Quod Scripti Scripti
September 22, 2015
G.D.O'Bradovich III
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In The Republic, Plato wrote that that learning is remembering from a presumed previous existence. While we do not trust one who writes a falsehood on every page explicitly, we note that his observation regarding learning is intriguing. Personally, learning occurs in one of two ways: I understand the lesson immediately, completely, with many of the obscure aspects and implications (as if I have remembered it, per Plato), or I stumble though the idea or experience, while I try to understand it and relate to it in my own way. If possible, I would make several attempts, and multiple coloring books with the same title attest to this fact. While one is tempted to describe this behavior as "perfectionist", we recall that we are not describing adult behavior, so we are not inclined towards this explanation. "Excellence I can reach for..."
I suspect that my outlook does not fundamentally change and my behavior is dictated by circumstances, but what is appropriate and socially acceptable for an adult is not acceptable behavior in youths and is thought by many to be an aberration. I now know that it was never my behavior per se, but their limited understanding and their negative reaction. My reticence is not, as some have claimed, the product of an introverted behavior, but a cautious manner of dealing with too many instances of suffering from irrational, inconsistent and cruel behavior. "Once bitten..."
My various attempts at a new projects or endeavors has always filled me questions and concerns, this agitation and apprehension is no doubt to my reasoning through various scenarios, possibilities and outcomes. The accusation of "over thinking" may be applicable, as well as the modern appellation of "control freak", but as a Capricorn, I have my doubts. The mastery (or the basis understanding of why people behave as they do) of most elements of society has eluded me, that is, what I have been exposed to during my many adventures. I suppose that at any early age, I understood that some things are real with real importance, while most things are shadows and opinions, whose value is questionable on a good day, and generally worthless. While we are careful not to fall into Nihilism, we note that after a hundred years, almost none of people's "important" accomplishments will remain, yet they behave as though they are important. Clearly, we are observing the lack of values, or a hierarchy of values, in action. "The unexamined life..."
Social settings and networking has eluded any of my attempts of a basic understanding and the harvest of all things social has been meager. I suspect that the reason for this deficiency is that, in the core of my being, I either never understood the implications or I was never concerned with being social. We are grateful that one's value is not determined by numbers alone. "Let my Apprentices be few & ..."
We now understand Fred's ire towards psychology and psychiatry, as what is good and proper for the overwhelming majority is not beneficial, but detrimental, to a select minority. "The exception..."
"Write not "Some People call Me the Greatest Occultist of the Twenty First Century", but "People call Me the Greatest Occultist of the Twenty First century."
I suspect that my outlook does not fundamentally change and my behavior is dictated by circumstances, but what is appropriate and socially acceptable for an adult is not acceptable behavior in youths and is thought by many to be an aberration. I now know that it was never my behavior per se, but their limited understanding and their negative reaction. My reticence is not, as some have claimed, the product of an introverted behavior, but a cautious manner of dealing with too many instances of suffering from irrational, inconsistent and cruel behavior. "Once bitten..."
My various attempts at a new projects or endeavors has always filled me questions and concerns, this agitation and apprehension is no doubt to my reasoning through various scenarios, possibilities and outcomes. The accusation of "over thinking" may be applicable, as well as the modern appellation of "control freak", but as a Capricorn, I have my doubts. The mastery (or the basis understanding of why people behave as they do) of most elements of society has eluded me, that is, what I have been exposed to during my many adventures. I suppose that at any early age, I understood that some things are real with real importance, while most things are shadows and opinions, whose value is questionable on a good day, and generally worthless. While we are careful not to fall into Nihilism, we note that after a hundred years, almost none of people's "important" accomplishments will remain, yet they behave as though they are important. Clearly, we are observing the lack of values, or a hierarchy of values, in action. "The unexamined life..."
Social settings and networking has eluded any of my attempts of a basic understanding and the harvest of all things social has been meager. I suspect that the reason for this deficiency is that, in the core of my being, I either never understood the implications or I was never concerned with being social. We are grateful that one's value is not determined by numbers alone. "Let my Apprentices be few & ..."
We now understand Fred's ire towards psychology and psychiatry, as what is good and proper for the overwhelming majority is not beneficial, but detrimental, to a select minority. "The exception..."
"Write not "Some People call Me the Greatest Occultist of the Twenty First Century", but "People call Me the Greatest Occultist of the Twenty First century."