Philosophic Notes

                                     3/1/14 PHILOSOPHICAL NOTES  

   

   CONTROL:  It’s impossible for someone to have total control over his or her emotions.

   REBELLION:  The only time we will rebel against certain others is, because of our vulnerability to them.

   PSYCHE:  To explore one’s psyche will be very traumatic.  This entails seeking and searching into the world of the unknown.  The psyche will always discriminate which thought processes it will allow into the conscious mind.

   NEEDS:  The success with experiencing happiness is, feeling special with oneself, and without needs for an audience.

   SELF-AWARENESS--Before we can ever achieve peace within ourselves, we must first be able to live in moderation.

   GROWTH:  Everyone has different levels (thresholds) of emotional growth.

   STRESS:  If we fail resolving various stressors throughout our lives, our denial of the various stress situations will increase to the same degree.

   LOVE:  No one is truly ugly, unless internally.

   LOVE:  The disco queen’s are not lesbians, whereas the women who turn to lesbianism are displeased and bored with most men in today’s society.  But would this select group of women be beneficial for men?

   SELF-AWARENESS:  True confessions for oneself must entail genuine introspection and examination of one’s guilt (sins).  With truly experiencing the dynamics of the guilt, and resolving the respective stressor; only then can an individual be absolved.  This will also serve as a catalyst, wherein when approaching to commit the same (or similar) sin again; an individual will consciously experience stress.  Therefore, a practioner of faith cannot absolve others of their sins; only the sinner can.

   DEPENDENCY:  One means with taking advantage of others is, by allowing them to take advantage of us, but for our benefit; dependency.

   FORGIVING:  We will never be able to forgive ourselves unless we have learned how to share and give to others.

   LOVE:  If we are subliminally positive to others and they react negatively, they have genuine negative personalities.

   LOVE:  The only time we can ever be upset with others is, when we have emotional needs for them.  How could we be upset with those we don’t need? 

   LOVE:  The more beautiful and attractive the individual, the possibilities with having lasting relationships are greatly diminished.

   MISC.:  To fear appearing foolish is foolish; it’s better to appear foolish than be a fool.

   GROWTH:  Maturity is the acceptance and security with our immaturity.

   SELF-AWARENESS:  If we are comfortably secure; why the desire to achieve Self-awareness?

   NEEDS:  I believe one of the greatest difficulties in life is, being able to give up a healthy and secure chapter and to move on to another chapter.  But this is very necessary for our emotional growth.  To remain in the same chapter in life is, to procrastinate.  Once we find ourselves comfortable and believing we’re genuinely happy, we may be reluctant to motivate ourselves from seeking greater goals, fearing leaving our comfort zone, because of our losing our contentment.

   GUILT:  It’s impossible to convince ourselves to be positive when we feel sad. We may rationalize and act out, but the reason for the sadness will still be with us.  And also, as a result of our pretention, and by not attempting to resolve the issues creating the sadness, this will create guilt; thereby, not only will we have guilt for not pursuing and resolving the problem (stressor), but also for acting out and pretending being happy, when we are really sad; again lying to ourselves.  

   DEPENDENCY:  To be secure with oneself is, to be independent of influences from others.    

   DEPENDENCY:  It seems everyone is dependent on external stimuli, rather than learning how to become dependent him or herself (independent).

   CLASSICAL CONDITIONING:  Reconditioning = transfer conditioning.  Reconditioning is equated to diversion.

   REBELLION:  To rebel is to compete with others.

   BARRIERS:  It’s extremely difficult understanding what may be bothering us until after this something is resolved.

   MISC.:  It’s important for me to know I know; not for others to know I know that I know.

   LOVE:  Did God create the “change of life” for women to serve as a test of the genuineness of true love between mates?

   NEEDS:  One of the greatest assets in life is, not having needs for external assets. 

   BARRIERS:  When we prevaricate to others, we will then lie to ourselves (barriers) that we didn’t lie.  This is one reason why most individuals walk around confused and emotionally disoriented, rather than having a clear and uncomplicated conscious mind.

   LOVE:  At times when we experience a very romantic moment, we’ll do almost anything to lock in this moment. 

   STRESS:  It’s as important to determine what makes us feel good, as what makes us feel sad.  Even experiencing happiness can be confusing.

