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October 29, 2006
the unbeliever
KNOWS ,without the effort of "Faith" or such silly devices,
just knows the way we know there's a floor under our feet,
that the EARTH WILL or GRAVITAS WILL or NATURE WILL ...
COMPEL the Chai to sink low IF ONLY on account of their CHAI!
Let alone a any potential angles of dismerit that may be observed and, by some narrative, connected with the enthusiasm/exhuberance/passion/motivation/fulfillment.
At least an Atheist has vim and vigor.
Of course what's best (compared to the fool who wears the full depth of his beliefs on his necklace) is the humble believer who has taken the infinite into his workaday interaction with the finite, and doesn't even make a big deal about it.
The minhagdim were brimming with merit, and when they were able to chill out their cognitive dissonance, they could accept that it was all 4 da besht.
Some folks train themselves to be more prepared for cognitive dissonance than they might otherwise be.
Such as the possibility that someone you thought was a zombie is actually Living no less than you, and just focused in a different area. Does not mean you do not have issues to resolve with them, and it's a framework for interpretation that facilitates measured, assertive responses rather than passive-aggressive fight or flight (mentally surrender).
And taking this perspective DOES NOT MAKE YOU a fool, a traitor, soft, weak, or anything like that, dumbass... for as the Chinese strategist says:
知己知彼百战百胜
Zhi ji, zhi bi, baizhan baisheng.
Know yourself, know your adversary, and of 100 wars [harsh symbol indeed], 100% will be victories!
"Liberals" have this sort of problem as well as "Conservatives."
"R U homo?" Nah, just queer.
"R U ortho?" Nah, AiMm paradox.
Musical l'shma, to inspire torah.
Doing without saying is strong.
Not doing is weak.
Saying without doing is piggish.
Doing with saying is holy, not least because the pigs are going to send weak pawns to take you out.
And we all of us manifest each of these at times, and it's hard to SEE what someone's REALLY up to, so let's try not to overgeneralize in our classifications of people.
"I will do and I will study." Begin with the end in mind. From the thought, jump to the outcome? check > action? go! Hook the outcome and realreel^rEALize in the fish, thanks.
Posted by matt at October 29, 2006 01:03 AM