“The more wisdom you attain and the more conscious you become,
the crazier you will appear to others. (Unknown)”
the crazier you will appear to others. (Unknown)”
Wisdom brings along death. Similar to a shedding snake or a hibernating bear. As life has moved on for me, there are random moments when I am faced with evil that I believe to be life altering. In these random moments, I would think about an “extreme good” that could combat the evil I was confronted with. Or if there could ever be an “extreme good” in this world somewhere or somehow. This has led me to culminate a quote of my own:
“Evil uses all meaning, Good needs none. Evil is understood, Good needs none.”
I spend a lot of time in my thoughts even in a room crowded with people. I ponder about many things from philosophy, meta-physics, etc. I realized I spent most of my time rationalizing and analyzing human behavior, even criticizing my own.
“The more wisdom you attain and the more conscious you become, the crazier you will appear to others.”
Wisdom brings along death. Similar to a shedding snake or a hibernating bear. Wisdom can eradicate the notion of having a “normal” social and personal conscience. For example, someone who has a lot of expertise in a certain subject/activity is consumed by it. If you don’t want to pursue that, you might think it is “wild” or “crazy” for them to let that thing take up so much of their time. But, wisdom is subjective. Different people prize different ideas/characteristics as wise. Different people have someone as the pinnacle of wisdom that may not be the same as someone else. I can tell you now that I am one hundred percent sure that the person is either crazy, has no social-awareness, and/or dead. No joke. Notable examples are shown in many famous artists whether they be in the musical, drawing, dance, and many other categories. Lesser used examples are business men or women in which I personally think that I have never seen a happy CEO in my life. They might seem happy, but it is a necessary happiness due to image (if that makes any sense). I understand the reasoning behind specializing in something. What are humans if not to pursue? What is the use of life if not to fulfill? I think about these kinds of things all the time.
If I were to put myself in a category of insanity it would be sociology, metaphysics, or anything in that realm. I solely wanted to pursue philosophy in the deep dark woods in a secluded cottage making homegrown vegetables that is questionable to popular society because in due time I would genuinely distrust everything from the contradictory relationship of my seclusion and indulgence of human studies. But, half of that either takes too much work or is expensive in some way. Nonetheless, people intrigue me. This might seem trite, but I grew up on mystery, crime documentaries, cartoons like Scooby-Doo, Columbo, and many others that sit in the back of my mind. These sparked my interest in watching crime documentaries now. When I got to take sociology junior year I was excited because I got to learn more about society and how groups of people operated--because sociology doesn’t go into the individual. Whenever I watch these documentaries and the people around me I make connections. Not to sound creepy, but I subconsciously psychoanalyze people (don’t judge because you kind of do it when you get secondhand embarrassment). My rationale is because these are people that exist on the same plane as me. I am more interested in the idea that people have their own lives and have their own way of thinking, but there are some people that have more extreme thinking that is far from mine whether good or bad morally. I want to understand why they act a certain way. This is my insanity; something that consumes my time and energy in exchange for understanding. I find wisdom in the ability to withhold judgment and allow people to speak because--even if you don’t agree--they may say something of importance (it's the awareness that these opinions exist that matters).
Now, I understand that being able to understand differing opinions is hard, so my proposed solution is empathy. Wait! Let me cook! Cognitive empathy--knowing how other people think and feel, while emotional empathy involves feeling another person's emotions--is my solution. I feel like everybody has cognitive empathy to a certain extent especially for certain people like their close friends and family. If we--society--bridged the gap and gained a collective understanding that we don’t understand what other people are going through maybe..just maybe…we can save some people. World peace--or at least emotional intelligence--here we come! This is a very “wild” and “crazy” approach to some social issues (I’m no researcher, so I don’t know if this has been tested/studied already or not). I tried this in the most basic way possible, and it is pretty easy to do. I learned that all you really need is patience with yourself and others. In order to properly respond to others you need to take the time to formulate the proper response. In some circumstances, people feel pressure to respond quickly which I found to be the root of saying the “wrong” thing in some situations which can be costly. Let giving yourself the room to elaborate your thoughts and feelings in a healthy way become a habit, too. This can help others understand who you are as a person which can help with setting boundaries and healthy relationships (essentially creating cognitive empathy in the relationship).
I am taking an optimistic route to life this New Year (if you haven’t noticed lol). Why not? After binge watching an unhealthy amount of crime documentaries and being a human going through life, I realized that there has to be change. On the other hand, I have met a fair share of great people with a lot of potential that are deterred by the weight of society, and I hope a change like this will help propel them and others that are affected by disparities in life. Again, I know there is a 0.00001% chance that this could actually happen--albeitly, I am not a professional at whatever you would call this and most definitely not a foreseer. Or that this may be a total waste of my time to hope for a better future for others. Or that I might go crazy trying to achieve a higher understanding of human emotion and its subjectivity in social interactions. Or the wisdom I gain can be a rebirth. Like a shedding snake or a hibernating bear.
