“Before our white brothers came to civilize us we had no jails. Therefore we had no criminals. You can’t have criminals without a jail. We had no locks or keys, and so we had no thieves. If a man was so poor that he had no horse, tipi or blanket, someone gave him these things. We were too uncivilized to set much value on personal belongings. We wanted to have things only in order to give them away. We had no money, and therefore a man’s worth couldn’t be measured by it. We had no written law, no attorney or politicians, therefore we couldn’t cheat. We were in a really bad way before the white man came, and I don’t know how we managed to get along without the basic things which, we are told, are absolutely necessary to make a civilized society.”
Lame Deer (Tȟáȟča Hušté)
There is so much we can learn and appreciate from Native Americans (and all indigenous peoples), and the more I learn about them, the more they make sense— and the less we do.
It is tragic that modern society has turned a blind eye to the centuries of wisdom of those who once inhabited and thrived upon ‘our’ land. And they did so without any of the things that we live so comfortably with today.
I sometimes feel like we are missing the point of life.
Seek not to change the world, but choose to change your mind about the world.
— A Course In Miracles (via m-altruism)
Slacker →
This is such an amazing amazing film. Although it has a seemingly random plot (really, what plot?), it is quite thought provoking. By the time it was over I had written some four pages of my thoughts— not just about the film.
The “Should have stayed at bus station” guy (it’s in the credits!) in the beginning, his philosophical insight pretty much sets up the film.
Basically, imagine following random people every few minutes and seeing what their life is like at that moment in time, and then following the separate lives of the people around them.
It makes you wonder more about the realities of people who pass by you everyday. What it’s like to step into their shoes. To see things from their perspective.
Deep stuff.
The Ascent of Everest - A Threnody (For the Victims of November Second)
This is what I've been trying to tell everyone! →
(via theanniehour)
This is terrible!
Why did it take us so long to realize that plastic bags are bad?
Circular cause and consequence →
Circular cause and consequence is a logical fallacy where the consequence of the phenomenon is claimed to be its root cause. It is exemplified in the question, “Which came first, the chicken or the egg?”
