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| 28 Feb 2016 05:40 PM |
we often see the image of children, families and friends in society hang out. allegedly “living in the now”, they call it. they’re supposedly aware of their surroundings through mindfulness and meditation, aware of what’s happening and actually capable of “feeling” the world unlike those who do not “live in the now”.
it’s nothing but a myth, a myth about being down on earth, being with others and in their presence; it’s surrealistic, it isn’t compatible with the way our lives are, the way we live. it’s like when we say “all we need is love”, but we don’t. we need much more to function and we can sure as hell live without love. (even though it arguably would make your life miserable).
even solutions as to how we solve problems concerning millions of human lives isn’t even compatible with this “lifestyle”, because it’s so abstract and definitely not in the here-and-now. one needs to understand that theories and ideas aren’t always realistic and definitely not compatible with real life.
and should we even move onto the subject of social media and technology? the people believing in this deceptive myth are claiming you’re not in the now when you’re taking contact to people digitally instead of in real life simply because you aren’t completely aware of your physical surroundings. i disagree, surely you aren’t as aware when it comes to your PHYSICAL surroundings, but you’re definitely there, just online. - but doesn’t that make everything even more better? the fact that you don’t need to get your butt up to feel close and in contact with those hundreds of miles away? is it really that bad? we learn so many different ways to feel close, we get to experience stuff we can’t possibly experience online.
but those believing in the “here-and-now” myth are persistent; they claim it’s all false, that it’s fake. it’s not natural. however they’re contradicting themselves. doesn’t meditation actually make you feel detached to the world? doesn’t it make you go in your OWN flow, not experiencing the world as others do, thus actually making the here-and-now experience false and unnatural?
no guys. just stop
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| 28 Feb 2016 05:41 PM |
you should honestly get a blog or something mags you're great at articles |
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| 28 Feb 2016 05:41 PM |
| and surely i'll admit, i've been one of these deceived fellows who believed in such, but upon reflecting it, i realized it's wrong. |
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| 28 Feb 2016 05:42 PM |
"you should honestly get a blog or something mags you're great at articles"
you're absolutely sweet, thank you dear :] however, i think i'll refrain from that given my lack of interest in writing. i only convey to writing these things on a forum where people won't read them when i'm bored. |
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| 28 Feb 2016 05:44 PM |
| the hell are you talking about |
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| 28 Feb 2016 05:44 PM |
"the hell are you talking about" perhaps if you read it, you'd know :] |
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| 28 Feb 2016 05:46 PM |
you should publish a book with these views
screw a blog
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| 28 Feb 2016 05:46 PM |
| of course I read it, it still doesn't make sense |
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| 28 Feb 2016 05:47 PM |
| i am very confused and this feels like a bit of an irrelevant problem but ur not going to be in the now if ur eating nuggets talking 2 people online every hour of every day |
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| 28 Feb 2016 05:47 PM |
if children walks around and dreams of an iphone, then a deceived adult will remind her of the hungry children in africa; something completely out of context and contact.
surely they're allowed to take the flight to africa and actually obtain african standards even though it's out of context and contact, but GOD FORBID them to wish for an iphone, something ALSO out of context and contact |
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| 28 Feb 2016 05:49 PM |
the hell you talking about [2]
Woof Woof |
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| 28 Feb 2016 05:49 PM |
| so your whole point in writing this was to condone spoiled, entitled behavior |
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morient
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| 28 Feb 2016 05:51 PM |
blog (2)
this was interesting even if i don't understand the subject matter |
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| 28 Feb 2016 05:52 PM |
"of course I read it, it still doesn't make sense" ok, some people just don't understand. it's alright i'll actually take the time to simplify SOME of it for you:
there's thing thing called living in the now, being in your current presence and aware of your physical surroundings. this state is thought to be obtained through meditation inter alia.
they say that the experiences we have online are false, unnatural and out of context because we aren't much aware of our physical surroundings, but that's hypocritical and contradicting. why? because in a meditation form, you're not in the same presence as everyone else, you don't go with everyone elses flow, you aren't feeling what they are because you're in a state you caused yourself to be in through meditation, THAT is fake, THAT is unnatural and THAT is out of context. |
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| 28 Feb 2016 05:53 PM |
"if children walks around and dreams of an iphone, then a deceived adult will remind her of the hungry children in africa; something completely out of context and contact."
I hate it when people do this. How am I supposed to have things I want to work for if you set me up with this kind of stuff.
Could you please speak louder? I had to turn on my living room lights on just to hear you |
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| 28 Feb 2016 05:55 PM |
"I hate it when people do this. How am I supposed to have things I want to work for if you set me up with this kind of stuff." it's simple; stop caring. you can't save everyone, but if you truly feel that guilty, you can donate a small share of your money to charity to cleanse your feeling of sin |
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| 28 Feb 2016 05:58 PM |
technically we don't live in the "now" we live in the past because our brains have a delay and i'll stop now sorry |
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| 28 Feb 2016 06:00 PM |
This was deep, interesting read.
-fishLAD <*)))><
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| 28 Feb 2016 06:01 PM |
about this: "if children walks around and dreams of an iphone, then a deceived adult will remind her of the hungry children in africa; something completely out of context and contact.
surely they're allowed to take the flight to africa and actually obtain african standards even though it's out of context and contact, but GOD FORBID them to wish for an iphone, something ALSO out of context and contact"
to clarify further as to how it's linked with my post they claim that you should be in your physical surroundings, not far away somewhere within your thoughts. but when small little annabeth is "out of contact" because she's dreaming of an iphone (something that will apparently also cause her to be more unaware), she's countered by... stuff further out of contact and context? children in africa? |
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| 28 Feb 2016 06:03 PM |
| ahhhh the layout is screwing with me help |
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| 28 Feb 2016 06:04 PM |
I want an iphone for texting and calling, nothing more
But still you need a blog tbh your really good at writing articles |
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| 28 Feb 2016 06:04 PM |
Here's a easier way https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h5WrWncDZw |
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| 28 Feb 2016 06:06 PM |
"But still you need a blog tbh your really good at writing articles" + all the other people saying blog
thanks for the compliment, i suppose. however, it's not my thing. i don't enjoy writing, as i earlier said, i only write my viewpoints when i'm bored it's currently 1AM and i can't fall asleep, so i thought why not |
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| 28 Feb 2016 06:12 PM |
| this actually got a crapton of views |
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