Ok so hear me out on this...
How is it that we as a society have two very distinct aphorisms in life or at least what I believe exist in Western/US cultures.
1 - The concept of unconditional love.. accepting people for who they UNCONDITIONALLY.
2 - And the concept of Self Improvement... where through self analysis we determine that there are areas in ones life that are deemed needing improvement or change AND OR other influences (see Sapolsky's Stanford lecture series on evolutionary human behavior). Self Improvement can be made through subversive means as well, you can see this behavior in power struggles, for example say there is a couple that have have been together for a number of years and have had numerous rocky moments during their marriage, just overall dysfunctional. In one attempt at salvaging they go to see a marriage counselor, and it comes to light that during the session a discovery is made that gives one of the partners a legitimate excuse to end things. though instead they say that the other partner needs to change this behavior or else they'll end the marriage. While there are a whole other host of dynamics in play here essentially you are being pressured outside to change inside, but this is not a guarantee, as the other party may just take the other choice.
I feel like there is this imbalance in absolutes.. and that statement sounds like whack.
ok.. so I've said it before that in each topically concept of ideal.. just like metaphysics describes things.. and life is not black and white... those are the extremes of the spectrum of life. There is all the color in between... and you need to step outside of your colors from time to time. Life is a rainbow... no one.. or group really owns that.. as they were here before any humans existed.
Whatever exists in life there will be shades/hues/variations in it.... so the science tells me so.. ♩ ♪ ♫ ♬.
So the only way we as a species continue to evolve is by this method.. chaos theory seems to indicate this as well... the noise.. the variations... that is part of reality.
now while my ignorant mind is that... I have a barely functioning understanding of the basics of sciences based on the public education of the 80's. Coupled with whatever superfluous self educating I've given myself, I would say it's primer knowledge. Too much pop culture crap living rent free taking up space still.
The more I sit on this and stew I get these sort of solidifying opinion (is being aware enough?) towards a "bigger picture" and I really need to write them down when they happen... so I think I may have a post on this prior...
essentially it's this... so where I am now and where I was has definitely taken me down a path I did not expect. Philosophy? Really? This is where I started... and then on to the sciences and then on to history and getting back into reading and starting soooooo many fucking things I never finish them... but wait I finally finished that damn history book from last year and I just found myself smacking my optimism out of the air.
So... just like that now I'm trying to edit this gif... and I lack the software to do it.. fuck..
also.. squirrel.
