http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/2015/12/31
Some 'thnik' oozes out of me. I was thinking... conservative thought always demarcates between two values and makes one good and another bad. Your teacher teaches you something. Once you learn it, you don't want to budge an inch from that school of thought. You feel that following that is good and not following is obviously... not good! The point here is.. in that frame of mind, nothing else is right. Mind shuts down.
Some 'thnik' oozes out of me. I was thinking... conservative thought always demarcates between two values and makes one good and another bad. Your teacher teaches you something. Once you learn it, you don't want to budge an inch from that school of thought. You feel that following that is good and not following is obviously... not good! The point here is.. in that frame of mind, nothing else is right. Mind shuts down.
It doesn't allow one to think of multiple thoughts as equally good.Going further, I feel, I can't think of multiple 'good's. I always compare each with other, extract out a difference, colour it bad and finally I have a good and a bad.
I happens with everyone in some or the other dimension.
I happens with everyone in some or the other dimension.
Most religions meet the same fate. Religions give you an idea of what's good. (good way to lead life, good way to be with friends, etc... (often I feel religion teaches you proven shortcuts.. but thats another topic)) But people make those ideas as restricted areas. You deviate from them and then what you're doing is bad. Bending towards east and praying is good for Hindus and same in west is good for Muslims. Do the reverse and you're a heretic! Praying itself takes a back seat.
You follow a rule and you're good. You don't follow a rule and you're bad.. though you're not harming anyone!!
Its just wierd. For such a thinker, the world's a wierd place. The actions of such a guy is wierd for others.
You follow a rule and you're good. You don't follow a rule and you're bad.. though you're not harming anyone!!
Its just wierd. For such a thinker, the world's a wierd place. The actions of such a guy is wierd for others.
Read the attached Calvin and Hobbes strip. Bill Watterson is a terrific cartoonist. I guess, deep inside, he thinks like Calvin. Then, he puts such complex ideas in simple situations in the comic and ridicules the train of thought itself. :)
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