It must be remembered that these three perspectives may be contrasted but are not contradictory. All three are required to inform the Whole Human,
What about Time? Time is an important aspect of all three perspectives.
The Individual sees Time as momentous and lives in the Now.
The Person sees Time as continuous and lives in Perpetuity.
The Self sees Time as present and lives in Thought.
Thursday, September 3, 2015
The Three Perspectives
There are basically three perspectives which are the source of information for the Whole Human.
The Individual lives in the natural order. The Individual lives according to impressions. The Individual is willful.
The Person lives in the social order. The Person lives according to understanding. The Person is governed by feelings.
The Self lives in the contemplative order. The Self lives according to thoughts. The Self thinks according to reason.
The Individual lives in the natural order. The Individual lives according to impressions. The Individual is willful.
The Person lives in the social order. The Person lives according to understanding. The Person is governed by feelings.
The Self lives in the contemplative order. The Self lives according to thoughts. The Self thinks according to reason.
Saturday, August 8, 2015
What Is This Thing Called Love?
According to Greek Philosophy, love may be divided into three types:
1. "Eros" which is romantic love.
2. "Philia" which is friendship love
3. "Agape" which is the highest form of love, especially brotherly love, charity; the love of God for man and of man for God.
To me, love is a wonderful mystery. It is an intense feeling which comes from my heart and has often been a painful feeling. Yet, I still don't understand what love is. I can desire it but it is not something which I can deliberately achieve as a goal. I must "fall" in love unintentionally.
After many years of experience and talking with others I have formed the opinion that nobody really knows what love is.
Do You know what love is?
http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mjwv2Pe6qE
1. "Eros" which is romantic love.
2. "Philia" which is friendship love
3. "Agape" which is the highest form of love, especially brotherly love, charity; the love of God for man and of man for God.
To me, love is a wonderful mystery. It is an intense feeling which comes from my heart and has often been a painful feeling. Yet, I still don't understand what love is. I can desire it but it is not something which I can deliberately achieve as a goal. I must "fall" in love unintentionally.
After many years of experience and talking with others I have formed the opinion that nobody really knows what love is.
Do You know what love is?
http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mjwv2Pe6qE
Thursday, August 6, 2015
Natural Selection
Whenever I see the term "Natural Selection" I tend to read the article in its entirety. I believe Humans and all organisms should live according to Nature. I am a vegan and eat all organic foods. I have uncut hair and untrimmed beard. I feel like I'm healthier and happier living this way. I am 69 and don't take any pills.
I just decided to look up Natural Selection in Wikipedia and although I don't completely understand all the scientific terminology I liked what I read. Here it is for your perusal...
From Wikipedia..
Natural selection is the differential survival and reproduction (i.e., fitness) of individuals that differ in phenotype.[1] It is a key mechanism of evolution. The term "natural selection" was popularised by Charles Darwin, who intended it to be compared with artificial selection, now more commonly referred to as selective breeding.
Variation exists within all populations of organisms. This occurs partly because random mutations arise in the genome of an individual organism, and these mutations can be passed to offspring. Throughout the individuals’ lives, their genomes interact with their environments to cause variations in traits. (The environment of a genome includes the molecular biology in the cell, other cells, other individuals, populations, species, as well as the abiotic environment.) Individuals with certain variants of the trait may survive and reproduce more than individuals with other, less successful, variants. Therefore the population evolves. Factors that affect reproductive success are also important, an issue that Charles Darwin developed in his ideas on sexual selection, which was redefined as being included in natural selection in the 1930s when biologists considered it not to be very important,[2] and fecundity selection, for example.
Natural selection acts on the phenotype, or the observable characteristics of an organism, but the genetic (heritable) basis of any phenotype that gives a reproductive advantage may become more common in a population (see allele frequency). Over time, this process can result in populations that specialise for particular ecological niches (microevolution) and may eventually result in the emergence of new species (macroevolution). In other words, natural selection is an important process (though not the only process) by which evolution takes place within a population of organisms. Natural selection can be contrasted with artificial selection, in which humans intentionally choose specific traits (although they may not always get what they want). In natural selection there is no intentional choice. In other words, artificial selection is teleological and natural selection is not teleological.
Natural selection is one of the cornerstones of modern biology. The concept was published by Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace in a joint presentation of papers in 1858, and set out in Darwin's influential 1859 book On the Origin of Species,[3] in which natural selection was described as analogous to artificial selection, a process by which animals and plants with traits considered desirable by human breeders are systematically favoured for reproduction. The concept of natural selection was originally developed in the absence of a valid theory of heredity; at the time of Darwin's writing, nothing was known of modern genetics. The union of traditional Darwinian evolution with subsequent discoveries in classical and molecular genetics is termed the modern evolutionary synthesis. Natural selection remains the primary explanation for adaptive evolution.
"A happy life is one which is in accordance with its own nature." Lucius Annaeus Seneca
I just decided to look up Natural Selection in Wikipedia and although I don't completely understand all the scientific terminology I liked what I read. Here it is for your perusal...
