With the recent changes that have come about regarding the laws of same sex marriages, I wanted to go ahead and share some chains of thought that I had been working on for quite some time.
First of all, why does one person become attracted to another person of the same sex? No matter what you hear, no one really knows. Not even those who are attracted to a person of the same sex. Perhaps someday geneticists will discover an area in our DNA where our eye color, hair color, musical potential capabilities and the likes are located and somewhere in that area might also be our "pre-programed" sexual preference.
No one really knows why people of the same sex can be attracted to each other and unfortunately "fear of the unknown" is a very real phenomenon amongst human beings. If something is not understood, humanity has a tendency to default to fear, which leads to gossiping about it, demonizing it and making it illegal.
The laws of humanity will never be able to overcome the laws of nature. There are perpetual processes in nature that every physical thing on this planet is a part of. Just as it is impossible to craft a law against hurricanes to keep them from damaging the mainland, it is equally impossible to create a law that keeps the human soul from being what it naturally is.
Love is also of nature. The meaning of love has been perverted and mutated over the years causing the true meaning to be frequently illusive. One of love's biggest distractors is sex. Although love can evolve to and include sex, sex itself is not love. Sex is a physical act (or acts) with boundaries and limitations. Love has no boundaries and is certainly not governed by the opinions of humans. Being able to see this issue from a purely love perspective, allows for a better understanding of how two people can be naturally attracted to each other regardless of gender.
Sunday, July 5, 2015
Sunday, May 31, 2015
Surroundings
People are indeed a product of their surroundings. If a person surrounds themselves with hypocrites and thieves, they too will eventually become a hypocrite and a thief. Contrary to that, amazing things happen when someone surrounds themselves with the positive and supportive components of life. If a child grows up around people that have certain tendencies, the child will have been exposed to those tendencies and those parameters will become programmed into their minds as a normal and acceptable way of life. It is up to the parents as to whether the environment that is created is positive and productive or negative and an encumbrance. Irresponsible parents create an exponential deficit for their children to have to overcome once they are on their own in life.
Ignorance is a direct result of parental irresponsibility and is inexcusable. It is a barrier in the evolution of humanity and a burden that consumes resources that should be used in more productive areas. Ignorance condemns humanity to make the same mistakes over and over.
Ignorance is the source behind racism and religious persecution. Otherwise why would one race or group of individuals, feel they are superior to another and who on Earth gave them the authority to make that decision in the first place? The ignorance that was passed on to them growing up or at some point in their life, led them to believe that all men are not equal. In an ironic sense, they are exactly right. However, it is them and those misled individuals like them, who are the ones that are not equal. They have adopted this singular perspective that has been mistakenly coded into their minds as the will of the masses. There are millions of minds and thousands of cultures in this world. How ridiculous is it to think that the opinion of a single individual or a small group of individuals, is the only opinion in the world? Differing perspectives and different ways of managing life's events, allow the mind to grow and allow humans to better understand life as a whole.
There is so much misinformation in the world. Anyone can post anything on the Internet and millions of people can instantly see the post and form an opinion. Many individuals form their opinions knowing little or nothing about the subject that they are forming an opinion on. For them, what they see on television, the Internet or hear in the gossip chain, is good enough and is surely the truth. They do not make any effort to research and verify these claims before spreading them on. The irony to this is that it has never been easier in the history of humanity to research and validate claims. The Internet and all that goes with it, brings the ability to seek out accurate information that is literally at our fingertips.
Facebook is a great way of re-connecting with old friends and also for staying connected with close friends and family. Friends from the past that historically would have been lost to the evolution of life, can now be friends forever. People from all over the world can stay in instant contact with each other. It is easier than ever for someone to be able learn about other people and places, understanding aspects of life that they only thought they understood before.
Unfortunately, Facebook also allows for people to reconnect with old habits and surroundings that perhaps they had grown out of or broken free from. Everyone has a couple of those negative influences / friends on their Facebook. The ones who would not be able to find the supermarket even if they were in its parking lot, unless they were told that it was across the street from La Pachanga club. Those friends that post some of the most pointless information on social media pages, that only publicly reveal their inability to see the wonder that exists outside of the circle of ignorance that they are in. These people are part of the negative surroundings issue and care should be taken to not have their influences around.
There is always hope. Ignorance does not keep hope from being a force in peoples lives. Perhaps those negative influences will find a way to become more positive and the good in those individuals will shine through after all.
Ignorance is a direct result of parental irresponsibility and is inexcusable. It is a barrier in the evolution of humanity and a burden that consumes resources that should be used in more productive areas. Ignorance condemns humanity to make the same mistakes over and over.
Ignorance is the source behind racism and religious persecution. Otherwise why would one race or group of individuals, feel they are superior to another and who on Earth gave them the authority to make that decision in the first place? The ignorance that was passed on to them growing up or at some point in their life, led them to believe that all men are not equal. In an ironic sense, they are exactly right. However, it is them and those misled individuals like them, who are the ones that are not equal. They have adopted this singular perspective that has been mistakenly coded into their minds as the will of the masses. There are millions of minds and thousands of cultures in this world. How ridiculous is it to think that the opinion of a single individual or a small group of individuals, is the only opinion in the world? Differing perspectives and different ways of managing life's events, allow the mind to grow and allow humans to better understand life as a whole.
