Saturday, March 9, 2013

"Know thyself", just what does that mean? ...


Do we really understand ourselves, or are we a product of the environment we grew up in and therefore a mechanical man or woman ? ...

Throughout life we are exposed to many influences, all derived from the class and culture we were raised to believe in. Yet there should come a point in life, where a "volte face" occurs and we begin to question ourselves and the things we were taught. Call it an "Epiphany" or a "Conscious moment" or even a "Crisis", it is a point in the time of our lives, that we must come to in order to change gears so to speak...

I have seen many moments in my life where what I previously held "Dear" to my mind and heart, no longer holds the same value they once did. "Entropy", is what I found to be the best explanation for this phenomena, where I had reached a point of "Maximal Entropy" and there was no further exchange of energy, like there was before in my directed fascinations. At the same time I was studying this "Entropy" phenomena, I came across the "classics" of ancient Greek philosophies, pointing to no less and sometime's more ideas that have been bantered about since time began...

 "Know thyself", just what does that mean? ...