I thought id share part of an interesting convwrsation i had with someone on a dating site that emcouraged arrangements.. not that i have ever foujd someone that i actually ever wanted to make an arrangememt with but it does remind me of how the humbleness of human nature so i stay on there as a reminder to be humble and ever so grateful for what we do have in our life.:
I womt publish his profile but will let you know that he asked the reader to answer what two times four is at the end of his lengthy but interesting profile.
Lol.
Here was my response:
The answer is 42 (just kidding, inside joke btween my son and I unless you have read 'Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe'
To your particular question: eight (it would be kind of neat if you put a trick riddle on there, like "how much does a Lb of feathers weigh?" Or something fun like that. ;)
Well lets see how to prove not a catfish? Send you to a silly video we made and put up on youtube? Hm, conversation over phone?
I am a little bit disappointed you would not accept a platonic arrangement, even if the arrangement did not involve any money transactions at all unless you just became fond of someone over time.
Knowledge is only half the battle.. implementing & remembering that knowledge in the heat lf the moment.. ahh now that takes practice i suppose?
I am interested in some of your knowledge.. though more to compare notes and seeing another perspective as i imagine some areas we might disagree.. i am fairly passionate about my own particular views about agriculture and some other areas you listed.
I dont know if i could get your needs met bc of the corona virus fesr of it affecting my mother and myself as i do not have health insurance, but id still be open to maybe finding some kind of connection if you were up for it.
You seem interesting to me, lol. :D
His response:
Thank you for the detailed info, you seem interesting as well however
a) knowledge is not free, this is why universities charge you with no employment guarantees and a shit load of other data that proves that its a scamm
b) the above in reply to PLATONIC
c) I dis agree re "knowledge is half the battle, its not, obviously if you have knowledge you have remembered what you have learned - unless you are suffering from a mental disorder causing you to have memory loss
d) I m not interested in helping anyone your age, its like swimming against the current, your stuck in your ways and established habits
This was my response back...( btw, id be curious to know you own take on the matter. So encourage to put your own input in of who you agree or disagree with down below in the comments section below.)
My response:
Lol..
A) if one is willimg to research and trade time for knowledge, there is a LOT of the same knowledge one gets from a university from books and online .. when kiddo was three and i needed a moment to myself, I used to sit him down in front of free online MIT physics lectures since at age three he was alreadys showing a high aptitude for science and he has already come across more historical knowledge then i ever came across in my 20 years of schooling. ... I even learned how to fix some of the plumbing in the house for free by willing to trade time and research. Yes it was a trade of time.. but i suppose it depends on how you define 'free'.. time itself is highly valuable...
B) I am not saying i only want platonic longterm though i admit the whole virus has heightened my fears.. .. but before the corona virus, I did find i am far more likely to be attracted to someone when nature is allowed to just takes its course rather then when i think sexuality is a requirement -- just to get to find out if I might even be attracted.
But just as i would want to be allowed to find out if chemistry developed on its own, I would offer the same back of not expecting an arrangement unless nature & chemistry eventually led us in that direction..
C) so i wish what you said was true for all the people i have observed learning and relearning.. even the super geniuses i grew up, when it came to understanding people, so often i observed as I watched them 'learn about people', i realized as i watched them, that learning wven for their mensa minds, seems to be more like a vortex.. as i watched them 'forget' and the relearn but with increased understanding and insight each time aroumd, climbing in awareness and a deeper comprehension of the knowledge each time around.
-- Just like learning to play the piano; Or take iceskating for example: Each time around a skater gets better but when they get tired they start to mess up more seeming like like they are forgetting what they have learmed but their mind just needed to need to rest but then when they start up again they learn quicker and faster.. same with learning a language.
.... Btw. I have worked with a handful of people with true memory loss.. and its a bit different and scarier watching them truly forget all that they know. esp as one watches them go from through the decline over years. (Shudder down my spine.. remembering for them, but watching their existence of all of their life slowly disappear forever)
D) i do know what you mean. aftwr 20 years of being discouraged from doing many basic tasks any normal functional adult should know , I am now a 40 something year old woman who is having to relearn how to drive and pay taxes and manage in the world just like how when I was 17 .. it basically feels like having to start over from the beginning, only this time having to overcome the fears and insecurities that have sneaked in over time and without the incredible bravado and hutzpah and naive confidence i once had and which i miss having .. and yes, i agree, it does feel like swimming against the current sometimes, often -- having to undo and break all those eatablished habits in order to reopen my mind so that i can get myswlf to believe again that anything is possible.. that anything can be ..
.... at first it really was like having been thrown into a twilight zone story and thrown into an ice cold shark infested water after having beem shattered into a million tiny pieces.. slowly taking those pieces and creating a beaitiful new art piece like one does with kintsugi. All while trying to learn how to swim as well.
but one benefit that has come from all the many profound experiences we have been having the last couple of years ... from one massive change to the next.. the ever increasing awareness of how the world is like an ameoba constantly changing shape and form...
and how we think today willl most likely not be how we will be thinking next month let alone a year from now.
The reason why i said knowledge is half the battle, btw, came from a quote my dad used to chant to me bavk when i first started having awareness of how my actions can affect others when i was a wee chikd first learning awareness of the world :: after watching anothwr child throw a tantrum and seeing how it affected everyone, suddenly awakened and realized that my own tantrums would be felt in a similar way as that other child. he had been so proud of me for finally having that awareness but he warned me in my childlike arrogance that having that awarenes was only half the battle.. And he was right.. just because i had knowledge of how my actions affected others, and then later learning skills to help center and ground myswlf and get to a compassionate empathetic state, it was only half the battle of learning.. the rest was learning how to apply alll that knowledge and actually putting it into practice ... knowing how to take a deep breath and look around and reach within for compassion doesnt do much good if I dont actually take a moment to actually practice taking that deep breath in, lol. And i am still learning the art of it. Sometimes failing miserably, other times mastering the art far superior to others.. but alway learning new insights and nuances and adapting..
Conclusion, even though you would not be interested in helping me financially.. perhaps an interesting conmection might still be allowed to evolve between us in these changing times..
That is, If you yourself are willimg to step outside of your own established ways and established 'habits' to explore with me both of us stepping outside of our normal way of life to hear other perspectives.. even if just but for a moment, lol.. ;)
"554pm march 30 2020"
#knowledge
#platonicpossibilities
#knowledgeisfree
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