I've always wondered what it would be like to expose people to my various quandaries on life and all the other subjects that follow. I remember leaving behind poems or journal entries in places of travel such as subway stations or greyhound stops throughout New York state before there were things like blogs. I was always into the notion of others viewing an impression made by myself without knowing me or my circumstances. Of course I also left behind drawings, trash and other disposable things. This is why it seems right to start this "BLOG".
A friend of mine; a roommate that I lived with in Seattle (back in cut throat dire straits glory) recently visited Portland and suggested that I should write. The outcome is unsure, but of course who cares. It is true that having a place to vent and describe the feelings and thoughts that occur within the individual that has been deemed to be "me" is a great self analysis tool, and perhaps whom ever ends up having the interest or painful patience to read through this can find some sort of satisfaction through human recognition.
Gaining greatness is something that we all want to achieve. How we do it or what we do to get there seems arbitrary; such as the inevitable fact that we have no idea what will happen after death, and the awesome feeling of being alive. The patterns and rituals that we adopt is negligible in regard to the sacredness of what is actually happening throughout the generations of our species. I feel very happy that art, language, culture and tradition has been something that all people cherish and within the same vain, I intend to contribute to that pool of experience.
We use the concept of the heart to describe our deepest and most honest thoughts and feelings. As "new age" and "hippie" it is to say, I encourage you reader to leave your heart behind. Please use your brain to realize that heart is something that is shared amongst us all and that we have the intellect to find individualism and universalism within this concept.
It's not you. It's everyone else.
ReplyDeleteBoth heart and mind are requirements to be a wholly realized human being. Using one too much over the other creates issues - balance is the key.
ReplyDeleteIn my perspective the mind and the heart are one in the same. It is a cultural notion that they are separate entities. My idea is to create a new cultural idea that we all have minds that are evolved enough to think of each others benefits as our own, therefor appeasing the "heart's" desires as a shared and singular act for everybody.
ReplyDeleteIt's a pretty vague concept that has the potential to be interpreted in many different ways. I definitely get what you're saying though when I consider our traditional cultural understanding of mind and heart, but ultimately it is the mind (or brain) that functions as the central organ of consciousness. I guess I'm opting more for a non-dualistic and literal perspective.
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