Originally posted by Hoffy200
This is all weird because lately I've been on some kind of quest, maybe soul searching, I've been trying to acquire all kinds of information about life, history, theories, etc. My views of this world have compeletly changed in about the last week or two. I've been watching video clips of David Icke, michael tsarion, and some others about life and how things really are. Many people find these guys to be crazy and con artists or whatever but actually everything they say makes perfect sense.
Ridicule is something we are all scared of to some point. However the people most likely to ridicule us are the ones trying to avoid ridicule themselves so they attack others to distract others from there own securities. This creates a whole enviroment of fear which imprisons us in to behaving in a way that you think others should perceive you. At least you realise this so you are in a better position than the majority who walk around like zombies terrified of ridicule so behave in a way best to avoid it. We all have this insecurity to varying degrees but like any other problem the first step to being free of it is admitting it. Once you realise that the only person that can judge you is you it can be very liberating, but nobody likes to be different. Which is why I like this forum as I suspect we are a lot of people who feel they are different or don't fit in. In reality we are probably not that much different to anybody else apart from the fact we recognise and admit to our insecurites. Take a leaf out of DLD's book he stands up and openly admits who he is, what he has done on many subjects that could be perceived by many as inviting ridicule.
On the subject of your future follow your heart to truly be happy you need a job or vocation where you get home each night feeling as though you have worked hard and satified. Always follow your dreams and don't let jealous, bitter people who blew there chance hold you back if they try and ricicule you for your aspirations no matter how great they are. You might want to try meditation, when we learn to quieten our minds we hear and see things that before were hidden and a way will open up for you. I hope at least some of what I have said has been useful good luck in whatever you do.
bigjim7 , Very good insight! When we are an open book it becomes difficult to be ridiculed.
Some may know that I am going back to school in hopes of getting my doctorate. A very long process but I feel it vital to who I am and what I do. This commitment requires a great deal of sacrifice but I know that many men have sacrificed themselves in order to bring knowledge to me.
Albert Einstein said, "A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving" This gives us a sense of purpose, a selfless understanding to what we may accomplish in life. I sometimes become scared to post my thoughts as I fear that they will be exploited, stolen, perverted, etc. But this is a extremely selfish disposition. When I am open I benefit, when others are open I also benefit and this is the great institution we call education.
My major will be in physics but a requisite of this major is mathematics and more importantly (as I will describe later) philosophy. In my opinion another requisite should be theology but sadly this is not important to the degree. To quote Dr. Einstein again, "Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind." This says it all and I think it brings much validity to bigjim7 early post:
bigjim7 said:
All this takes a lot of getting your head round as our physical minds are only a tool for navigating this simple world we live in, which is why analagies are always useful in understanding far out concepts. Religion can offer some answers although you have to look deeper than what is offered by the big three (Christianity, Islam and Judaism). There are perennial truths which run through the true meaning of all religion that some people believe comes from ancient Egypt. The dying and resurecting god comes from the Horus and Osirus belief of the ancient Egyptians and was later used by Christianity in the story of Jesus. It represents the journey of our soul when the horus ( our animal side) dies and our true higher selves the Osiris god is reborn and we become at one with God again. This is also symbolised by St.George slaying the dragon and in various other ways throughout various religions and customs. This battle has been raging since Eve (the feminine side that exists in all men and women) took the apple from the tree of knowledge and gave it to Adam in the garden of Eden. From that point on we became self aware and the battle with our animal instincts and our higher self has waged on. Through karma we learn the correct path that leads us back to god.
Therefore since the body always follows the mind it is maybe no coincidence that a Penis Enlargement practitioner with a flexible and open mind makes the most gains. Maybe Penis Enlargement could become the next great religion.
Since my time in the metaphysical world we call Penis Enlargement I have learned so much about myself, science, physics, religion, mathematics and philosophy. A certain encapsulation of all of these studies puts a face on our art, penis enlargement. But to go deeper, this encapsulation belongs to everything in life. Knowledge has always been congruent with proof and proof congruent with all of the above. Some may say religion and philosophy have nothing to do with proof but they truly do.
We as a all inquisitive species search for definitive answers to questions that have long plagued mankind. When we approach an infinite impossibility we still need to categorize, hypothesize, create theory, essentially we need to create an expression that describes this infinity. This brings and unsettling feeling to those who yearn to understand the meaning of life. I can sympathize with this hence my choice of education.
The reason philosophy plays such a vital roll in proof is it helps us put into words expressions we cannot put on paper. The Theory of Relativity relied heavily on the forth dimension, a dimension that is without true mathematical truth but nonetheless it has philosophical truth. It is needed to bridge the gap of incompleteness. Godel also saw this need to incorporate incompleteness as seen in his lifetimes, greatest achievement, Incompleteness Theorem. With this theorem axioms, the set of all true propositions of mathematics (being a vacuous supposition

) By consistent, this means that the axioms, together with the rules of inference, must not allow the deduction of a contradiction, such as 1 = 2. (Math is doomed if we can’t satisfy this condition.) See my point? The need for philosophy to satisfy meta-mathematics.
We ponder the outskirts of our universe, we have relied on religion as a unsatisfactory description of this space. In many religions in is called heaven (as it is in astronomy). Religion is purely based on faith but even though faith has no basis in truth, philosophically it does to millions of religious practitioners. In so many ways religion contradicts itself and in the face of this contradiction religious beliefs are forged. This is what happens with all life, when we can't make a definitive solution we rely on faith, a purely human function. Thinking on the computer we use everyday, a machine that can solve many of our human problems will always lack certitude.
The beginning of time, that first inkling of life that divided and divided brings us to this very moment. You, me, plants, animals, every living thing is part of us because we all are siblings of that first spark of life. Do we know this for sure? Of course not but until that time, a time where mathematics can write an equation that proves our existence we must rely on denomination.