mASF post by "secondarysight"
posted on: mASF forum: Advanced Discussion, July 7, 2004On 7/15/04 6:34:00 PM, Kineti[C]harm wrote:
>So remember that the next time
>you are bored, depressed or
>you are around other people
>and idle. DO, ACT, LIVE. Just
>do what you think would be FUN
>THEN AND THERE.
Interesting post...it reminds me of some philosophical stuff I was reading the
other day. According to this site, the attitude you are taking would be called
"Extraverted Sensation," because you are following your senses and letting them
manifest themselves in the external (extraverted) world:
http://greenlightwiki.com/lenore-exegesis/Extraverted_Sensation
"Extraverted Sensation (Se) is the attitude that whatever is manifest
(apparent, observable) calls forth an obvious and natural response, that has
nothing to do with the way you need to respond in any other moment. The meaning
of everything is readily apparent--at the time that it appears. Whatever stands
out and gets your attention here and now is precisely what needs your attention
here and now. Your instincts at each moment will tell you what to do; there is
no point in anticipating."
This sounds exactly like what you are advocating. I know what you mean when you
say that this is an attractive quality to many people, because I have seen guys
who act like this. Here's more:
http://greenlightwiki.com/lenore-exegesis/Philosophical_Exegesis
"Extraverted Sensation (Se) makes sense of the world by attending to what
exists concretely here and now, and trusting your instincts. As an
epistemological perspective, Se leads you to believe only in what you can see
and experience concretely, and to trust your immediate, gut-level responses to
it. If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, sounds like a duck, then it's a
duck. Whatever a sign means is obvious and inescapable; if a sign's meaning is
not obvious, then it's meaningless. Whatever is physical, immediate, gut-level
cannot be faked and must be right. For example, if you sense that someone is up
to no good, then you trust that sense. If you have an impulse to paint the town
red, then you go out and do so. As an ethical perspective, Se leads you to
believe that life is to be lived right now, "in the moment", responding to
things immediately and without thought. What matters most in life is what makes
the biggest perceivable impact, whatever stands out in a way that can't be
ignored. Se leads you to develop a persona that is attractive and "hip"
according to the conventions of your society and your time--to go with the flow
without stopping to question the direction. If something isn't fun, then don't
do it."
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