“And laughing at all of it.”, and playing the game of checkers, or any game and playing any game with children (novices discovering the rules of the game) is very appealing to me because of background in software development. It was further enhanced when Scott Adams (RIP) introduced the concept of simulation, including glitches, fixes and resets. Keep laughing when adding time and space, we are just passing through.
We each get to see life as we choose. Some see the 'slings and arrows' of life as a challenge. Others see them as unfair and insurmountable. I think that second one is immensely sad.
I'm exploring that space between the meaninglessness of suffering and the need to find meaning. Maybe a paradox. The less we seek it out, the more open we are to meaning-in-this-very-moment. "If you accept some hard facts you can live an incredible life..."
Oh, to have been an apprentice of Heraclitus. What that would have been like.
I am darker than most, maybe because I have seen what humans are capable of doing when left to their own primal instincts. I would argue that the human condition tends toward violence by default, and that the few who try to make that reality different are the ones who might treat life as something to answer, not something to score.
No, not checkers. Go. A game of Go. Or better yet, Hnefatafl, asymmetrical and always forcing you to play against the odds, whether you are the king and his men or the attackers. Then let us say this: a lifetime is a child playing Hnefatafl.
Amazing as always Sam! Need some time to reflect on it, though, really makes me think!
Yes, a laugh. Love it Sam!
“And laughing at all of it.”, and playing the game of checkers, or any game and playing any game with children (novices discovering the rules of the game) is very appealing to me because of background in software development. It was further enhanced when Scott Adams (RIP) introduced the concept of simulation, including glitches, fixes and resets. Keep laughing when adding time and space, we are just passing through.
We each get to see life as we choose. Some see the 'slings and arrows' of life as a challenge. Others see them as unfair and insurmountable. I think that second one is immensely sad.
I'm exploring that space between the meaninglessness of suffering and the need to find meaning. Maybe a paradox. The less we seek it out, the more open we are to meaning-in-this-very-moment. "If you accept some hard facts you can live an incredible life..."
https://youtu.be/8AjoNRmQ5x8?is=nDOhvhPeeTh25Vz7
Oh, to have been an apprentice of Heraclitus. What that would have been like.
I am darker than most, maybe because I have seen what humans are capable of doing when left to their own primal instincts. I would argue that the human condition tends toward violence by default, and that the few who try to make that reality different are the ones who might treat life as something to answer, not something to score.
No, not checkers. Go. A game of Go. Or better yet, Hnefatafl, asymmetrical and always forcing you to play against the odds, whether you are the king and his men or the attackers. Then let us say this: a lifetime is a child playing Hnefatafl.
Great stuff, Sam. Have you read Rumi’s “The Sheikh Who Played with Children”?
https://atalkata.wordpress.com/2009/07/15/the-sheikh-who-played-with-children/