we are not living our own existence

some random quotes from my existentialist prof:

- you can't seduce a lady with bus stop language

- once we talk about creation we commit ourselves to a creator therefore we didn't create ourselves

- biologists are theologians in disguise because they can't describe existence

- why do we still live by these old morals (slave morality)? this is why war happened in Europe...things weren't working...this is happening now again--war, corporate culture--we are not living our own existence.

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Music to my ears: Thom Yorke

the curse of the uni-tasker

Mark Twain has a quote that goes something like "we have 2 ears and 1 mouth so we should do double the listening"

focusing on one task at a time makes a good listener.
a really good listener is doing only one thing: paying attention. listening.
but society values the multi-tasker.
there are no awards for the good listener as there are for the person who can do it all at once.

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Music to my ears: Mono

the story of "sc"

"sc" in the middle of a word is a good indication that the word means:

progress, becoming, in the process of being formed, not yet complete, coming into being, developing

try it:
nascent
adolescence
transcendence
luminescent
incandescent

gluttony

notes from an existentialism class: I

existentialism.
existent.
exist.
ist=latin verb=to be.
that which is. that which stands. to stand.
existence=to stand out.
how we exist in the world.
we can choose the actions that shape ourselves.
a human ability.
even if animals could ask these kinds of questions, would we understand?
existentialist thinkers tried to show others to accept they are free.
to free people from illusion.
missionary work.
(this is what got socrates in trouble. when people try to free other people, this is what happens)
the object of mood is mood itself.
when i'm seeing, can i see myself seeing?
what does it feel like to feel?
this is what it means to be conscious.
what it really means to exist.
for you. for me. for self.
to find a truth that is true to me.
to understand myself. find what is true for me. the idea of what i am.
(what good is it to construct meanings if it has no deeper significance for my life?)
reality is subjective.
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despair vs doubt.
all of us experience despair. nobody can say they never had the chance to feel this feeling.
nobody is exempt from despair.
therefore it is a choice. you can choose it.
doubt is a quality of the intellect. an intellectual advantage.
some never have the chance to learn doubt.
everyone has the ability to choose. not choosing despair doesn't mean you're not feeling despair.
my failure to choose it means i'm living in a shallow state of consciosness.
choice = awareness of conscience.

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Music to my ears - Queens of the Stone Age - Lullabies to Paralyze
Food for thought - Basic Writings of Existentialism - Gord Marino
In reality - R.I.P Paul Croutch