donald wrote:^
But the foolish who do not know, nor have an idea of what's going on, seem to be the happiest.
Knowledge, to be smart, is a gift and a curse.
In my humble opinion, Knowledge is a path driven by the thirst for truth and wisdom, guided by the observation, study and the development of a growing wise criteria and good judgment based on this ongoing experience. Probably is a never ending road.
Ed_P wrote:joejac wrote:I do not trust in mainstream media: newspapers, tv, radio, even their websites,
Everybody/everything has a point of view. Who do you trust for information about events happening in the world?
I read a lot, but not from mainstream media but from local authors and independent journalists, and I use ancient and modern philosophers' point of view combined with my gained knowledge and experience in my life to analyse if something can be true or false. And finally, in key issues, I trial and error with myself, I have risked my life many times, but the knowledge gained in that way is worthwhile in my quest to truth.
francois wrote:Who could pretend that he really knows himself? Are you aware?
Some of these fools that seem to be so happy are this way because they are in the present moment. However, the problem could be that they are not aware that they are so happy because they are living the person moment.
To be aware of to be not aware, that is the question. 8)
Key point Francois. Awareness is perception. True and enlightened perception can not be achieved in presence of lies (mainstream media and formal education), drugs, either street drugs or medical drugs, toxins, malnutrition and blockade of sensory channels either physical or emotional. And this is much a personal choice: am I willing to know the true or I rather be living in a sea of comfortable lies?
Bogomips wrote:francois wrote:Some of these fools that seem to be so happy are this way because they are in the present moment. However, the problem could be that they are not aware that they are so happy because they are living the person moment.
Think the real challenge: to live the way of the 'warrior' (think it was Don Juan who said it) is to be conscious to live in the present moment and to live in it.
Living in present moment is fine, but without a future goal and plan is like fighting against a storm without not knowing where to head the ship, a typhoon or reefs might stalk. The slavers do not want us to plan for our future, so their evil plans for us do not fail.
Wikipedia: Bushidō wrote:
Bushidō (武士道,?) literally meaning "the way of the warrior", is
a Japanese word for the way of the samurai life, loosely analogous to the concept of chivalry.
The Bushido code
Best regards
joejac
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