Beliefs

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"Life is for the alive, my dear."

~Apex Caelum~

when you get to it!
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The course of true love never did run smooth
~Shakespeare~

devoted to explaining taoism... because I don't think many people know about it... And your experience with it would give us a diffrent look at the whole culture!
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The course of true love never did run smooth
~Shakespeare~

I know I already posted this elsewhere, but it seems appropriate for this forum.

I believe...

I. In the absolute sanctity of life.
II. In letting nature take its course.
III. In living in the present and letting energy flow, which aligns one with natural energy and all that is good in the world.
IV. In exercising the mind as vigorously as we exercise the body, and vice versa.
V. In taking a good long look at what we really need and what we don’t.
VI. In taking risks, particularly in art. One shouldn’t try to offend, but rather understand that nothing is uncontroversial in this world, and anything of value will be disputed. You will offend certain people, especially if you are an artist of some kind, and they will likely offend you. See it as an opportunity for growth.
VII. In non-partisanship, a.k.a letting the best man win.
VIII. In the Open and Empty Doctrine, which states that the best way to live is to be aware of all forces acting on you (open), and to rid yourself of unnecessary mental and emotional clutter (empty). Probably the most basic concept of Taoism.
IX. In optimism. Pessimism is unseemly, particularly in the young –our generation has more to live for than any other ever has. Be enthusiastic! Don't muddle yourself about whether or not you were meant to be here, just enjoy the fact that you are. :D
X. In being aware of oneself and one’s own actions, and examining them before placing blame on others. Everything is interconnected, united by the crucial life force, and you have a much bigger part to play than you know.
XI. In surrounding oneself with as much juicy literature and other soul-enhancing art forms as one can, while minimalizing more passive forms of entertainment as much as possible.
XII. In avoiding “isms” and rigorous codes as much as possible, and doing what is right in the moment.
XIII. In knowing each ingredient in each and every thing you put into your mouth, and in making sure all of them can be traced back to nature with minimal steps.
XIV. In using as few electronic devices as is possible. All those electromagnetic fields truly interfere with one’s brain waves. Use your computer…but not while listening to your iPod AND talking on your cell phone AND checking your BlackBerry. The minute you feel your head starting to spin, you’ve gone too far.
XV. In cultivating quality relationships, in nurturing them richly, and in letting love flow as harmoniously and freely as possible (another precept of Taoism).

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"Life is for the alive, my dear."

~Apex Caelum~

I think stem cell reasearch could help us in the future. I know that at the other end of the spectrum, people would probably say "That's wrong," and go on to explain why, but why not use everything to the best of our abilities? The one dead baby that scientists might use to reasearch embryonic stem cells, could lead to protecting so many more babies in the future! here is the offical site for stem cell reasearch, and there is even a link for the ethics of stem cell reasearch. http://stemcells.nih.gov/index.asp
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The course of true love never did run smooth
~Shakespeare~

To be human is to make mistakes.

There are few things crueler than hindsight.

As Douglas Adams said, “Whatever happens, happens.” There is no predetermined destiny; nothing is meant to be. It just is.
But that doesn’t necessarily mean it should.

Humanity is capable of great horror and destruction but also of great beauty, and an admirable goal of life is to make sure the latter exceeds the former.

Identity is a combination of beliefs and influences and memories. It changes from moment to moment.

No person can ever truly know another.

Divide the world up into its smallest particles and you will not find a single atom of truth, of reason, or love. They are human creations.

A person’s beliefs become their truth. Everyone lives in a slightly different world of their own creation.

Strip those beliefs away, and life is a terribly uncomforting place.

Everyone has the right to believe what they like but not the right to kill others for those beliefs.

The goals of war are never worth the costs.

Time goes on. Everything passes, be it good or bad.

The world is a tangled ball of connection and complication and if it was smooth and perfect then nothing would exist.

We’re all just muddling through.

"Communism was an okay idea. Emphasis on idea."

I agree. The idea that everything be equal is one that even our demorcatic republic is based on. Though I believe comunism is highly unlikely to work. Humans are too easily corrupt and comunist countries too easily become dictatorships.

Dear President Obama,
There is a reason Life came before Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. You can't have them if you were never born.
Crying angry tears,
AS **Miss_Lit**

Hmm. Beliefs.

Here's a few.

Although humans will always strive to rationalize existence, they never will.

Evolution happened and is happening. That Darwin guy was on to something.

The leaders of PETA are hypocrites.

"Global Warming" is a dumbed-down catchphrase for use by those learning of it, those opposed to it, and the media. "Global climate change" is far more appropriate, and is happening, and we have an effect on it. To what extent is anyone's guess.

On a related note, we do not know how our planet works. We have not been inside it. We have not lived on it for nearly long enough to understand it fully. We can only make assumptions on how it may change in the future, and that's what they are: assumptions.

"Absolute power corrupts absolutely."

Communism was an okay idea. Emphasis on idea.

As Winston Churchill put it, "It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried."

War is a natural and so far inseparable attribute of those species that grow to question existence.

Choice of sexuality is as much a human right as is the right to live. The two are twins born of the same Constitutional belief.

Difference should be always treasured and never shunned.

Public speech is the ability to confidently pretend to get to know a multitude of people at the same time.

Working together isn't always the answer; sometimes individuals can accomplish feats that even nations could only dream of.

Peaceful force is always preferred to forceful peace.

Space is the answer to the majority of the most pertinent human problems. The sooner governments acknowledge that and quit beating around the damn bush about it, the better.

Politics, like most human creations, are temporal and will only last as long as humans think they need them.

Humans should look to natural process as a model for their own society.

Earth is going to die, just like all the other planets and stars in the universe either have or will, and there is nothing we can do about it.

If we find life outside of our system, it won't be nearly as engaging as we've imagined it to be.

A person who can escape the limitations of their society and their nationality to become admired by all is a true human, and truly immortal.