ONE EARTH: An exquisite ballad or just disagreeable words?
Flawless
Beauty
Ingenious
Delicate
Elaborate
· It is
· It isn’t
· It is real
· It is false
· It is known, it is unknown
It is clean
It is dirty
It is important
It is irrelevant
I care; I am ambivalent
· Flawed
· Ugly
· Unsophisticated
· Imprecise
· Ordinary
I agree
I don’t
I will
I wont
I can; I can't
· It is hot
· It is cold
· It is wet
· It is dry
· It is both; It is neither
It is natural
It is man-made
It is new
It is old
It matters; It doesn’t
· It is forecastable
· It will surprise
· It is fact
· It is fiction
· Everything is doom; Everything will be alright
It is scientific
It is conspiracy
It is informed
It is fallacy
It is yin; It is yang
· I can make a change
· I can let it go
· I can say yes
· I can say no
· I can endeavor to do something; I can stick to the status quo
There is something I can do
Nothing I do will change its course
I can make a difference
I can watch it unfold
It is someone else’s problem; It is mine to own
· Past
· Present
· Future
· One
· Here and now; Future unfolding
Blue
Gray
Black
White
Watery with oxygen, Barren in stone
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Joel Anderson
5 years ago #14
Joel Anderson
5 years ago #13
Joel Anderson
5 years ago #12
Franci\ud83d\udc1dEugenia Hoffman, beBee Brand Ambassador Thank you. And so my journey is enriched yet again. I was having a conversation the other day with my brother who told me an interesting factoid that I never really considered before. I had just made a comment about a line from Stevie Ray Vaughan's Tightrope that I like to use a lot: "Lookin' back in front of me, in the mirror's grin Through eyes of love I see, I'm really lookin at a friend" He said: "You know, you never really ever see your face. It is always a reflection." And now your comments on perception, angles and appreciation have reinforced my journey to not just look at things, but to try and open my eyes and appreciate what unfolds before me and embrace the good, the bad and the ugly that has gotten me to this moment in time. Despite the flaws in life I will leave you with one potential thought to ponder: "It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see." Henry David Thoreau Thanks again. Joel
Joel Anderson
5 years ago #11
CityVP Manjit
5 years ago #10
I think what we are perfecting here is the art of creative thinking, while not superceding the need to maintain healthy standards of critical thinking. For sure we live in a social bubble that washes critical thinking with acid rather than soap, corroding thinking rather than cleaning it so it shines with greater insight. Creative thinking is its own challenge and a road far less explored - especially when we consider that our educational system is actually invested far more in the delivery of critical thinking. May be the failure of the education system to deliver that critical thinking is actually a creative problem.
Joel Anderson
5 years ago #9
CityVP \ud83d\udc1d Manjit Thank you. Now you have taken this to an unanticipated level in reading it and I truly appreciate your time in doing so and your kind words and insights. In a world where we live in polarized extremes and sensationalism in the use of words, I truly am humbled that you took the time to read it the way you have and responding with your thoughts. I too have been looking at this in different ways and in the short time since I posted this have continued to think about the residual benefit of learning from the wisdom of you and the others. To somehow crack the nut of finding the agreeable in the disagreeable. Through the Yin and Yang's of our lives, aid us in a quest of finding a true and core essence of "Oneness" despite our differences.. Your comment and that of the others have really made me think about the what ifs associated with this and other topics. What if we could just perfect the art of critical thinking and dialogue. And in taking the time within any process aiding in our singular and collective journey towards unattainable true perfection, well maybe just maybe--might we be on to something interesting? Thank you so much.,
CityVP Manjit
5 years ago #8
Joel Anderson
5 years ago #7
Praveen Raj Gullepalli Thank you so much for a great comment. It was interesting indeed to read it from the bottom upwards and your comment and approach has helped me in my contemplation of it all. As I thought about your comment, it reminded me of a quote attributed to Emily Dickinson: "I dwell in possibility." The co-existance of the Ying and Yang--of cause and effect--input and output--good and bad. The quest for enlightenment and a journey to someday and somehow find the core essence of "Oneness" at its very being. Thank you again.
Joel Anderson
5 years ago #6
Debasish Majumder Thank you for taking the time to read and sharing this. Much appreciated.
Joel Anderson
5 years ago #5
Thank you Ali \ud83d\udc1d Anani, Brand Ambassador @beBee exploring the curiosity of paradoxes indeed. A curiousity I find firmly implanted in my desire to understand it, whatever it may be--or as Bob Dylan might say: "All I can be is me, whoever that is."
Joel Anderson
5 years ago #4
Harvey Lloyd And maybe in a process of unwinding competition between the polarized sides we can start the process of living towards a better world. Your words ring true on a myriad of fronts. Thank you.
Debasish Majumder
5 years ago #3
Ali Anani
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Harvey Lloyd
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