Tag: Philosophy
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Survival Of The Fittest?
Survival of the Fittest? There’s not enough to go around,so we’ve been constantly told, and thus solda bill of goods that profit theself-proclaimed, privileged few. Who, living in obscene opulence, stolenfrom wage slaves and the poor, subsidizedby governments, their cronies in power,enabled by want-to-be entitled elitists of all stripes. Mandarins of the status-quo dismiss the…
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We Are All Philosophers
We Are All Philosophers I describe myself as a ‘cynical optimist’. I liken it to a katana (Japanese long sword)… my core being optimism, softer, more malleable, more open and hopeful, which is encased in hardened and finely honed cynicism… for cutting through all the philosophical (sophistry), political, and social junk (BS). The thing about…
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Decluttering
Decluttering getting ridof thingsI don’t need also includesopinions and ideasnow irrelevant keep what’simportant and trueopen to life’s menu choosing onlywhat I like and needin uncluttered rooms to dance and playopen my mindeach and every day –LE – 12/21/25
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Which Of The Multitude?
Describe a man who has positively impacted your life. There have been so many, and let’s not forget the other half (more or less) of the population… And ‘positive’ is a matter of opinion. During my formative years, it was my dad. He was the one there and in control. So, I had no choice…
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Our Social Pyramid
Our Social Pyramid jack of many thingsmaster of nothingnot even myself somewhere in the middlethe distributionnaturally skewed just one of the massesin the pyramid’s basepropping up the elites in their imagined graceentitlement and hubristheir defining face gorging on the fruits ofour labor and sufferingat the hands of their lickspittle sycophantsand cynical thugswith NDA’s and guns…
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New Skills – No; Lessons, Well…
What skills or lessons have you learned recently? To paraphrase an old song: You can’t always get what you ask for, but sometimes you get what you need…; -) I’ve heard that there are no accidents or coincidences in life, only lessons. The problem I have with that is that it’s just another story (fiction)…
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Freedom
Freedom Fight for freedom – you sayWhat freedom – I sayPolitical, social, religiousIntellectual, sexual – you say Or freedom fromLaw – civil, physical, spiritualFrom intellect, emotion, sensationDeath – say you There is no freedom – say IOnly exchange ofOne tyranny for another Political – tax collectors and tyrantsSocial – cliques and classesReligeious – saviors and…
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Life Like Winter Snow
Life Like Winter Snow Life like winter snowIt comes and goesStays its day or twoThen gone, it disappearsIt changes form – evaporatesTurns to vaporRises to the skyAnd waits its turnTo fall againAnd who can sayThe form it takesWhen it returnsRain or snow or sleet or hailSo life’s vaporComes and goesLike spring showersOr summer rainsAutum stormsOr…
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Any Gentle Activities
What are your favorite physical activities or exercises? There is a big difference in what I like now and what I thrived on in the past. I prefer walking, riding my recumbent, Tai Chi, gentle yoga, and a little archery. In the past, I loved working out for 2-3 hours in Judo (was a turnament…
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Collective Consciousness
Collective Consciousness according to early psychologistswe are all attached in auniversal unconsciousness but what if it’s not unconsciousbut perspectives of the sameconsciousness pervading all the entire universe a universe of layers and perspectivesfrom so-called ‘matter’consciousness limited and basic to so-called sentientswith more complicated perspectivesmore self-aware perspectives of the conscious universemorality but a means of controlone…
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