Something of a Mystery: Part 1

One of the most basic principals of life that I have come to recognize is that there are multiple ways of looking at the same set of events. Most recently we have been repeatedly confronted with divergent politics of Liberal vs. Conservative. On a more idealistic level, this conflict has become a battle of two sets of values. The strict morality of the so-called "Right" and the humanistic values of the "Left." But these are mundane terms that have been overused and over thought in our era.

The first purpose of this is to introduce a new series of entries on viewpoints. A kind of diet philosophy as I stated in my earlier entry. This was prompted in part by a class in philosophy that I will be taking and party by, of all things, a card game. I won't go into the details but the game made me realize that looking at two primal forces in conflict was a totally valid way of looking at the world. Examples: Order and Chaos in the extreme abstract and Conservative vs. Liberal in the more here and now. But why stop there? Life vs Death, Good vs. Evil, Light vs. Dark or even Now vs. Later. All are differing ways of looking at situations or
polar opposites.

As fun as thinking in the abstract is, the key to making philosophy understood is to relate it to the real world. So part 2 of this little experiment is applying my observations to some real things. For example, linking the current confusion of Extremist religion to a conflict of Freedom vs. tradition. The possibilities are endless.

Finlay, I'll try and take the two forces I'm dealing with and flip them. These forces are not always opposed and most often are considered two sides of the same coin. I will go into what happens when you fuse two opposing philosophies and we'll see what happens.

Wish me Luck.

Muah!
Lyrinoir

Auld Year, New Year

Well the holidays have come and gone and I am none the worse for wear. Despite the efforts of a blizzard to ground me and about 5 days of persistent travel I made it home to the loving dysfunction of family life. Ahhh... It's hard to imagine why I enjoy college.

Got my sister a book of teen poems full of angst and the like. Good times.

I'm setting up for a series of blogings on different ways of looking at the world. It's kinda like diet philosophy. Look forward to them.

Hope you all had great holidays and that your New Year will be at least as pleasant as last year.

Here we go again.

Muah!
Lyrinoir