the things that they
believe
They believe
Maybe it’s just a dream in me
Maybe it’s just my style
Maybe it’s juat the freedom that I’ve found
Given the possibility
Of living up to the dream in me
You know I’ll be reaching for higher ground
I will stand on my own
I will live up to the vision
I will trust in what I feel
I’d follow my heart until it brings me home
Brings me home
Maybe it’s just a dream in me
Maybe it’s just my style
Maybe it’s juat the freedom that I’ve found
Given the possibility
Of living up to the dream in me
You know I’ll be reaching for higher ground
Keep me through the night
Lead me to the light
Teach me the magic of wonder
Give me the spirit to fly
Maybe it’s just a dream in me
Maybe it’s just my style
Maybe it’s juat the freedom that I’ve found
Given the possibility
Of living up to the dream in me
You know I’ll be reaching for higher ground
Maybe it’s just a dream in me
Maybe it’s just my style
Maybe it’s juat the freedom that I’ve found
Given the possibility
Of living up to the dream in me
You know I’ll be reaching for higher ground
- Music by John Denver and Lee Holdridge
- Words by John Denver and Joe Henry
In the next part, I would like to discuss the first post. In the third part, I would like to discuss the second post, and so on. I look forward to any of your comments and thoughts on these subjects.
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