Are we under attack?
What I mean is, are we under attack and we do not even know it? The inspiration to write this blog just came from a movie I just saw, The 5th Wave.About a week ago, I was having a conversation with somebody and we got on the topic of meditation and relationships. I brought up the question of how can a person feel love for somebody if they are in a numb emotional state? Meditation is a way of clearing your mind and bringing yourself to a more emotional calmness state. Yoga and meditation are very commonly practiced today and being promoted more than anytime if recent history.
The divorce rate today is at all time highs, at least that I know of. The following of religion is in decline at recent historical times....perhaps at its highest level dating back to the inception of it? Again, I do not know. But, it is at a major decline today. It seems as if the demise of loving relationships with each other and with God is the outcome.
Mass shootings litter the news and hate-type speech from presidential candidates are becoming the norm. Narcissism is becoming widely talked about. We are all becoming informed on what it means. The selfie might very well be the most important picture many people need to take. Superficial qualities dictate what sort of person you are. Take care of #1 is the belief of many. People talking behind other people's back to shoot them down is common practice. I am sure I am missing many more but just off of the top of my head, these are some that I thought of.
As I previously stated, I was talking to somebody about our capacity to love. The interesting thing about this movie I seen, that exact point was one of the main messages in it. The movie portrayed it as some sort of entity who was trying to take over our planet. Yes, that is Hollywood...but it is interesting how the message matches with the reality of our world.
Is our capacity to love under attack?
As a side note, I liked that recent blog that dabbled with the concept of sex and love...with the two being distinctly different.
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I apologize to all of you who had posted messages on that blog. I was able to read the messages and all of you had some very valuable comments. I wonder if there is a way to get that blog back up?
Anyway, thank you all so much....very good insight shared there.
Capri...thank you.
Ish....thank you too.
Ken....thanks very much...
DC....thanks very much too...
Again, all of you had some excellent points.
If anyone knows how to bring that blog back up, I would surely appreciate know how.
Thank you.
But for those of us who actually have minds of our own, don't believe that taking a selfie-a-day is a necessity, realised long ago that living a good life is more important than asking a deity for forgiveness for living a bad life, then no is the answer.
People often blog about how you have to love yourself before you can love another.
That is true to some extent, but I think there is probably too much self-love aka selfishness going on, and we should just start loving the other person instead.
On other-hand loving kindness, subtle winds and benefiting others seems far more purposeful..
Thanks for your post.
How are you doing? I swear that lady you show here looks familiar. I know. I got it. That is one of your ex's you blog about. So, you are speaking from experience?
Thanks Robert. :)