In the associative drive, so I have figured out in the last week, we can discern two unique and individual qualities that both deserve to be highlighted in the further development of my understanding. The first quality is Reception and the second quality is Creativity. Whereas the latter is obvious and has been described by me various times now the former is, to me, a new concept and deserves my serious attention.
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As must be obvious by now my particular interest lately has been the understanding and theorizing of Morality. This, of course, brings with itself an internal conversation about what the most Moral course of action would be in any given circumstance. That this is a rigid question has not escaped my attention. It is my belief that the underlying dynamic of the Moral decision is always the same and that the performance based on that dynamic is only altered through the practicalities of each individual situation. In other words, I think Morality always assumes the same goal but must jump through different hoops (depending on the situation) to get there. To me the most Moral action is the action specifically designed to limit the highest degree of suffering while also maintaining the highest degree of pleasure.
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I think we can typically divide human motivations into two very distinct categories of analysis. One of them being Personal Judgment, or Morality. And the other being Personal Preference, or Desire. These two tend to conflict at times and I think most of us human beings have experienced, in our lifetime, a direct conflict between what was seen as the right thing to do (Morality) and the Desired thing to do. It is, currently, the human condition that Desire sometimes, perhaps even often, trumps Morality.
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I have written earlier that in the face of conflict we must select our options depending on our position and ultimate desires. It is also useful to distinguish between the conflicts we might be able to win and the conflicts we will invariably end up losing. Often, beforehand, it is impossible to tell in which one we have entered so we must increase our awareness and pay attention to the slightest detail in the process of selecting our strategies and corresponding moves. In terms of chess, always leave room for a swift withdrawal of your pieces. Other times the difference is obvious and the outcome of a conflict predictable to a reasonable extent before one even enters the struggle. At that point, should a loss be evident, it is only required of you to select the loss you’re most comfortable with.
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We live in a society that renders us increasingly powerless. Decisions are made for us through our governments on what we can and cannot do. With the domination of land on an internationally accepted scale we leave room for the forming of such governments that feel entitled to dictate entire rules and laws to the individuals inhabiting that land. This is as true for the Eastern countries of which the Western world condemns the lack of individual freedom as for the Western civilisation that bases its conception of freedom on its own personal morality. For the rights that are given to us exist only because the most powerful system in place has decided they should exist. If you do not accept the laws they feel they can impose upon you consequences will be pending because they believe, they truly believe, that their judgment is the highest good in human morality. And they fear, they truly fear, that giving up this control over the people renders society ineffective. They might be right. It doesn’t matter whether or not they’re right.
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My social life has been more active as of late. Spending extensive time with some of my relatives has left me taxed, dead tired. This conclusion troubles me to a vague and partially undefined extent.
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It is my belief that the most reasonable way of living life is by doing it in a manner that makes sense to you personally. Neglect, only for the slightest of minutes, the abundance of pressure on your person by those around you and the natural laws we all find ourselves adhering to in the long run. And disregard, for only half a minute or so, the limitations we put upon ourselves simply due to our own perception of the qualities we possess. What we should be left with, after removing the limitations, is a panorama of dreams, wishes and desires. Some more possible than others, beyond an iota of doubt, but all of them inherent to who you are as an individual. This should be the starting point for all our actions, the initiative, the driving force behind all our decisions.
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It has been a silent dream of mine to conduct a particular psychometric evaluation on musical talent. This thought first occurred to me a couple of years ago, probably one or two of them, but I always lacked the exact system that I would need to do any kind of valid measurement on the subject. The thought that musical talent is a separate entity of human cognitive prowess is not at all proven, and it doesn’t have to be at this point, I would just like to see if one can predict auditory intelligence of such a kind. If music, or songs, could be reduced to tiny and individual pieces, if there were a pattern to the song, then the people managing to link those pieces into the eventual coherent whole would surely display a degree of auditory quality which those unsuccessful at the task would not.
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For this writing I define Violence as the use of physical force designed to impose the sender’s will on the receiver. Common examples include bar fights, various criminal acts, war and police violence.
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I believe in honesty. I believe that, eventually, the highest degree of functionality is obtained that way. Functionality, in itself, is what ensures the degree of quality our life ends up having. It stands to reason then that I believe honesty to be the best way of decorating my life in a way that makes sense on the level of happiness and quality of existence.
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