Thursday, August 2, 2007
To Simon
Simon, of course I will not disregard everything you have said. On the contrary, everything you said was very sound advice, and I really liked that you took your time to type out a nice long thoughtful comment. Just because you have "problems of [your] own" does not mean the advice you give isn't good advice. I appreciate your thoughts so very much. I have some things to say about them which I will soon get around to responding to them, hopefully later today. I wish your name was clickable so that I could either get to your blog or your email address, but I understand your wish to remain anonymous.
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I simply enjoy reading you Sophia, no matter any delay, all my best to you always.
Thanks, Jim. Because you know, right now I am a day late and a dollar short. (And apparently I'm missing a few marbles, too.) :)
Jim, I think I have your phone number somewhere, but you would mind sending it to me again as well as giving me your mailing address? Please send it in an email. Thanks.
Sure. Always yours.
Sophia, sorry for the late reply. I want to thank you for the way you responded to my last few posts, by not taking a negative stance.
I am delighted by how empathetic and insightful you are to my situation, showing not only that you have deep insight but care for others, which are both traits selfish people rarely have.
However it is very interesting that you think yourself selfish, as from what i can see, everything your doing is for reasons beyond yourself, and for the betterment of those around you. But sadly requires some self reflection.
Thanks for replying and i look forward to hearing the progression of your story. However i have wrote a poem and i think your just the person to read it! :D
Illusions and Destiny
The Deceiver
The Illusion
The Truth
The Obstacle
The Influential
The Intention
The Action
The Result
The Judge
The Destiny
One more note, i was missing my wife. As she is studying abroad, and i currently do not hold a blog.
Every time i read something you write, i relate and understand something...
Its emotional wisdom
But it's not knowledge, which i think is strange. It has an impact, But not an understandable one. If you have read much about left brain, right brain theory.
Left Brain
Logical
Sequential
Rational
Analytical
Objective
Looks at parts
Right Brain
Random
Intuitive
Holistic
Synthesizing
Subjective
Looks at wholes
And so its a careful balancing act between these two states of mind. And thats as best i can describe it. The right brain aspect is very puzzling that you merely have to 'feel'. You have that ability to verbalize what your right brain (Subconscious) is trying to communicate.
I think that sometimes when you are in a train of thought people can be naturally inclined to using their feeling intuitive right brain, when they really should be using their logical left brain, to address a problem that for whatever reason, is difficult for the message to get across to the person.
I think that my right brain is wanting to say something now.
"You're Beautiful"
also wadda do ya think of me poem.
...hopefully i am not embarrassing myself, or appearing rude.
Hi Simon,
No need to apologize for a late reply. I am a very patient person, and I understand, because sometimes I get behind in responding to people.
Thank you for your kind words, and I am glad you do not think I am selfish. I sometimes worry that I'm not doing anything for the betterment of the world. I feel like I am only working on making improvements to myself. I'm just happy that someone can come along and read my blog and find comfort that what they're going through is similar to another human's journey. I guess I can offer companionship, and I hope that is valuable, at least in one person's eyes.
I am sorry that you are missing your wife. How long has she been gone and in what country is she currently studying in? What degree is she working towards? How much longer does she have to study, and when can she come home? I know you miss her. Just remember that she is doing something for not only herself, but for your family. College work makes people feel good about themselves, and helps them to actively contribute to their family and community, so she will have a good sense of well-being and accomplishment when she is done, and that will make you both happy. It will make you proud, too.
I enjoyed your poem. Thank you for sharing it with me. It is something like a mystery, and I find myself wanting to solve it. I want to know what each of these concepts means to you, and what you were thinking about while you were writing it. For instance, what do you perceive "The Deceiver" to be? And, what influenced you to take action to come to a result?
Simon,
If you can relate and understand something of what I have written, then I feel I have accomplished something. Thanks. :)
I have not read too much about the left-/right-brain theory, but I have read a small amount online about it several years ago. When I was in college, and studying math, I believed myself to be a left-brain thinker. I was very analytical about everything and enjoyed using logic to solve things. Sometimes I am still like this, but not as much as I used to be. I find that as time goes on, I use the right side of my brain to function more so than the left side.
I think there is a big difference between intelligence and wisdom. The older I get, the less intelligent I feel. However, the older I get, the more wise I feel. I think it's a good trade-off. Wisdom, I think, comes from the right side of the brain, and is more intuitive and feeling.
I appreciate that you posted this information. It gives me a closer look at this theory. I wonder how often people switch from being left-brained to right-brained? Right-brained people are also creative and artistic. I am not a very creative or artistic person, although I have created some math art in the past. I am no longer doing this, however, because I prefer communicating with others online like this instead of sitting at a computer alone and making art.
I do not know you very well, yet, so I am unable to ascertain if you are right-brained or left-brained, but I have a feeling you might be right-brained. What do you think about my assumption?
Tell your right brain that I said "thank you for the compliment". :) *blush*
Simon,
You certainly have not embarrassed yourself, nor do you appear rude. Those are not my first impressions at all. My first impressions of you are all very pleasant.
so sweet, i am a right brainier masquerading as a lefty. I'm just hiding in general, i think it adds to my mystique ;)
Georgie is studying as a criminologist in America. As she likes to understand people who are committing terrible crimes, what there motivations are and what led them to their action.
I feel that the poem is much the same. That the philosophies we are exposed to, are entirely subjective and are relative to the contextual environment we live in.
Such as extreme ideologies that middle eastern people learn, works well with their culture but when they immigrate to a different culture that truth is no longer applicable, and is now merely an illusion, that can pervert their actions in a way that was acceptable in their country but now are highly controversial. Such as the family in Pakistan vowed to hunt down their daughter and kill her who eloped with another man, using their police force to extend there reach. Thankfully they haven't been caught.
In a sense that culture seems to me that they are deceived by someone who creates a culture wide illusion.
So in spotting ceartin truths you will find the obstacles or people that are influential in creating them and perpetuating them.
However are illusions will influence our intention that might not always be the result you expect.
But whatever decisions you take will lead you to your destiny, of who you really are, being left with yourself through the product of what you learn.
That is if you can see yourself without illusion, probably why Carl Gustav Jung, said you only fully realize yourself in death.
As for my illusions and my deceivers. I think i am one and the same, i convince myself so much that something is morally correct or the appropriate action that i do not doubt myself. And a few years later i look back and realize that the decisions lead me to these places, but only retrospection can illuminate where you have been and how you have got there. If only it worked as well in forward thinking.
I just love the psychology of decision making..
Simon,
Interesting. Last night I was reading your comment, the one where you said Georgie is studying to be a criminologist. Right after reading your comment, I read a news article online, and the word "criminologist" was in the article. Yes... it's more synchronicity. You knew I would say that. :) But I would be neglectful if I didn't point that out.
I think that when we are searching for Truth, we should look beyond only culturally accepted truth. Each religion or culture has their own truth, but I want to get down to the Real Truth, the underlying Truth of everything, The Truth that inspires the other truths.
Even in our culture there are many flaws. Just one example, is the way a lot here tend to think war is the answer.
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