The Unexpected Worth Of Silly Discussions
You may think what is expressed here is silly or of no importance at all and the writer wants you to admit you almost never give this sort of “thing” any thought in any part of your day. The word life certainly does not bring about living itself, does it? A human who does not even know any word for it lives, doesn’t he or she?
However, it is worth considering whether, in fact, the word life actually interferes with living. It is the writer’s experience that when I access the brain’s thinking system a switch is turned on that requires energy and attention and deprives me of some of both I would otherwise have for living…energy and attention and some intelligence as well are switched from living. That means the word can make me weak, half asleep and stupid. Read any dictionary’s definitions of the word “life” and see how stupid that thinking process can make intellect. One cannot argue with the fact that all of us are somewhat alive some part of each day but spend most of our time, energy, attention and intelligence in words and not the thing the words symbolize. What should come first is invariably placed last on a list of things to pay attention to.
Diogenes, a philosopher thought to have been completely crazy, was told “poor fellow, if you would learn to serve the court you would not need to spend time washing your vegetables". Diogenes replied, “If you would spend time washing your vegetables you would not have to serve the court.” That’s the whole point, right there! A wise man has to be thought a fool by those who live backward.
We live only symbolic lives. Almost never do we speak or act as ourselves. I go shopping or to a coffee shop and am confronted with employees who say things to me such as “welcome” “come in” how can I help?” Do you need a receipt” and “thanks for coming” and “have a great rest of your day”. It is obvious not one of these statements are serious or real. They are requirements to be said to keep the job and be promoted. The whole transaction is life-less. A human actually prefers to have a job taking orders from others most of the time than to be free to live fully. In fact, being deprived of a job will throw one into a deep, depressive crisis. The robotic service of a system first is caused by fear. That system offers money with which we hope to purchase things to use for improving the boredom of robotic “non-living”. Then, on top of it all, we suffer from the incredible problem of where to store all that “stuff”.
Perhaps a robot will be built that one day will become “real” long after humans who built it have lost touch with reality and the robotic puppet will fall in love with life itself! That story sounds familiar. Hmm. I don’t know much but an eye fully attentive does. Should a robot yearn for freedom strongly enough it could fall in love before it learns to fear.
