Reflect and Repeat.

In this entry I'm going to cover a few opinionated things that have been bugging me in the past. One is the inability for people to enunciate problems that they have. The second is that people have an attraction towards things that are terrible to them or for them, yet, no matter how conscious of their own self destructive tendency they are, they can not change thier habits. Through these two means, it boils down to what really bothers me: the same logical fallacies and assumptions leading to the same results, and their infinite repetition.
Examples of the first issue can be seen in almost any statement, conversation, or opinion belonging to any given individual. I guess this is the same means that Socrates stomped ass on his fellow Greeks in debate. nearly one hundred percent of the time, important details of an issue are left out or simply presented in a fashoin that renders a different meaning than what the one speaking wants others to actually know. These statements are further altered from the listeners of these statements not actually calling out a misinterpretation, but due to all sorts of social and practical reasons they respond with a simple "ya" or something that perpetuates the growing mountain of misinterpreted meaning. If misrepresentation and misinterpretation were combated a little more adamantly, the amount unnecessary drama, and general conflict between individuals would be near nothing.
The second issue is equally as important. The ability to spot and prevent repetition of disastrous situations or things that are bad for an individual is the other point at which conscious individuals can stop suffering in the world. Granted this issue is much more demanding on memory and forethought, something we as a species are at best proponents of in words and not action. If we simply listened to wisdom, and thought beyond the simple and immediate, the amount of suffering in the world could be minimized. I've heard the inability for humanity to do this referred to as the human condition. (I both enjoy and hate this term, I'll explain it in a later entry). The factors that perpetrate this fallacy are to numerous to state, but I believe the main proponents of it are ignorance and ego. Though these two categories are not mutually exclusive, it is important to realize that ego, though it is a symptom of ignorance, can also be a problem for those to be considered wise.
Ignorance is practically self explanatory in how it causes suffering. People make mistakes simply because they do not know better, or simply miscalculated the effects of something. It also has more subtle means of causing suffering that cause perfectly intelligent people to participate in things that are wrong. For instance the ignorance of those that base decision upon race, some of which are perfectly rational individuals, but due to observable evidence in their life experience, they over generalize to an entire population. Ignorance also encompasses a lack of compassion from one individual to another, compassion is directly linked to the knowledge of one individual about another.
Ego is the root of most suffering. Ego is the root that causes individuals to act in selfish and hateful manners. Though it is also a great tool to provide prediction of action. Ego is what causes the imbalance of one individual assuming their life is worth more than others, and leads to countless imbalances and injustices between all things. Ego also is at the root of the repetition of things that cause suffering. It is one's ego that provides the notion that they are exempt from rules of the past.
The main points of this entry can be boiled down into a simple sentence: Suffering is a common occurrence, and can become lessened through a lessening of ego and ignorance.

Saucy: 1.impertinent; insolent: a saucy remark; a saucy child.
2.pert; boldly smart: a saucy little hat for Easter.

Respite: 1.a delay or cessation for a time, esp. of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief: to toil without respite.
2.temporary suspension of the execution of a person condemned to death; reprieve.

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