From Wikipedia..
Natural selection is the differential survival and reproduction (i.e., fitness) of individuals that differ in phenotype.[1] It is a key mechanism of evolution. The term "natural selection" was popularised by Charles Darwin, who intended it to be compared with artificial selection, now more commonly referred to as selective breeding.
Variation exists within all populations of organisms. This occurs partly because random mutations arise in the genome of an individual organism, and these mutations can be passed to offspring. Throughout the individuals’ lives, their genomes interact with their environments to cause variations in traits. (The environment of a genome includes the molecular biology in the cell, other cells, other individuals, populations, species, as well as the abiotic environment.) Individuals with certain variants of the trait may survive and reproduce more than individuals with other, less successful, variants. Therefore the population evolves. Factors that affect reproductive success are also important, an issue that Charles Darwin developed in his ideas on sexual selection, which was redefined as being included in natural selection in the 1930s when biologists considered it not to be very important,[2] and fecundity selection, for example.
Natural selection acts on the phenotype, or the observable characteristics of an organism, but the genetic (heritable) basis of any phenotype that gives a reproductive advantage may become more common in a population (see allele frequency). Over time, this process can result in populations that specialise for particular ecological niches (microevolution) and may eventually result in the emergence of new species (macroevolution). In other words, natural selection is an important process (though not the only process) by which evolution takes place within a population of organisms. Natural selection can be contrasted with artificial selection, in which humans intentionally choose specific traits (although they may not always get what they want). In natural selection there is no intentional choice. In other words, artificial selection is teleological and natural selection is not teleological.
Natural selection is one of the cornerstones of modern biology. The concept was published by Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace in a joint presentation of papers in 1858, and set out in Darwin's influential 1859 book On the Origin of Species,[3] in which natural selection was described as analogous to artificial selection, a process by which animals and plants with traits considered desirable by human breeders are systematically favoured for reproduction. The concept of natural selection was originally developed in the absence of a valid theory of heredity; at the time of Darwin's writing, nothing was known of modern genetics. The union of traditional Darwinian evolution with subsequent discoveries in classical and molecular genetics is termed the modern evolutionary synthesis. Natural selection remains the primary explanation for adaptive evolution.
"A happy life is one which is in accordance with its own nature." Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Saturday, August 1, 2015
Personal Growth
The Person has the perspective of maturity and
ripeness. The Person has settled into social life and become accustomed to the
ways of other persons. It normally pertains to middle age although it also
pertains to early bloomers or late bloomers.
The Person is domesticated and cultured. The Person
grows over a period of time if one gets proper support and training. It is a lifetime
of a gradual process with small, subtle progressions. The Person lives and
learns throughout one’s lifetime. The Person either develops and grows or fails
to thrive.
The idiom of the Person always heard is “All in good
time.”
Since there are small, subtle progressions throughout the Person’s life, the Person is continuously making modifications to the original in order to account for developments in the Person’s surroundings with other Persons and society in general. These take the form of remodeling, renovations, revisions, and restorations.
Since there are small, subtle progressions throughout the Person’s life, the Person is continuously making modifications to the original in order to account for developments in the Person’s surroundings with other Persons and society in general. These take the form of remodeling, renovations, revisions, and restorations.
Friday, July 31, 2015
Thinking for Oneself
The Self has the perspective of a human by oneself
concentrating and studying the thoughts of other thinkers. The Self reads many
books of past thinkers who have come down in history and are known for their
cogent thoughts. The Self gleans from these past thinkers thoughts which form
the basis of the Self’s own thoughts. From there the Self thinks for oneself
and builds a structure of thoughts which are entirely the Self’s own.
Eventually the Self leaves behind the thoughts of all other thinkers and lives
according to one’s own thoughts.
The Self needs time by oneself in solitude in order to
contemplate the eternal truths. The Self cannot be distracted from deep
thought.
Thought is the function of the mind. Mind sets the human
life apart from every other form of life in the natural order. The mind is the
reason the human thinks itself to be a superior creature and ruler of the
natural order.
Since thought is the function of the mind, thought is
formed by the use of Reason. Reason is instrumental to well-formed thoughts.
Reason is the one and only instrument used by the mind.
Sunday, July 26, 2015
The Individual and Its Courage
The virtue of the Individual is Courage.
Courage is an inborn characteristic. The Individual either has it or doesn’t
have it according to one’s nature and DNA. Courage is a Virtue that cannot be
learned. It is part and parcel of the Individual’s inborn nervous system and
native intelligence.
The Individual has no fear. One is willing
to attempt anything which is life-affirming. One is not bound by convention but
is eagerly willing to try something new and different.
Since the Individual has Courage one is
willful and has a lot of nerve. The Individual is imperious. It is demanding
and commanding. The Individual manifests its destiny. Hence, the Individual is
a leader. One issues proclamations and manifestoes.
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