No Child, it does not make sense, that love empowers you. This is far too vague, and intangible. In Greek there are twenty words for love.
Love is far to broad of a word. Second, you are saying that love and logic, are disconnected. This claim could be so diverse, that is impossible, to
discuss.
Logic has many forms and directions. What is perfectly logical to a donkey, can be completely illogical for a human. Donkey's eat grass, this will
make humans sick.
You don't think love empowers you? Then does hate empower you? If people do not accept you for who are, does that empower you?
I never said love is illogical. It is logical. If someone loves you, you feel better about yourself. If you love yourself - you feel better about
yourself.
There are so many people, me included, who will tell you about love. I guess you have to experience it.
There is more than one logic.
Look at this:
The universe has evil. Therefore god must be evil too. It's logical. Untill, we make the observation, that the universe has good too. Therefore god
is either good and evil or neither. This is logical too.
That is what logic is: the relationship between two events, quantities or qualities. This is why the Zen buddhists devised koans, logical paradoxes,
to show that logic by itself is insufficient. That is why we need experience to verify it and then the logic of the experience follows.
Remember, knowing is greater than thinking. Then when you know, you can reverse the process into to arrive at the parts and how they connect and in
which order. Knowing the whole, you know the parts. You can't know the whole by knowing the parts.
You said when anger arrives, logic flees. How in the world do you arrive at that conclusion? When a dog, comes up behind me and tries to bite
me, I get angry and kick the daylights out of him, this is very logical. Of course, the dog disagrees.
It's very simple. In fact to me it is common sense, but obviously to you, it isn't. I can't understand that, but I am trying too. As my guide said
to me "what is common sense to you, isn't to others" and I am understanding what he meant when he said this.
When people are angry, it activates certain neurotransmitters in your brain, which releases hormones that depresses cognition. That is why when people
are angry, they don't think straight, they are then driven by instincts. I am very surprised you questioned me on this, have you never seen fight
being broken up by calming the people involved. As soon as they are calm, they are able to think more clearly. What does that tell you? Anger shuts
down logical thinking.
Anger seems to be helpful but muddles the mind. By shutting down much of the mind's complex thinking through a process that readies the body
for physical battle, anger seems to help cut through complexities of life, making everything seem much simpler. It fosters a sense of focus,
direction, empowerment and energy that is wonderful in hand to hand combat but enormously counterproductive in every other situation in life. It
does basically what many illicit drugs do -- it gives a DELUSIONAL feeling of relief from the complexities of life, makes one feel energized, focused,
and, like illicit drugs, can become addictive and excessively relied on as a problem solver. Like illicit drugs, anger seems to solve problems but
actually solves very little while causing more. Ironically, anger is mediated in the same part of the brain that becomes enamored of illicit drug use
as fun thing to do.
Some people think anger is helpful. Many people think that anger is helpful in motivating them and empowering them in difficult situations. This
seems to be an unfortunate belief. For most situations other than physical battle, a person should not have to shut down his or her brain and create
an artificially high arousal state just to be able to do things the way he or she thinks they should be done. Even though diminished thinking can help
temporarily avoid complicated mental functions like guilt, the guilt thing is going to happen later anyway sooner or later. Even if diminished
thinking helps temporarily avoid anxiousness, for most situations shutting down thinking is going to result in mistakes and poor judgement and an
overall increase in things to be anxious about.
Source:
www.head-cleaners.com...
Remember the eastern wisdom that tells you anger, greed, lust, pride and attachment are the vices that a soul experiences. All of these cloud our
thinking and cause us to lose control.
Child you said "Abstractions like philosophy does not make sense to us."
Says who? you? Since when, do you make the rules for all of us? Can you give support for this claim?
Say's reality. We choose our philosophies according to our emotional and mental states and the development of our soul. Not, because they are
logical. Which brings me to "delusions" ask the many deluded people in this world is what they believe is logical. They will say yes.
Now, if all of them are logical, then all of them are illogical too. As one logic contradicts the other. Therefore each logic is based on the
person's state of being. Our ideas and beliefs are conveniances for us and we always have a rationale for them.
Take, cassey for instance. He/she is talking to an entity that personifies chaos and enslavement. It is logical to her that chaos, the parts are
important, we should all be suns of our own universes - we should all be kings of our castle. Yet, chaos and enslavement contradict her very existence
and her free will to be an atheist.
He/she is convinced that they are right, because they actually are right. As they identify themselves with the vices. When you become pride, then it
is only logical to not listen to what others are saying.
Lastly, you said Truth verifies itself, well maybe, but we are not talking about truth verifying itself, we are talking about you verifying
truth, when you can be deluded. That is the question!
As I said, you just know. I know what I have said is right. Because, I am not identifying with the ego and the other vices. I am just observing. I am
seeing the trees for the forest. I am seeing the whole. I have a much greater vantage point. A much clearer mind. This is why I have more stronger
arguments than you and much more conviction. I know I am right. Truth is a way of life for me.
What you say is a question. You have not actually shared your own thoery on why you think something just is. All you've said is "you don't know"
or "it's all relative" There will always be something that is right. That is where I get my truths from.
As I told you. I will explain everything I say, using examples, analogies, metaphors, philosophy and scientific theories. I am prepared for that. As
the truth cannot be the truth if it cannot be substantiated.
If you have a truth, share it. If it is the truth. I will know it. It's as simple as knowing whether the parts you are trying to join together fit to
form a greater whole.
[edit on 25-3-2005 by Indigo_Child]