http://www.sellingwaves.com/2006/11/08/tolerance-or-submissiveness/ A graduate student in mathematics and a modern languages major take on politics and culture with the following aspirational motto: ‘Deregulate your mind.’ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:02:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://www.sellingwaves.com/2006/11/08/tolerance-or-submissiveness/#comment-35151 Dave Wed, 08 Nov 2006 22:07:20 +0000 http://www.sellingwaves.com/2006/11/08/tolerance-or-submissiveness/#comment-35151 <p>Helen, It is good to hear a persons who is unencumbered by American convention saying what is in her mind. It is hard to get to the abstract, which can best be done by the individual. When it is done by a group of people it is altered. Yet a human is not an island. Since no one can enter another’s brain, we communicate difficult thoughts by using metaphors. Who is to be sure that each person understands the metaphors in the same way? Opposites such as water and container are interesting concepts which I have not thought of. The thing that comes to mind when thinking of this is that all extremes lead to problems. If water does not form itself eventually it will evaporate. If a container remains static it will be buried. The optimum is somewhere in the middle and living persons have no escape from decision making. A pet dog or cat is helpful.</p> Helen, It is good to hear a persons who is unencumbered by American convention saying what is in her mind. It is hard to get to the abstract, which can best be done by the individual. When it is done by a group of people it is altered. Yet a human is not an island. Since no one can enter another’s brain, we communicate difficult thoughts by using metaphors. Who is to be sure that each person understands the metaphors in the same way? Opposites such as water and container are interesting concepts which I have not thought of. The thing that comes to mind when thinking of this is that all extremes lead to problems. If water does not form itself eventually it will evaporate. If a container remains static it will be buried. The optimum is somewhere in the middle and living persons have no escape from decision making. A pet dog or cat is helpful.

]]> http://www.sellingwaves.com/2006/11/08/tolerance-or-submissiveness/#comment-35110 helen Wed, 08 Nov 2006 15:27:13 +0000 http://www.sellingwaves.com/2006/11/08/tolerance-or-submissiveness/#comment-35110 <p>Yes, tolerance is a good topic, you seem enjoying thinking some topics which maybe never can be explained perfectly. Sometimes, I am also trapped in some pretty complicated questions, which often make me puzzled or confused for a long time. At that time, I find why it is necessary for world to have religion. The people who have religion also can accept some truth which is defined in a certain way naturally. But for people who do not believe in religion, the truth is questionable. In ancient time of China , there is a group of people called recluse or hermit ( yin shi ) , they also have thought about this kind of topics , when they see anything through or they find they can never explain them perfectly , they choose to live alone and avoid to communicate with others in some secluded places , such as forests or mountains . This is what I want to do, but it seems impossible to find that kind of place, so I must face the world which sometimes is really annoying to me. So I tell myself: move on, that is the life, no matter you like or not, it still goes on. Since high school, I learned to change myself for the life, and then, I find it is also for me. Tolerance is a very important principle I have learned. A formed me is a person who is very caustic, who can never give tolerance to anyone. Then I find that way I can not live in a senior world, where people pretend and decorate themselves very perfectly .They are described as generous , nice and tolerant .Just Like people must wear clothes, who knows the truth in their heart. But I still believe some motto in Buddhism, like “ xiao bu ren ze luo da mou “ ( Anger and haste hinder good counsel ) “ bai ren cheng jin “ . If I can do that, I am the kind of person who are called water . There are two kinds people in the world , one is called water , another is called container . The latter just can contain water , and keep it self forever . But the formed can change himself whatever kinds of containers . That is the highest level of tolerance , in my opinion .</p> Yes, tolerance is a good topic, you seem enjoying thinking some topics which maybe never can be explained perfectly. Sometimes, I am also trapped in some pretty complicated questions, which often make me puzzled or confused for a long time. At that time, I find why it is necessary for world to have religion. The people who have religion also can accept some truth which is defined in a certain way naturally. But for people who do not believe in religion, the truth is questionable. In ancient time of China , there is a group of people called recluse or hermit ( yin shi ) , they also have thought about this kind of topics , when they see anything through or they find they can never explain them perfectly , they choose to live alone and avoid to communicate with others in some secluded places , such as forests or mountains . This is what I want to do, but it seems impossible to find that kind of place, so I must face the world which sometimes is really annoying to me. So I tell myself: move on, that is the life, no matter you like or not, it still goes on. Since high school, I learned to change myself for the life, and then, I find it is also for me. Tolerance is a very important principle I have learned. A formed me is a person who is very caustic, who can never give tolerance to anyone. Then I find that way I can not live in a senior world, where people pretend and decorate themselves very perfectly .They are described as generous , nice and tolerant .Just Like people must wear clothes, who knows the truth in their heart. But I still believe some motto in Buddhism, like “ xiao bu ren ze luo da mou “ ( Anger and haste hinder good counsel ) “ bai ren cheng jin “ . If I can do that, I am the kind of person who are called water . There are two kinds people in the world , one is called water , another is called container . The latter just can contain water , and keep it self forever . But the formed can change himself whatever kinds of containers . That is the highest level of tolerance , in my opinion .

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