Philosophy of a Simple Mind


By Patrick Tonkinson


Me and my friend Kevin J. were having a friendly debate about religion. When sudenly my complex and out of whack non sence making thoughts finally came together. My whole mind blew together as one. My life has meaning, and my lifes meaning finally makes sence. And in this long 'super rant' I hope to put my thoughts down on paper before I forget. This is sortof religious like. One could argue that Philosophy and Religion share the same roots. So let me begin.

Doubt

My friend was telling me how I would make a good Christian. I sort of laughed it off. I had at one time been religious. Until my mind snapped. Since than I had been searching for my true beliefs. I had bounced between religions, and collected some minor philosophic beliefs of every religion I had studied. These philosophic beliefs would debate and argue and clash with each other constantly. Even now I can not word it well, so my grammar may seem screwed up. I am not trying to not make sense, and I apologize for lack of concentration or visible path. If you just read with an open mind it should make somewhat sense. So anyways. We were, still are sorta, debating about the proof and disproof of religion. Which led me to explaining one of my philisophic beliefs.

That one, to truly understand something, must have doubt. For with doubt they can question themselves and look for new answers, therefore giving themself new knowledge and bettering themselves. I told him I could never be Christian because of the fact that it requires faith in God, the opposite of doubt, I told him I would forever doubt. I further went into explaining how even if Christianity was the one true religion I know for sure I am destined to be out of the norm. Like many people are. I am destined to explore my mind and truely find my being. My mind is always searching for answers. And I can only find answers by doubting what I previously hold in believe. Though this form of thinking has major drawbacks. I can not commit to anything, If I go out with a girl I start doubting i she really loves me, If I really even like her, if shes being honest, if she's cheating on me, if there is any future, if she will dump me gruesemly,etc. And these doubtings debate eachother 24/7. Though I rarely have a girlfriend. in fact never had in Arlington. I've had vacation girlfriend like things, but I dont doubt, since I know there is nothing to come of it. So there is no problem there. And again I can't commit to a religion, I can't even commit to a philosophic belief. Which is why it's so hard for me to type it out. I can't commit to the words I am typing. Though something Kevin had said had connected it, my thoguhts had flown outward and normal... It went like this... For I can not reword it. Here is the phiosophy I had told him.

And that is it basically on my philosophy of doubt.

Power of the Mind

Another philisophic belief of mine is the power that our minds posses. Our mind in it has instincts, subconscious, conscious, artisitc, and logical areasof it. It is very quite fascinating. A neurologist can determine a persons additude by the way that the person acts and the things they like. I believe the mind is even deeper than that. That psycologists are just hitting the surface. That the brain is a much more powerful organ than we can possibly understand. At one time I would meditate for hours on out. Concentrating on just scratching the surface, hoping one day to realize everything like the great Buddha. One day I had done it. I had figured my fate. If I try hard enough I can tell what others fates are as well. Mine specifically is to be alone. So far my life has played out like that. I believe it is true as well. Only alone can I search for the truths of life. This insight on destiny isn't too hard to understand though. All you have to do is reach the surface of your subconscious, for it is there your mind holds all the vital information of everything.

I have theorized that there is a level of things below this, that not even the greatest, except maybe Jesus, have passed. Underneath the insight of destiny there is the insight of feelings. It is one thing to understand your own feelings. To know what each nervous twitch, buttefly flitter, and heart pounding means. But to know one elses just by watching there movements is something else altogether. Than below that is the insight of mind. Everyone knows what empathy is, to know how someone feels. This is a more advanced form of empathy in a sence, to know what or how someone thinks. To know what they think of someone else just by the slightest of slightest of body motions, how many times they blink, or what key there voice is when they talk to them. (Another theory in progress of mine is that everyone has a slight different voice depending on how much they like, or dislike, someone)Now some people may be thinking that they have had this happen before and its not anything special, but to be able to control all these the same way that they control there movement or breathing, that would truely be astonishing. Finally the farthest down and hardest level to break in the subconscious mind would be the insight of reality. The ability to alter what is real and hat is not. To with your free will change someones opinion of you, or their taste in music, their taste in clothing, etc. Obviously you dont just flick your wrist and bam they changed. Though you know just what to do, just what to say, just how to move in act to make the subtle subliminal effects take place.

