Crisis In Perception

I strive to be someone much more than what I am, and I surround myself with those that do the same.  We all cast out our empty nets into this vast ocean far beyond human eyes and into stretches unaccustomed to the fingers that are trapped in the longitudes of this timid globe.  I walk around just as everyone else investigating endless possibilities of this circular orb, but in the dead of night I too awaken with the only thing caught in my net, but a lone fish that has become trapped in the current.

Our society has a crisis in perception.  Those of us that seek to overcome this even so become trapped in our own nets that we seek to find the answers to all.  We spend time pondering, postulating, pointing fingers, and in the end we only catch ourselves alone and naked with our self-realization yet lack of self-actualization.  What am I talking about?  I am talking about the detriment of society that is our still abiding by Descartes' methods of actualization.  

This dead philosopher did great things in his time and shaped the way for Newton and several other great thinkers.  He postulated that everything is a machine and has inner workings just like one.  Whether it is me, you, your dog, an organization, anything.  While this novelty of an idea sparked a great wave of thinking that would ultimately change the world, we do not need to pay homage to it by chaining ourselves down to its meaning.  We are NOT machines.  For his time, that type of thought was needed, but now we are seeking to grow for the sake of growing.  Produce and develop for its own sake rather than looking at the organism as a whole, for that is what everything is, humans, organizations, society, we are organisms that must have a balance in every aspect to survive.

When a machine breaks what do you do?  Fix the problem, and move on.  Now think about how this applies to our world.  A patient comes in with gall stones.  The doctor decides to fix this problem he is going to remove the gall bladder and be done with it.  Problem solved!...wrong.  You removed the gall bladder, sure that gets rid of the problem of gall stones, but what about the stress that the body is now under without it or the stress that it was put under to remove or the stress that was there while it was a problem that led to interconnected problems.  What about the environmental and dietary habits that led to this problem and will ultimately lead to more.  We are not machines; we cannot simply stop a mechanism of a problem and expect to solve a problem.  All it is doing it stopping the problem from manifesting in that avenue.

Society suffers from a crisis in perception in that the way to fix things is to intervene when something is going on.  A narrow mindset causes them to wait for something to go wrong, and when that one thing goes wrong, to go in chop it off and move on.  Descartes' wonderful theories cannot be applied in this age as we know now that everything is interlinked.  In order to strive forward, we must prevent not intervene.  We must change the values and ideas of a situation in order to fix a problem.  Why not change the patient's diet and habits and let the problem disappear that way.  That way the whole body benefits and is spared from the stress that could have been avoided.

Looking at the big picture and realizing there is a crisis in the way people perceive things is only half the battle.  Many of us have become self-realized to  the point where we realize this issue, but how many of has have become self-actualized in that we try to disseminate and influence others to see the same way.  Do not give up and become that fish caught in your own net.  Do not spend all your time casting out nets into an unknown hoping for some tangible realization that will never come. Cast nets on people not on hapless ideas and thoughts and hopes that may not even exist.

Random Thoughts XIX

Well I am back! Maybe...we will see how this goes :-) In the re-inaugural post, I shall begin continuing my Random Thoughts posts...enjoy!

1. So I got a colonoscopy today. After I woke up from being sedated, I was thoroughly confused as I have bandages over both of my arms where they would draw blood. I then look to the right, and I see a packet of papers with my signature on it that gave them permission to take vials of blood and tissue samples from my rectum for a research study. Ummm, when did this happen!? I have no recollection of this. How the hell are they going to ask permission to take pieces of my body and my blood while I am out of it. Tricksters...oh well I got some amazing juice and crackers afterward, so I was happy.

2. The other day I was at my aunt's house, and they brought by a bowl of fruit. They started serving it, and I started to yelp. The sound of the fork crunching through the exteriors of the fruit gave such a crunch that sent shivers to my very core. And you know what...they KEPT doing it. I was writhing in pain, yet they feigned that they did not understand and continued to crunch. They thought it was funny, and I am on to them. I saw them sliding that spoon around a few extra times just to take more joy in my misery.

3. I think if I could lose any sense I would lose my eye sight. I mean think about it. Nose and Taste go together, and plus I want to know if I am smelling bad, so I can fix it. Plus what is the point of eating if I can't taste it. If I wanted that life, I would just be plugged to an IV drip for everything. Deafness would lead me pretty much incapable of having any meaningful conversation with anyone. Touch...um No. Then there is eyes left...sure I love seeing, but I also have always fantasizing about being blind. I used to blindfold myself when I was little and pretend I was a blind old man living on the streets. I had an overactive imagination...and no friends lol.

4. So I am really confused why my professor's husband attends all our classes. He has no Phd, but rather is a retired construction site manager. He sits there in short shorts, a t-shirt, and a yellow head-band...I kid you not. It's not like he sits with us, he sits next to her and peers down upon us, and actively takes part of the lecturing. Half the time though, it ends up they start talking about her cataracts surgery or all the dogs she's had to put down, or how Abrahamn Lincoln wasn't an activitist President. Maybe this is common practice, and I have just been away from this type of academia for too long.

5. When I eat fries, I put ketchup in a cup and then pour pepper over the ketchup till I see no red. It's the best way to eat fries...no jokes...try it!

 6. So I am totally into rewards points and membership cards now. Red Mango, Barnes and Noble, Stubz cards, etc. Usually people forget about them, but I am up to the challenge. I am going to teach these companies a lesson. They can't take advantage of me so that I forget or don't go there enough to make it worth it. I shall show them.

7. I always thought my thumb and the muscles right below it (thenar muscles) were rather perky. They look like a nice piece of chicken. Sometimes my animal instincts try and get the best of me, and I yearn to just bite it....awkward...