The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #103290   Message #2103048
Posted By: autolycus
15-Jul-07 - 04:02 AM
Thread Name: BS: Things Learned at Mudcat
Subject: RE: BS: Things Learned at Mudcat
Life would be absolutely impossible if we trusted nobody.

Absolutely impossible.



We are taught some vital things - language,(for some of us) philosophy, cooking etc.

There are some we are not taught - the human being, self-knowledge, awareness.


   If I was constantly being stomped on, from what I've learned, I'd be beginning to ask what I, (yes I) was doing, what part I was playing in the situation. That's not a usual attitude because we are very resistant to looking at ourselves. No surprise it was said by Socrates and was one of the mottos over the Oracle at Delphi. 'Cos if we blame, we thereby let ourselves off the hook. (This is part of a long story/process which may not work via explanation.)


I've also discovered that we are simultaneously all the same and all different.








       Ivor