I think what made that line pop in my head was that lately I have been giving a lot of thought to human emotion and how I do not believe it can exist in what modernists have termed "rationality". The word rationality implies a continued pattern of thought, which can be mapped within the individual, but not really within the world populace at large. If it could then all relationships would be easy and we would never have to second guess whether someone was lying to us or being honest. I have a deep love for people, but at the same time I can not pretend that they do not aggravate and repulse me. Much like the poem I just wrote it is all love-hate, harmonious dischord, opposites that are all encompassed within the same world, within my life.
And I suppose the other thing that brought it to mind was Aquinas, who believed that in order to feel truly happiness of anything you must become disciplined. At the time the example I was given that in order to experience true Daimonia of the violin, and feel a true happiness from playing, one must be able to play it freely without any trouble or problems. The only way to do that is by practice and discipline of the intrument. Dischord and strife resulting in harmony and pleasure.
The was a man the other day that was near Rob and I, and he was ranting and raving about how everyone in the world should be peaceful and there should be no fighting. Then someone said to him, ok...if you believe that then come up with a good solution to the problems without fighting, anger, stress, hatred, or dischord. He couldn't and thus wanted to force the issue onto someone else. If someone could come up with that answer, woohoo!, more power to them, but no one ever has in the history of the world been able to apply an answer to all of mankind. Thus we fight for our beliefs, we exist in dischord to seek out harmony.
Not to mention the fact that for someone so peaceful he was behaving like a very angry lunatic.
Honestly, that is so typical. People screaming for peace, destroying public and private property for peace. . . all too common these days. But then, as I think I've stated, I do not think Peace can ever be a worthy goal in and of itself. Those who desire peace above all else. . . I think they have the wrong goal. And I think this is evidenced by the frequency with which they will pitch fits and scream and literally attack anyone who has any sort of question for them that makes them the slightest bit uncomfortable. Because their Goal, and thus their Premise, is faulty to begin with.
Yes, I think peace as generally concieved is a good thing, I just think that it can only come about as a result of something greater. It's like trying to manifest an apple without a tree. The tree must come first, or else any attempts will fail--some more horribly than others.
And I suppose the other thing that brought it to mind was Aquinas, who believed that in order to feel truly happiness of anything you must become disciplined. At the time the example I was given that in order to experience true Daimonia of the violin, and feel a true happiness from playing, one must be able to play it freely without any trouble or problems. The only way to do that is by practice and discipline of the intrument. Dischord and strife resulting in harmony and pleasure.
The was a man the other day that was near Rob and I, and he was ranting and raving about how everyone in the world should be peaceful and there should be no fighting. Then someone said to him, ok...if you believe that then come up with a good solution to the problems without fighting, anger, stress, hatred, or dischord. He couldn't and thus wanted to force the issue onto someone else. If someone could come up with that answer, woohoo!, more power to them, but no one ever has in the history of the world been able to apply an answer to all of mankind. Thus we fight for our beliefs, we exist in dischord to seek out harmony.
Not to mention the fact that for someone so peaceful he was behaving like a very angry lunatic.
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Yes, I think peace as generally concieved is a good thing, I just think that it can only come about as a result of something greater. It's like trying to manifest an apple without a tree. The tree must come first, or else any attempts will fail--some more horribly than others.
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