what does my understanding of 1…1…2 tell us?
it shows that we don’t have any innate idea’s… that what we
learn, we learn from experience… our idea of god and our idea
of good and evil and philosophy is all learned from experience…
this raises an interesting point… if the knowledge we have is innate,
then it really doesn’t matter what kind of experiences we have…
we don’t learn from them, our idea’s our innate and thus not affected
by experiences… but if we do learn from experiences as I suggest,
then it would make sense to think about what kind of experiences we should
use to teach our children…and our selves…I read one time,
that by the time a child reaches 18, he/she has seen over 10,000 violent deaths,
either on the TV or in movies…and we wonder why the young think life is so cheap…
if experiences frame who we are, then we should be more aware of the experiences
in our life and in the life of our children…this learning from experiences last
our entire life…I am old and I am still learning from experiences…
and that is the point of experience… to learn from… to understand who we are
and where we are going… or said another way, going from become to becoming…
the lessons of experiences cannot be underestimated or ignored…
every experience must be looked at with an eye toward this one fact…
what can I learn from this experience… every experience can teach
us something, even if it is a lesson that we have forgotten from the past…
our experience with the understanding of 1 + 1 = 2 shows us even
that which has been in our lives the entire time, can still teach us something…
if we look at it with new eyes and as an example that every single
experience can teach us something, even something so basic as 1 + 1 = 2…
if we look at it from a new standpoint, not the numbers but the signs
of the + plus sign… and the = equal sign…
it is more then a reevaluation of values… but a reevaluation of experiences…
and a reevaluation of certainties from the past… 1 + 1 = 2 is a certainty
but now, what is it? a new understanding of mathematics…
what experiences are truly valuable when given a new look…
I believe we vastly underestimate the strength and value of love in our lives…
and we overestimate the power and efficiency of violence and hate…
renew the search into your life and see what had more power to change your life…
love or hate/violence… I would say that love has change your life far more then
violence or hate… rethink your experiences and come to understand what is really
important in your life…
we are made by the experiences in our life…at least come to an understanding
of those experiences and what they mean…revisit how you came to be today
and rethink what those experiences that made you who you are and
how they made you into you…
1…1…2 is only true if we supply the plus sign and the equal sign…
so supply the signs of your life… + … =…
Kropotkin