Monday, November 24, 2008
just a thought...
Friend: i was reading socrates and stumbled upon this thought it was interesting cause of our converstation. "But I think that if the soul is POLLUTED and impure when it leaves the body, having always been associated with it and served it, bewitched by physical desires and pleasures to the point at which nothing seems to exist for it but the physical, which one can touch and see or eat and drink or make use for sexual enjoyment, and if that soul is accustomed to hate and fear and avoid that which is dim and invisible to the eyes soul will escape PURE and by itself?" Impossible he said....through it, such a SOUL becomes HEAVY and dragged BACK."i guess when you say your in a rut makes me think that my soul feels heavy and dragged back. Don't know just a thought
Friend: Not that i believe physical pleasures are bad, I believe god gave them to us for our pleasure, but the reminder that we are destined for more and I don't want my seeking of pleasures to destroy my soul
Me: profound thought. it's like that saying 'what we do in this life echos in eternity.' i know there is something similar in the bible, not sure where it is. souls are never destroyed so even if we end up in a better place, we're taking everything we put into them with us....scary thought.
Yes indeed.
-AD
Friend: Not that i believe physical pleasures are bad, I believe god gave them to us for our pleasure, but the reminder that we are destined for more and I don't want my seeking of pleasures to destroy my soul
Me: profound thought. it's like that saying 'what we do in this life echos in eternity.' i know there is something similar in the bible, not sure where it is. souls are never destroyed so even if we end up in a better place, we're taking everything we put into them with us....scary thought.
Yes indeed.
-AD
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
On the things we have done...and have yet to do
"Understanding, and action proceeding from understanding and guided by it, is the one weapon against the world's bombardment, the one medicine, the one instrument by which liberty, health, and joy may be shaped or shaped toward, in the individual and in the race..."
Someone once attempted to explain morality to me as a perception. A personal, individual perception that is different for everyone. Is morality simply what you perceive it to be? Maybe it starts with a unique base for each person and is slowly shaped and changed depending on one's experiences and choices. A reasonable explanation? Probably not. Morality is an intangible so difficult to define.
The other night David had a profound comment. "Ashley, do you realize how many things we had done that we always said we wouldn't. Actually, we have done all the things we said we wouldn't do. All of them."
This is how David shed some light on the subject. Or at least pointed out the reality of it. I told him that comment was going straight into my blog, lol.
This realization is sad but true. Or is it sad? Or is it just us, and those close to us making our way through the world defining our lives by delving into all areas of it and experiencing it all?
Socrates did say...
“The unexplored life is unworth living.....” Wow. There's one that will keep your mind busy.
-AD
Someone once attempted to explain morality to me as a perception. A personal, individual perception that is different for everyone. Is morality simply what you perceive it to be? Maybe it starts with a unique base for each person and is slowly shaped and changed depending on one's experiences and choices. A reasonable explanation? Probably not. Morality is an intangible so difficult to define.
The other night David had a profound comment. "Ashley, do you realize how many things we had done that we always said we wouldn't. Actually, we have done all the things we said we wouldn't do. All of them."
This is how David shed some light on the subject. Or at least pointed out the reality of it. I told him that comment was going straight into my blog, lol.
This realization is sad but true. Or is it sad? Or is it just us, and those close to us making our way through the world defining our lives by delving into all areas of it and experiencing it all?
Socrates did say...
“The unexplored life is unworth living.....” Wow. There's one that will keep your mind busy.
-AD
Sunday, November 2, 2008
here's to nights of total mayhem
Ok, so retelling this weekend would take forever but here's the key points:
1. detoxing until my birthday is probably a good and necessary idea 2. i miss killa face already 3. rudys at 7 in the morning still hammered drunk is pretty slam 4. here's to trying new things that will never be tried again and 5. new vocab = "man pretty"
Yeah...Happy Halloween =D
The only thing about this weekend that is rubbing me the wrong way is the realization of wanting what can't be had yet again. Seriously...it's like a continuing cycle that never ends. WHY DO WE ALWAYS DESIRE WHAT IS OUTSIDE OF OUR GRASP. I so dislike being prohibited from things. Tell me I can't do it I will try MY ABSOLUTE HARDEST fo find a way TO DO it. That is probably kind of messed up, I know. I think it is safe to say that I am not the only person with this subconcious way of thinking. Maybe its just a psychological characteristic that some have worse than others. Also, on this subject that I am trying to descretely relate...I have concluded that I am officially on a drought right now, meaning that every opportunity turns into a reason why i CAN'T.
Well, the only reason I am, for once, NOT trying my absolute hardest to find a way around the situation is this: I am willing to give up trying for the sake of one of the people that I care about the most and sometimes you make sacrifices for people like that. Given any other circumsances i WOULD find a way...but I am stepping down. Gona peace out on this one. I guess the moral of the story is choose your battles wisely.....
-AD
1. detoxing until my birthday is probably a good and necessary idea 2. i miss killa face already 3. rudys at 7 in the morning still hammered drunk is pretty slam 4. here's to trying new things that will never be tried again and 5. new vocab = "man pretty"
Yeah...Happy Halloween =D
The only thing about this weekend that is rubbing me the wrong way is the realization of wanting what can't be had yet again. Seriously...it's like a continuing cycle that never ends. WHY DO WE ALWAYS DESIRE WHAT IS OUTSIDE OF OUR GRASP. I so dislike being prohibited from things. Tell me I can't do it I will try MY ABSOLUTE HARDEST fo find a way TO DO it. That is probably kind of messed up, I know. I think it is safe to say that I am not the only person with this subconcious way of thinking. Maybe its just a psychological characteristic that some have worse than others. Also, on this subject that I am trying to descretely relate...I have concluded that I am officially on a drought right now, meaning that every opportunity turns into a reason why i CAN'T.
Well, the only reason I am, for once, NOT trying my absolute hardest to find a way around the situation is this: I am willing to give up trying for the sake of one of the people that I care about the most and sometimes you make sacrifices for people like that. Given any other circumsances i WOULD find a way...but I am stepping down. Gona peace out on this one. I guess the moral of the story is choose your battles wisely.....
-AD
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