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Free Will: Do I have the ability to freely think and act on those thoughts?

Obviously, we cannot act on all our thoughts.

Rationalizing and using reason to solve our problems individually freely has been the cornerstone of all our liberal democracies.

Innovation also is directly dependant on the ability to test and freely exercise our thoughts and ideas….or so do we think.

As anyone who has tried to navigate the legal channels or academic processes which I have to admit I haven’t; however, causes much stress to go to that level of academia.

So as I have told many people, many opinions should be left silent because they are not informed opinion and are just rather hot air that only bring down society rather than prop it up. As a result, fact based or informed opinion should be the guide to rational thought rather than oratory and down right simple propaganda.

Therefore, are we really free.  No, definitely we are not.  I am sure that many people who are a lot larger than me would have loved to punch me in the face when I disagree or call their bluff.  The simple thing to do is just act in the bliss of mindfulness and fakely agree which is much more irritating to the keen observer.

So many things come into play, our development and conditioning everything that we have seen in our life and compute before we act.

As a result, some of our best behaved humans can and will become manipulative monsters when push comes to shove. As a result, Free Will must be defined before can talk about it.

So, Free Will to me can be defined as the ability to act freely within a social system and what one has defined as good within groups, as well as the common conventions all groups can come to understand as good and bad such as the Geneva Convention which is just that a convention and not a law. National Laws and by-laws at the municipal level can be seen as limits to our freedoms and the fight to always innovate new laws to make life easier and or limit freedom for all our benefit.

As a result, we do not have free Will, because free Will would mean we live in the “law of the jungle” total violent anarchy.  Which is different than what I believe anarchy to be.

As a result, free Will, NO.  We are however granted the right to free Will by birthright from God; however, we all know how many times we must “think before we act.” Yes, if you act on all your impulses it is considered a mental illness; so in the end no we do not have free will but we do have it as a hypothetical given to us by God by birthright and non-socialization.

Groups are hear to stay folks, we just need to know how to live together.

This quote is a principle.

Although we are all learning and should not be static in order to adapt to change if change is what you want.  Sometimes we think we learned something but then we have to scrap all that knowledge and then return to previously held principles.  This is in direct accordance with Mill’s  truth theory.  As social animals who tend to congregate into groups for protection and form some sort of workable hierarchy that must cooperate or war with others to survive.  That’s the way it is and always will be…..I say FUCK THAT!

I just witnessed on the guardian a skylink rocket land itself in an unstable environment in our atmosphere.  So, if they can do that then we can do anything through education, co-operation and ridding ourselves of tags of conservative and or liberal.  Today I may be conservative but if my existence is on the line I might change my tune…..why so……Lets get all our greatest minds together and solve the problem of emissions and the ills of drilling for black gold, good old crude oil. Not saying we can ever stop drilling just saying SLOW DOWN.  PICK UP YOUR KID AND HAVE SOME DOWN TIME FROM TIME TO TIME.

If we take principles of Americas Indigenous populations Mohawk/Iroquois Confederacy we must think seven generations ahead in  perpetual sustainability in order to  keep our species alive.

So, if you can land a rocket thinking seven generations a head is a sinch.

More to come……

Now I’m going to take my own advise where are my kids two are sleeping right now and one is up….lets hope hes a night hawk like myself

Cheers

I have to attribute the ideas held on this page as being inspired by the book by Shannon Lee: “The Teachings of Bruce Lee.”

My biggest critique of the Ying Yang theory was that it was too simplistic, circular and simply black and white with no room for grey.  That is the typical western interpretation of Ying Yang.

Shannon does a great job of explaining the true nature of this theory and it reminds me a little of ancient Greek heraclitus explaining infinity inwards and outward on a single point on a linear line which then explains oneness and wholeness of life.

As a result, Ying and Yang are compliments of one another in the oneness of life, universe and is complete. As a result, the oneness of God  in the Christian tradition maybe is the complete organ of life the whole universe and the consciousness we have in interpreting this as well as why it is even important in trying to understand this to begin with.

BE A NOBODY!

Check your ego at the door and do not let others define and change.

The power of will power is the supreme court of one’s being.

No effort = no success, no progress, no inclined

Effort and learning how to harness your effort to be worth while endeavours is what one is after.

