Re: How does one choose? how does one know?
visavis wrote:This has been a pang in my life and I can see it in my more intelligent friend's lives.. how does one choose one path? how do you choose one wife/husband how does one choose a theory, a religion or no religion a God or no God.. How do you know your right? one can say being right doesnt matter - its how you lived your life.. how do you know that that isnt just a heap of crap?
"All I know is that I know nothing" - profound in the way that being 'sure' is impossible. With the possibility of dissmissal theorists or 'zen wannabes' even so called 'facts' are in question. With the capitolism of america ripping apart the fabric of what was once a society, idiot leaders doing stupid things to great people... its insainity...
So we are like some 6 billion *perverbial* dogs running around the park of 'life' sniffing eachother's butts and chasing our tails..
Why must it be one path? You are obviously concerned with many many things going on in the world right now. Live in the grey areas. Dogmatic adherence to any 'one' way is precisely the thing you seem to be against. You raise an interesting question here, but quite frankly, it needs more focus. Here's a question, why should 'choice' be different from 'instinct'? I also happen to agree with you regarding Communism. Marx's fatal flaw was not considering human nature.
