As I get older I realize that most sophistication is manifested through simplicity.
Elegance is inferior to virtue...
Mary Wollenscroft Shelly
quite the puzzle though on the surface it seems not. We tend to conflate sophistication with complexity because the material world demands so much attention but our most elemental stasis is peace of mind and selfless forbearance in the face of panic and uncertainty. Of such is the courage to commit to love minus zero and eschew the pretension of a corrupted world; a sickening play for the very soul of mankind..
As I get older I realize that most sophistication is manifested through simplicity.
Elegance is inferior to virtue...
Mary Wollenscroft Shelly
quite the puzzle though on the surface it seems not. We tend to conflate sophistication with complexity because the material world demands so much attention but our most elemental stasis is peace of mind and selfless forbearance in the face of panic and uncertainty. Of such is the courage to commit to love minus zero and eschew the pretension of a corrupted world; a sickening play for the very soul of mankind..
As I get older I realize that most sophistication is manifested through simplicity.
Elegance is inferior to virtue...
Mary Wollenscroft Shelly
quite the puzzle though on the surface it seems not. We tend to conflate sophistication with complexity because the material world demands so much attention but our most elemental stasis is peace of mind and selfless forbearance in the face of panic and uncertainty. Of such is the courage to commit to love minus zero and eschew the pretension of a corrupted world; a sickening play for the very soul of mankind..
"The days I keep my gratitude higher than my expectations I have really good days." Ray Wylie Hubbard
Don't know anything about that Hubbard fella, but Iâve been thinking a lot about gratitude, or giving thanks lately. Specifically how it benefits oneâs attitude, and overall healthâ¦lowers cortisol levelsâ¦
Many mock the religious who give praise, thanks, gratitude to a higher being as blind sheep. This is wrong thinking.
Being thankful, including to a higher power, is not about being subservient, but empowered (see above). A good God doesnât seek or need gratitude, but to empower the individual towards a healthier, fulfilled life.
Gratitude isn't necessarily supplication to a spiritual source, so much as its sheer joy at loving what you already have. Many who survived the Great Depression said "When we were kids, we didn't know we were 'poor.' Everyone else was poor too - so we just thought that was the way things were. We made fun wherever we could find it, most of it in our imaginations."
"To understand the secrets of the Universe, think in terms of Energy, Frequency and Vibration." â Tesla
"The days I keep my gratitude higher than my expectations I have really good days." Ray Wylie Hubbard
Don't know anything about that Hubbard fella, but Iâve been thinking a lot about gratitude, or giving thanks lately. Specifically how it benefits oneâs attitude, and overall healthâ¦lowers cortisol levelsâ¦
Many mock the religious who give praise, thanks, gratitude to a higher being as blind sheep. This is wrong thinking.
Being thankful, including to a higher power, is not about being subservient, but empowered (see above). A good God doesnât seek or need gratitude, but to empower the individual towards a healthier, fulfilled life.
Very challenging for me to apply this to Mary Oliver, among many others. I'd say Kierkegaard was projecting (fun guy that he was) in this abridged quote.
Indeed. I was struck by his ability to pinpoint the source of his meloncholia; at least that day...
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Jan 20, 2020 - 5:51pm
oldviolin wrote:
“What is a poet? An unhappy person who conceals profound anguish in his heart but whose lips are so formed that as sighs and cries pass over them they sound like beautiful music.” -Soren Kierkegaard
Very challenging for me to apply this to Mary Oliver, among many others. I'd say Kierkegaard was projecting (fun guy that he was) in this abridged quote.
“What is a poet? An unhappy person who conceals profound anguish in his heart but whose lips are so formed that as sighs and cries pass over them they sound like beautiful music.” -Soren Kierkegaard
This one really hit me to the core and has become my raison d'etre. However I can see how people may apply their own meaning to it, I sure did. Some may say that it is socialist or facist (what the diff?) mantra designed to perpetuate servitude to the state. I took it as service to the universe and to those in your personal realm. The notion that your reason for existence is to help, take care of and support or just behave in such a way as to improve all of those you have contact, influence andor responsibility for. This is how our time should be passed:
"I thank God for all the freedoms we've got in this country. I cherish them. Even the rights to burn the flag, you know, I'm proud of those rights. We've also got a right to bear arms and if you burn my flag, I'll shoot you." Johnny Cash
“What is a poet? An unhappy person who conceals profound anguish in his heart but whose lips are so formed that as sighs and cries pass over them they sound like beautiful music.” -Soren Kierkegaard
From last portion of Statue of Liberty dedication speech in 1886:
The rays from this beacon, lighting this gateway to the continent, will welcome the poor and the persecuted with the hope and promise of homes and citizenship. It will teach them that there is room and brother- hood for all who will support our institutions and aid in our development; but that those who come to disturb our peace and dethrone our laws are aliens and enemies forever.
Anyone who knows me in person or even on this forum knows I am quite the antithesis of a religious person, but that doesn't mean the Bible does not hold a lot of wisdom:
"Now some cried out one thing, some another, for the assembly was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had come together." Acts 19:32
