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To seize is not to seize- what is the difference?
Thu, 03/31/2011 - 04:59
"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society."
J Krishnamurti
I find this quote interesting and the more I think about it, the more I am unsure how to define health.
If this society has become profoundly sick in a certain sense, if the above statement does have any validity whatsoever, then what does it say about me...I feel I have been grasping to find answers since my first "seizure", grasping to find a new purpose, all the while eating pills in an attempt to get back to "well adjusted"...
No wonder I feel confused about how to feel "genuinely me" all the time.
much love
marty
I am extremely interested in how others may feel about any of this.
What does "well adjusted" mean to you? What about purpose? Are you more purposeful now or less?
Has your definition of health changed?
pgd has posted a few times now about somehow finding common language and definitions on words like awareness, consciousness, perception... this would make a very interesting separate thread.
Comments
Re: An intriquing quote
Submitted by wichitarick1 on Sun, 2011-04-03 - 08:15
peace R.C.
Hi Been awhile! Not sure what I can say at the moment that would not either get me in trouble or end up in some mindless rambling.
Maybe my ramblings from the past few mornings will be better understood though ,I do understand where a persons head can be at with most types of the "What if" questions though.
Made a commitment to the positive, remember?A.m. Confusion? BUT no contusion.
Ringing loud,intense,IMMENSE, need it to sing ,not ring maybe rhyme just this time.
No gain with pain,I can keep it away ,it becomes fun,in an odd state of mind,if it is hard to find!
So many times before ,so much time on the floor,always kept a smile,never ever been its whore.
Feelings are fast ,fleeting,like a race with no definite pace,so many, to try an explain seems almost a waste.
Am so thankful,grateful ? Would be so much easier with Hate! But its to late.Just could not wait.
Will walk today ,even tomorrow ,but the next who's to say ? will it stay?will it go away?
At any rate we only roll the dice with Fate!
Who is to say that they hold the keys to the golden Gate!
Feeling it! Rick
SUN.APRIL 3
Need the positive AND the negative to complete the circuit!
should use poetic license to let feelings escape,But nerves and mind can not meet!
But it will return I have never been beat!
Have become quite adept at predicting my fate ,said just yesterday that IT would not wait.
Today is the day I do not walk,Well only half ,the other is solid, like a Rock!
Being Me is not Free ,there IS a large Fee,but even with a wage it is better than the restrictions of a chair or a cage!
My memories from past are always present now ,so many do not understand they can only say OH HOW?
so many want so much,Am I wrong to not want more ? Have so little, but provide all the stuff.
Walk a mile in their shoes they say! So many don't get it ,they look the other way!
I get "it" I do "It" whether just sitting or even at play!
I live "It" I feel "it" Just another Day!
Feeling it! Rick
peace R.C.
Hi Been awhile! Not sure what I can say at the moment that would not either get me in trouble or end up in some mindless rambling.
Maybe my ramblings from the past few mornings will be better understood though ,I do understand where a persons head can be at with most types of the "What if" questions though.
Made a commitment to the positive, remember?A.m. Confusion? BUT no contusion.
Ringing loud,intense,IMMENSE, need it to sing ,not ring maybe rhyme just this time.
No gain with pain,I can keep it away ,it becomes fun,in an odd state of mind,if it is hard to find!
So many times before ,so much time on the floor,always kept a smile,never ever been its whore.
Feelings are fast ,fleeting,like a race with no definite pace,so many, to try an explain seems almost a waste.
Am so thankful,grateful ? Would be so much easier with Hate! But its to late.Just could not wait.
Will walk today ,even tomorrow ,but the next who's to say ? will it stay?will it go away?
At any rate we only roll the dice with Fate!
Who is to say that they hold the keys to the golden Gate!
Feeling it! Rick
SUN.APRIL 3
Need the positive AND the negative to complete the circuit!
should use poetic license to let feelings escape,But nerves and mind can not meet!
But it will return I have never been beat!
Have become quite adept at predicting my fate ,said just yesterday that IT would not wait.
Today is the day I do not walk,Well only half ,the other is solid, like a Rock!
Being Me is not Free ,there IS a large Fee,but even with a wage it is better than the restrictions of a chair or a cage!
My memories from past are always present now ,so many do not understand they can only say OH HOW?
so many want so much,Am I wrong to not want more ? Have so little, but provide all the stuff.
Walk a mile in their shoes they say! So many don't get it ,they look the other way!
I get "it" I do "It" whether just sitting or even at play!
I live "It" I feel "it" Just another Day!
Feeling it! Rick
Re: An intriquing quote
Submitted by 3Hours2Live on Sat, 2011-04-02 - 05:26
Is the Spam Trap still tripping responses?