Philosophy

Behaviour Patterns: Tolerance has its limits, how far is too far? “I learned that very often the most intolerant and narrow-minded people are the ones who congratulate themselves on their tolerance and open-mindedness.” Christopher Hitchens The quote is from an outspoken journalist, author and polemicist who challenged the dogmas of religions and politics. I like the quote because in dogmatism, individuals or organisations believe they are right with righteousness in one hand but a synergy of narcissism in the other. The creation of new ideas is the light bearer of truth but …

“Either death is a state of nothingness and utter consciousness, or, as men say, there is a change and migration of the soul from this world to another. Now if death be of such a nature, I say that to die is to gain; for eternity is then only a single night.” ~ Plato “Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” ~ Carl Jung “The evolutionary impulse is towards disidentification from thinking and the arising of awareness or presence, but …

“Reality leaves a lot to the imagination”. John Lennon What we see is different from other people because of many different reasons. Identical twins in case studies show clearly that they are individuals in thier own right with own views, they have their own perception. The brain is another factor on how we see the world around us. Everyone histories includes environment that shapes a person reality from ideologies and concepts imprinted on the child. The debate of nurture or nature is not definite because there is always another anomaly …

“Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.” Karl Marx “Ideology has very little to do with ‘consciousness’ – it is profoundly unconscious“. Louis Althusser The definition of consciousness   “The quality or state of being aware especially of something within oneself or the state or fact of being conscious of an external object, state, or fact”  It is linked to the word awareness.  The definition of awareness “The quality or state of being aware and knowledge and understanding that something is happening or exists”. In simple …