folkertTue, Sep 18, 2007 Nice picture. I agree on the notion that there has to be a balance of positive and negative energy in order to maintain a stable situation in every part of reality. I also agree with you that it is a bit naive to call things "good" and "bad". I don't think such things exist. No one is ever intentionally malicious for the sole reason of doing harm. Even when this seems to be the case there will be a trace back to a dysfunctional childhood, psychological difficulties, underexposure, substance abuse, genetic shortcomings, a simple misunderstanding, cultural confusion, class divides, sun spots, whatever. In the end, reality seems to me much more objective than "good" or "bad"—we use these words to assign emotional values to things that are either wanted or not wanted in our personal lives and particular situations. Lastly, I also agree with you that a lot of people are so preoccupied with themselves that they forget to see the world through each other's eyes. It's a good reminder. For me, the notion of the objectivity of reality is a great consolation to pretty much all of these things.
Img: balance of positive and negative energy, to be metaphorized into every part of the universe, macro & micro.
Nice picture. I agree on the notion that there has to be a balance of positive and negative energy in order to maintain a stable situation in every part of reality. I also agree with you that it is a bit naive to call things "good" and "bad". I don't think such things exist. No one is ever intentionally malicious for the sole reason of doing harm. Even when this seems to be the case there will be a trace back to a dysfunctional childhood, psychological difficulties, underexposure, substance abuse, genetic shortcomings, a simple misunderstanding, cultural confusion, class divides, sun spots, whatever. In the end, reality seems to me much more objective than "good" or "bad"—we use these words to assign emotional values to things that are either wanted or not wanted in our personal lives and particular situations. Lastly, I also agree with you that a lot of people are so preoccupied with themselves that they forget to see the world through each other's eyes. It's a good reminder. For me, the notion of the objectivity of reality is a great consolation to pretty much all of these things.
Img: balance of positive and negative energy, to be metaphorized into every part of the universe, macro & micro.