Sunday, April 17, 2011

moving forward into the fog

The #1 concept rattling about for me right now is life with limited knowledge.  Delusion (a huge fear of mine; partly because I dislike being around delusional people and don't want to become one) is overconfidence in regard to knowledge.  Delinquency, the danger of anti-delusion, is my other big fear.  Somewhere between over-zealous belief and the dropout pattern from despair is the realm of 'ought-ness'; the course of action based on information as best as can be discerned at the time.  That is what I have to get more comfortable with.

So does that mean grading knowledge?  I believe this is true at a level A, that at a level C... etc?  Or is it all more fluid than that?  Too fluid pools in pointlessness, too resolutely confident snaps under the weight of inconsiderate circumstances and other intrusions of reality.
Internalized Kung Fu metaphors.  That's the answer.  OK, on with the day! (nothing like the power of limited insight!!) No time to explain, must act on limited knowledge.

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Developing the doctrine of limited knowledge

 Daniel 12, Daniel did not understand.  Job didn't.  Angels don't.  Paul says we look through a rough mirror.  We don't see it all.  Our knowledge is limited.  Being clear on muddledness is a good idea.
Because how I ever got to you, I have no idea
It's like some secret door, well, it just appeared
So, no matter what I do from now on with my time
You will always stay here in my mind
I am certain of this and I am not certain of anything

So I want to get myself attached to something bolted down
So that these winds of circumstance won't keep blowing me around
To when I land to when I leave there is enough time to sleep and sing
I keep running when all I want is to lay motionless   ~ Bright Eyes: Motion Sickness