Who would have known that my concentration as a doctoral student in philosophy at Boston University, way back between 1966 and 1972, namely EPISTEMOLOGY, would become such a hot topic as the millennium turned? Especially by June 16, 2015, when Trump descended the escalator, and his very rude phrase “fake news” begin to enter the vernacular.
So that now, we hardly bat an eye.
The covid con especially, stirred up a storm of fakery, that metastisized . . .
So that now, these kinds of signs on lawns actually do exist. (Not that I’ve seen one in leftist Bloomington Indiana).
Notice the skepticism?
No, stronger: the cynicism?
So if Truth took a hard hit, so did other aspects of life that depend on us at least wanting to tell, and to hear, the truth.
Hidden fury, burning bright. For who knows what’s out there?
So, the person who sees patio umbrellas as possible terrorists, is projecting what’s inside to the outside. And, usually, not realizing it. Thinking that what he or she sees is “real.”
It helps, a great deal, to recognize that what’s outside is also inside.
And that the dynamic space between polarities (opposites) creates the conditions for continued growth.
Besides epistemological memes, I’ve collected a potpourri of others lately, which I will label, as a group: “If you know, you know.”
Finally, I’ll end with these two . . .
Actually, not true. I feel good, despite confronting the horrors daily over the internet.
Meanwhile, busy nurturing paradise here in Green Acres Village.