   THE SEARCH:  The conflicts that arise with most individuals have to do with their lack of simplicity (self-awareness).  Also, everybody has different thresholds of simplicity.  And simplicity is synonymous with emotional awareness.

   CONTROL:  Individuals with the greater needs will be less capable with understanding the needs of others.  And the individuals with lesser needs will almost always be the ones controlling the individuals with greater needs; thus being able to control and manipulate their emotions.

  PASSIVE/AGGRESSIVE:  Passive/aggressive individuals will normally appear humble but are actually passive. The only time they are aggressive is when they are pushed to their threshold or verbally abused.   This is when the aggressions are activated as a defense mechanism.  Or in some instances, when a passive individual is pushed to their threshold, they may isolate within themselves.

  PASSIVE/AGGRESSIVE:  Humble/aggressive individuals are truly humble, because of their self-confidence and comfort with being aggressiveness, and not fearing to protect themselves from external threats.  Because of this inner-protection (potential to be aggressive), they are genuinely humble and assertive.

   PSYCHE:  If you do not totally agree with a specific theory or philosophy, totally challenge it. 

   SUPPRESSION:  Others cannot suppress us; only we will suppress ourselves.

   CONDITIONING:  Addiction can only occur as a result of unconscious classical conditioning. 

   CONDITIONING:  As a result of extreme classical conditioning, we will be learning (conditioning) to rationalize to ourselves to trust only those whom we have extreme needs for, thereby, serving as our superiors or mentors. Whereby, we are actually being sucked into a web of dependency and isolation.

   FEELINGS:  We will never appreciate the dynamics of our emotional experiences unless we have fully understood and resolved them.

   SELF:  The more aware and secure we become with ourselves, the more alone we will become.  Conversely, the less aware we are, the lonelier we will become.  What occurs is that, we will fear being alone, whereby inhibiting our emotions from acknowledging to ourselves and others the genuine personalities, and then will end up with only superficial relationships, thus not being alone; but extremely lonely.  Many individuals experience fear with being lonely (not alone), thereby restricting and inhibit themselves from becoming more aware to prevent being alone. 

   FEELING:  Subliminal feelings are always pervasive.

   NEEDS:  The need not to believe an untruth; could this become a want?

   NEEDS:  The need to believe an untruth; could this become a want?

   STRESS:  Vortex; implosion of emotions.

   SUPPRESSION:  Nobody can suppress us; we will always suppress ourselves.

   LOVE:  If anybody is ever interested in anything other than for your inner-beauty; i.e. physical beauty, wealth, status, etc., run like Hell!

   SUPPRESSION:  To yield or submit to oneself or others is negative.  To agree or debate is positive.  To care for oneself is to not give-in to others; to not care for oneself or others is to give-in.

   GIVING:  Everyone must be honest with others, but only if asked.

   DEPENDENCY:  We are conditioned to trust others rather than trusting ourselves; thus eventually becoming dependent on their emotional security or insecurities.

  SELF:  Miracles can be both positive and negative in appearance, thus they must be evaluated. 

   CONSCIOUS MIND:  Only the conscious mind will lie to us; the unconscious is always truthful.

   MISC.:  Friends of my enemies are my enemy; enemies of my friends are my enemy.

   LOVE:  I believe what destroys most relationships is, for the couples not supporting one other; by their failing to experience emotionally traumatic situations together.  Whereas, those who are capable with sharing these experiences, this will assist and comfort them with their experiencing difficult situations in the future.  And also, of greater importance, this positive sharing will develop a greater sense of trust and security for both of them.

GIVING:  One scenario for an individual learning to become intimidated by others is, to retain everything they have expressed pertaining to themselves.  Because of this self-gratification behavior, they won’t be able to remember anything about what others have offered, thereby feeling uncomfortable for failing to remember previous communication; thereby self-intimidation.

   CONTROL AND MANIPULATION:  To argue with others is to attempt to prove a point that we are unsure of.  There must always be assertive and receptive dialogue.  Otherwise, the subject goes nowhere.  True dialogue entails two or more individuals expressing their personal views, and without demands or expectations.  Should all parties involved not arrive at an agreeable conclusion, the outcome is moot.  I compare arguing with being in a pissing contest with a skunk.

   DEPENDENCY:  To become dependent on independency = isolation.

   LOVE:  Love is never physical; true love will always be subliminal.

   SELF:  There are unbelievable hurdles to conquer before achieving Self-awareness.

