Genesis

As much as I enjoy writing, it is often difficult to do so. This difficulty exists because I am often very concerned with the quality and content of what I am writing. The English language is, after all, a construct. It is a convention that was created long ago by someone I have never met, and modified throughout the centuries by others that I have never met, by a few that I have met, and also by myself in some small way. English is not a construct which I had or have a major role in creating or modifying.

The fundamental problem of any language is that, language does not correlate to experience.

Since language is a construct which does not correlate to experience, it would seem that most of the things I have to say would have already been said before or thought before, and there would seem to be little point to repeat them, as redundancy tends to irritate people. However, some authors are able to articulate their ideas in ways that have been unexplored or unnoticed in the past. As a writer, I will try to explore positions and ideas that have been unnoticed or unexplored.

I often wonder what, if any, contribution my writing could possibly have to humanity as a whole, but, then I realize that I am thinking on too grand a scale. I might have an affect on individuals who read my work, and who listen to my voice. This alone is sufficient. This is the reason why I choose to write, and why I choose to speak. I do it for the few who might choose to listen. I also do it so that those few might come back to me with writings and words of their own that will also help me to grow as a person and become better.

In this place, I will most likely cover a large variety of topics. In this place, nothing is off topic, nothing is out of line, and I will probably step on a few people's toes in the process. I am never sure who's toes I am stepping on, but, rest assured, it is nothing personal. I often step on my own toes as well. I am more concerned with understanding, than with etiquette. I am more concerned with experience, than with dogma. I will say things that will make people angry, but, to those who get angry, I have only one things to say: Perhaps you should do an introspection and find out why simple words would have such an effect on you, and perhaps you should come to terms with the fact that not everyone views reality as you do, and every reality is only an opinion.

When one proceeds on this basis, things become amazingly clear. One should not be angry simply because one says that one does not believe in God, or that one chooses to be orgiastic, or homosexual, or that one prefers to solve things with violence, or any other statement that would cause a violent and forceful reaction in some persons who would take great offence to these statements. It is rather like eating an apple. Some may like the taste, and some may not. So it is with religion, lifestyle, sexuality, social interaction, and what have you. Simply because one does not agree with your point of view does not make that person wrong, and it certainly does not justify an attack in any form upon that person.

Day by day I watch the people, and a great many of those who I have observed seem to be unaware of this position, or unable to adopt this position. I maintain that adaptation of this position will save one a great deal of aggravation and stress, and it would make perfect sense to simply accept the tastes of others, and attempt to understand and assimilate them, rather than attacking them or disposing them simply because their tastes are differed. One would not attack someone who didn't like to eat apples would they? If one does not like the taste of apples, one does not have to eat them. If somoene see's someone eating an apple, one should accept the fact that this person likes apples, and that they themselves are not the one who is eating it. This understanding extends to all things.

I will continue at a later time with other topics as I see fit to write about them, and I hope that you will continue to come and look at the malarkey which will continue to assemble in this place.

The views expressed on this blog are not necessarily the views expressed on this blog.