Comments on: Humanitarium http://verywide.net/blog/2009/03/10/humanitarium/ Just trying to catch butterflies, fish, lunatics, and stars, metaphorically speaking. Thu, 17 Dec 2009 02:35:38 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Marcus http://verywide.net/blog/2009/03/10/humanitarium/comment-page-1/#comment-6278 Marcus Thu, 17 Dec 2009 02:35:38 +0000 http://verywide.net/blog/?p=268#comment-6278 Remember when you were a child, lying on your tummy on the floor, coloring book open, crayon in hand with the other crayons spilling out of the box? Can you remember the sense of peace and enjoyment you felt while you were coloring? Why not consider revisiting this favorite childhood pastime to help during those times when you find yourself feeling on edge. Remember when you were a child, lying on your tummy on the floor, coloring book open, crayon in hand with the other crayons spilling out of the box? Can you remember the sense of peace and enjoyment you felt while you were coloring? Why not consider revisiting this favorite childhood pastime to help during those times when you find yourself feeling on edge.

]]> By: vjack http://verywide.net/blog/2009/03/10/humanitarium/comment-page-1/#comment-6250 vjack Sat, 16 May 2009 00:33:48 +0000 http://verywide.net/blog/?p=268#comment-6250 Very good, inspiring post. This really captured what I love about humanism. Very good, inspiring post. This really captured what I love about humanism.

]]> By: Moody834 http://verywide.net/blog/2009/03/10/humanitarium/comment-page-1/#comment-6195 Moody834 Tue, 24 Mar 2009 02:21:35 +0000 http://verywide.net/blog/?p=268#comment-6195 Thank you so much. I'm very pleased to know you enjoyed it so. I am looking forward to reading all the other HuSym posts you collected this time around. I like what you had to say in your intro. Take care, and be well. Thank you so much. I'm very pleased to know you enjoyed it so. I am looking forward to reading all the other HuSym posts you collected this time around. I like what you had to say in your intro.

Take care, and be well.

]]> By: vjack http://verywide.net/blog/2009/03/10/humanitarium/comment-page-1/#comment-6194 vjack Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:49:02 +0000 http://verywide.net/blog/?p=268#comment-6194 Very good, inspiring post. This really captured what I love about humanism. Very good, inspiring post. This really captured what I love about humanism.

]]> By: Moody834 http://verywide.net/blog/2009/03/10/humanitarium/comment-page-1/#comment-6178 Moody834 Sat, 14 Mar 2009 05:16:05 +0000 http://verywide.net/blog/?p=268#comment-6178 That's kind of my point, though. Nothing matters inherently in a cosmic sense, sure. However, things matter when we believe they do, if only to us. When you "find joy in each day" you are implicitly affirming that finding joy matters, and that has its own implications. Even were you to insist that nothing matters, you'd be telling me implicitly that your idea matters, if only to you. We can't help but find that life matters inherently, if only to us. From a humanitarian perspective, it behooves us to consider that life does indeed matter to others, and if we take the view of human beings being social animals (which I do) then we must also consider that (pointlessly or not) we developed in our evolution a sense of lives mattering.<br /><br />I think that there is a lot to unpack here w/r/t the valuation of what we find meaningful and what not. Relativism aside, what is "true" for humanity is that its sense of life is one that is meaningful to it. That's kind of my point, though. Nothing matters inherently in a cosmic sense, sure. However, things matter when we believe they do, if only to us. When you “find joy in each day” you are implicitly affirming that finding joy matters, and that has its own implications. Even were you to insist that nothing matters, you'd be telling me implicitly that your idea matters, if only to you. We can't help but find that life matters inherently, if only to us. From a humanitarian perspective, it behooves us to consider that life does indeed matter to others, and if we take the view of human beings being social animals (which I do) then we must also consider that (pointlessly or not) we developed in our evolution a sense of lives mattering.

I think that there is a lot to unpack here w/r/t the valuation of what we find meaningful and what not. Relativism aside, what is “true” for humanity is that its sense of life is one that is meaningful to it.

]]> By: dee http://verywide.net/blog/2009/03/10/humanitarium/comment-page-1/#comment-6177 dee Sat, 14 Mar 2009 04:40:49 +0000 http://verywide.net/blog/?p=268#comment-6177 It's interesting to try to back up and look at humanity as one would gaze at the universe through a telescope. Important for perspective. Doesn't make me see that anything in it matters though. Seems healthier to me to see just how much it does not matter, and just find joy in each day nonetheless. It's interesting to try to back up and look at humanity as one would gaze at the universe through a telescope. Important for perspective. Doesn't make me see that anything in it matters though. Seems healthier to me to see just how much it does not matter, and just find joy in each day nonetheless.

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