Forward Thinking

""I had this thought the other day- Ignorance could have been bliss....or an empty excuse for a conscious..........

I thought this would be interesting to write about..the dynamics of not knowing and how easy it is to miss what is ugly...and yet...searching inward creates other problems..sight...has to have compassion...otherwise...the heart evolves with surprises.........What do you think?......""

Asked and inspired  By Raven of  RebukeTheWorld

Raven, you do know how to get the wheels turning in my mind. I've chewed this around, thought on it, pounded it with my jackhammer brain and I'm not sure if I surfaced a bit wiser or a bit mystified.

Although connected, your questions and thoughts have several different aspects that can leave a thinker like myself repeatedly pounding my head against a wall.  Toss the same question at 5 different people and you'll get 5 different ideas, so my opinion is the result of one possibility, one notion, one perspective and I'll have to assume you were looking for my specific ideas on your thoughts.

The breakdown: "Ignorance could have been bliss....or an empty excuse for a conscious.........."

I have a really hard time with ignorance as bliss or an excuse for anything. I have to believe on some level that if something is effecting a person, to some degree they feel it, perceive it, deny it, acknowledge it, ignore it, pick your poison, but they know it.....Pick an experience, any experience and with some poking and prodding we humans can retrace the files in our mind and find plenty of times, moments, where we either choose to ignore an issue, deny it's appearance or existence, and move along like nothing was there worth stopping for.

A conscious overshadows any form of ignorance. A conscious is a basic human trait not a single one of us can escape it's persistent voice. Ignore, yes, deny, yes, pretend all is well in fantasy land yes, but deep down or on the surface, we cannot escape our conscious mind.

Which brings me to: "the dynamics of not knowing and how easy it is to miss what is ugly.."

       Just as I find beauty in almost everything, there needs to be ugly to define that beauty. Without the contrast, a person can feel like a compass with no direction. There is no value on something unrecognized. I believe everyone has a level to which they reflect on things in life. From simple observation to deep exploration of a solitary or collective feeling, emotion or experience.

       If a person doesn't care, or isn't interested enough to seek out beauty not defined by conventional definition, they probably wouldn't notice ugly parading down the street. Thats personal and thats all right, it's a choice, or a desire exhibited by every individual. If I had a wish for humanity it would be that all people continue to reach for new levels of conscious, for within exploration comes discovery, more beauty, more ugly and more reaching.............

Which brings me to: "and yet...searching inward creates other problems..sight...has to have compassion..."

       In my humble opinion, searching inward is the only path to breaking free of the mediocrity of what is expected. Does it create problems? Yes, because we are all born with a box of expectations in life. When, if you do good, you will be rewarded, do bad and you will be punished is the driving force behind living. And protect our own and compliment others, works 80% of the time, why not? Which by the way, I believe is a superficial way to live life. A person can become disoriented and confused by seeking answers not found in conventional thinking.

       We all have our own innate sensory balance to life, influenced by every single stimuli we've come in contact with. How can we expect to provide true compassion to others if we don't even understand the power of our own inner mentality? The illusions of normalcy plagued my mind for many years, still does, and the inherent longing within me will continue to fight the confines of conventional. Responsibility to the world around us, within us, through us and between us, is a beautiful way to fuel compassion.

"otherwise...the heart evolves with surprises........"

Ah, the heart, the driving emotional fuel for which we all can measure our influence in life. As long as our hearts beat, we can love, as long as we can love, we will connect, as long as we connect, we can find meaning to everything. Heart/Love is capable of such extraordinary things. I could write for an entire day about what love means to me, but when it comes down to it, yes, love, the heart, takes my breath away with surprise. If there is one common thread to be coveted by humanity, it's our ability to need and provide love. Love is beauty and ugly and hope and desire and turmoil and connection and perfection all bound up, full of possibilities I cannot define. Love is the evolution of our very conscious nature and needs.

       You know, I'm just a thought, a notion and words behind an idea. I think what I think, and challenge everything I conclude. I have more questions then answers, I have answers without solution and I have solutions without conclusion. I could be right, I could be wrong, I could be close, and who's to say. My notions are no more important then the people I will touch shoulders with today..... I think peoples thoughts and idea's hold more power then I, or anyone else can comprehend. Evolution of thought process is something I find remarkable and frustrating. But I know this, all thoughts effect my life and the closer I move to the surface, the more I discover the contrast in this world.

Forward movement I will always seek..................is there anything else you would like to ask of my thoughts?