05:15 May 04 2012
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The things that I do, I do mostly without expectation of external reward, I often think. Perhaps, in actuality, most people are like that. Even in appeal to cuniary concerns, is our concern not always truly to result of emotional "need", and our drive to sooth or prevent a wound?
It's the very basic, and most "obvious" aspects of living that tend to be most worthy of serious examination. These things are obvious merely by the virtue that they are assumed effortlessly, and while one may debate how it took root, it can rarely be said that we generally extend any serious effort in picking them apart. I've been stumbling over my assumptions a lot as of late, which is easy to do, since even though we are usually oblivious to them they are always front and center.
Because it's always there, our minds drown it out. This is the neurological process of habituation in action, and it influences everything we see and feel. Indeed, while I've always known the meditations of Zen were a way sidestepping this habituation, I hadn't internalized it until just the other day. And I believe that this is a common experience.
The revelations with the greatest impact upon us are almost always the things we tell ourselves that we should have seen all along. In truth we often did have an idea about it, but having an idea is not the same as possessing knowledge of a thing. To know a thing requires us to realize it's truth, so far as we can see it, and have an epiphany.
The value of said information, and the priority rate by which we all process it, is obviously different for everyone. I can tell you a great deal about, for example, the history of the Left Hand Path, but if you were to ask me about the particulars of my own bank account, I would be at a loss. I still, to this day, screw up my deposit slips.
None of these are earth shattering assertions, I know, but in thinking over it I do believe I gain a little more respect, patience, and humility when it comes to judging the speed by which others assume data. Avoidance of pretentiousness has always been a struggle for me, so these little moments serve me well.
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Sulks
21:21 May 14 2012
I like the new feature too. I love to know what other folk are doing and I can dress it up as having an interest in human behaviour, but truth be told, I'm a voyeur and thats that :P
hmm...yeah...smoking...I have never tried to give up, mainly because I don't like to fail - pathetic excuse, I know it :(