“Evil uses all meaning, Good needs none. Evil is understood, Good needs none.”
I spend a lot of time in my thoughts even in a room crowded with people. I ponder about many things from philosophy, meta-physics, etc. I realized I spent most of my time rationalizing and analyzing human behavior, even criticizing my own.
“The more wisdom you attain and the more conscious you become, the crazier you will appear to others.”
Wisdom brings along death. Similar to a shedding snake or a hibernating bear. Wisdom can eradicate the notion of having a “normal” social and personal conscience. For example, someone who has a lot of expertise in a certain subject/activity is consumed by it. If you don’t want to pursue that, you might think it is “wild” or “crazy” for them to let that thing take up so much of their time. But, wisdom is subjective. Different people prize different ideas/characteristics as wise. Different people have someone as the pinnacle of wisdom that may not be the same as someone else. I can tell you now that I am one hundred percent sure that the person is either crazy, has no social-awareness, and/or dead. No joke. Notable examples are shown in many famous artists whether they be in the musical, drawing, dance, and many other categories. Lesser used examples are business men or women in which I personally think that I have never seen a happy CEO in my life. They might seem happy, but it is a necessary happiness due to image (if that makes any sense). I understand the reasoning behind specializing in something. What are humans if not to pursue? What is the use of life if not to fulfill? I think about these kinds of things all the time.
If I were to put myself in a category of insanity it would be sociology, metaphysics, or anything in that realm. I solely wanted to pursue philosophy in the deep dark woods in a secluded cottage making homegrown vegetables that is questionable to popular society because in due time I would genuinely distrust everything from the contradictory relationship of my seclusion and indulgence of human studies. But, half of that either takes too much work or is expensive in some way. Nonetheless, people intrigue me. This might seem trite, but I grew up on mystery, crime documentaries, cartoons like Scooby-Doo, Columbo, and many others that sit in the back of my mind. These sparked my interest in watching crime documentaries now. When I got to take sociology junior year I was excited because I got to learn more about society and how groups of people operated--because sociology doesn’t go into the individual. Whenever I watch these documentaries and the people around me I make connections. Not to sound creepy, but I subconsciously psychoanalyze people (don’t judge because you kind of do it when you get secondhand embarrassment). My rationale is because these are people that exist on the same plane as me. I am more interested in the idea that people have their own lives and have their own way of thinking, but there are some people that have more extreme thinking that is far from mine whether good or bad morally. I want to understand why they act a certain way. This is my insanity; something that consumes my time and energy in exchange for understanding. I find wisdom in the ability to withhold judgment and allow people to speak because--even if you don’t agree--they may say something of importance (it's the awareness that these opinions exist that matters).
Now, I understand that being able to understand differing opinions is hard, so my proposed solution is empathy. Wait! Let me cook! Cognitive empathy--knowing how other people think and feel, while emotional empathy involves feeling another person's emotions--is my solution. I feel like everybody has cognitive empathy to a certain extent especially for certain people like their close friends and family. If we--society--bridged the gap and gained a collective understanding that we don’t understand what other people are going through maybe..just maybe…we can save some people. World peace--or at least emotional intelligence--here we come! This is a very “wild” and “crazy” approach to some social issues (I’m no researcher, so I don’t know if this has been tested/studied already or not). I tried this in the most basic way possible, and it is pretty easy to do. I learned that all you really need is patience with yourself and others. In order to properly respond to others you need to take the time to formulate the proper response. In some circumstances, people feel pressure to respond quickly which I found to be the root of saying the “wrong” thing in some situations which can be costly. Let giving yourself the room to elaborate your thoughts and feelings in a healthy way become a habit, too. This can help others understand who you are as a person which can help with setting boundaries and healthy relationships (essentially creating cognitive empathy in the relationship).
I am taking an optimistic route to life this New Year (if you haven’t noticed lol). Why not? After binge watching an unhealthy amount of crime documentaries and being a human going through life, I realized that there has to be change. On the other hand, I have met a fair share of great people with a lot of potential that are deterred by the weight of society, and I hope a change like this will help propel them and others that are affected by disparities in life. Again, I know there is a 0.00001% chance that this could actually happen--albeitly, I am not a professional at whatever you would call this and most definitely not a foreseer. Or that this may be a total waste of my time to hope for a better future for others. Or that I might go crazy trying to achieve a higher understanding of human emotion and its subjectivity in social interactions. Or the wisdom I gain can be a rebirth. Like a shedding snake or a hibernating bear.