Thinking out loud: a back log of previous thoughts

Yes, this is a back log of a random thought and journal entries I wrote before this blog started, but they contribute to the delineation of thoughts that led me to start the blog in the first place and so I thought they should be included here. Since this is the most recent post, I do realize the irony of it being a back log, but oh well...

January 10, 2008

Societies often flourish until a height we could call a "peak"... Then they begin to "worship" things that they have created (i.e. technology, money, etc) and ultimately just celebrating themselves. [this happened in Roman and Egyptian empires and is evident in the United States today]
This is when the degradation of the society begins [it begins to "eat" itself from the inside]... People draw into themselves and start giving less compassion for their fellow man in the holistic thought of, "helping my fellow people helps the society as a whole and therefore helps me in the long run". [the division of classes becomes greater and more apparent than in previous generations]

-I added the thoughts in brackets [] as I wrote this now, revising and rehashing the thoughts contained in the rest of the entry.


July 27, 2008


In my quest for truth, many things get factored: religious faith, organized religious practices, science, my personal faith and experiences... My conversation with *edit* today represents greater society's affinity for concrete answers. But why must everything be so concrete? The Earth is ever changing (tectonic plates), as well as the atmosphere above it. And even more so, the universe around us. I believe there is a God. It exists in our minds, in our physical environment and the physical forces that guide those mediums. I believe that no one congregation, which is just a grouping of people, has a singular answer to truth [what is actually true]. Since truth is a malleable entity [perception is reality for everyone, the orange color you see most likely does not look the same as the orange color that MY brain tells me I see], we can never know what it is. My duty lies in my faith that serving my community is the ultimate truth. I hope my lack of attendance at my father's church is not insulting my parents. However, I cannot help those will not accept help. I WILL help those that do accept it, including myself. This is why I have decided to visit different congregations in search of (other) better ways to serve my community, globally and locally.


August 28, 2008

I'm sitting in the Atlanta airport, gearing up for my third annual Red and Black weekend. Reflection... Over the past week I discussed my religious beliefs (or lack thereof) with *edit*. We both agree that most likely there is no God. Over time figures have created religion as an overarching moral code by which to guide human behavior. Although these morals are evolutionarily inherent, many other guiding "prophecies" have been added to organized religion(s).

In the context of this [theory], I look at the world around me and say "Wow!" Wow, we [humans] are moving at an unsustainable pace as far as consumption of food and other natural resources. Wow! Why do men [humans] so want to rule over other humans? How did we come this far as to have almost entire continents (US, Russia, Canada) ruled by a few power hungry [people]? Are we not focused on the wrong things (technology, government, etc)? Should we not be building homes from less processed materials and eating only the food we need? Should we not put down the clicker and talk to our neighbors? They have trials and struggles too. That is how we have survived (and advanced thus far), by sharing thoughts, feelings and ideas.

I just think we need to slow down and observe how we actually fit into this Earthly situation. As humans, with brains so far removed from [evolved past] any other species that has no doubt [also] evolved, WE should take responsibility for how WE are treating the other beings (plant and animal) in the global ecosystem.

I almost do not see the need to struggle and jockey for position in "society", when we should be living off of the land, taking only what we need and no more [well, maybe a little more... even squirrels store food]. Surplus crops, grocery stores... these are [detestable] in the grand scheme of Ecology... thoughts begin to slow.