How does one see others?
I like to see them as "Whole Worlds to Explore"
When two people meet, they are like two globes, and at that meeting point of them globes, is the transaction. From that part of the globe that is touching the other, is what is being manifested from essence to external attributes (voice, expression, behaviour, etc), and yet through that part also, is that globe seeing the other globe.
Upon seeing a person, upon meeting a person. You are only witnessing a glimpse into that persons life. A life possibly full of many things, a person full of many emotions, thoughts, dreams, ambitions, views, opinions, feelings, experiences, etc, etc.
Does the meeting of the globes, revolve aroud eachother harmoniously. Does one orbit the other. Do they clash, hurt eachother, or immerse in eachother pleasurably. How long is that contact kept, how far does the contact spread, from one part of anothers surface to another part, and so on.
Will you touch upon the surface, only to reel, having touched a side too warm and harse. Will you not have patience, to give a chance to see more? Or will you conclude judgment enough, just from that brief meeting?
If you stop at that exterior, you will never get to the interior, which is the real. Stop at the clouds, even if stormy, you wont ever find any peaceful lands to lay upon.
You could also stop at the exterior, and just love the exterior. However, that is superficial and superficial is not meant to last, for it is only an attribute of the real, not the real itself. If you were to delve in deeper, you may be rewarded by something so much sweeter to love, or find something to change your mind entirely about the relationship. So dont race to love upon reaching the beautiful skies, wait first to atleast get a touch of the ground below and give change to get a lil "Down To Earth together" :)
Oh how I wish to see what someone loves you for, as well as understand why anyone would not love you. Get the complete picture. A great adventour awaits you, at every rendevous.
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The First part. I just want to clarify something. Sometimes, you may look upon upon, or think upon something, in one state. In one mood, or in one angle, you see and think upon that thing differently, when in another mood or angle. Also, when looking and thinking upon something, in a different mood or angle, you usually sometimes notice new things. This is why, the part of that globe, that touches and presents itself to the other, is also in a way the part to reads and sees the surface upon the other globe. "When two people meet, they are like two globes, and at that meeting point of them globes, is the transaction."
"The Century of the Self" Part 1: Notes & Commentary
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*These are my own notes on Adam Curtis' "The Century of the Self" Part 1,
which can be viewed on YouTube :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prTarrgvkjo*
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12 years ago