A Philosophy
This is a miniature philosophy that I put together, not encompassing everything I'd like to say, but it's sufficient for me. Enjoy if wish.
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The thread of life ties the perceptions and ideas of humankind into the same yarn ball, circulating around the ideals of human progression
and spiritual renewal.
George Berkeley’s philisophical quotation in A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge, “"esse est percipi", meaning: ‘to be is to be perceived,’ has influenced the idea of perception in this personal philosophy. There is not one congruent perception in the universe ever created. Humankind has tried to define different perceptions for ages: God, nature, love, sex, the meaning of life etc, etc. Yet these, as all perceptions, are perpetually improved through the newer perceptions of progressed generations. These continuous, new progressions of human knowledge assist the theory that humankind is by nature liberal, and by liberal, meaning having an openness to change. The human spirit has always been defined by the need for progression and evolution. Human perception is not based on anything but the past and the present, for it is all we have to base other things upon. Because of this, perceptions are continuous improvements on themselves: never defined. For as soon as one perception is becoming singularly defined, another perception improves upon the first. This illustrates the evolution of the human mind.
Perception creates ideas. Ideas form creations-innovations- that generate tangible evidence of human progression. Today, ideas are what drive us constantly forward. The new progressions of science and history of evolution all had their beginnings. Those, perhaps, from the Renaissance, when natural thought broke away and a wider, more liberal way of thought began to take shape throughout the world. All perceptions are rooted in the past: rooted in the previous perception it improved upon.
The perception of the world leads to the last part in this philosophy: spiritual renewal. For all time, one of the many perceptions humankind has tried to decipher is the God figure. Humankind has tried to explain the mysterious essence behind that higher power. But, some would say it is human nature to question such a higher power. What made a caveman look to the skies for the first time and wonder if a greater something dwelt beyond? Still, what makes humans today ponder the question of what God is, and even if He exists? For many, what explains this ‘divine curiosity’ is the belief that without a greater morality to guide humankind, we are fated to destroy ourselves. Without a divine presence-that is, without a God figure to guide the “moral” of all morals-than what else is a Godless world but a world Social-Darwinism, in which whoever rules with the strongest hand lives the longest and prospers the most? Ivan Dostoevsky once said that, “If God doesn’t exist, everything is permitted.” If no one creates morals except the ones who have the power to enforce them, than who is to control the creation of those morals but the strongest? George Orwell’s Squealer, in Animal Farm, is a great example of this. Even though Squealer is caught changing the very ruling-system of the animals on the farm, he is not reprimanded because he is from the strongest hand, the iron fist, the ruling class. No one has a say against him, because he is following the rules that are written. No one has their own morals to fall back on because the rulers made the rules to begin with. These are the moral values of the ruler. How he justifies himself in obtaining them is by disregarding every other moral except his own in order to acquire what he wishes. This is Social-Darwinism. Spiritual renewal, on the other hand, is not gained from a mindset of Social-Darwinism, but with spiritual morals that guide you not only in your physical life, but your internal life. The most important battles in life are fought from the inside, and more often than not, the virtue of those internal victors does not rise out of humanly desires or selfish greeds. They rise from inner morals, spiritual, that never resemble the power-mad hunger of a Social Darwinist. Spiritual renewal comes from the love of life and all is creates, not all it limits. This can be religious and it cannot. The importance of spiritual renewal, though, is it’s purpose to completely harmonize oneself with his/her surroundings, and enjoy one’s life for what it has, and what it can do it to create more for others. Complete awareness of one’s emotions leads to a harmonizing of one’s life with others. This is expressed in community with others, and represents the beginnings of spiritual renewal.
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The thread of life ties the perceptions and ideas of humankind into the same yarn ball, circulating around the ideals of human progression
and spiritual renewal.
George Berkeley’s philisophical quotation in A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge, “"esse est percipi", meaning: ‘to be is to be perceived,’ has influenced the idea of perception in this personal philosophy. There is not one congruent perception in the universe ever created. Humankind has tried to define different perceptions for ages: God, nature, love, sex, the meaning of life etc, etc. Yet these, as all perceptions, are perpetually improved through the newer perceptions of progressed generations. These continuous, new progressions of human knowledge assist the theory that humankind is by nature liberal, and by liberal, meaning having an openness to change. The human spirit has always been defined by the need for progression and evolution. Human perception is not based on anything but the past and the present, for it is all we have to base other things upon. Because of this, perceptions are continuous improvements on themselves: never defined. For as soon as one perception is becoming singularly defined, another perception improves upon the first. This illustrates the evolution of the human mind.
Perception creates ideas. Ideas form creations-innovations- that generate tangible evidence of human progression. Today, ideas are what drive us constantly forward. The new progressions of science and history of evolution all had their beginnings. Those, perhaps, from the Renaissance, when natural thought broke away and a wider, more liberal way of thought began to take shape throughout the world. All perceptions are rooted in the past: rooted in the previous perception it improved upon.
The perception of the world leads to the last part in this philosophy: spiritual renewal. For all time, one of the many perceptions humankind has tried to decipher is the God figure. Humankind has tried to explain the mysterious essence behind that higher power. But, some would say it is human nature to question such a higher power. What made a caveman look to the skies for the first time and wonder if a greater something dwelt beyond? Still, what makes humans today ponder the question of what God is, and even if He exists? For many, what explains this ‘divine curiosity’ is the belief that without a greater morality to guide humankind, we are fated to destroy ourselves. Without a divine presence-that is, without a God figure to guide the “moral” of all morals-than what else is a Godless world but a world Social-Darwinism, in which whoever rules with the strongest hand lives the longest and prospers the most? Ivan Dostoevsky once said that, “If God doesn’t exist, everything is permitted.” If no one creates morals except the ones who have the power to enforce them, than who is to control the creation of those morals but the strongest? George Orwell’s Squealer, in Animal Farm, is a great example of this. Even though Squealer is caught changing the very ruling-system of the animals on the farm, he is not reprimanded because he is from the strongest hand, the iron fist, the ruling class. No one has a say against him, because he is following the rules that are written. No one has their own morals to fall back on because the rulers made the rules to begin with. These are the moral values of the ruler. How he justifies himself in obtaining them is by disregarding every other moral except his own in order to acquire what he wishes. This is Social-Darwinism. Spiritual renewal, on the other hand, is not gained from a mindset of Social-Darwinism, but with spiritual morals that guide you not only in your physical life, but your internal life. The most important battles in life are fought from the inside, and more often than not, the virtue of those internal victors does not rise out of humanly desires or selfish greeds. They rise from inner morals, spiritual, that never resemble the power-mad hunger of a Social Darwinist. Spiritual renewal comes from the love of life and all is creates, not all it limits. This can be religious and it cannot. The importance of spiritual renewal, though, is it’s purpose to completely harmonize oneself with his/her surroundings, and enjoy one’s life for what it has, and what it can do it to create more for others. Complete awareness of one’s emotions leads to a harmonizing of one’s life with others. This is expressed in community with others, and represents the beginnings of spiritual renewal.