The Secret
August 15, 2007
There’s a movie, and a book out there called “The Secret”, which has become quite popular. Millions of copies have sold, and a lot of people are talking about it. One group seems to believe in it devoutly, and others say it’s “wishful thinking.” Well I think it’d be a fun run-down to get to the bottom of whether it’s worth believing in, or not.
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A Quick Inquiry Into The Nature Of Bullshit
August 8, 2007
I hear so much bullshit it’s amazing. The television seems full of it. I rarely watch television, besides Late Night with Conan O’Brien (which I watch near every night), but when I do I seem to find endless streams of bullshit.
I see Fox News, and the bullshit gushes from the screen. Shoddy introductions to literature and philosophy books are nothing but bullshit. “New Age” artists seem to bullshit consistently.
But I don’t wish to use bullshit in the vulgar term meaning, “I disapprove of what you’re saying.” Bullshit is more exact than that, and has a very exact meaning. If I was to tell someone, “Stop bullshitting me!”, I don’t mean, “I disapprove of what you’re saying.”
Let’s try to get a handle on what bullshit is.
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Why Our World Lacks Perfection
July 18, 2007
If life is hard to you, this may help – Freedom requires resistance, and resistance comes via your own chosen ends.
People oftentimes wonder why this world isn’t “perfect”. Why God created a world with such suffering. Why would he do such a thing? I’d like to show that a lot of this is based on confused thinking. When I thought about all of this I came to the conclusion that freedom itself is not possible without resistance, and that without resistance there is nothing.
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Developing Will Power, Resolve, and Determination
July 16, 2007
Do you ever wonder why one couple stays together for 50 years, even if things are bad, and other couples give up within 6 months over petty nothings? Ever wonder why one man can get back up time and time again after failure after failure, never giving up, while other “wusses” can’t even take the slightest bit of struggle? Ever wonder why some people can be so disciplined and others can’t keep even the most simple things together?
I know I do. I think about it all the time. I watch my own will power at times fluctuate with the times. Sometimes I feel strong, able to take on the entire world. Other times, I give in with very little struggle. Sometimes I can tolerate near anything from another person and still forgive them, and other days even the tiniest thing can set me off. Some days I’ll work on a project all day long, non-stop. Other days I feel that depression creep in and think, “What is the use”.
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Romance And Relationships
June 20, 2007
I have always been fascinated with the interpersonal dynamic of couples, and the entire subject of romance. That passionate love you oftentimes see between lovers.
I enjoy listening to the things they say to one another, such as “Be my girl”, or “I want to be your whole world”, or “Would you kill for me?”. All kinds of romantic exchanges between lovers as they sit beside each other watching the sunset, staring into one another’s eyes. All those feelings that you know is boiling up inside of each of them, and coming out in such passionate language.
I oftentimes wonder if I’ll ever be able to say such things to any special someone, because such things do not seem to make much sense to me. If she is to be “my girl”, then what kind of ownership are we implying? Would I want to be a girl’s “whole world”, or would she ever truly want to be mine? What would that even mean? Kill for me? As unromantic as it sounds, it’s doubtful I would ever kill anyone for any reason, being the pacifist that I am.
Am I just unromantic? Is it just that I don’t understand what’s taking place? I’d like to invite you to see, as we try to examine the meaning of such sayings, and see if they make sense.
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