Foundational Thought
The second chapter within "On Structure". Let's learn.
Discontent, blaming, complaining, self-pity cannot serve as a foundation for a good future, no matter how much effort you make.
Foundational Thought
Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
We all see things in our own way. We each have a different perspective on any event. There’s beauty in this, but there’s confusion and anger that can come of it as well.
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could all accept there are different ways to look at any one thing? That doesn’t mean each perspective or view is correct. That cannot be the case in an objective world.
The subjective is important. That is, how we interpret events individually and how that differs. It’s useful and you can garner much in the way of information paying attention to this.
However, it leads to a more complete picture, the subjectivity of a perspective is not a full picture itself. It is only a part. We need this perspective in order to complete the puzzle and see the picture in its entirety.
What we need to understand is how we each come to a different perspective. That is based off our prior assumptions on everything. In short, our perspective is shaped by our foundational beliefs.
If you believe there is an almighty creator, a divine being who designed everything, the assumption is the world must live in concert due to it being made that way.
So there is a use and a purpose for every rock, every fly, every cloud in the sky. If you don’t believe in intelligent design, sometimes those rocks are just rocks, they don’t do anything in that environment as it stands.
Those flies are just there, perhaps removing them would affect change, but that chance may just be less nuisance flies. The clouds are only there due to weather patterns. No more, no less.
There’s a trap here, either way you want to slice it. Do not discount a perspective or a belief just because it isn’t yours. That’s a good way to become an idiot. We have plenty, you don’t need to join the ranks.
Learning is a lifelong process and it can come easy for some things and it can come with scars with others. If you write off an idea or a belief because it isn’t your belief, you’re doing yourself a disservice and you’re doing everyone else one too.
There’s value in information, even when that information is wrong. You may also find that a different belief structure allows you to look at something in a different way.
Then you’ll find that way of looking at it, paired with your own, allowed you to find the answer you have been looking for. Whatever it is you base your foundational beliefs on, just remember to keep your eyes and ears open for understanding outside that realm.
You cannot know everything therefore you cannot be certain in your own answers, not for everything. That’s pride, and you will fall.
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