Three Wise Monkeys

[MagnetMan]

When Gandhi died
among his few possessions was a small statue of the three wise monkeys

See no evil
Hear no evil
Say no evil

My generation was raised to be critical
basically the poor critiqued the rich and powerful
grumbling that things could and should be better
and the rich sneered at the poor
as lazy and unambitious

My children have made me aware of my habitual criticism
in a way I never thought possible
If they have nothing good and constructive to say
they are careful to stay neutral

I have criticized them for that
arguing that if something is wrong
one should step up to the plate and say so
they agreed with that in principle
yet continued to stay neutral

Leaving me to think about the three wise monkeys

Criticism is a kind of curse
it is certainly not a praise
it engenders negative thinking
and rarely leads to finding solutions

Sure much is wrong
but much more is right
So why voice the wrong
and be silent about the right?

So I am trying to change my habit
by praising what is right
and applying that positive new habit
to thinking positively about what is wrong
and in that way
hopefully
come up with constructive solutions

[lavender1]

revelations 3:15
ok is on the way out of popularity gain

m. scott peck, the road less traveled

100th monkey factor, onus on me.

[MagnetMan]

Dec 11, 2009 15:50:11 GMT -5 lavender1 said:

revelations 3:15
ok is on the way out of popularity gain

Aye
fads come and go

100th monkey factor, .

hopefully the general realization
when we all think as one
is all positive


Further thoughts on social criticism

Protest of course harks back to the Reformation
We were socially meek before Luther made his post
The idea that the rich could buy tickets to heaven as well as here on Earth
got the general Protest rolling

But hard as it is
if you think positively about it
and try to see the hand of God behind everything
bribing the rich with a God ticket and donate to the Church
which was the Corporate monopoly of its time
allowed it to grow and go international
and begin the process of making illiterate clansmen
literate
so that later they could read Luther's letter for themselves
and teach us all to become critical thinkers
and encourages me to criticize
social critics

[lavender1]

:)radix -121 ? word in german.

worn from bearings. dunno if that's good still.

masses of solipsistic threesomes didn't ask "we" nor "me" about tasting death and life after it.

(a silent notice to the assembly lines in new order chip factories: the original tree of life needed no corrective services, then!)

here's to the monkeys;
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-Exm4K1ObQ
\!!

grey matter extolling the virtues of king alpha's song.

[lavender1]

\!!
here's to all that wisdom
so generously "consumed"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_native

weblog.terrellrussell.com/

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_Z

who needs to remove all doubts?

[MagnetMan]

Me
last of the Iron Age babies
born in a corrugated iron house 1941
delivered by a midwife
who said i weighed 15lbs

[lavender1]

once i was sent a picture ~ and this may not be found in my "estate" ~
that spoke to me: "who got these ideas into your head?"
\!!

[lavender1]

three wise monkeys
sure (would) have an inner compass

[lavender1]

even saints come in threes, i just found (out).

www.piffe.com/inspiration/three-laughing-saints.php

[lavender1]

no monkeys here, still on a world tour, op-inspired..

www.onmarkproductions.com/html/monkey-koushin-p3.html

[lavender1]

i think the emerging online culture demands enormous adjustments:
soft skills being detrimental to articulations between facticity and political correctness.


3 wise monkeys had quite different impacts, regionally.