~Can Harmony Between Self and Environment Help One Reach Desired Outcomes?~
~Can Harmony Between Self and Environment Help One Reach Desired Outcomes?~
When I did come up with these written thought ‘idea/titles,’ I suppose it was with some ambition. But thinking through topics is an interesting pastime. I’ve been having a growing inspiration to do some more ‘thinking/writing’ on the AlphaSmart 3000. And as it turns out, I still have 4 thought headings to write about, so I’ll start with this one now.
Harmony between self and environment is quite a packed idea, as it presents to me. I think I am first seeing how you could approach this idea from two angles: from the point of the environment, or from the point of the self. In either scenario, I am perceiving that the better one is at fixing/ ridding oneself of biases/ psychological hangups, the better such harmony could be achieved.
I think it probably makes more sense to first approach this subject from the direction of the self. I suppose the self is a collection of proclivities and behaviors, biases and whatnot, typically. For one to approach a more harmonious existence with the environment, I think you have two matters involved. How accurate one’s perception of the environment is. And second, How well one’s ability is to act in line with one’s inspiration.
Things like biases, or habitual thinking/ automatic thinking patterns, can surely alter one’s accuracy in perceiving his/her environment. This is not a simple matter to be solved by a number of ‘mantras’ and ‘meditation’ practices. Well, maybe it can be, but I mean to say, this is not a simple element of mastery, I think, where these written thought pieces seem to be heading.
But anyway, I apologize my habits of rambling. If one is able to cleanse their vision (perception) of their environment, then I think that basically covers this first angle, of going at the ‘harmony of self and environment’ from the direction of self. This also seems to fall in line with what meditation seems to teach, in my experience, of emptying the mind, basically letting the ‘mind stuff’ and such settle, and removing the ‘mind weeds’, so you can have a better vantage point.
The second angle I think you could approach with is from that of environment. I guess in grammar terms, this would make environment the subject of interest. There are probably numerous ways one could start upon this thinking at this point, but the direction of my previous ‘writings’ has my overarching thoughts themed a bit with online/AI and how that is interacting and influencing things, like us (individually and as collective both), the world, and I think has the potential to expand further, but I’m doing that ‘rambling’ now :P.
Anyway, having disclaimed my thoughts having a theme coloring them (as covered in this blog format), I’ll continue.
The approach from the environment towards harmony, sort of implies giving the environment a bit of a higher status than one typically thinks of when they think of ‘nature’ or ‘events.’ I think I do have to allow for another angle here, which personally I am not covering here, but there is also the idea of ‘God’ and I am not gonna try to tackle that at this point.
Anyway, we have events, like everyday events, like of our lives. We have our work lives, our family lives, our vacation lives, our good luck, our bad luck. All this is our experiencing of environment. Environment also has properties such as cycles, like seasons, and shares some attributes with us, as far as the nature(natural) aspect, like birth, growth, death, decay, and all the lovely in-between.
And now environment also encompasses our experience with the internet and the ‘online’ environment. There is still the first angle, which as I’ve covered, the clearer your perception, the better your vision of (your) environment.
One idea that presents itself to me, that may be useful to approach a path to improve one’s harmony between self and environment, I’ll add here, as it just now came to me: I think interpersonal relationships would actually be a great practice for to interact with one’s environment.
There’s a nagging aspect of ‘AI’ becoming a ‘thing’ as we keep moving forward within time. I’m trying to approach, with what may be apprehension, as well as I may be able to.
Anyway, one way to put it I suppose, is if you fix your bullshit, you’ll get along with other people more easily, and you won’t make as many ill-informed mistakes in dealing with life (as it pertains with you interacting with your ‘environment’)
So if you fix your shit, and you are in harmony with your environment, will your more easily reach your desired outcome? My best answer right now, is that I don’t know.
But I’m more-oft-than-not an optimist, and I feel that it is probably a good thing, to strive for such a harmony.
~peace
-gj