   PARENTING:  Our youth must always be given the freedom to choose to question and learn to become circumspect with everyone.

   STRESS:  We can be empathetic toward someone, but only to the degree of the stress we have experienced ourselves involving a specific situation.

   LOVE:  Why does everyone waste the time and energy hoping to understand someone, when they should be capable with experiencing him or her in the beginning?

   NEEDS:  If I create a scenario where; if you need me to need you, then I will provide me for you to need you – thus fulfilling your needs, whereby you needing me to need you.

   LOVE:  We may love someone, not understanding the reasons why; experiencing positive feelings, but which cannot be described or emotionally understood.

   PARENTING:  One of the more frustrating situations we can encounter is, by attempting to interact with someone who doesn’t comprehend the emotional depth of what we’re expressing.  And this is especially true if it entails someone we think we love or have needs for.  And if the nonsensical diatribe continues, it will more than likely end up in an argument.

   BARRIERS and PSYCHE:  The process by which to rid ourselves of our prevailing complexities, which create our frustrations and stress, is to remove as much guilt as possible; whereby, opening up a direct line from the unconscious to the conscious mind.  The elimination of guilt will enable repressed thought processes to enter into the conscious mind, rather than allowing for the continuing accumulation of garbage.

   LOVE:  We can only be offended by those we need, but not by those we love.

   PSYCHE:  Freud feared himself.  He regarded everyone as a study.  But even though he labeled and identified everyone attempting to understand their ego-defenses, he had no understanding regarding his own barriers, he was never able to find and understand his own inner-Self.

   SECURITIES:  We will never become a positive and gracious winner, until we have learned how to become a good loser.

   SECURITIES:  One method by which to intimidate others is, to retain everything they express to you.  Interestingly, most individuals in the United States are extremely self-centered and will forget most everything you tell them, unless to their benefit, and that’s if they are even listening to you in the first place.  What this creates is, on an unconscious level though; those individuals who are inconsiderate of others will feel uncomfortable when in the presence of the ones who are considerate. 

  This phenomenon occurs because disrespect is negative.  And should someone not respond with similar feedback, this will place extreme stress on the selfish individual.  This in turn will generate guilt, with the guilty party more than likely choosing to isolate from these individuals, whereby associating only with those whom are also inconsiderate; i.e. misery loves company.

   UNCONSCIOUS:  Although the actions and behavior of individuals are thought to be understood in the conscious mind, the genuine reasons and assessment involving the “Why” is only identifiable in the unconscious.  In my opinion, the conscious mind actually contains very little emotional information (reality - 5%?), with approximately 95% of our thought processes being obscured.  The unconscious is where the remaining genuine emotional processes have been repressed and stored.  

   The information stored in the unconscious entails stress situations (stressors) that the conscious mind fears, whereby, unknowingly and unintentionally pushing (repressing) the reasons responsible for the stress, into the unconscious.  The ironic element of this scenario is that, even though the stress will be experienced in the conscious mind, the culprits responsible will be hidden within the unconscious. 

   And because of the incapacity with individual’s understanding their own personal genuine emotional processes, they will generally act and behave in accordance with the masses; those others in society.  This is why there are so many individuals in today’s society acting out and mimicking these individuals that they think they look up to because of their success and stardom, or whatever. 

   This is a “robotic” phenomenon, wherein, these individuals will actually adapt to the behaviors of others; rather than attempting to seek out and understand their own true identity.  It’s much less conflict and stress avoiding and denying, when we can just fall in line with everyone else by behaving physically rather than emotionally.

   EGO-DEFENSES:  If we encounter something that presents very little threat to our ego, it won’t be repressed.  Since everything we do in life will create stress for us, depending on the severity, will determine if we suppress or repress the respective stressor.

   FORGIVING:  The only time we will ever be upset with others is, if we are the cause or we need them.

   FORGIVING:  Whenever others offend someone, it is because of his or her own insecurities.

  ANGER:  If others should display anger toward us, we should never respond with anger.  We should wait for a period of time before explaining how they have hurt our feelings; whereby, allowing a period time for them to experience the stress resulting from their negative behavior.  By our bringing this negative behavior to their attention that, they are experiencing anguish because of their guilt, the understanding of why, and that their suffering will motivate them with working toward Self-awareness; thereby preventing their experiencing guilt in the future.

