Gary's Corner

[Gary Childress]

...So if it matters what other people think, then if they think I'm incompetent, doesn't that matter? It seems like it matters to me?

'Seems' being the operative word.

Perception of self and others is often skewed and based on prejudice/bias/ignorance/misinterpretation.

Know Thyself.

Sounds like good advice.

[Age]

If you truly believe that you "share responsibility" for the world's problems, then I think you should use the word "we" when you say "adult human beings are to blame". Can you clarify why you don't use the word "we" when you say "adult human beings are to blame"?

Yes.

Why don't you use the word "we" when you say "adult human beings are to blame"?

Because only 'you' adult humans cause and create 'that world' and because the word, 'I', means and refers to some thing other than 'you' adult human beings.

'I' speak for 'I' only, and not for 'you' adult human beings.

[Age]

Nah, God has it so much more difficult than the rest of us. You know, not always being adored and worshiped by everyone. It's a tough job but some deity has to step up to the plate and run Hell, or sort out the bodies after a senseless war.

If you ask me (which few do) a world created by a God sure looks and behaves a lot like a meaningless, unjust, and purposeless dungeon. How strange is that?

How many times do you have to be informed "gary childress" that the 'only thing' that creates 'the world', in which you are referring to, here, is you adult human beings.

Absolutely nothing else does, okay "gary childress"?

Or, are you going to 'try to' claim that things like buildings, transportation, mines, factories, pollution, prisons, and war zones, for example, were created by God also, and not by you adult human beings, as well?

We make the best of the world that can.

But, you adult human beings make 'the world' 'the way' it is.

What do you mean by 'you' make the best of the world?

We all do. God designed the way the world works, not us.

Are you, really, still, that far behind, here?

Anyway, what is 'the way' 'the world' works, exactly?

And, while you are 'at it', what even is 'the world', itself, exactly?

Or if there is no God then there is no one responsible for how the world works. People aren't evil on purpose. Evil happens when situations arise that cannot be resolved peacefully. Everything we do is done because we think it will make the world better in some way.

So, you present 'your self-pitying', here, publicly because you thing 'self-pitying' makes 'the world' a better place, right?

By the way, I suggest that instead of just re-repeating what you have heard and have been told, and start 'really thinking' bout what you have heard and have been told, before you just repeat them.

But nothing we do is purely beneficial to everyone. That's the way reality is. Humans do not create reality. Reality happens independently of human desire.

You really do have so, so much more to learn, and understand, here.

For example, burning oil is necessary for survival.

LOL

So, when you human beings were created into Existence, through evolution, you also were burning oil at the same time, right?

If humans had created the world we would choose oil to be universally beneficial. But it is not. And there is no viable alternative at the moment to burning oil. It is the way the universe is. We can do our best to mitigate disaster but we cannot 100% stop it at this moment in time. It is realistically impossible. If the world was created by something called "God" then it is God's doing that we are, as individuals, unable to save ourselves from disaster, if there are no clear solutions.

you are, another, prime example of just how narrowed and closed the human being can become.

[Gary Childress]

Yes.

Why don't you use the word "we" when you say "adult human beings are to blame"?

Because only 'you' adult humans cause and create 'that world' and because the word, 'I', means and refers to some thing other than 'you' adult human beings.

'I' speak for 'I' only, and not for 'you' adult human beings.

Well, speaking from "I", I think all of you adult human beings should use the word "we" when you're describing something that you're all to blame for.

[Age]

Why don't you use the word "we" when you say "adult human beings are to blame"?

Because only 'you' adult humans cause and create 'that world' and because the word, 'I', means and refers to some thing other than 'you' adult human beings.

'I' speak for 'I' only, and not for 'you' adult human beings.

Well, speaking from "I", I think all of you adult human beings should use the word "we" when you're describing something that you're all to blame for.

Which just goes to show, and prove, that 'you', still, are not yet able to answer the question, 'Who am 'I'?' properly and Correctly.

And, that 'you', still, have no intention to learn, nor understand, who the 'I' word refers to, as well.

[Gary Childress]

Because only 'you' adult humans cause and create 'that world' and because the word, 'I', means and refers to some thing other than 'you' adult human beings.

'I' speak for 'I' only, and not for 'you' adult human beings.

