Progression and Conformity (#33)
I hate conformity. Conformity is way too easy; conforming to the standard, normal, traditional, conventional standards, only proves that you have what it takes to do what others say, you are a good follower. Conformity never progresses a society, it does but one thing, allows people to break away from the conventional standards and become something entirely different...and the ones that realize this are the ones who achieve that..
Good followers, especially those of the conformist society, rarely break the conventional wisdom barrier and because of that, rarely strive to go above and beyond the layered foundation of knowledge and ability that is not presented to them, unless that is of course, they learn that you have to break away from the norms presented to--your what is and what isnt normal, and what is right and what isnt, what is conventional, and what isnt--in order to strive to self actualize or to better improve yourself and the world around you.
I recently remember someone in one of my classes asking my teacher
"Why are all the smart people and people that shape history all weird?"
Wow...gee, I wonder, logic people, logic; the ones to break past the conventional knowledge and standards are the ones to question and analyze things and understand the complexities because of that questioning and analyzing.
To overcome the conventional standards, you have to break away from that standard "normal" mentality--be prepared to be called weird--and see yourself as you WANT to see yourself, and look into the mirrors of your deceit, and break them. You must find your TRUE self concept, who you really are, what you really want out of life and why, what you think about and why, find your drives and fufill them, do not surpress them, that only adds to confusion. Once you find what you really are, the true human in you, then the need complexities to know why and how of purpose and existance seems to arise.
Humans tend to think in terms of patterns, were objective, and we need purpose; we dont know why, we just do. Many times people think, that to figure the things out in life, to figure out the unknown mysteries and the complexities of life, we can understand these unknowns by conventional, standard, normal ways of thinking, the stuff that the majority presents; that's the stuff that's obviously correct, right?
The problem is, were human, and many of us don't, and can't accept the facts and concepts of existance and purpose of the why were really here, and that these concepts are true. The Theist's argument is that there has to be a purpose, I mean if there wasnt, why live? Why not? The Atheist argument is: There is no purpose in life, and life is essentially meaningless, we live because we do, were forced to live, and yes, you can take your life, but thats your choice. We live for the now.
The arguments can be reduced down to the same understanding and meanings, unless you add absolute axioms provided to you be your society, :-D, and then those axioms would have to accepted through your own thoughts and imagination.
Either way, to become better in all ways, physically and mentally, you eventually attain the question of what if there is no god like control over humanity (no god). In this century, we have enough knowledge and proof to see that there may not be a reason or purpose to exist. From what i've seen, the non-conventional thinkers are ultimatly the great geniuses, and they are the ones who have invented inventions that accentuate our society and ourselves, or figured out more things about human nature then previously thought, through their ability of imagination and non-conventional thinking.
Conformity produces good followers and often we need "ants" to work the lower and massive amount of jobs that ultimatly were invented and dictated to help society as a whole by the non-conformists, the ones who invented those new things. In order to progress our knowledge and ability, we have to be able to think outside the box. So, to sum up:
-Confomist "ants" are needed to work for the society, to do jobs that the non-conformists dont do. They often do the grunt work and easy work provided to them by the non-conformists.
-The non-conformists are the ones to usually break the conventional standards and invent and progress the knowledge of society by using their imaginative, creative, weird, unconventional thoughts.
-Seemingly, conformity and non-conformity intertwine to create a balance and upward spirals of progression to the society as a whole; but heres the stumper, progression to what?
-Finding your true self concept is one of the most important thing to the steps of self actualization, and usually is the climax that most people never get past, to get to self actualization.
-Most "genuises" or "influentual" people in history and society have been "weird", non-conformists, radical, unconventional, whatever you wan to call them, they thought outside of the box.
-The most influential people are generally undergoing self actualization and question and analyze, they observe.
-The unconventional thinking produces change and questioning, which in turn breaks the normal and conventional barrier to create the new knowledge and ideas, in which that spark progression and building of foundation of knowledge.
"Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion. What a man thinks of himself, that is which determines, or rather indicates, his fate."
~Henry David Thoreau
Good followers, especially those of the conformist society, rarely break the conventional wisdom barrier and because of that, rarely strive to go above and beyond the layered foundation of knowledge and ability that is not presented to them, unless that is of course, they learn that you have to break away from the norms presented to--your what is and what isnt normal, and what is right and what isnt, what is conventional, and what isnt--in order to strive to self actualize or to better improve yourself and the world around you.
I recently remember someone in one of my classes asking my teacher
"Why are all the smart people and people that shape history all weird?"
Wow...gee, I wonder, logic people, logic; the ones to break past the conventional knowledge and standards are the ones to question and analyze things and understand the complexities because of that questioning and analyzing.
To overcome the conventional standards, you have to break away from that standard "normal" mentality--be prepared to be called weird--and see yourself as you WANT to see yourself, and look into the mirrors of your deceit, and break them. You must find your TRUE self concept, who you really are, what you really want out of life and why, what you think about and why, find your drives and fufill them, do not surpress them, that only adds to confusion. Once you find what you really are, the true human in you, then the need complexities to know why and how of purpose and existance seems to arise.
Humans tend to think in terms of patterns, were objective, and we need purpose; we dont know why, we just do. Many times people think, that to figure the things out in life, to figure out the unknown mysteries and the complexities of life, we can understand these unknowns by conventional, standard, normal ways of thinking, the stuff that the majority presents; that's the stuff that's obviously correct, right?
The problem is, were human, and many of us don't, and can't accept the facts and concepts of existance and purpose of the why were really here, and that these concepts are true. The Theist's argument is that there has to be a purpose, I mean if there wasnt, why live? Why not? The Atheist argument is: There is no purpose in life, and life is essentially meaningless, we live because we do, were forced to live, and yes, you can take your life, but thats your choice. We live for the now.
The arguments can be reduced down to the same understanding and meanings, unless you add absolute axioms provided to you be your society, :-D, and then those axioms would have to accepted through your own thoughts and imagination.
Either way, to become better in all ways, physically and mentally, you eventually attain the question of what if there is no god like control over humanity (no god). In this century, we have enough knowledge and proof to see that there may not be a reason or purpose to exist. From what i've seen, the non-conventional thinkers are ultimatly the great geniuses, and they are the ones who have invented inventions that accentuate our society and ourselves, or figured out more things about human nature then previously thought, through their ability of imagination and non-conventional thinking.
Conformity produces good followers and often we need "ants" to work the lower and massive amount of jobs that ultimatly were invented and dictated to help society as a whole by the non-conformists, the ones who invented those new things. In order to progress our knowledge and ability, we have to be able to think outside the box. So, to sum up:
-Confomist "ants" are needed to work for the society, to do jobs that the non-conformists dont do. They often do the grunt work and easy work provided to them by the non-conformists.
-The non-conformists are the ones to usually break the conventional standards and invent and progress the knowledge of society by using their imaginative, creative, weird, unconventional thoughts.
-Seemingly, conformity and non-conformity intertwine to create a balance and upward spirals of progression to the society as a whole; but heres the stumper, progression to what?
-Finding your true self concept is one of the most important thing to the steps of self actualization, and usually is the climax that most people never get past, to get to self actualization.
-Most "genuises" or "influentual" people in history and society have been "weird", non-conformists, radical, unconventional, whatever you wan to call them, they thought outside of the box.
-The most influential people are generally undergoing self actualization and question and analyze, they observe.
-The unconventional thinking produces change and questioning, which in turn breaks the normal and conventional barrier to create the new knowledge and ideas, in which that spark progression and building of foundation of knowledge.
"Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion. What a man thinks of himself, that is which determines, or rather indicates, his fate."
~Henry David Thoreau
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