Post by elijahxp on Mar 7, 2016 5:44:00 GMT
1.) Like the grenade app referred to in Mysterium Tremdium, you either hear it or you don’t. I,
myself am very aware of being a walking bag of meat and bones, but the complex emotion and
thoughts that came from with it, in itself void that statement. How would I feel if I was told it
was true? That there was nothing “metaphysical” about me? Perhaps I would feel the same
way as to when a Christian tells me homosexuals are to hell, or when a conservative says
“illegals” are taking all of our jobs. Now both of these statements deal with both the “psychical”
and “metaphysical” reality, but all in all are opinions. I can distinguish between right and wrong
when it comes to simple life ending endeavors, such as treating others the way I myself want to
be treated. To answer the question, I know it is all narrowed down to physical reality, but to
answer further I must ask why?
2.) The best example I could give is walking down a dark street and “seeing” a group of “people”
standing and watching you in silence. A little tensed up, I start running down a list of possibilities
of what may happen from a fight all the way down to some kind of satanic ritual. But upon
arriving to the mysterious group its just the shadows or silhouettes of trees in the darkness of
the night. But as said in Plato’s allegory I believed the image to be real, but was merely a second
power (the trees). Another example is one we all experience and that is self-image. I think I look
a certain way, or can or cannot do something when in reality those thoughts of self-doubt, or at
times arrogance or self-praise are completely fictional.
myself am very aware of being a walking bag of meat and bones, but the complex emotion and
thoughts that came from with it, in itself void that statement. How would I feel if I was told it
was true? That there was nothing “metaphysical” about me? Perhaps I would feel the same
way as to when a Christian tells me homosexuals are to hell, or when a conservative says
“illegals” are taking all of our jobs. Now both of these statements deal with both the “psychical”
and “metaphysical” reality, but all in all are opinions. I can distinguish between right and wrong
when it comes to simple life ending endeavors, such as treating others the way I myself want to
be treated. To answer the question, I know it is all narrowed down to physical reality, but to
answer further I must ask why?
2.) The best example I could give is walking down a dark street and “seeing” a group of “people”
standing and watching you in silence. A little tensed up, I start running down a list of possibilities
of what may happen from a fight all the way down to some kind of satanic ritual. But upon
arriving to the mysterious group its just the shadows or silhouettes of trees in the darkness of
the night. But as said in Plato’s allegory I believed the image to be real, but was merely a second
power (the trees). Another example is one we all experience and that is self-image. I think I look
a certain way, or can or cannot do something when in reality those thoughts of self-doubt, or at
times arrogance or self-praise are completely fictional.