tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11989739.post114134546744684071..comments2023-10-04T19:42:46.813+05:30Comments on Brewing cup: Evolutionary CollectivismAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02455526965145376614noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11989739.post-1141582670066419862006-03-05T23:47:00.000+05:302006-03-05T23:47:00.000+05:30If its all in the mind and al a matter of percepti...If its all in the mind and al a matter of perception, then shouldn't perceiving the "bad day" differently change the state of sadness ?<BR/>p.s: this unintelligible sentence is only for the sake of argument and the author does not claim that it is practically applicable.ibloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05826933724680891877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11989739.post-1141430140391022522006-03-04T05:25:00.000+05:302006-03-04T05:25:00.000+05:30zero: hmm..I agree and disagree.I don't think anyo...zero: hmm..I agree and disagree.<BR/><BR/>I don't think anyone would be unhappy/bored/tired of being happy, because that would mean he was not 'happy' in the first place, by the very definition of happiness. What say?<BR/><BR/>If eternal happiness requires change or even means just 'change', then its a part of the definition..whatever that keeps a person happy.<BR/><BR/>Now here's a point (slight modification of yours), that I agree with:<BR/><BR/>Nobody will know happiness, unless he knows sadness and can compare the two. (Afterall, both the phenomena are relative). So considering human nature, he will 'forget' what was happiness if he hasn't experienced sadness sometime back. So for eternal happiness, eternal sadness is just as required for its mainstay. So sadness and happiness are complimentary and cannot live without the other. Btw, just remembered - this is what Socrates told too: 'Sadness and Happiness are two sides of the same coin'. You can't have one without the other.<BR/><BR/>Although this means that you will soon be happy (because you had a bad day today), it should either be that humans accept sadness and happiness as a part of life or be affected by neither. <BR/><BR/>Now the latter <I>isn't</I> impossible, as our sages say. It is to live detached from material objects; a life without desire. Boy, ain't that tough. You can't desire desirelesness! It just has to happen! Maybe we can take this topic next, lol!<BR/><BR/>p.s: I just realized I'm using the term 'happy' too much to person who would be dreaming of the next 'happy' hour. Cheers :DAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02455526965145376614noreply@blogger.com