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Carmela,
I would like to return to the Shakespeare quote.
A long time ago I wrote a poem about making the choice between wisdom and love. Here it is for the fun of it. It is called;
To You
Doing more is less
Than not doing at all
And being good destroys the best
And puts the rest on call
And science proved that nothing ventured
Means that nothing's lost
That sitting without the slightest urge
Still has a priceless cost
And maybe I'll end in Hell
Maybe there we'll share a room
Or maybe we'll with glowing Angels dwell
They say its bliss or boom
But rare is your adorable smile
Your brilliant countenance
These questions fly a million miles
When we so closely dance
And though the endless eons stand
Demanding a graceful bow
Insisting on a prudent plan
I’d rather be with you now
Ron
I would like to return to the Shakespeare quote.
I think he means at the same time. There a lot of situations like this. IMHO to be wise and dance is also impossible. I certainly cannot think about science when I sing."To be wise and love is beyond man's might."
A long time ago I wrote a poem about making the choice between wisdom and love. Here it is for the fun of it. It is called;
To You
Doing more is less
Than not doing at all
And being good destroys the best
And puts the rest on call
And science proved that nothing ventured
Means that nothing's lost
That sitting without the slightest urge
Still has a priceless cost
And maybe I'll end in Hell
Maybe there we'll share a room
Or maybe we'll with glowing Angels dwell
They say its bliss or boom
But rare is your adorable smile
Your brilliant countenance
These questions fly a million miles
When we so closely dance
And though the endless eons stand
Demanding a graceful bow
Insisting on a prudent plan
I’d rather be with you now
Ron
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Carmela,
Ok. At this time I continue to believe that the inner life of a person is multidimensional and that the rules and goals for these dimensions are different and can be in conflict. I have also chosen to define these dimensions as the heart, the will, the intellect, consciousness, and creativity.
However, I have an open mind, and would be happy to hear the details of your inner model. I have learned a lot from JCF conversations and am eager to learn more.
Ron
Ok. At this time I continue to believe that the inner life of a person is multidimensional and that the rules and goals for these dimensions are different and can be in conflict. I have also chosen to define these dimensions as the heart, the will, the intellect, consciousness, and creativity.
However, I have an open mind, and would be happy to hear the details of your inner model. I have learned a lot from JCF conversations and am eager to learn more.
Ron
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Next time you calculate a Reynolds number remember to be concerned for man's fatenandu wrote:Jon would love that, I think.Concern for man and his fate must always form the chief interest of all technical endeavors. Never forget this in the midst of your diagrams and equations.
- Albert Einstein
Nandu.
"That's right!" shouted Vroomfondel, "we demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty!"
Great poem.Roncooper wrote: To You
Doing more is less
Than not doing at all
And being good destroys the best
And puts the rest on call
And science proved that nothing ventured
Means that nothing's lost
That sitting without the slightest urge
Still has a priceless cost
And maybe I'll end in Hell
Maybe there we'll share a room
Or maybe we'll with glowing Angels dwell
They say its bliss or boom
But rare is your adorable smile
Your brilliant countenance
These questions fly a million miles
When we so closely dance
And though the endless eons stand
Demanding a graceful bow
Insisting on a prudent plan
I’d rather be with you now
Ron
The great triangularization: good and evil and love interests
If we abandon love, can we fight evil? That which is closest is easiest. If we embrace love, can we work towards any good that is not self-interest?
For me, this is one of the huge questions lurking in the back of my mind. We see it played out all the time, like in the movie Metropolis. While it is a social commentary of the abuse of the poor by the rich, there are multiple love stories at play. Maria and the son, the son and the father, the father and the inventor for the woman who died. The crowd for Maria, who follow even when she is not Maria but the evil robot. Why don't they see it is not her, and correct the 'new version' rather than follow her madness? How do we love, when ambition is love and love is ambition, and ambition is a double-edged sword?
You can only see the height of a mountain from its valley.
The radical myth towards which the helix aspires is beyond the desire for money or power, yet which has greater returns than all the power and money in the world could not achieve.
The radical myth towards which the helix aspires is beyond the desire for money or power, yet which has greater returns than all the power and money in the world could not achieve.
Carmela,
Here is a link to a post by Cindy B. Notice the quote by Jung. He sees love and the will as shadows of each other.
http://www.jcf.org/new/forum/viewtopic. ... 6631#86631
I see them as different dimensions. I hope you have time to post your view. I am working in isolation without much feedback.
Ron
Here is a link to a post by Cindy B. Notice the quote by Jung. He sees love and the will as shadows of each other.
http://www.jcf.org/new/forum/viewtopic. ... 6631#86631
I see them as different dimensions. I hope you have time to post your view. I am working in isolation without much feedback.
Ron
This quote is my current Signature, Ron, so it pops up with every post that I make. Go to your Profile page if you'd like to create Signatures of your own. I frequently change mine, and this one came to mind again during my recent conversation with James about the US gun control debate.Where love rules, there is no will to power; where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other. --Jung
By the way, this quote reflects the Jungian concepts of opposites and shadow. You can read about the shadow here if you'd like; scroll down midway. Here you can read about opposites and enantiodromia.
If the path before you is clear, you’re probably on someone else’s. --Jung
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Campbell taught that the strongest of human energies originates in the body, both at the level of the brain and what he referred to as "down there". Our inner life is greatly influenced by the realities of our physical lives. The model that best describes the functioning of our mind-body begins with awareness.Roncooper wrote:Carmela,
Ok. At this time I continue to believe that the inner life of a person is multidimensional and that the rules and goals for these dimensions are different and can be in conflict. I have also chosen to define these dimensions as the heart, the will, the intellect, consciousness, and creativity.
However, I have an open mind, and would be happy to hear the details of your inner model. I have learned a lot from JCF conversations and am eager to learn more.
Ron
There are functions that operate reflexively and without our conscious knowledge. The greatest conflict for a human is the one with the self whom we encounter as a stranger, an interloper and a lying, cheating thief.
Once in a while a door opens, and let's in the future. --- Graham Greene
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Now if Ayn Rand had said this it might take on a different slant.I want to leave a better world. The reason you should do things for other people is selfish. There’s no difference between selfish and selfless if you understand how the world works. We’re all tied together. We live in an interdependent world.
"That's right!" shouted Vroomfondel, "we demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty!"