'Mind refers to the collective aspects of intellect and consciousness which are manifest in some combination of thought, perception, emotion, will and imagination............(then later)
The question of which human attributes make up the mind is also much debated. Some argue that only the "higher" intellectual functions constitute mind: particularly reason and memory. In this view the emotions - love, hate, fear, joy - are more "primitive" or subjective in nature and should be seen as different in nature or origin to the mind.'
I guess the gentleman who was complaining about people not having 'open minds' disliked people whose minds were clouded by emotions of love, hate, fear and joy - or am I wrong?
Human emotions make us human. I used to avoid emotions, but I gthink they are very powerful tools in motivating people and even getting things done oneself. To be just 'pure mind' in the analytical sense would make us akin to unfeeling robots - so let's embrace being humans with all our joy of living as well as our faults!
My secret is that I am allergic to work........all jobs should have a government health warning 'work may seriously affect your health'!
It's a kinda 'catch 24' situation though - when you don't work you recover and then you're well enough to work - then you go back to work and the stress is unbelievable! I mean you do a few weeks work and then you get all ratty like Brunette, and want to run over people in your car 'cos there is no airconditioning...........now if she just stayed at home being 'cool' she'd have no reason to get irritated in the traffic, would she?
Then you go on 'holiday' and try and be happy, but how can you possibly be happy when you know in the back of your mind that it shall all end and you have to go back to work!
There is only one solution - rob a bank, get first class plastic surgery, emmigrate to a little island in the mediterranean and claim you've retired after winning the lottery.
That's my advice - take it or leave it!
Actually, I think I'm blessed with good genes - even in the Army I never had to train to pass biannual physical fitness tests. I can get quite fit in just a couple of weeks of training, that would take most people several months. There again, a lot of physical work can also cause illness, so I am a great person for doing time and motion studies to save any effort that's not purely for pleasure - and the less energy we expend the more we contribute to saving the planet - right?
I love running, well I used to......I still go up stairs three at a time and sometimes down stairs about 12 at a time without being drunk (I like to lean down a stairwell, grab the bannister about six or seven steps down and hurl myself into space; ok, so it's juvenile and being a show-off, but that's the child in me!).
I also love swimming underwater - and in a 10 metre pool, a couple of years ago, dived in and swam eleven lengths underwater just for the hell of it...........I could probably only manage three or four now without coming up for air and demanding a cigarette!
I think it's just good to be alive, but nowadays I mostly just try and slow down and fit in with other people - both physically and mentally......otherwise people get exhausted by my company.
I like meeting ladies in church, where the sunlight shines on them like a halo through the stained glass windows and they look all so nice and clean and innocent.......then, after the church service, you sweetly say 'hello' and they give you that withering look and walk away with a ciggy dangling from their lower lip......life just ain't fair summertimes!
I have to say that I believe that wedward has a more sane approach to his possessions than you do, Antcus! I know it would be hard to get rid of things you've inherited and are part of what makes you 'you' - but keeping just a few of the most beautiful sentimental objects that make you feel really happy each time you see them will be far better than a house full of 'things' however antique or valueable they are!
When my maternal grandparents died I was asked if there anything I wanted - I did........just a large black and white photgraph of my parents which is the one possession I really treasure. My father owns a few fine paintings - I'd never exchange that photograph for the paintings however much the paintings are worth.
The only thing I'll be sad to get rid of are my books. But how many books on your book shelves do you regularly read? I'm sure I'll want to keep them all, but shall have to discipline myself to choosing just half a dozen at most out of several hundred.........
Back in the late 80's I came back to the UK with my tail between my legs - eventually all my possessions followed me from Berlin and Hannover. They were like a chain and ball round my neck.
Recently a friend helped me decide what stuff to throw out and I became converted to 'Less is more' and it really works.
I'm selling my house in the UK and honestly the only things of any importance to me are a few photographs - the rest can sold, given away or taken to the local council tip.
Marushka sounds like a very sensible person who has learned this lesson early on in life..........it seems to have taken most of us decades to learn the same simple fact of 'LESS IS MORE'
Lord, I remember joining the Army.
My parents had already retired abroad (here in Gozo). I took everything I owned from a luxury bank flat - apart from the furniture. I had about four suitcases, a trunk, half a dozen grips/holdalls and 20+ plastic bags. These possessions made my life hell; especially during room inspections where your ONE suitcase had to be on top of your locker......I had 'stuff' hidden all over camp!
Material possessions have never meant much to me; but, in the past, I just couldn't be bothered to get rid of accumulated junk........now I feel really wonderful each time I take another car load of crap to the tip!
In my house in the UK I had THREE fridges when I only needed the one. I gave one fridge to neighbours and got the council to remove the other as 'bulk rubbish'........the more crap I got rid of the more room I had and it was easier clean and keep clean.
Very true - many successful people claim their success to 'luck' but it's simply not true...they work very hard at being 'lucky' - however a positive attitude does work and small incremental steps make a huge goal really quite easy over time! :)
rusty_knight Forum Posts (6,840)
RE: lifestyle
Whoops! I hope that doesn't apply to 'dangly bits'!