what should we do? Kantian question answered.....

one of the fundamental questions asked by Kant, is this,
what are we to do? What should I do today? or tomorrow?

both capitalism and communism offers us small, pointless
answers to that question… in communism, we are to seek out
a “workers” state but not asking if that is indeed the point,
and in capitalism, we are seeking out wealth and power and
titles and fame… but never asking if that is really what we should
be seeking…

I hold that we can be something more then we are today…to be human
is to grow from being an animal to being animal/human (which is where most
people are today) to become fully human… (as the great human beings exists in
their becoming fully human) so, how do we go from being animal to being animal/human
to becoming fully human?

the truths that are supplied to us, such as in capitalism, communism, Buddhism,
Catholicism, cannot lead us to our becoming human… for they just deal with
the small minded question of how do we earn a living? or how do we pray?

I am interested in becoming something greater then just a “worker”, I am
interested in becoming great… what can I do today to achieve greatness
as a human being?

by not accepting the values that currently exists in our modern world…
to deny both capitalism and communism and deny the religious answers…

to seek to become something greater then I am today… to reach for
becoming human… that is what we should do… reach for greatness…

now many hold that thought to be too ambitious, to reach for the stars
and possible fail… yep, to be Icarus is our goal… to become something
greater then we are, then I am today… and we risk failure in that
overcoming… but I would rather fail reaching for the stars then succeed
reaching to become a better worker or a better consumer…

communism and capitalism thinks too small in what it means
to be human… we are trained, thought to “fly”
too low to avoid seeming to be “high and mighty” or to
exhibit our hubris… but why not? why not dare to be great instead
of going low and seeking vain pursuits of wealth or fame or power or titles?

Gandhi was great because he didn’t seek the low ground, but he sought to
reach what was seemingly impossible… the overthrow of the british empire
in India… we seek and find our meaning in overcoming tasks that
are seen as impossible or way too far above us… I say, become
Icarus and fly as close to the sun as possible…fail reaching some
great goal instead of succeeding to reach a small, insignificant goal like
a early retirement or to reach some pretend perk like a new job or
an promotion… succeed in becoming something greater then yourself…
which doesn’t mean serving the state in some fake goal like being a solider…
or a police officer… to serve means to reach higher in what it means to
be human…

so what should we do? become great…

Kropotkin

Never what should I do.

but Kropotkin, tell us what to do? how do we achieve greatness?

I can’t tell you because my path to greatness is different then your path…
I am different then you are and thus my beginning place and my ending place
is different then yours…I began my life, and will end my life, being
hearing impaired… that makes my journey different then yours…
I begin in a different place and so, I cannot tell you what to do based
on where you began because I cannot know that…

what is your path to greatness? I have no idea… that is part of your own
seeking… achieving greatness isn’t about education or wealth or fame or
titles… but about seeking what it means to understand your own past,
present and future… I have my own journey into the future, as you have
your own path into the future… seeking is the path into the future…
which is why I object so much to many hear… because they start with
a truth and then seek reasons for the rightness of that truth… they begin
with holding the truth… whereas I begin with the search for the truth
and let the evidence, the facts dictate what truths I hold… unlike most
here, I am not interested in confirming my truths, to seek my own confirmation
biases be confirmed… I seek to find out what my truths are…
and I use the evidence/facts to give me my truths… I go from
the evidence/facts to the truths, whereas most here, go from holding
a truth and seeking evidence/facts that support that truth…

what are we to do? I seek the facts/evidence to understand what am I to do?
Whereas most here use the truth, to become wealthy or to gain heaven,
to discover what facts/evidence support their truths…

so, are you seeking truths or are you seeking facts/evidence that support
your already held truths? and that makes all the difference in the world…

Kropotkin

K: Just another pointless and vague sentence that tells us nothing at all…
how about going from the evidence/facts to the truths instead of holding a truth
and seeking evidence/facts that support that truth…

what are you to do? you have no idea…because you are already locked into
a truth that supplies you with your faith, your beliefs…maybe begin to search
for a truth from the evidence/facts that you see around you…

Kropotkin