A very important question
Tonight we went took turns reading out loud the musing of the great late Leo Tolstoy after I recommended the book The Awakening to my wife which brought us directly to the very old recording of this great light:
https://www.brainpickings.org/2013/03/18/tolstoy-reading-rare-1909-recording/
I hope you enjoy his wisdom, here is the paragraph he was reading for those without speakers (huh)
That the object of life is self-perfection, the perfection of all immortal souls, that this is the only object of my life, is seen to be correct by the fact alone that every other object is essentially a new object. Therefore, the question whether thou hast done what thou shoudst have done is of immense importance, for the only meaning of thy life is in doing in this short term allowed thee, that which is desired of thee by He who or That which has sent thee into life. Art thou doing the right thing?
The link in the bottom of the article is how we ended up listening to it:
https://www.brainpickings.org/2014/06/03/tolstoy-confession/
Tolstoy had some great insights. And if you're posting about them, than I'm comfortable with what I'm about to say ;)
I had to check you out...that your screenname is bah fucyou is pretty funny, I imagine you were surprised by the information in my reply. I could be wrong but I doubt it.
We're all on a journey in this life. I've already been on his journey, I was born into it. Breaking those chains? I could only compare it to psychologically climbing Mount Everest during a blizzard.
I asked him a hard question in terms of his beliefs. I did it because he wrote that post and invited it. I invited those same kinds of questions at one point, and it ultimately led me to break out of that box. Though it can go the other way and cause someone to reinforce the box with steel spikes. Fear is the ultimate factor. For me, that fear pissed me the fuck off and I faced it down. For others, they might want to ignore it, deny it, or hide from it instead.
And honestly, it's fine either way. On my journey I've learned I'm in no position to judge where others are at on theirs. Because I still have a long way to go myself.
Nice to meet you @baah ;)
Don't go checking my comments and replies, I don't make posts, just try to spark damning conversations ;)
BTW if you have free time google for The Awakening by him, I guarantee you will not want to put it down.
Fear is a mechanism. It's control itself, you'd enjoy the movie Revolver, all about being in control, and knowing when you're being played :D (the thesis for a successful trollminatro)
Jason Statham. I've seen it, I would probably say it was about the ego, I did enjoy it.
I've never heard of a trollminatro, lol. Trolling was not my intention in papa's post, just answering his call for someone to make him think for a minute. I won't press it any further, unless he puts up another post like that one and I happen to see it. I'm leaning on that not happening.
Ego/control. I applaud what you did, nothing wrong with thought provoking questions/inquiry, bring it on I say. As for the trollminatro, just a little name I pride myself in :D
Oh and, if you want to read a good post, check out the one I resteemed by @eddard :)
I live for the applause, applause...no I don't actually, I'm just drinking and a pop station is on in the background, LOL.
Well, the best thing to come of my comment to papa was making a new acquaintance ;) I used to think that the term 'trolling' meant something bad. I didn't know there were definitions for it other than being an asshole just to be an asshole. But a friend of mine @son-of-satire, made a post redefining it, and I really wanted to put the link here but I can't find it...the drinking might have something to do with that .
I like you baah, I hope we meet more often ;)