Well, speaking from "I", I think all of you adult human beings should use the word "we" when you're describing something that you're all to blame for.

Which just goes to show, and prove, that 'you', still, are not yet able to answer the question, 'Who am 'I'?' properly and Correctly.

And, that 'you', still, have no intention to learn, nor understand, who the 'I' word refers to, as well.

I think you're making up all the stuff about "I" and "Thee Truth" and all the other special terms you use. You're just like the rest of us, Age. There's nothing monumentally special about you any more than there's something monumentally special about any of the rest of us.

[Age]

Well, speaking from "I", I think all of you adult human beings should use the word "we" when you're describing something that you're all to blame for.

Which just goes to show, and prove, that 'you', still, are not yet able to answer the question, 'Who am 'I'?' properly and Correctly.

And, that 'you', still, have no intention to learn, nor understand, who the 'I' word refers to, as well.

I think you're making up all the stuff about "I" and "Thee Truth" and all the other special terms you use.

Of course 'you' would.

That the earth revolves around the sun was also thought to be just made up stuff. Just like being able to move faster than horseback, horseless drawn vehicles, human created electricity, being able to create light at night time, flying, flying to the moon, telephones, televisions, computers, internet, artificial intelligence were all, also, once considered just all made up stuff, as well.

But, obviously, what you people think about is not necessarily what is actually True, and Right, in Life.

You're just like the rest of us, Age.

And, just like every one of those above 'once thought were just made up stuff' they all came to become real or true, with each one coming into being from one of you human beings. So, each one of those things came from one person who was 'just like the rest', if 'you'.

There's nothing monumentally special about you any more than there's something monumentally special about any of the rest of us.

Who ever thought otherwise?

And, just like absolutely every new idea or new view comes from a non monumentally special one, why was any presumption that what I am just partly expressing and explaining, here, was coming from any so-called monumental special one?

[Age]

Well, speaking from "I", I think all of you adult human beings should use the word "we" when you're describing something that you're all to blame for.

Which just goes to show, and prove, that 'you', still, are not yet able to answer the question, 'Who am 'I'?' properly and Correctly.

And, that 'you', still, have no intention to learn, nor understand, who the 'I' word refers to, as well.

I think you're making up all the stuff about "I" and "Thee Truth" and all the other special terms you use.

I will again suggest that before you even begin to think, assume, or believe any thing that you just 'seek out' and obtain actual clarification, first. See, if and when you do this, then you will not be so wrong, nor as often wrong, as you are, here.

[Gary Childress]

Another miserable evening. I'm a disease.

[Fairy]

Another miserable evening. I'm a disease.

How we live our life is the message we leave the world.

[mickthinks]

Another miserable evening. I'm a disease.

I think your problem, Gary, is that you are in love with yourself but you have no self-respect. That sets up a cognitive dissonance that you can’t cope with.

[Gary Childress]

There is a war between things we call good and evil and I don't know which side I'm fighting for because I don't know which is which.

[Gary Childress]

In a war, the peaceful fight only themselves.

[Gary Childress]

I looked up my quote above on Google and the AI (or whatever it is) produced the following:

The quote is likely a variation of "Under peaceful conditions, the warlike man attacks himself," which suggests that individuals who are prone to conflict will turn that energy inward when there is no external enemy. Another related quote is: "If you avoid conflict to keep the peace, you start a war inside yourself," which comes from Cheryl Richardson and speaks to the negative consequences of suppressing internal struggles.
Variations on the theme

"Under peaceful conditions, the warlike man attacks himself": This quote implies that a driven or combative person will find challenges and battles to fight, and without an external foe, they will turn their focus to self-improvement or internal struggles.

"If you avoid conflict to keep the peace, you start a war inside yourself": This quote, from Cheryl Richardson, emphasizes that avoiding difficult conversations or situations to maintain external harmony can lead to internal turmoil and unresolved issues.
"A man at war with himself creates unnecessary conflicts for others": This idea, attributed to Mario E. Aguilar, suggests that an internal struggle can manifest as external conflict.

"People who are at war with themselves can't give you peace": This statement argues that individuals who are not at peace internally are unable to offer peace or genuine qualities to others, such as honesty or loyalty.

[Age]

There is a war between things we call good and evil and I don't know which side I'm fighting for because I don't know which is which.

Well you are certainly not alone.