Collaboration is the key to our survival as a species. A new world is upon us, and it is our time to wake up. If we want to change the current trajectory we are collectively on we must strive to act more consciously and thoughtfully about how we live our lives. Every living person existing today has this fundamental truth in common. The decisions we are making every day are forming our world. Perspective, and context, are vital concepts. Out of context we are separate entities, battling against one another for power, but in the Grand Context we are each part of the same undulating fabric, we are all part of the same Existence.
What are the standards we are setting for ourselves? What is the discrepancy between what we declare we want for ourselves and what course of action we actually follow? What is the relationship between thought, word, and action?
When I awoke from the trance the only thing I said was that "the triangle is an infinitely important shape." My thoughts are the foundation of my existence as a human being, they are the frequency at which I resonate. Each word with which I articulate my thoughts is in itself a choice for which I am responsible. My action is the ultimate manifestation of my thoughts and words; it is that to which I direct my love, my energy, my time.
What are the standards we are setting for ourselves? What is the discrepancy between what we declare we want for ourselves and what course of action we actually follow? What is the relationship between thought, word, and action?
When I awoke from the trance the only thing I said was that "the triangle is an infinitely important shape." My thoughts are the foundation of my existence as a human being, they are the frequency at which I resonate. Each word with which I articulate my thoughts is in itself a choice for which I am responsible. My action is the ultimate manifestation of my thoughts and words; it is that to which I direct my love, my energy, my time.
The triangle is an infinitely important shape. It represents strength, balance, and equality.
How can we declare that there is only one true way to perceive the world around us? The only truth is that which you experience for yourself, and it can and should peacefully coexist without imposition on the truths that others choose for themselves.
the following responses are from various individules:
Araman Drosseph
Not that i completely disagree with you but you tempt me to play the devils advocate so: What is so important about collaboration? It is easy to say that collaboration would solve all of our problems but in itself creates a whole new set of problems. Let me pose a question; how is difference created? Difference is created by opposing forces. Everything that is definable must have an opposite otherwise it is undefinable. Now collaboration could not exist without disunity. Therefore it is fundamental if it is to be defined. Now to examine it even closer; What if we did all collaborate. Would it be fair to say that this would lead to homogeneity? Homogeneity is a problem in itself. Like anything when it is spread amongst a large body it becomes diluted. From an artistic point a view lets say you really wanted to tell a story. This story is your story. However the moment you begin to distribute it it becomes diluted.
hat is why in large scale productions such as film there is alway a director to maintain overall artistic vision. WIthout this selfish roll the project would be overall lost due to there being to many cooks in the kitchen. In essence life is always a struggle between homeostasis and trans-stasis. Things can never be truly balanced and thus they maintain balance through being imbalanced (part of chaos theory). So in essence it is equally imbalanced to state that there is more than one true way to perceive the world around us because really the only means of perception is through our self through not only the medium of the body (5 sensations) but also through our interpretation of these sensations via our ego, id, and super ego which prioritize these sensations. This is why art is ultimately important because it is an attempt to share these very personal sensations, thoughts and feelings with others but it would not be possible without the basic separation of humanity from each other.
without the basic fear of maintaing ourselves we would be swallowed up into a collective thus rendering individuality useless. We would always be aware of how others where feeling and being and thus there would be no point in expressing ourselves. I dont know about you but i could not live like that. Could you?
Dashiell Renaud
Araman is right about requiring differences to establish individuality, and without the concept of individuality the meaning of unity is lost.
People have spent hours in attempts to explain to me that 'everything is one', without any solid form or structure to their argument. In terms of actual, practical considerations for collaboration; unity only occurs when a unifying threat is present.
Why did the US, Russia, and China ally? to fight Nazis.
When has the whole world come together to celebrate unity? Armageddon, Independence Day, War of the Worlds... existence threatening situations.
Our minds are designed to be focused on that which threatens us. The things we have/need, the people we like/turn to, the places we stay/go, would be of no consequence to us were there not threats or unpleasantries that these things, people, places help us combat/avoid/define ourselves against.
Opposition doesn't take us out of context, it IS the context of existence.
People have spent hours in attempts to explain to me that 'everything is one', without any solid form or structure to their argument. In terms of actual, practical considerations for collaboration; unity only occurs when a unifying threat is present.
Why did the US, Russia, and China ally? to fight Nazis.
When has the whole world come together to celebrate unity? Armageddon, Independence Day, War of the Worlds... existence threatening situations.
Our minds are designed to be focused on that which threatens us. The things we have/need, the people we like/turn to, the places we stay/go, would be of no consequence to us were there not threats or unpleasantries that these things, people, places help us combat/avoid/define ourselves against.
Opposition doesn't take us out of context, it IS the context of existence.
Opposition is not always a battle, nor is it synonymous with separation. "People opposed to polution unite to hose off the petroluem covered seals."
And to carry on to your tangent. There is nothing unified when it comes to thoughts, words, and actions, either. A triangle might commonly be interpreted to represent a collaboration of three elements, but it can just as easily symbolize a dispersion of entities, or multiplicity of consideration. Sometimes the triangle is just saying yield.
Yield to unity
Yield to desire
Yield to action to breed upon action to develop into circumstance to fall prey to interpretation to create difference to populate disparateness...
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And to carry on to your tangent. There is nothing unified when it comes to thoughts, words, and actions, either. A triangle might commonly be interpreted to represent a collaboration of three elements, but it can just as easily symbolize a dispersion of entities, or multiplicity of consideration. Sometimes the triangle is just saying yield.
Yield to unity
Yield to desire
Yield to action to breed upon action to develop into circumstance to fall prey to interpretation to create difference to populate disparateness...
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
I wish to share with you a bit of wisdom of the Ancient word: dialogos (dialogue) and respect are the keys. It may not lead to unity, but at least we all know what we are after... As long as I will respect your idea and I will battle for you and me to be able to disagree without killing each other.
Araman Drosseph Violence is key to development though. I know i am opening a can of worms here but here me out; Violence in its most basic of terms is the meeting of two opposing forces. Opposing forces (again wether they real or imaginary) can not even exist within the same realm. This means that even ideas, thoughts, emotions, actions, and mater, can not reside within the same space (wether it be "real" or "imaginary"). Without breaking it too much further down everything grounded on coordinates, wether they be spatial or non spatial. Violence is the meeting of OPPOSING entities that happen to collide with each other on whatever coordinate plane. Confrontation is simply the encounter between any idea, matter, thing. However i slightly digress. What is important to keep in mind is that growth is impossible without confrontation or violence because it is essential as part of the over arching rules of anything that does exist and also does not exist.
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