There is so much misinformation in the world. Anyone can post anything on the Internet and millions of people can instantly see the post and form an opinion. Many individuals form their opinions knowing little or nothing about the subject that they are forming an opinion on. For them, what they see on television, the Internet or hear in the gossip chain, is good enough and is surely the truth. They do not make any effort to research and verify these claims before spreading them on. The irony to this is that it has never been easier in the history of humanity to research and validate claims. The Internet and all that goes with it, brings the ability to seek out accurate information that is literally at our fingertips.
Facebook is a great way of re-connecting with old friends and also for staying connected with close friends and family. Friends from the past that historically would have been lost to the evolution of life, can now be friends forever. People from all over the world can stay in instant contact with each other. It is easier than ever for someone to be able learn about other people and places, understanding aspects of life that they only thought they understood before.
Unfortunately, Facebook also allows for people to reconnect with old habits and surroundings that perhaps they had grown out of or broken free from. Everyone has a couple of those negative influences / friends on their Facebook. The ones who would not be able to find the supermarket even if they were in its parking lot, unless they were told that it was across the street from La Pachanga club. Those friends that post some of the most pointless information on social media pages, that only publicly reveal their inability to see the wonder that exists outside of the circle of ignorance that they are in. These people are part of the negative surroundings issue and care should be taken to not have their influences around.
There is always hope. Ignorance does not keep hope from being a force in peoples lives. Perhaps those negative influences will find a way to become more positive and the good in those individuals will shine through after all.
ignorance. (n.d.). Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition. Retrieved June 01, 2015, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ignorance
Saturday, March 7, 2015
Forward
I smell the smoke and feel the heat of the bridges burning behind me. Perhaps I should have waited and gave myself more distance from my tried and true past. After all, it is these very bridges that have kept me in life for many years now. Can one really ever justify moving on when nothing is wrong with the here and now? Is it fair to your past when all that was, is what has made you the person that you are? Yet, all that was, is the source of the driving force that is urging you to move on.
The list of those who came before me is long. It is with the greatest of respect for them and their accomplishments that I build on their achievements and learn from the expense and fallout of their errors. To do nothing with what they have given me would be to provoke evolutionary suicide. It is never finished. There must always be the next "what if" or "what were they thinking". Restless and inquisitive souls are some of the least understood and most criticized but yet they are the very souls that are needed to keep learning and evolution alive.
Sunday, March 1, 2015
The Experiences Are Needed
The winter weeks leading up to Valentines day are usually accompanied by memories of struggles in past relationships and the things that were said or done as part of those relationships. After February 14th 2002, Valentines day took on a much more robust meaning for me. In fact, I would go so far as to propose the dedication of this day to all those who have fought so very hard, and succeeded, at getting out of bad relationships. Not just any bad relationship but one that was so damaging that it would have killed, in one way or another, had it continued. I would dedicate the day to all who had found the ability to gather any shreds of logic, common sense or minuscule pieces of will power still inside them, giving them just enough strength to make that final decision and see it through to the end.
There is certainly no shortage of clichés that are tossed around. Far too often a cliché or generic comment is uttered out in a half-hearted attempt to show support or consolation for someone who may be ill or going through some tough times. Sentiment is best expressed from the heart and is not something that requires effort when sincerely expressed. When effort is needed, whatever "canned" words that can be thought of for the moment are used and therefore are not delivered with true feelings. For example, it is easy to say, "forget about the past and move on" but is this cliche-ic comment a sincere comment that is coming from the heart and originating from a true concern for the well being of the individual or just something that someone felt obligated to say.
Regardless of how many times someone says to "forget about the past and move on", it would actually be irresponsible if we did forget about the past. In fact we need all of those past memories regardless of how good or how hurtful they are. We use those memories and experiences as a base for making future decisions. The decisions will be better decisions because we have these memories and experiences available as part of our database for comparison. The more memories and experiences that are in our past, the more successful and capable we should be at making good decisions and handling the many challenges that life throws our way.
Success is a journey, not a destination. - Arthur Ashe
There is certainly no shortage of clichés that are tossed around. Far too often a cliché or generic comment is uttered out in a half-hearted attempt to show support or consolation for someone who may be ill or going through some tough times. Sentiment is best expressed from the heart and is not something that requires effort when sincerely expressed. When effort is needed, whatever "canned" words that can be thought of for the moment are used and therefore are not delivered with true feelings. For example, it is easy to say, "forget about the past and move on" but is this cliche-ic comment a sincere comment that is coming from the heart and originating from a true concern for the well being of the individual or just something that someone felt obligated to say.
Regardless of how many times someone says to "forget about the past and move on", it would actually be irresponsible if we did forget about the past. In fact we need all of those past memories regardless of how good or how hurtful they are. We use those memories and experiences as a base for making future decisions. The decisions will be better decisions because we have these memories and experiences available as part of our database for comparison. The more memories and experiences that are in our past, the more successful and capable we should be at making good decisions and handling the many challenges that life throws our way.
Success is a journey, not a destination. - Arthur Ashe
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