Use it for the long game of personal growth

What is will?

Takes everything around you to try and go with the flow and try not to gas out when  you need to go against it from time to time.

Take in the whole picture and direct your energy with your personal vision of your person life.

In the end, you can nourish our soul, don’t waste time because life is all about time.

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Overcome obstacles of ups and downs and let life get us to the ideal or vision of life which can be known as happiness.

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That is the kind of artist I like, modest in his needs; he actually wants only two things: his bread and his art—panem et Circen*…..(Bread and games). loose translation.

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Yes, could have not said it any better than myself.

Bread is important and entertainment or entertainment of one’s art in one’s lifetime … Just wonderful…

Many are cursed but have been written in history and that is the final goal.

Cheers to all the courageous wanderers.

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Among Woman.–“Truth? Oh, you don’t know the truth! Isn’t it an attempt on all our pudeurs?.*

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To most women the truth as Jack Nicholson say in “A Few Good Men,”

“The truth…..YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH!!!!”

Yup…could not say it any better myself….Speaking the truth just makes you sound crazy or stupid so be careful who you say that too…..nahhhhhh.

Speak your mind you will get there too.

Trust in God and the conscience he gave you….Strive for Excellence and Perfection.

This is the cover of the latest issue of Foreign Affairs:

A two-state solution could have been accomplished pre-oct 7th. Now, Israel has been given the green light to expel and cleanse all Palestinian holdings. All I can say is leave, save your lives, and go live in the West. It worked for many from the former Yugoslavia and other hotspots such as Syria and Iraq. Our leaders think strong responses are needed and no one wants to do the right thing because they will get assassinated like Yitzach Rabin, and lose their seat in their respective houses of government. This cycle has to stop…We do not need another world war… unless we the people want to “give peace a chance.”

Peace takes :

1 dialogue

2 understanding that we all come from all walks of life, classes, struggles, and circumstances to name a few.

3 Know the basics of psychology, cycles of violence, and abuse.

4 Be willing to give a little for the greater good

5 Act out your promises

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Oratory and Politics will never give us peace. Leaders will not give us peace. It comes down to all of us regular folk to want peace and act it out daily without end, because the alternative is what we have now…and it is pretty shitty out there hell on earth.

Today I lost a Family member, Friend and most highest confidant. Am I upset? Yes, devastated; but, OK. The worst thing about it is that he is still alive and did not pass away…It’s much easier when they die because you know they will never come back but as I know and everyone in my family, he is no Jesus.

The worst part about it is that this gentleman likes to hold grudges. No give or take, paranoid and thinking I want something other than just companionship with this individual who is family. He even had to courage to muster up the strength to give me the finger and when I looked at him like seriously, he gave it to me a second time in front of my kids….devastated.

I hope you got out all that machismo because the guy I got to know was really sweet, smart and frankly a big teddy bear; sorry, id kick your ass in a physical fight…but i’m not calling you on…I’m done with individuals who only look to the mighty dollar. We could have been an example of how to bring families together than to run us apart. Like we do not have enough people trying to pull us away from each other than what just transpired.

I will try to be civil but if I see you again please have a heart and stop the man act because all who know you know your insecure and paranoid a trait that is inherent in most of our families males.

Anyhoo, until next time.

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https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/philosophy-for-our-times/id1151965239?i=1000646226941

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A great look at religion and spirituality today…However, if you read between the lines it illustrates the need of the church. Rather than being an opiate of the masses, it can become the remedy in the correct doses.

It is not surprising for people to look to the transcendent. So if we are to look at the transcendent we must have the guidance of a very clever and knowledgeable psychologist, Minister, or Priest to give the does needed for us to survive in today information saturated world.

This does not mean that we all need to disconnect to achieve sanity in hyperinformation world.

Worthwhile information anyway….

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Posthumous people — like me, for example — are less understood than timely ones,* but better heard. More strictly; we are never understood–and hence our authority…

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Before we can begin we must know what posthumously means — DEAD —

So yes just because some dead guy said it long ago they must have been smart so we must agree –NO– not at all. It is a worthwhile effort to understand their perspective; however, be careful who’s shoes you would like to put on because sometimes it’s hard to escape their abyss.

Nietchie’s shoes are hard to fill, yet harder to escape.

Try it.