Monthly Archives: March 2023

Thoughts on the “post 1967 hippies” and the disease they created

Posted on March 28, 2023 by mikespassingthoughts

Recently, I was speaking of my impression of the hippies and hippy mentality. I said some interesting things: I should first point out that “hippies”, as I use it here, refer to the hippies after about 1967 when the movement … Continue reading →

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Further thoughts on stress and its role in life – different types of stress, with remarks on “stress molding”

Posted on March 24, 2023 by mikespassingthoughts

Recently, I said some things that are interesting: I said that stress played a tremendous role in life and is responsible for many things and even shapes people.  In some respects, life is nothing but a continual interplay and dealing with … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on some traits of stress

Posted on March 23, 2023 by mikespassingthoughts

SOME TRAITS OF STRESS It seems, to me, that stress is a result of a pressure that conflicts with a person in some way and in which a person cannot properly react.  We see these elements: 1-Pressure Pressure is a condition where … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on a hypocrisy of idealism – condemning people for doing something and then doing the same thing

Posted on March 23, 2023 by mikespassingthoughts

Recently, I said something interesting: THE HYPOCRISY I always found it fascinating how there is a tendency where people will attack or condemn people for doing something but, in so doing, they actually end up doing what they are attacking … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on dealing with stress, with remarks on the importance of the self or “sense of togetherness” with remarks on its association with society

Posted on March 23, 2023 by mikespassingthoughts

A spectrum In dealing with stress, there seems to be a spectrum: Environmental<<<>>>Self This means that, on one extreme, one changes the environment.  On the other extreme one changes the self.  It seems that dealing with stress requires a change of … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on two opposed types of learning

Posted on March 18, 2023 by mikespassingthoughts

It seems, to me, that there are two type of learning which are diametrically opposed. These are: These are opposed to each other because their nature, and purposes, are practically opposite of each other. In this way, they are often … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on the importance of other people in our knowing of things – the “knowledge system” and its effects

Posted on March 18, 2023 by mikespassingthoughts

Recently, I said something interesting: When one starts to look at where ideas and knowledge actually come from one starts to realize how little the ideas and knowledge we use come from us.  It comes from other people. In this … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on being told what to think, the plagiarizing of ideas and knowledge, and the ownership of ideas and knowledge

Posted on March 15, 2023 by mikespassingthoughts

Recently, I said something interesting: I spoke about what I called ‘learning’. By ‘learning’ I mean the gaining of some form of knowledge, or knowing, from a form of “formal education” or by “learning some organized knowledge or thought”. In … Continue reading →

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The ‘world-as-perception orientation’ – a mentality of primitive tribes

Posted on March 11, 2023 by mikespassingthoughts

In my article called “Thoughts on how I perceive the world – inspiration and the “I don’t know” – with remarks about Socrates, philosophy, Odin, and belief” I mentioned two forms of perceiving the world: The ‘world-as-knowledge orientation’.  This is when … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on the “wordless nuances of experience” and where it leads – the creation of language, music, and other things

Posted on March 8, 2023 by mikespassingthoughts

I’ve always been fascinated by the wordless sate and the effect of words and the creation of language. That is to say, the progression from wordless to words. How does language develop? How do we go from a wordless state … Continue reading →

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