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In Reply to: Poo Poo ... posted by Sommovigo on April 11, 2007 at 13:44:49:
Thank you for your thoughtful response. I actually agree with your observation as to people's behaviors. The fact that most people behave as they do, slipping into and out of their "daily armor", is actually part of the point. The argument is that modern culture has caused these behaviors, and that this is in fact very different from what was previously considered normal behavior. Nathanael West's novel "Miss Lonelyhearts" has a great take on this. One of its major themes has to do with the commercialization and commoditization of emotion, which, of course, has the ironic effect of robbing us of our ability to feel. To draw this out a little further, the more we don our daily armors, the deeper the divide grows between our work-a-day selves and our inner selves, that which some might call our souls. Over time, the inner self becomes one of our leisure activities, which we buy and sell like every other commodity intended to amuse us.Sorry for the pedantry. Obviously I don't think that our failure to appreciate a street musician has caused the end of civilization as we know it. But I think one can make a plausible argument that it is one of many indicia that our inner lives are under duress.
Regardless of what you think of that, however, it appears that you and I are in complete agreement that it is up to us, individually, to change our behaviors so that we can be more fully alive every day. And in that regard, I loved your point about the Kingdom of God.
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Follow Ups
- Re: Poo Poo ... - SLL 16:10:46 04/11/07 (1)
- Agreed to agree ... - Sommovigo 07:10:53 04/12/07 (0)
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