February 15, 2009
- Fools -
Only a fool thinks the universe will not take care of his needs.
But we’re all fools, in the end. Or at least schmucks…
Yeah, we can worry about food, water, the economy, other things. And these are important. But you’re going to fail at all of them if you don’t reach through them and past them. The road to hell is paved with good intentions, but look at Dante. The road to heaven starts on the far side of hell (right out the devil’s backside…)!
Think of Leary’s Semantic Circuits. Each circuit needs to be activated in order, but if you stay in the lower circuits, you’re short circuiting yourself (so to speak). The higher is useless without the support of the lower, but the lower is pointless without the higher.
One of my favorite quotes if from Mike Wallace’s interview with Erich Fromm: “I think we got off the track, as many societies do, who follow successfully one aim, and yet are not capable of seeing at what point the pursuit of this aim prevents them from following a more total aim. That is to say, they get into a blind alley.”
More total aims. Maslow’s pyramid of human needs…
If consciousness is to grow, it needs space…
Amen, brother!
Plus you can block the universe from providing, IME, by being fearful.
Comment by Ted — February 15, 2009 @ 7:08 pm
Hell yeah, there’s a BUNCH of ways you can block it. But always, some part of you knows exactly what you’re doing. We just have to listen for it.
Comment by Ian — February 16, 2009 @ 3:24 pm