My Paltry Thoughts

You may of course spend hundreds if not thousand of dollars USA for so called "Insight Meditation" instruction or you can if you wish "Just Breath" . This is the only instruction required . It is necessary and sufficient . If you have questions or uncertainties you wish resolved re/ this practice rest assured they are each and all answered each in their own time by following the simplest of procedures id est "Just Breath" . If you require greater elaboration of this instruction such is presented here . "Just Breath" "Just Breath" "Just Breath"

Do individuals decide their identity is this or that aspect of their existence ? Perhaps emotion . Perhaps will . Perhaps thought . Perhaps consequences of actions . Perhaps other aspect . Perhaps none . Perhaps all .

Each July 4'th we celebrate what its utilization has given us  Perhaps we should also express remorse for all the lives taken and harmed and apologize to the nation of Great Britain for achieving our noble goal in a violent fashion.

Instead as is commonly performed id est each party attempting to influence the other opposite party to accept one's own thought / opinion / point of view / belief / demand  the proper method is merely to attempt to understand the thought / opinion / point of view / belief / demand of the other opposite party presumably by questioning the logic / reason by which such was attained. If each party proceeds in this manner step by step w/ each answer given it seems to me one of two things will occur.  If a party's thought / opinion / point of view / belief / demand is not logical / rational such will become apparent to both parties resulting in self understanding by the party w/ the initial illogical / irrational  thought / opinion / point of view / belief / demand. Or if a party's thought / opinion / point of view / belief / demand is logical / rational such also will become apparent to both parties resulting in acceptance by the opposing party. These can only be good outcomes...

 As we know the US Constitution contains a "Bill of Rights". Perhaps it should be amended to also contain a "Bill of Responsibilities".

It is given in Physics no theory can ever be proven true complete and final as Einstein famously stated "No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong." . I interpret this to mean causality can not be proven to absolute terms . So uncertainty is inherent . Could this be the reason we have Quantum Mechanics .    - Just a paltry thought

Below is my "Signature" apologies for no apologies if offends My sympathies to the SPAM moderator "I once put instant coffee into the microwave and went back in time." - Steven Wright "Shut up and calculate" - apparently N. David Mermin possibly Richard Feynman  “I want to sing, I want to cry, I want to laugh. Everything together. And jump and dance. The day has arrived — yippee!” - Desmond Tutu “When the green flag drops the bullshit stops!” "It is cheaper to save the world than it is to ruin it." "I must have had lessons" - Reverend Jim Ignatowski / Christopher Lloyd "Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force, but through persistence." - Ovid, Roman poet "... as likely as lightning striking a leprechaun whilst riding a unicorn." "Don't worry,  the planet will do just fine without us." "We can't solve today's problems with the mentality that created them." Albert Einstein “M...

 

 

It was stunning to learn that it is common for incarcerated criminals to be denied access to literature. How else are they to change their situation so they need not return to a life of crime upon release. Literature permits self education and education provides hope and opportunity upon release. May I suggest it be a Federal Policy and even Federal Mandate that prisoners be given the opportunity for such self education and the libraries be financially funded and stocked w/ the finest of materials as needed and requested for the obvious reason that it must be far far less expensive to do so than to investigate apprehend prosecute and incarcerate yet again upon recidivism.