Know Thyself?

[richrf]

Originally Posted by TickTockMan

I suppose that would be preferable to being physically entangled in plaid shorts themselves which would be a good deal more bodily awkward than the purely mental entanglement of which you speak.

I think it is much more than a mental entanglement. You may have set off a buying spree of plaid shorts that is without precedence. In some ways, being a mere wearer of plaid shorts may have been a less intrusive path to take. We shall see. This may be one of those great moments in history.

Rich

[TickTockMan]

Originally Posted by NoOne

So, gifted one, share with us, what are you? Become the benifactor that man has long sought.

Who are you addressing?

Originally Posted by richrf

I think it is much more than a mental entanglement. You may have set off a buying spree of plaid shorts that is without precedence. In some ways, being a mere wearer of plaid shorts may have been a less intrusive path to take. We shall see. This may be one of those great moments in history.

Rich

Excellent! How many pairs may I put you down for, sir? And may I recommend our new "Chakra-Hue Plaid" for the fashion-conscious New-Ager looking to make a bold statement about who they are?

Thanks for your patronage,
TickTockMan, CEO, Old Navy Fantasy Land Division

[richrf]

Originally Posted by TickTockMan

Excellent! How many pairs may I put you down for, sir? And may I recommend our new "Chakra-Hue Plaid" for the fashion-conscious New-Ager looking to make a bold statement about who they are?

Thanks for your patronage,
TickTockMan, CEO, Old Navy Fantasy Land Division

Too late. I already bought mine based upon your recommendation. I think you may have started a tsunami.

Rich

[TickTockMan]

Originally Posted by richrf

Too late. I already bought mine based upon your recommendation. I think you may have started a tsunami.

Rich

I'm sure you'll look stunning. May I recommend that you lose the black socks though?

Fashionably,
Tock

[NoOne]

I am on a stand-up puter at work, was on the wrong page again, but as far as the topic,
<Know Thyself has been attributed to many Greek Philosophers.

Heraclitus is said to have written: I have inquired of myself.

Jung says that individuation, the act of knowing yourself, begins in the second half of your life, and it starts by accepting your Shadow.

Is knowing yourself worthwhile? Why or why not? Do you try to know yourself? How do you inquire? What have you learned? Has it changed as you grew older?>

Plato had fun with this because since a thing is not different from itself, it cannot possibly know itself. We can know what our job is as self, and learn how to do that job, but alas, by the principles of predication, one can never know one's self. The eye does not see itself, the ear does not hear itself, the vestibular system does not aquire the forms of gravity by the vestibular system nor do we procreate by self-cloning. Such elimentary non-sense however can be mitigated by a nice pair of plaid kilts. j.c.

[TickTockMan]

Originally Posted by richrf

Nothing I learn is true or false. It just IS, until I learn something different.
Rich

Incidentally, questions of style and fashion aside, I've been pondering your words here. What do they mean?

[richrf]

Originally Posted by TickTockMan

Incidentally, questions of style and fashion aside, I've been pondering your words here. What do they mean?

Basically what I am thinking is what I am thinking and I cannot see it as true or false. How can I judge what I am thinking is true or false? But when I learn something new that affects my thinking then I change. It is now something different. Not truer nor falser than what I was previouse thinking, but different.

Others, however, may judge what I am thinking as true or false in comparison to what they are thinking.

Rich

[TickTockMan]

Originally Posted by richrf

Basically what I am thinking is what I am thinking and I cannot see it as true or false. How can I judge what I am thinking is true or false? But when I learn something new that affects my thinking then I change. It is now something different. Not truer nor falser than what I was previouse thinking, but different.

Others, however, may judge what I am thinking as true or false in comparison to what they are thinking.

Rich

How do you base your decisions, lacking distinction between true and false?

[richrf]

Originally Posted by TickTockMan

How do you base your decisions, lacking distinction between true and false?

I gather information, weigh the different points of view (inevitably there are tons of points of view), and when I have to make a decision - POP! a decision is made. Call it gut feel if you wish.

Rich

[TickTockMan]

Originally Posted by richrf

I gather information, weigh the different points of view (inevitably there are tons of points of view), and when I have to make a decision - POP! a decision is made. Call it gut feel if you wish.

Rich

Are these the rules by which you pilot an automobile to a specific destination?