It is extremely upsetting to watch my diabetic father who has just had his blood sugar level tested this morning to walk to the kitchen and unearth that very plastic packet which contains the sweetest thing in the whole house. Why are most popular forms of socializing over alcohol and drugs? Knowing what is the worst for us, why do we walk willingly towards it?
What transformed pleasure and health into pleasure and debauchery? We can condition ourselves towards both. That which feels good, and that which is good.
Our likes and dislikes are truly not our own. Our likes and dislikes are simply the kind of conditioning we have learnt to accept and the kind we are unwilling to accept. The kind of actions and choices that get us appreciated, sometimes they give us pleasure, or benefits. There is no charter of right and wrong hanging above in God's closet to verify if our likes the appropriate or inappropriate.
Taste much like appearance is about craving and pleasure. Its rather confusing because one can't spot these hidden values easily. Everything belongs to a box, and we want all the boxes to co-exist in a peaceful democracy. The box for brand value, the box for alternative, the box for handmade, the box for herbal, the box for popular, the box for cult.
where is the self in all of this. why is it so difficult to say no. why is there so little room for one to discover what is truly good to be put in one's mouth. why is it more important that we use "prediscovered" formulas to find ourselves successfully settled, socially appreciable before we even know what is best for us.
why isn't education about learning to understand what is best for us. and if it isn't when are we truly going to educate ourselves.
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We let our insecurities dictate our paths.And the easiest path to feed that monster becomes our craving.We cycle from one craving, one social need to another without stopping to contemplate.
ReplyDeleteBut the flipside of termination is that our self awareness might lead us to find that perhaps we need nothing at all and then you find the world turning against yourself.
i dont think the world will turn against us in the real sense. it may appear to us at first.
ReplyDeleteBut soon we will begin to see more possibility within it. We may suddenly find ourselves useful and appropriate for many situations we were helpless about, able to help, to love and feel content.
Do you people have a facebook fan page? I looked for one on twitter but could not discover one, I would really like to become a fan!
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