8-11-2011

I get it.  I experience the world, then I contemplate to see the other side of that experience, which teaches me what effect that experience will have on me, which refines my skill at choosing my experiences, which makes the next ones that much richer, more valuable for contemplation, more educational for my future choice of experience, on and on.  This is why I do it.

If logic seems circular, that just means you're getting it right; not teetering the truth on your fragile faith in your assumptions, trying to force the world to be as simple as one thing after another after another from start to finish.  Truth is not an end or a goal, it is a path taken; a spiral you cannot see or draw in its entirety, just trace as far as you will.

I'm finding the words, completing these ideas so I can build on them.  In sum, a good day :)

Postscript:

It's important to note that experience isn't necessarily beneficial, doesn't inevitably lead to greater understanding; some skill at distinguishing the good from the bad is the object of the education mentioned above.