Most people don't live; they only dream of doing so. That is the lowest form of existence: one never used, only abused!

a dreamer's guide to reality

Inclusion, Exclusion.

I don't even want to count how often I read those two words in the last few hours. It's something we actually rarely consider, when thinking of (for example) the internet, isn't it? I'd suggest that's primarly because we're all included. Yes. Absolutely! But I wonder - to what extent is inclusion (not only possible, but) really desirable? Not only related to internet, no, but to everything.

The world consists out of several "we"-groups, all independently opposed to other "they"-groups. Basically those are the same, of course, but since it all shifts with perspective.. We see this phenomenon in kindergarten, high school, university, the internet, politics, economy, the communities we live in, ... EVERYWHERE!

People, secretly, and even the racists (talk about contradiction) LOVE differences. Why?! It reminds them of who they "really" are, or would like to be at least (="not them"). People totally enjoy being against something, since it puts them in another "for-this"-category; as opposed to all other available ones. Take High School for example (btw, little disclaimer: The Breakfast Club - John Hughes!): not only did I not really belong to the rest of my class (I only liked few), I also didn't need to! And that, in my case, didn't change for quite a while. The point is not that one, however, it's that people are simply morons.

Once realized that the world is like a big web (spider spider) of connected things that automatically construe differences, because of their wide range, one should ADDITIONALLY realise that these differences are truly vital. They are there to be understood. Simply because something/someone's different, we're not entitled to destroy it. If you want to differentiate yourself, if you feel like being in a specific "we"-group, then that's great! But my today's biggest wish would be for people to FINALLY stop wanting everybody else to follow in their big foot steps!

Difference is good.

Inclusion is good.

Exclusion is good.

Acceptance ... is vital.

You don't have to love your neighbour, you don't have to praise anyone for his peculiar opinions, you don't have to agree with your grandfather's "old-fashioned" views. But for god's sake, learn to understand that what you do fits YOUR life, and not necessarily anyone else's.

You want to be a racist? Fine, be one! But please, if people give you ACTUAL well-founded arguments against your irrational position, don't get cross immediately. Give them the opportunity to spread just as much truths and lies as you do ... and I won't side on which one's gonna have the upper hand.

You know, the world is a matter of inclusion/exclusion-policy. But this whole black-and-white thinking concerning every stupid little topic makes me sick (at times).

Everybody has to learn for themselves what can make them happy, drives them, and how they want to act and view themselves. Everybody wants to have a small glimpse of that core Kant is talking about. You know what I love btw? Conversing with people about such things (self-finding, self-developing); it's beautiful! For it is nice to know that some of us still reflect and to be reminded of the fact that whatever works for you still isn't of any absolute character. We're distinct personas and need to find our own way of making sense to what is going on around us; only then it causes real effects.

In this sense, not much of exaggeration for any of us today, but an exaggerated appel to your ability of moderation!

Understand that nothing is absolute, nothing is true, nothing is one-sided!

Accept that what is real for you, is an illusion for someone else and what is obvious to them might be of no value to you!

Accept that true strength does not "side with" whomever has the best opinion, but rather with those capable of questioning their opinions when confronted with new ideas.

Flexibilty is everything and it defines your ability to learn...

and most of all ... the ability to live with what one never really understood.

Chill out, my fellow humans.

Life is but an illusion anyway, and we're all dreaming from a different ankle!

Spiders ...

I've always hated those animals. Surely, I'm not alone with that. Anyway, the other day I was reading about "Spider Woman" who - in Native American history - weaved the world, like a spider her web. And it got me thinking about the world. Indeed, is there not something to it? Now, sure, myths and fantasies are all baseless illusions, aren't they?

I disagree.

They drive history. Everybody needs the irrational in one way or another. Because some phenomenons are not explained easily when relying on the faculty of reason.

Everything is Connected; the Chaos Theory. Change one factor, and all therafter changes. Just like a spider web, it always returns to the centre. The question of life, even the universe. Who are we? What connects us with nature? - Seemingly nothing anymore, I agree. But didn't those volcanos give us a friendly reminder that nature cannot be completely controlled by human beings? And by the time we would actually be able to, I'm sure that's then when we cause the universe to collapse. Some things are above us, not meant to be regulated by us. Don't call it God, or Spider Woman, Allah or Karma. Call it the paradox of life - everything good needs something evil in order to exist. It's a general rule in every area of life: Female needs Male. Life needs Death. Sun needs Rain. Dry needs Wet. We are so willing to erade everything evil, control the natural forces, and make the whole universe Coca-Cola-Ready! Well, that won't happen. One day we will realize that there is way more to life than we can see. The detail does not count, the moment is not relevant. Live it! Enjoy it! Adore it! But don't forget, that it all only makes sense in relation to every single other thing. Too many connections to ever be seen, networks of living organisms and mind riddles. He who understands change, who respects patterns, will find more than anyone so narrowmindedly focused on themselves and their own life on this very day - as opposed to GENERALLY.

I don't even want to refer AGAIN to the crisis, not even the airplanes.

No, I will get all confusing now

and for the sake of it

contradict myself...

KANT! How I love that guy. And don't be fooled by your own lack of ambivalence, I also adore Nietzsche. And again, it's the connection that makes the whole, not the detail. But what would Kant tell me?

He would talk about the limits of human reasoning - CAUSALITY is a human way to make sense of what happens around him. If we think of event B, we automatically connect it to event A which initially caused B to occur. Causality is not escapable, because it is inherent to our way of reasoning (and probably even that we assume to HAVE reason!).

But then, could nothing be connected?!

Is everything coincidence?

A detail?

Is there no causal relationship whatsoever?

BUT THEN LET'S DO WHATEVER THE HELL WE WANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gosh how the West likes Kantian Philosophy. Enlighten the World! If it's not causal whatever we did cannot be responsible for ANYONE's suffering.

What a convenient way to view reality.

Ultimately, they are both right. Causality IS the way we reason, we will never escape it and we will never reach the NOUMENON of things. But that does not mean that we aren't responsible. Don't believe in the eternal rest of irrationality, it is everywhere. Life is in itself contradictory, did we not establish that?

There's only one thing today that makes sense ....

namely (and last for now)

that you can only know that you do not know, thus you will never know what you really know, so that you cannot even know whether you truly know that you don't know