Very good. As a metaphor, that knot is a good example of you as a one liner ~~ at least to me.
I thought at first that they were ear plugs, but since they are so entwined, I canât know for sure. There would appear to be "somethingâ more there which might make them something other than earplugs but unless it is clarified, it goes âundeterminedâ (except by those who have knowledge of it) ~~just as one-liners might leave much to be desired in exploring truth. âGod is loveâ; âlife is painâ, for exampleâŚleaves much to be desired. Elaboration of necessary.
Could one actually âhearâ and âlearnâ the music of the universe as they are in that toolâs image ~ in such a messy, gnarled condition?
I might think in terms of Philosophy when I look at that image. One-liners might not unravel it to reveal what it is in actuality. A one-liner might simply find its way to either its beginning or ending point but then what?
Philosophy to me dictates that that cord or wiring be systematically unraveled to reveal âwhat is thereâ and if it finds that it is not earphones, then it continues on by examination, exploration, questioning, to determine what it might be. What we see at first glance is not necessarily always what there is or what it is. So we look and look and lookâŚ
One-liners might simply be philosophical notions which are screaming out to be discovered in depth just like all of that wiring is screaming to be untiedâŚjust like the so-called Gordian Knot, which may be/can be painstakingly loosened though never cut ~~ but still ~~ all kinds of interesting things and truth is to be found in the âunravelingâ. Why the chokehold?
Feel free to believe that I am lecturing though for me Iâm giving you my perspectives and/or my musings.
Who knows but that perhaps they are closely synonymous. I do sense a difference though.
Beliefs are also a kind of entanglement when they are simply one liners.
When I say that âI may be wrongâ I am not confirming that I am â just that there is that possibility. Itâs keeping an open mind as to my fallibility. Basically what goes on here are perspectives but I do âseeâ thingsâŚsome are right and some are wrong.
You, on other other hand, âabsolutelyâ affirm that I am wrong but you give no reasoning for it - just that I am.
You have barely even begun to find the beginning or end to that wire.
It remains just as entangled and gnarled up.
Arcturus, donât try to untangle something when you donât have the ability to untangle it as you will make a bigger mess of it (as per the current situation).
Itâs in my nature to untangle things. What is life without its challenges? How do we know that we canât unless we try. Trying is not lying and not succeeding is not necessarily failing. Failing is not having tried at all in my book.
Yes, in the real world, I have had entanglements like your image. Try as I might, I just couldnât untangle it. Then I would put it aside until my breath lol returned along with my patience - and very often I then succeeded. Detachment works wonders.
Okay, but then what might follow, which is only my perspective - not in order to seek approval from others nor to wallow in self pity, but would you ever take a second look at what someone is saying, IF something ârang a bellâ, reflect on it, in order to see if what they may be saying is âtrueâ ? Isnât this a part of personal growth?
Naturally, but I take this feedback within the context of specific relationships and not from every Tom, Dick and Harry (who are free to draw whatever unchallenged conclusions they wish to draw).