Sensual Philosophy …

Last night or rather early this morning, I wrote a mail message … which got me thinking … replaying the thought … those who make mistakes repeatedly … begin to second guess themselves. Understandable, considering that anyone with common sense won’t allow themselves to walk into the same brick wall over and over. However, as I looked at it further I saw a poetic irony.

Our mistake was we accepted demons, while ignoring angels. Then when we realize the presence of those demons, our fear has us rejecting them … but … we not only reject them … we reject the angels also.

I’ll explain …

Mistakes are usually the direct result of a flawed logic. The more one learns, the better their logic becomes. Sometimes one can work too hard and in doing so a logic which was once okay becomes problematic. The person who begins to distrust their logic, ends up also distrusting their natural urges. When ironically, that which is natural could never be wrong. Yet, one treats it as if it’s wrong … because in their mind they believe that to be part of the reason for their experiences, or mistakes.

Ironically, they stop listening to themselves.
While listening to the logic that they shouldn’t be listening to themselves.

What sense does that make? This is a logic which is the result of a flawed logic, yet for some reason this logic to them makes sense. If it is a result of a flawed logic, that means the logic is also flawed. The solution is stop listening to yourself entirely, including the logic that you should stop listening to yourself. Yet, how can even that possibly make any sense?

Simple.

Realize that your thinking is the problem, and the only way to solve the problem is to think outside your normal realm of thinking. To exist outside the box. Where instead of using the biases which were learned previously in order to gauge new actions … listen to the facts. What facts are in front of you? Facts that cannot be disproven regardless of what you feel, or think about the subject. Things that will not change depending on your mood.

For example:

“I felt he was a nice guy, but I realize now that he was full of shit.”

In that situation, a demon was accepted. After accepting too many demons, the person starts distrusting people in general. Hence why they eventually end up rejecting angels also. The only way to avoid that action is … to stop listening to the thoughts which are swayed by the tongues of the demons. Your thoughts being swayed is the reason for the flawed logic.

Instead of listening to someone talk about being a nice person, “she portrayed herself to be so nice, then when my guard was down she stabbed me in the back.”

Look at the facts. “She says she’s a nice person deep down, but people get on her nerves and bring out her bad side.” Fact is, regardless of the reasons or excuses she wants to give you, although she says she’s a nice person … she isn’t very nice to people. Stop being swayed by what you are told. One’s actions are proven. There are those who talk about it, and those who are about it.

Everyone would like to think they have good intentions, because it’s too taboo for someone to face the reality of their own actions. So even in their own mind they honestly aren’t doing anything wrong. It’s not that they are lying to you, they just don’t see it. They’ll say, “I’m not selfish” while doing a selfish action.

There are plenty of facts in every interaction. The only way to fix a broken logic, is to stop using it entirely … to reconstruct it … to abandon the broken building, and build a new one. Yes, it’s possible to patch broken logic by backtracking your steps and seeing where you went wrong … but understand a patch, is just a patch … thus, the logic is still broken. Your patch is only a temporary fix. Here’s something that I often convey to people about “reality”, or “truth”.

There are always at least three truths / realities to any story.

There’s your truth / reality, my truth / reality, and the truth / reality which has nothing to do with either of us … the reality which exists outside of us. All truths / realities are equally valid. The way to fix flawed logic is, to think purely in the third reality. The third reality … many would like to believe that it’s impossible to think in, because our perception is always biased. This in a way is true, however it is possible to utilize the third reality effectively. Futhermore, some can purely exist in the third reality. Here is an example of the third …

You and I are walking down the street. We see a woman approaching pushing a stroller. She seems to be crying, for there appears to be tears rolling down her cheeks. One of us says (doesn’t matter which one), “she looks so sad.” The other person says, “she might be crying because she’s happy.” Then the first person says, “she might not be crying at all, it might be a raindrop. It might have started to rain.” The other person looks up into the sky, they are walking next to an apartment building … and 12 stories up they see an air-conditioner sticking out of a window … they say, “it might not be rain, it might be a drop of water from the A/C above us.”

Who’s right?

They both are (and are both wrong).

Which reality is more true?

Neither.

In their own reality, they are right. Neither of them can disprove to each other that their truth is incorrect. They could go at it for hours, and consistently it will remain that they are both right in their own eyes. Who’s more right, is irrelevant. They are both right. Your reality, and my reality … both are true. People are unwilling to accept another’s reality if it conflicts with their own. They are unable to see that both are equally valid. However, that’s beside that point and beyond the scope of this. The third reality … must not be able to be changed, regardless of our personal biases. It exists outside of our personal biases, and no matter what we think or feel about the subject … it will never change. The third reality is …

“there’s a drop of liquid on her face.”

You and I could debate semantics, we could break down the meaning of “liquid” or “face” or anything that we want. We could speak on the chemical composition of water, if we wanted to, we could even use another language. Regardless of what’s debated … the sentiment remains the same. Regardless of how complicated we make it, the third reality is always simple. There is a drop of liquid on her face. Stop being swayed by relativity. Relativity is good, and important to understand … however, why address something if you haven’t even covered the basics? Keep it simple. Deal with more complex variables later. It is only through seeing the consistent truth, that we can fix that which is broken. Or clear up, that which is hazy.

It is then that we’ll see demons as demons, and angels as angels.

For their position, which is relative to us … will be proven. We will no longer see what our flawed minds show us, but instead we’ll see them for what they truly are. Oh and btw, just because someone is a demon for us, doesn’t mean they are a demon for someone else. Ironically, it’s all relative. Our demons might be someone else’s angel. However, that’s a variable which should come or be considered after seeing what they are. For example, “that person is a demon … they are bad.” No, it’s so easy for someone to look at something as bad. “That person is a demon, they may be bad for me … but it doesn’t mean they are bad in general, just not good for me. They may be a godsend for someone else.” One must appreciate the good and the bad, for without one the other couldn’t exist.

Hopefully this entry made sense.
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A less difficult alternative is … if you repeatedly walk in the same direction and it is wrong, then choose the opposite direction. Look for the things you normally wouldn’t. Ignore the things you’d normally pay attention to. It will probably be right. However, if in time it also is proven to be wrong … walk in both directions (find balance). The problem may be that your decision is too extreme, and through balance you’ll find the clarity that you need.
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I’ve been through much, made many mistakes and learned many lessons.
Gone.

- Prasand J.