Speaking from the heart

So in a quest to be more open and share my world with others, I am going to make an effort to speak from the heart. I have continuously been making an effort to be more open with others as I feel it’s how we connect, through the sharing and conversing with each other. Beyond that it’s also how we evolve as a species, and I’m a strong advocate of that, as I feel we could all use some more evolution and refinement.

It’s very easy for me to speak intimately with someone one on one, but for some reason when it comes down to opening up my world, thoughts and experiences to others for their consumption and judgment I feel hesitant at times. So I day F$&@ it, you only live once, right? Although I may at times question of whether or not we do in fact only live once, I am still going to do my best to share my life and its givings and it’s misgivings. I hope you enjoy what I have to share, if not sorry, either way let me know as I always like to know how my words impact others. It helps inspire me to keep doing what I’m doing.

We’ll thanks for reading, I hope you enjoy as I speak from the heart and I encourage you to do the same.

The influnce of the Delphic Oracle on Socrates as Plato describes

The Delphic oracle was understood in ancient Greece to be able to transmit the voice of God, and she became very influential in Socrates life when she told his friend Chaerephon that no one is wiser than Socrates. Some people could take this lightly, but Socrates certainly did not, he made it his life duty to expand his wisdom, and even more so his truth. He believed that what the oracle was stating was that he was the wisest because he was aware of his own ignorance, or lack of knowledge. All those that claimed to have knowledge, were in fact ignorant of their ignorance.

Socrates believed, and so stated that Apollo chose him to be an investigator, and to teach virtue. He told the jurors that everything he does is in accordance with what Apollo asked of him, and his death would be offense against Apollo. He stated that he was not an atheist, since he believed Apollo himself called him wise, through the mouth of the oracle. Many of these statements seemed to win much of the Juries praise as there was little difference between those for the vote of guilty. It seemed many people had faith in Socrates statements, although they may have disliked the uncomfortable thoughts, and feelings his questioning brought about.

The Paridoxical Commandments

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Well, this is not my writing, but I just had to put this out there because I feel it’s amazing. Words to live by, so here goes.

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