And, do you know anyone still in there?
And how could you coach them out of that cave?
2007-09-26 17:19:30 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Good points --- ah, free will. (where is that naked man when you need him?)
2007-09-26 17:27:11 · update #1
Dear "dze" - your smile would light up the darkest cave. -- ((hugs))
2007-09-26 17:29:31 · update #2
i think that we all start in the cave...our childhood where we are hopefully safe, and the world is what our parents say it is.
some of us grow and leave the cave searching for our own truths. some do not want to leave the safety of what is known to them and ignorance becomes their cave.
some become prisoners of their own closed minds. these we will likely never reach. they reinforce the chains that hold them with intolerance and hate. never seeing beyond their own limited perceptions.
others can be coaxed out just by offerring a hand to help guide them. they are hungry for the truth, and they are willing to search for it if they have someone to help them.
there are people in my family that are still in their own caves and i offer them a way out through advice. it's pretty much the same i would (and do ) offer anyone. go to school...never stop learning or questioning. read everything that you can.
a closed mind is a truly sad thing.
bright blessings (((hugs)))
2007-09-26 23:29:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
As far back as I can remember, I've never been in Plato's Cave. Sometimes I think it must be very safe in there, very relaxing and a nice place to be. But then I know I couldn't stand it because I have to KNOW.
I don't know any way to coax or coach people out, my way (which seems to be inborn), seems to be the destruction and tearing down of illusions and shadows, which a lot of people really don't like the thought of. It is for me the fastest and most direct way. Not popular though.
P.S. Is that your real pic on your avatar?
2007-09-27 00:30:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think we all have, but some seem to want to dwell there. I may stumble into the mouth of the cave, but I am determined I will never dwell there again. I know many who are in the cave. I can hear the cry of some that wish to come into the light. I will reach for them, but I can only walk in the light that I have. I know that in order to lead, I must be able to follow the light myself.
2007-09-27 01:30:25 · answer #3 · answered by Schwingin' Simmons 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
In some ways we are all still in the cave. I sit, close enough to see the daylight through a long tunnel, but near enough to hear the rustling of the crowd. I suppose that my hope is that someone may wonder if I'm lonely, and come to sit by me. When they do, I may just point to the distant light and ask (innocently) and what do you suppose that is?
2007-09-27 00:28:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes, and some people still believe in the shadows on the wall, instead of the light outside.
They live on fear, control, and superstition, ordained by ancient books that do not show the complexity of the world apart from the shadows.
2007-09-27 00:28:40 · answer #5 · answered by Dalarus 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have been in that cave, but I was one of the lucky ones that escaped.
I have gone back several times to coach them out,
but they call me stupid, ignorant, and superstitious
but that does not stop me from caring about them.
so I try to show them the truth, through the life that I live.
and the love that I show..
2007-09-27 00:30:34 · answer #6 · answered by Hannah's Grandpa 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Many years ago, I probably was, but fortunately through reason, education, and my trusty flashlight, I made my way out. I think a lot of people are still there. I might be able to with reason, if they're not too far gone and M & Ms.
(((Uncle Wayne)))
2007-09-27 07:34:58 · answer #7 · answered by Purdey EP 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I don't think I even began to poke my nose out the door before I was about 35 (I'm 43 now.) And I've known people who were in their 70s who hadn't got that far.
It's harder than Plato makes it sound.
Coaching them out? It's not going to happen unless they want it badly enough to ask you for help.
2007-09-27 00:25:36 · answer #8 · answered by catrionn 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think we're all in Plato's cave in some sense or another. We're only just getting glimpses of reality, filtered through our own biases.
2007-09-27 00:21:46 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately, some people prefer to stay in caves
2007-09-27 00:22:30 · answer #10 · answered by 8theist 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