I have not ran any too explicit tests... though I have ran a few on my friends without their knowledge... I can only guess on the last one, for so few people could get there. One in a hundred million maybe. Though it is very plausible to be the next thing below the previous. That is basically my theory of the power of the minds. And what all humans can do.

Roles in Life



We all know we're nothing in the worlds picture. Just a dot. If you dont you conceed, also known as human. Though in our own 'personal' world, our community, our friends, etc, do we have a role to play? Or are we just as small and insignificant? Do outher really care about youm do you others? Is there a person within the group of people you hang out with more important than others? A person less? How about one quiet, another loud? Does your group tend to only have one of each?Does those people play the roles of important, unimportant, shy, and abnoxious?

I think that we actually don't have the choice, that we are stuck in a position. A sterorytype within a stereotype. The quiet one, the lonesome one, the slutty one, the annoying one, etc. Are we really that complex? Is it really that hard to judge or understand a person? We must have a destiny. Can we tell what are destiny is by our role? Does our role change as we grow older? Is our role dependent on our destiny?

So I have asked a lot of questions, but haven't really put any answer or insight on this. Well let me begin by saying I don't know really, this is all coming at me pretty much as I go. These are really just questions flowing in my head recently. Brought to me by a quote from a class. "We make a face for every new face we meet." Basically meaning we act differently depending on the person we are talking too, which brought me thinking about roles in life.

I think our destingy is a composition of our roles. The quiet guy working a cubicle, in an average paying dead end job with no real future, was probably always quiet and meant to have no future. His destiny was full of deadends. As a kid he was most likely picked on. In his preteens he was probably a loner. As and elder teen he most likely kept to himself, scarred by his past roles. As an adult he probably accepted the first job he wasn't denied. Forty five years later he has that same job still, without a single promotion, and never had a raise. He eventually will retire, and probably die alone. Living a different stereotypical role, to a sterotypical destiny.

Are we all really that different?I think there are stereotypes in life. Not skaters, or hicks, or gths, or any other highschool cliche. But angry people, quiet people, charming people, etc. A life stereotype that all stereotype groups have. There is probably one of every kind of person in ever materialistic groupd. Sure the hicks hate the skaters, and the goths hate the preps, but every group is the same group of people with a different style.

Are we all just filling a part to play? Like some sort of screen play of life? Maybe I'm just the role as the thinker, or the idiot? Depending on your opinions I suppose. I know how people think what they think, I can put my self in their places easily. I don't know how the can think what they think though? Or why they do. Maybe they feel the same towards me. Is it our own incapabilities to act differently, or just a hardwired mindset. Could I ever be charming and sexy? Could someone you know as shy and depressed ever be the life of the party? Is there someone you know who thinks the same as another person, but gets less respect than the other, is always wrong, yet the other is always right? Even though they think the same way, they just play different roles... Does this affect our future? Can people sense another persons role just by sight subconsciously, or the way they dress, or just the way the walk? Can you sum someone up with one word who you have only seen walk by you once?

Some psychologists can tell you a childs future by how the child acts and gets along with others at the age of 5. By than their mind has been hard wired, So maybe we should judge other. Not by their appearance, or likes/dislikes. Maybe, though, by their role. Better understanding of their roles fives you a better knowledge of what is and what is not ok to do to/towards them. So how diverse is our destinies? How many roles is their to play? By knowing your own role can you change it? If I just stopped being me, and consciously played another role what would happen? How would others react? Would their roles change if I changed mine? I'm thinking yes, and I am most likely, in the near future, gonna try and experiment out on my guinea pigs... erm friends. More to come on this specific topic later...








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