[kj] OT: Competition?

[Brendan]

I reckon for some people, men in particular, intellectual wankery is their
defence mechanism. Males are often / usually competitive as hell, so if
you can't be bigger, stronger, better looking, richer, more popular...you
can still feel superior if you're more intelligent. Basically if you're
memorized more arguments or learned more processes or whatever. I see it
all the time in IT...I could write a book on IT Guy Syndrome. It's a
cliche but well deserved.

Anyway I totally agree with you...awareness, self awareness, & compassion
are ultimately more important, and have a higher correlation with
happiness, than intellectualism.

And so, according to research, does looking at pictures of tits :)

You gotta get me some more Alan Watts material...it's exhorbitantly
expensive to buy...sucks.




> On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 9:06 PM, Brendan <bq at soundgardener.co.nz>

> wrote:The

> relentless, overwhelming need to define existence, the human

> condition...The Philosopher's Curse I suppose.

>

> ...

> Philosophy - by definition, is the Love of Wisdom.... it is not wise to

> waste ones life on intellectual wankery!

>

> Alan Watts is all ya need................

> ; )

>

>

>

>

> --

>

>

> "due to a lack of trained trumpeters, the end of the world has been

> postponed indefinitely..."

> _______________________________________________

> Gathering mailing list

> Gathering at misera.net

> http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/gathering

>