A Rare Occurance.

Happiness seems to be one of life's only simplicities.
Look too much into it and it becomes contentment at best. Unknowingly tainted by complexity.
Take. As. Is.

Blinded by a Reflection.

We’re heading for something.
The blinding white light of intention,
a complicated heartbreak losing its direction
reaching out to grab a whisper.

Had it been another day, we might have looked the other way.
Wrinkled routines fraying,
always mouthing, but never saying.
Time’s come to pay her dues

Remember days when noise was silent.
I’m just out to find the better part of me,
cause lately when I look in the mirror you is all I see.
We’ve got to know ourselves.

The time has come to deviate.
I know that goodbye means nothing at all,
sometimes we should all just take the fall.
The future is coming on.

The Simplicity of Silence.

The idle prattle of friends
Goes on and on and on
Seemingly without end
When silence ensues
Uncomfortably gnaws at ease
Whether willed or not
Paid attention to or not
Such is the silence of friends.
This quiet is not really silence
Like gaps, breaks, cracks in a bridge
A bridge never really crossed
For a best friend is silence
Fulfilling, enduring, comforting
Always there if needed
Even if forgotten
An escape from the clutter of noise
Reminder for sanity
Balance of self
Absence of sound
Presence of affinity
Unlike clamor which comes and goes
Silence is always there.

Confidence in Arrogance.

Whispered rumors
woven into webs
spiraling out from a
tangled, twisted
self center.

Scorched smirks
widening the gap
between an
assuming, consuming
illusion.

Lingering doubt
clouding once effortless sentiment
where did the
concern, instinct
go.

Extinction.

The scratches of the
pen
fades into a rhythm
of keyboard

c l I c k s . . .

Catch-22.

Apparently getting a job requires prior experience, yet you can't gain experience without first getting a job.
Such is my life.

Master of Puppets.

A Blog Inspired by the Ever Insightful Jordan Maunder...

I had an interesting debate with my roommate today. About a month ago, in my Philosophy 1502 class, we had to write a paper on whether or not an infallible knowledge of the future discounts the notion of free will. For as long as I can remember, I have rejected all concepts of predestination and fiercely embraced a belief in the free will of mankind. As far as I was concerned, I made my own decisions within the confines of my life. If there was a divine god that carefully observed my actions and knew of the decisions I would make, so be it. I was still the one that made them. However, today I was forced to reexamine such beliefs.

It seems as if everyone has questioned at one point or another the direct control each individual has over his/her own existence. If there is an omniscient god within this world, does his all-knowingness eliminate the possibility for people to deviate from his plan for their future? This infallible knowledge of things to come poses a considerable problem regarding an individual’s free will.

The central principle behind theological fatalism, fate, states that since God knows exactly what someone’s next course of action will be, that person can only go through with that action and no others. However, it is more than just an omniscient being already aware of people’s future actions. It is not just what people will do, but it is what they were always going to do in the first place. Such flawless assurance eliminates the very existence of any other possibilities. If someone is going to take a certain course of action, in what sense are the others even possibilities? This would seemingly mean that the course of people’s lives is essentially already set in stone. To say there was any chance of change would be to contradict the very meaning of omniscience itself. That single course of action was always going to be chosen and therefore, other options are void. They simply do not exist. In this sense, free will seems to be more of a hollow ideal than a reality. Wishful thinking if you will.

I suppose the idea of theological fatalism could be taken in a less despairing light. Just because omniscience discounts the notion of free will, does not mean that personal happiness is sacrificed as well. As foreboding as it sounds to live in a world without control over one’s own life, the choices already made for people are the choices they were to make anyway. Think of it as the actions someone would take in their life regardless, only that someone else predetermined these desired actions beforehand.

Foreknowledge and Free Will. There is inevitable conflict between the two existing together. If it is indeed the case that this world is run by an omniscient divine force, people in this world may not be blessed with the free will they might have thought they possessed.

Am I saying that I no longer believe in the free will of mankind? No, I do hope there is some room for gray area regarding such a significant debate. I am merely saying that there's room to doubt everything.

Just some food for thought...

In an Organized Fashion.

Life is messy.
But maybe for a reason.
Just think, if it were clean and orderly, the entirity of it would be out in the open, neatly placed for all to see.
Maybe some things are better left under a pile of guilded clutter...