progression or regression?
i have these thoughts all the time about what is really "good" for us. have we progressed at all or are we just making a bigger mess??
now that i have realized that the best kinds of foods are the ones that have been tampered with the least, it occurred to me... perhaps most of the things we do can never really beat what is most easily done with the simplest of ingredients. is all of this new technology really better or are we paying for it in some way? should we really keep trying to invent the perfect futuristic things to "help" us or should we focus on going back to the most basic of living? just like we try to invent the most perfect kind of food based on all of our "scientific discoveries," perhaps there is no real way to live well without eliminating many of the unnecessary additives in our lives. to learn to live without. to regress, so to speak.
could we really be happy without things, without gadgets, without comforts, without numbness, without modern entertainment?
could we go back to a point where we are amazed by the wings of a butterfly, by the smell of a flower, by the trickling of water?
could we perhaps find the meaning of joy in a world where we are not destined to "be" something, but rather are living of our own volition?
and will this ever be possible in this lifetime? to be in a place like this? a utopia of sorts. where food is not manufactured by any human, it is manufactured by nature. where people are treated with respect and love and everyone is beautiful because they abound with health and vitality. where there is a true community of peace, of friendship.
do our furry friends have it right and have they had for all this time? perhaps we could learn a lot from them.
is improving on technology really helping us? should we keep this progression going.
these are just some of the many questions on my mind these days...
now that i have realized that the best kinds of foods are the ones that have been tampered with the least, it occurred to me... perhaps most of the things we do can never really beat what is most easily done with the simplest of ingredients. is all of this new technology really better or are we paying for it in some way? should we really keep trying to invent the perfect futuristic things to "help" us or should we focus on going back to the most basic of living? just like we try to invent the most perfect kind of food based on all of our "scientific discoveries," perhaps there is no real way to live well without eliminating many of the unnecessary additives in our lives. to learn to live without. to regress, so to speak.
could we really be happy without things, without gadgets, without comforts, without numbness, without modern entertainment?
could we go back to a point where we are amazed by the wings of a butterfly, by the smell of a flower, by the trickling of water?
could we perhaps find the meaning of joy in a world where we are not destined to "be" something, but rather are living of our own volition?
and will this ever be possible in this lifetime? to be in a place like this? a utopia of sorts. where food is not manufactured by any human, it is manufactured by nature. where people are treated with respect and love and everyone is beautiful because they abound with health and vitality. where there is a true community of peace, of friendship.
do our furry friends have it right and have they had for all this time? perhaps we could learn a lot from them.
is improving on technology really helping us? should we keep this progression going.
these are just some of the many questions on my mind these days...
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Comment by alex on April 22, 2009 at 6:09am - yeah....I guess since everyone creates their own reality - the reality of which you speak is available to anyone right now, who wishes for it. Though since this is not the desire of "the many" it has not been realised as yet on a world scale etc no reason for you not to live it thou :) And yeah, long term, the simpler of foods, the better people will find their bodies to function. A natural law which I doubt will be overcome ...since we come from nature :)
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Comment by Creig I am on December 29, 2008 at 8:51pm -
you know, this is cool, cause i have been thinking about this as well...postulated the possibilities :)
check out my "some food for thought" blog
so what do we really need to be happy? could we live simply? with me, I feel all really needed is some healthy
natural food growing, a place to get out of the rain or sun and someone I really care about to enjoy it with and play, and with that we could go almost anywhere.. I can appreciate the beauty I see around me, I feel thats what make this a Life and not just an exsistance.. I feel everything weve done has created who we are, the beings we are. I am of course sill growing and learning :)
We have such amazing Minds, I love learning and discovering both in the physical world and in the matrix, and I have quite a few books and videos to learn from some i havent even read or watched yet, on some level I would love to be sharing these with someone special, someone open to learn as much as I am. I love observing nature and the way animals forage and live..its facinating
I have had images in my mind of what it could look like...to live in harmony
So i believe, yes, it can be possible and with my belief, could open up the possibilities
and allow it, you know?
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Comment by Colleen on December 28, 2008 at 9:54pm -
I have wondered about this alot since I started getting more into raw foods. Alot of rely on food processors, blenders, dehydrators and juicers. How many of us would be raw if we didn't have these devices. I would love to live in such a utopia. I am saddened that I am so addicted to my computer. It has replaced my TV. I do not have the friendships that I know I should have with people. I do not know any of my neighbors. I don't like to go walking the neighborhood because it is not a safe place anymore, and to go walking on a nature trail by myself.. forget it. So, i am stuck going to my all girl gym and walking the treadmill.. which I don't like to do because it is so boring. (better than nothing I suppose). I also feel quilty for keeping my cats inside and not letting them enjoy the beauty and the funness that comes from being outside and playing, but I know that they would die instantly by a car or some stupid kid.. or some illness that they picked up from eating something or drinking water that was contaminated.
I think we should try to go back.. not forward on most things in our life. I think it would do us some good. But I wonder, can we? Most people are perfectly happy the way things are and want more stuff. Can we.. a small percentage of the human pop.. really change the world? Can we go back?
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