[FoRK] Please Help

[Lion Kimbro]

On 12/4/07, Jeff Bone <jbone at place.org> wrote:
> The universe doesn't need decorating, it's wonderful as-is!  The fact
> that you feel compelled to decorate it is at the very heart of your
> disfunction!

  Everybody sees the world through the lens of language,
  story, and metaphor.

  There's simply no way around this.

  Once, you spoke to your own metaphor for the Universe:
  That it is a cold, dark, soulless place.  (Paraphrasing.)

  That doesn't seem right to me, and it's not how I intend
  to think.  It's impossible to see "the world as it is;"  We can
  only do so with thought, word, symbol, reflection, and so
  on.

  There is creative potential and room for interpretation
  in how we choose to "decorate."

  It also seems that our metaphors and thoughts impact
  our acts, our dreams for the futures, and thus our
  futures themselves.

  So, ...  I hope that answers "why."