tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-689721533782867620.post7417707402885815733..comments2024-03-17T23:38:59.305-07:00Comments on Thinking About It: Drawing Inspiration From a PolymathAaron Kenneth Schwarzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17269701875376295116noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-689721533782867620.post-43456381004285216172012-01-06T21:33:30.115-08:002012-01-06T21:33:30.115-08:00I love you Aaron! I feel there is little for me t...I love you Aaron! I feel there is little for me to add but feel a deep sense of agreement with all you have said in your blog as well as your comments on your blog which resonates within me. You have inspired change in me and I am thankful for you and thankful that you are sharing your thoughts here. I will support you forever and always.Megan Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10816184357216875919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-689721533782867620.post-33669140637549237432012-01-05T20:58:21.101-08:002012-01-05T20:58:21.101-08:00This blog was formed because my sister wrote me a ...This blog was formed because my sister wrote me a very thoughtful email about my misuse of facebook as a publishing platform to spread information. My facebook will now be use for more personal content and less op-ed content. Philosophical works like the article above and or other op-ed material like the other posts on this blog are accessible to the whole world. My private facebook page is a personal space. Both can be viewed by anyone trying hard to understand me: and this will likely be the case when I run for public office in the future. What I post online in this blog and elsewhere is a direct reflection of my thinking and worldviews. Over time my posts will paint a perfectly clear picture about me: and in many ways they already have. <br /><br />Thank you for your kind words!Aaron Kenneth Schwarzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17269701875376295116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-689721533782867620.post-66852610052113172882012-01-05T20:58:12.196-08:002012-01-05T20:58:12.196-08:00Thank you Dianne,
Yes, my world view and perspec...Thank you Dianne, <br /><br />Yes, my world view and perspective has changed dramatically over the past 10 years. <br /><br />Two major things happened that really opened my eyes. <br /><br />1. I adopted Fallibilism as the axiomatic foundation of my thinking: it is the philosophical principle that I could be wrong about my beliefs, expectations, or understanding of the world. This keeps me open minded. I always willing to listen to a new idea. I was clearly wrong in the past a great number of times and I am sure that my views now will continue to evolve as I learn more about life. Since every moment is a learning experience I will continue changing over time just like everything else: nothing in this world is static: so absolutes rarely make sense. <br /><br />2. Megan and I became partners. She brought me to a bible study and helped me to rediscover my faith in God, to incorporate Christ's teachings into more of my thoughts and choices, to give Love another chance. Through loving God more and loving Meg I have come to love everything and everyone more. My heart overflows with love now where it was once filled with anger and frustration. I am able to differentiate actively the difference between a sin and the sinner. I look at others through eyes of love instead of eyes of Judgement. I see the prostitute, crook, pedophile, greedy person and others with a problem as sick people who are lost and who need help. There is a lot of broken thinking out there that causes people to do sick things that are unhealthy for them and bad for everyone else. I want to be a natural helper, a counselor, a source of information and inspiration to others: not a judge. I kneel before the Lord and humble myself as just one life in his creation of billions of living beings. <br /><br />Other people have noted a change in my personality as well: specifically in the last 2 years, and for the better I might add. It is not one, or two but actually many things that have helped me to see the world through eyes of love. <br /><br />Each person is unique and there are indeed many sides to every story. I know that more often then not we dont know someone else's whole story: we have never lived in their shoes, experienced life they way they have lived; we dont know what its like to be them or how we would have chosen if we were in that persons place. I don't know enough about others to cast judgement against anyone. We can agree that rape, murder, molestation, theft, corruption; that those kind of things are wrong: but each case is unique and deserves careful consideration. Most of the time the person doing something wrong is just misguided and in need of help. Think of all of the people that suffer with addictions to food, substance, gambling, ect. Think of all of the people who suffer from poor diet and depression: because they lack information to make healthier choices and don't know how or where to find the truth: that negative ideas are toxic: that synthetic food chemicals are toxic, ect. <br /><br />Joel Osteen recently gave a talk called "Seeing Others Through Eyes of Love" that really resonated with me. Seeing this was the straw that finally broke to give way to a totally improved world view. I still have convictions about a lot of issues (education, recycling, medicine, public policy, agriculture, health, energy, ect); but these views are now tempered by a more informed perspective. As I grow and age I acquire new information and it is through this constant learning that I learned the power of letting go, the power of compassion, the power of understanding and the power of love.Aaron Kenneth Schwarzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17269701875376295116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-689721533782867620.post-72805354739348003502012-01-05T18:03:24.511-08:002012-01-05T18:03:24.511-08:00Aaron, I see a Renaissance man emerging from what...Aaron, I see a Renaissance man emerging from what was a 'fairly' narrow minded boy! Please take this as the compliment it is. I remember well when your world was black and white, not many shades of grey. I think the thing I am most impressed with is your willingness to explore and expand. It is so easy for one to settle into a way of thought in their teens and 20's and get 'stuck'. Have you ever read any works by William F. Buckley Jr.? Fascinating man and one that could sway others with quietness, thoughtfulness and a very disarming smile. One of my favorites. Keep on growing Aaron, you have a lot to sayDiannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01333001518989347063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-689721533782867620.post-48159701513842948422012-01-05T17:36:22.635-08:002012-01-05T17:36:22.635-08:00Thought of the day: Change
With every passing mo...Thought of the day: Change <br /><br />With every passing moment everything has changed. Everything from your mind to the universe around you is constantly changing. <br /><br />Entropy, Rust, Combustion, Decomposition: Even the human body breaks down as it ages, so do tree's (they dont live forever either- just longer than us). <br /><br />The world as we know it is never the same, it is always changing. How are you choosing to change and what are you changing?Aaron Kenneth Schwarzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17269701875376295116noreply@blogger.com