Philosophy - June 2007

Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you.
You may give them your love but not your thoughts.
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far.
Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness;
For even as he loves the arrow that flies, so He loves also the bow that is stable.


Comments Pls

2007-06-12 23:22:15 · 21 answers · asked by The More I learn The More I'm Uneducated 5

:-)

2007-06-12 23:21:24 · 34 answers · asked by enki 4

2007-06-12 23:14:32 · 7 answers · asked by vijayan p 1

I'm not looking for the meaning in the dictionary or what you have to show from an encyclopedia...I wanna know people's opinions on it. What is Philosophy to you?

2007-06-12 23:08:11 · 8 answers · asked by john michael 2

You were born together, and together you shall be forevermore.
You shall be together when white wings of death scatter your days.
Aye, you shall be together even in the silent memory of God.
But let there be spaces in your togetherness,
And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.
Love one another but make not a bond of love:
Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.
Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup.
Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf.
Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone,
Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music.
Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping.
For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts.
And stand together, yet not too near together:
For the pillars of the temple stand apart,
And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow
Comments Pls

2007-06-12 23:06:54 · 12 answers · asked by The More I learn The More I'm Uneducated 5

Would you say the person deriving such pleasure is weak or evil?

2007-06-12 23:02:56 · 6 answers · asked by small 7

I think that the reason for living is to become an individual and to decide on what you like and dislike so that you can then go on to create your own lucid-dream-like reality after you die. What do YOU think? Of my theory and your own?

2007-06-12 23:00:08 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am almost 14 and most people consider me a genious. I have already graduated highschool taking every advanced placement class imaginable. My knowledge of mathematics, science, and technology is amazing and is growing with every waking minute I have. My ultimate goal in life is to make the world a different place for better or for worse. I have future plans in which the general population would consider "evil", but I will do anything to change this planet. I want to see how powerful the human brain is, and how far human potential can take me. If I succeed, this world will indeed will be a diferent place in about 20 years. Is it evil to see what a single organism can achieve, to see how far we can go?

2007-06-12 22:39:46 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-12 22:36:05 · 5 answers · asked by small 7

2007-06-12 22:00:05 · 3 answers · asked by angelo m 1

Someone posted a question referring to the 'piltdown man' - which I promptly googled and was intrigued to learn something new.

Anyone else got some little gems? Always good to learn new things.... Perhaps we can all learn something new today.

My interesting fact is, that in nearly every species of mammal, the female outlives the male... Rock on sistas!

Have a great day!

2007-06-12 21:56:14 · 28 answers · asked by rollacoasta 3

2007-06-12 21:33:21 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-12 21:10:02 · 15 answers · asked by Barbara Doll to you 7

Is it?

Hmmmm.

2007-06-12 20:29:50 · 10 answers · asked by Kevin P 2

i have a seriouse question about a subject in philosophy and i have asked on Y!A many times but all answers were either religious, incredibly biased, but i would say that 90% of the time it was ignorance and not knowing all the facts on the answerers part about the subject. this is for the MOST part. the very few semi satisfactory never realy went into anough detail

so i am looking to contact a proffesional and would like to know how to find one or email one. can ou please help?

2007-06-12 20:00:09 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-12 19:56:59 · 9 answers · asked by small 7

Only reference another character from something other than Winnie The Pooh, if these don't fit. These are the extremes of personality egoism. I'm interested in what you come up with. And of course, why?

2007-06-12 19:56:39 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Philosophy

2007-06-12 19:52:20 · 8 answers · asked by kingwizard101 1

how do you know you made the right choice. for instance, how do you know you made the right chooice in a major? etc.

2007-06-12 19:30:47 · 16 answers · asked by soccerjock 2

I felt small but also very awed when I thought of the vastness of it all. How about you?

2007-06-12 18:24:12 · 19 answers · asked by MoonWater 3

first of all, we must examine whether love is an emotion, or chemicals, or a decision. once this is established, the question is : is it a choice that you can make? and if you can allegedly "force" yourself to love someone that you deem unworthy of your love, can you in fact, choose to not love someone? i believe that it goes that every action must have an equal and opposite reaction, so, if you can choose to love someone then you can choose not to love someone. there really is no question about it , if this is not an option, although i find it hard to believe that one could say... my mother loves me, and takes care of me, but i am going to decide not to love her back, just because. so, is it choice? or is it involuntary?

2007-06-12 17:45:50 · 15 answers · asked by bugboobunz 3

Do you accept yourself for who you are at any give moment (good or bad)?

Do you accept others for who they are at any given moment (good or bad)?

Do you reject others, or part of yourself?

2007-06-12 17:38:51 · 5 answers · asked by guru 7

Ok, well I have no idea if this is even the right category to put it in... Anyway, how can someone have a definite answer, and/or opinion on a situation/question when both sides have their equal "supporting-factor" (i'm pretty sure theres a word for it.. if you know it, tell me plz!! :P) to support their side of belief. For example, starting off small, if someone called you ignorant, can't you say their innoicent? Moving on to bigger issues like abortion, both sides have great arguments, but I just don't see how people can "choose" a side when both sides' argument are equally good. And yes, I know I'm being hypocritial by not seeing how other people have the rights to belief whatever they want. But can a person be truly without bias? And what do you think a person like that will be treated in our society today?

2007-06-12 17:32:26 · 7 answers · asked by pikester666 3

Would you rather:
A. Have every hope and dream you've ever had come true and experience pure joy and happiness for 10 years but then go back to normal and have all memories of this experience erased from your brain?
or
B. Have no such experience but have memories of such an event implanted in your brain of which you'll be able to keep until you die?

2007-06-12 17:27:50 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

and what happens if the Dreamer wakes up?

2007-06-12 17:23:00 · 9 answers · asked by ZebraFoxFire 4

2007-06-12 17:18:17 · 11 answers · asked by Realist 1

2007-06-12 17:17:14 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

How can I be less absent minded?

My head doesn't process as much as it use to. During class or while reading a book, I have trouble focusing on the present. I miss out on important information. I forget where I put my wallet, my mind doesn't have focus. How can I get my brain, focus, motivation? working again? There are so many things I want to accomplish, but when I have these problems I feel like I am stuck in a puddle of mud.

2007-06-12 17:09:37 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

and were not missing an X factor (which I found and will soon publish as soon as I figure out a way to mass produce and distribute it free to people without putting me in the street????

2007-06-12 16:54:13 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

all is fair in love and war

2007-06-12 16:42:41 · 13 answers · asked by blablabla :) 2