   We must be aware if the displaced anger toward us is as a result of our own behavior or not.  We must never reject the rejection from others, as if we should, we will also suffer from guilt. 

   Rejection begets rejection, and all of this unresolved negativism will engender ego-defenses, whereby we may never be able to retrace or understand the reasons for our anger.  Unfortunately, by not resolving current and existing stress situations, this will promote greater anger, which results because of the accumulating of our frustrations. 

   What happens is, each and every time we express anger, then we will suffer anxieties because of our guilt.  And if we fail with resolving the culprits responsible, we will become more and more frustrated and angry.  And to the extent of the accumulation of our guilt, will coincide with the level of our frustrations and anger.

   FEELINGS:  Feelings can become very confusing.  When we truly feel good about something, this is genuine.  Should we be unsure about our feelings, or feel negative about something, than it is negative.

   FEELINGS:  We will not be able to experience the depth of our emotions until we are capable with feeling our internal feelings.

   FEELINGS:  Experiencing emotional pain and suffering is far more relevant and positive than avoiding the dilemma responsible.

   FEELINGS:  It is imperative to feel how we feel, before we will ever understand our true feelings.

   FEELINGS:  If there is no genuine emotional fulfillment that derives from something we’ve pursued, the endeavor is fruitless.

   FEELINGS:  How can we not prejudge?  Everyone has experienced previous life endeavors, therefore, how can we not have subjective opinions of others?  The fun part of this scenario takes place when we are prejudging some else while they are prejudging us.

   FEELINGS:  Emotions are controlled through subliminal classical conditioning.

   FEELINGS:  While pursuing our genuine emotions, the stress can become overwhelming.  Whereas, failing to challenge our emotions will create guilt.  This in turn will result in guilt, and also contribute to the accumulation of greater stress and guilt.

   FEELINGS:  Everyone is always in search for comfort.  I’m not referring to the typical physical comforts, but emotional comforts (emotional escapes).  We will always go after unemotional pursuits that are much less stress than tackling something emotional.  The problem being, physical comforts will always be short-lived, whereas, emotional comforts will always remain within us.

   DREAMS:  I equate dreams with miracles; they will always depict something.  And also, being able to experience the depth of dreams is a miracle.  Both will appear either in positive or negative form and need to be interpreted, as there will always be a positive conclusion.  Miracles are consciously motivating, with awareness of them, while dreams express repressed emotional conflicts concealed within the unconscious.

   SEARCH FOR SELF:  We must be capable with feeling how we truly feel about something or someone, and not by what we consciously experience.  Our growth level can be observed and verified from our internal feelings and, the emotional feedback from others.  Some of these variables will include the following symptoms.

1.     We attract positive individuals.

2.     The greater the level of Self-awareness and inner security, the fewer (emotional) the relationships.  And this will also apply to our revelations; there will be fewer revelations but deeper intensity.

3.     We are distasteful to those with negative personalities.

4.     We’re able to accept our failures and insecurities, and utilize them to our benefit.

5.     We don’t feel angry or negative toward those who are negative to us.

6.     We achieve or accomplish something emotional that we want, and not need.

7.     We are happily pleased about something, and not manic.

8.     We want to help others, and with no obligations.

9.     We don’t compete with others.

10. Simple inexpensive things bring us pleasure.

 SECURITIES:   Depending to the degree individuals are secure or insecure with themselves, determines whether or not they pursue Self-awareness.  It’s an unfortunate conundrum, but those individuals having just a slight degree of security and believe they are comfortable with themselves, will not pursue emotional growth; since, why create stress for themselves when they’re content with where they presently are.  Whereas, if we’re not insecure enough, why disrupt our present world.

   NEEDS:  Financial, physical, educational and other so-called societal successes must be very gradual and emotional; otherwise these individuals will suffer from success neurosis.

   MISC.:   He, who walks alone, succeeds the greatest.

   NEEDS:   We must have achieved emotional security before we will ever be capable with being humble after succeeding in societal success.

   MISC.:   Metaphorical warning – alert; Confluence of events

   MISC:   Is it possible to be subjectively objective?  And is it possible to be emotionally objective?  Is it possible to be subliminally objective? 

   LOVE:   Is it possible to be loved by someone who has needs for us to need him or her?  Is it possible to love someone who has needs for us to need to love him or her?

   MISC:  If a high doesn’t last, the incident was unreal (superficial).