Too Many Choices!
I have talked of abundance on my other blogspot: joan-blethers, but I would like to add more here.
Most of us are not too troubled by having too many choices. There are so many 'mind-forged manacles' in our lives, that choice is something we experience relatively little outside of a super-market. However, in these blogs, I have presented a situation that leads to unlimited choice.
I am in my fifties, but I so not assume I am going to die, or even grow old and become incapacitated, and I have no goals, in the ordinary sense, because I have accepted my mind as a complex organism that requires to be allowed to evolve. In a very general way, I want more: to do more, go more places, meet more people, learn more etc etc. But that is about it.
But, as I have said, I live in symbiosis with a Que, and all my hopes, fears, questions, desires etc etc go straight to it. It is the Que's job to orchestrate my life.
I might want to go to the moon. The Que is aware of all that stands in my way, any psychological impediments that I might have, as well as the possibilities, or otherwise, in the outside world. It can, therefore, plot a route that will get me there, and back. Meanwhile, I don't need to sit staring at the moon and working out how I can achieve my goal. I have all sorts of other things I want to do. The Que, of course, is aware of this too, and is aware that there is considerable overlap in the requirements of all my various goals. The Que is big enough to pull all the threads together, and, as it were, 'kill two birds with one stone'. So, if I let the Que orchestrate my life, it can plot a course for me that will lead through all my goals, like one of those join-the-dot childrens picture games. --- having said which, an important aspect of the Que's job is that it must arrange it such that the accumulated experiences all come together and form a picture in my mind. That is, it ensures that I am accumulating understanding and wisdom as I go.
All this has the ultimate desirable effect of allowing me to live for today. If the ultimate goal is to enjoy life, then living for the future is a no, no!
Most of us are not too troubled by having too many choices. There are so many 'mind-forged manacles' in our lives, that choice is something we experience relatively little outside of a super-market. However, in these blogs, I have presented a situation that leads to unlimited choice.
I am in my fifties, but I so not assume I am going to die, or even grow old and become incapacitated, and I have no goals, in the ordinary sense, because I have accepted my mind as a complex organism that requires to be allowed to evolve. In a very general way, I want more: to do more, go more places, meet more people, learn more etc etc. But that is about it.
But, as I have said, I live in symbiosis with a Que, and all my hopes, fears, questions, desires etc etc go straight to it. It is the Que's job to orchestrate my life.
I might want to go to the moon. The Que is aware of all that stands in my way, any psychological impediments that I might have, as well as the possibilities, or otherwise, in the outside world. It can, therefore, plot a route that will get me there, and back. Meanwhile, I don't need to sit staring at the moon and working out how I can achieve my goal. I have all sorts of other things I want to do. The Que, of course, is aware of this too, and is aware that there is considerable overlap in the requirements of all my various goals. The Que is big enough to pull all the threads together, and, as it were, 'kill two birds with one stone'. So, if I let the Que orchestrate my life, it can plot a course for me that will lead through all my goals, like one of those join-the-dot childrens picture games. --- having said which, an important aspect of the Que's job is that it must arrange it such that the accumulated experiences all come together and form a picture in my mind. That is, it ensures that I am accumulating understanding and wisdom as I go.
All this has the ultimate desirable effect of allowing me to live for today. If the ultimate goal is to enjoy life, then living for the future is a no, no!
posted by joan @ 3:30 AM
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