You know what I love? Well if you follow or know me, then you will. But if you don't, the one thing I truly love is the pursuit of knowledge and understanding. I dunno, it is a form of oxygen for me, a way for life to come in through the pores of my soul or the electrical construct inside the human body, whatever you want to call it.
The most interesting thing in my pursuit, is that no matter where we come from in the world, there are those of us in every culture that want to learn for the sake of learning. If I was granted immortality tomorrow, I would start getting degree upon degree. I would go study with masters of different schools of thought in different parts of the world. I would try and finally get my head around maths, then get degrees in quantum physics and mechanics. I would haul myself off to distant places and learn ancient languages, live with tribes in many remote parts of the world.
Learning is not just all book based. No book will ever teach you about yourself. There is no instruction manual that says how you will function. Yet this is the most important piece of knowledge we have, and yet we neglect it so much. It is the equivalent of us knowing so much about the universe, yet we don't know what lies at the bottom of our own oceans. We have had ancient sharks being caught in recent months, and yet people will tell you that anything over a certain age is extinct.
What makes us do the things we do, what makes us different to those around us? I think primarily this question can be answered in a better way, what similarities do we have with those around us? One thing I have stumbled on in my search for understanding, is that trying to understand similarities, we want to learn what the differences are. Understanding the similarities first, will allow us to work on something that is different, and thus have more resources available to work on it. For example. 5 countries have the tech to go to Mars, and instead of them all looking for the same thing, their scientists knew what the others were working on, and decided to find something different to look at. We all know a lot of things about Mars already, so why would we waste time and look for the same thing again? This is a great example of different countries, working together, to create a better understanding in a more comprehensive way, than instead of all looking at the same thing. We all know that Mars has red soil/sand, so why would we have 5 different robots looking at the same thing?
And this is what we should be doing in our own lives. We all know that everyone of us has the same needs in life; food, clothing, love, shelter, a good living wage and peace. We know others want this, because we want it also, so why would we expect others not to want it. So what do we do if we know that we all want the same thing? Well, we find those things inside us, that sets us apart from someone, and start developing those skills. Someone may be a great swimmer, an opera singer, a composer or a scientist. But we would be wasting their talents if we were to ask them to go and get a plain job that they can handle with lower satisfaction ratings, and then expect them to be functioning. I have met many people in my life, who were brilliant beings, beautiful humans who were stuck doing things to make money because the country they live in didn't recognize education from elsewhere. As much as they are making money, they are truly not happy. A scientist driving a cab, is not putting his full all into their life, because their life has really been taken away from them. Sure, they are meeting the needs, those basic things we all crave, but we are wasting their talents out of jealousy? Spite? Anger at their Government? Prestige? Why are we not accepting these things, and letting them put their formidable sense of intellect to work for the betterment of humankind, instead of destroying that person at the most basic levels. There are always going to be some who don't want to produce, who don't want to be a productive member of society because they can't really be bothered to improve the whole, so why not put them to work in an area where they may actually gain some form of enlightenment? By putting these people into a position where they may be of help to others, will either give them a sense of belonging, which is what most human beings crave, and will look basically anywhere for it, or it will teach them a sense of compassion.
Sometimes I think too much, but when your disability is limiting your capacity for work, as are the medications they put you on, then you have a lot of time to do that. Beginning in February, I will be starting the writing of my first book. There will probably be 2 more to follow, depending on the path I decide to take with the second book. I am also looking into some side projects in relation to disability and am thinking of some other little things, as well as trying to get myself a place to live.
Anyway folks, I send my best wishes, love, friendship and compassion your way. May whatever path you walk, not only be beneficial to others, but also beneficial to yourself.
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