Month: September 2022

The telling of stories is as old as humankind. It is how we transcend our short existence and pass on to the next generation the things we have learned. It is history curated with an eye towards that which should contain the things key to the evolution of the human soul.

It is not about entertainment but of course remembering a story is easiest when told by an engaging story teller. In fact there ample examples of good story tellers who use their skill to spread evil, contempt, anxiety, etc; not to teach for noble purposes.

Again, it is the noble storyteller who has a lesson to teach that benefits future generations.

But what if nobody is listening? What if everyone is just talking? What if the stories they tell are worthless garbage and not noble? I think it pushes us back to the days of pre-cave paintings.

Today we largely ignore history. We dont listen to the noble storyteller. Its actually hard to find a noble storyteller because so few understand the importance…. there is no “market”

We are in fact increasingly doomed to repeat the errors of the past because so many insist on rewriting history (more on that later), doing everything from scratch, and moving forward based solely on contemporary thinking. This stifles the advancement of humankind, in fact the argument can be made it erodes our future entirely.

I’ve concluded anxiety is a derivate of emotions that are ”bottled up”

Specifically but not limited to, I note ”bottled up” anger and frustration are two of the primary feelings that are the root cause.

The elimination of anxiety then is to solve the “bottled up” behavior and/or eliminate the anger.

To not be ”bottled up” and express ones feelings in a totally unfiltered way can be very destructive to relationships. Expressions of anger does not solve problems other than it may offer a personal venting that lowers anxiety.

Some people ignore anger despite it being justified. This ”let it go” behavior side steps the anxiety but at what cost? The bad behavior of the protagonist is reinforced. The forgiving victim reinforces his/her role as a human doormat.

The modern cure is SSRIs which make you not care therefore you never get anxious thus short circuiting the experience of human truth completely

I do not know the secret of a good conversation but I know one when I see one. It is much easier to identify a bad conversation.

What do I mean by good vs bad? It mostly has to do with the subject matter and the degree to which the listeners at the time actually want to listen or will extract helpful information from listening. A conversation with nobody listening is not a conversation at all. Its worse than talking in an empty room. You cannot hurt an empty room with mindless babble but other people don’t deserve to have their head filled up with crap they will never use and do not care about

Consider the case of talking with strangers. Are they interested in your family problems? Will it benefit them? How often do we start talking without considering if what we have to say is something of interest to the listener?

Inquiry is one of the best ways to initiate a good conversation, that is, if the question is of authentic importance to the one asking the question. Not drivel such as ”isn’t it hot today?”. Here is a question for consideration …. can talking about a story on TV or a movie ever be a good conversation? Spending ”real life” minutes talking about virtual reality seems like a waste of humanity to me.

People need to spend more time being quiet and listening. Not eager to get a word in edgewise to demonstrate their worth. Conversations where we compare ”mine vs yours” are about self indulgence, not anything ”good”.

Silence can be very good but few people can cope with it and feel compelled to fill the air with their voice.

Imagine a world where people only spoke if they have something important to say…

Imagine a world where all conversations we purposeful…

I was in a restaurant the other day and couldn’t help but overhear the conversation from the table behind us

They were in a celebratory mood. They were happy that Californians had come together in such a rational way to cut back on their energy usage and prevent brownouts during the recent heat wave. they were absolutely giddy about everyone receiving an unsolicited emergency alert on their phone advising them that we had entered a stage three powers situation. to them this could only be seen as a regime success for mankind.

They seem to be ignorant of the fact that California has entered Third World status with respect to its power grid energy management and energy generation. Similarly they did not seem to appreciate that the alert that went out to all Californians was essentially a rationing announcement from the government. It seems they’ve never read the story by George Orwell, 1984

have a joy joy day cousin