Wednesday, August 30, 2017

some words of advice (file under philosophy for life)


Hi class. We've had some interesting discussions in class.

Let me state a few assumptions I have defended this week.

Whatever happens in the Universe has a sufficient reason to happen.

I modify this somewhat into: Whatever happens is perfect.

But you recall this "perfect" is not normative (meaning good/bad, right/wrong). I'm not saying what happens is good or bad for the simple reason that the Universe is value/neutral. 

Facts are facts. Values are our evaluations of the facts.
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What's next? YOU ARE PERFECT.

What this means is that actually you are a full expression of YOURSELF. Again, no value laden. Only facts about you.

This is good. It allows to look at oneself without any bad faith for dodging one's responsibility into one's own affairs. WE ARE FULL EXPRESSIONS OF WHAT WE ARE.

On the other hand I have this surprise:

YOU ARE A POTENTIAL REALIZATION OF YOUR BEST SELF. 


This is beautiful. Now I'm evaluating. I say "potential", this is a future, not the present self. This best self is not just any self. It's a wiser, better, happier self.

But this is not easy. There are so many variations about to unfold of your potential self. BE CAREFUL AND DELIBERATE.

Sophia can definitely help. May she be with you.