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Originally posted by Wiseupall
Ummm! Didn't you come to know all this because you thought 'Out Of The Box' surely it's when you are trapped in the box that you can't see the reality of what is going on around you. At least that's what I've always understood it to be.
Perhaps I've misunderstood!
Originally posted by FlyingJadeDragon
Originally posted by Wiseupall
Ummm! Didn't you come to know all this because you thought 'Out Of The Box' surely it's when you are trapped in the box that you can't see the reality of what is going on around you. At least that's what I've always understood it to be.
Perhaps I've misunderstood!
Yes,but you must realize that there are a great many people in this world who were never 'in the box' to begin with. Just the very notion that everyone starts out 'in the box' or winds up in one is one of the great intellectual death-traps of this world.edit on 9-1-2011 by FlyingJadeDragon because: edit for content
Originally posted by Time2Think
Good stuff, but we're all in a box of some kind; the box I'm in might not be the same box you're in, but we're still both in the "ATS box" - we're still sitting here talking on the ATS Forums Anyway I get what you're trying to say and I think it's a good thing and I agree with you... just trying to lighten up the mood a little bit.
Originally posted by Somehumanbeing
reply to post by Time2Think
I AM the box.
Originally posted by Wiseupall
Originally posted by FlyingJadeDragon
Originally posted by Wiseupall
Ummm! Didn't you come to know all this because you thought 'Out Of The Box' surely it's when you are trapped in the box that you can't see the reality of what is going on around you. At least that's what I've always understood it to be.
Perhaps I've misunderstood!
Yes,but you must realize that there are a great many people in this world who were never 'in the box' to begin with. Just the very notion that everyone starts out 'in the box' or winds up in one is one of the great intellectual death-traps of this world.edit on 9-1-2011 by FlyingJadeDragon because: edit for content
From the point of Birth you are put in a box - a one that is dictated by the way you are raised. But as you grow you begin to have your own thoughts. Metaphorically speaking, you step outside of your home and see a big wide world. Then society puts you into a box that box is called 'conforming to the norm' but eventually you grow more and step outside of that box and decide whether or not to explore further. Most people find it all too confusing and jump back in the box and feel more comfortable.
Originally posted by FlyingJadeDragon
Originally posted by Wiseupall
Originally posted by FlyingJadeDragon
Originally posted by Wiseupall
Ummm! Didn't you come to know all this because you thought 'Out Of The Box' surely it's when you are trapped in the box that you can't see the reality of what is going on around you. At least that's what I've always understood it to be.
Perhaps I've misunderstood!
Yes,but you must realize that there are a great many people in this world who were never 'in the box' to begin with. Just the very notion that everyone starts out 'in the box' or winds up in one is one of the great intellectual death-traps of this world.edit on 9-1-2011 by FlyingJadeDragon because: edit for content
From the point of Birth you are put in a box - a one that is dictated by the way you are raised. But as you grow you begin to have your own thoughts. Metaphorically speaking, you step outside of your home and see a big wide world. Then society puts you into a box that box is called 'conforming to the norm' but eventually you grow more and step outside of that box and decide whether or not to explore further. Most people find it all too confusing and jump back in the box and feel more comfortable.
That is an interesting point indeed and one worth seriously considering. Why would people find things so confusing that they would willingly jump back into the confining,relative safety of the 'box'? Perhaps it has something with the fact that the very makeup of society doesn't permit or make time for the adequate education needed to prepare people to face the world in a broader sense and be able to face it with less,irrational fear. We fear the unknown so the more we are properly educated,the less fear we should feel allowing us to step further out and explore things more.
Originally posted by Wiseupall
Originally posted by FlyingJadeDragon
Originally posted by Wiseupall
Originally posted by FlyingJadeDragon
Originally posted by Wiseupall
Ummm! Didn't you come to know all this because you thought 'Out Of The Box' surely it's when you are trapped in the box that you can't see the reality of what is going on around you. At least that's what I've always understood it to be.
Perhaps I've misunderstood!
Yes,but you must realize that there are a great many people in this world who were never 'in the box' to begin with. Just the very notion that everyone starts out 'in the box' or winds up in one is one of the great intellectual death-traps of this world.edit on 9-1-2011 by FlyingJadeDragon because: edit for content
Just one more thing to ponder: When we jump back in that box of chocolates it's like a drug that keeps taking us back to out comfort zone.
But if your little box is full of problems - as most are - your too busy trying to solve them yourself ie., financial burdens, physical/mental/emotional abuse, violence in your life, hunger, sexual abuse, racial, disabilites etc., Well you are certainly not going to look outside are you?
That is exactly how the elite and the ruling class are able to rule and keep you all in your little boxes while they control the big box that they want to keep us in so that we don't see what is going on and the walls of those little boxes of humanity are very thick and have many layers.
From the point of Birth you are put in a box - a one that is dictated by the way you are raised. But as you grow you begin to have your own thoughts. Metaphorically speaking, you step outside of your home and see a big wide world. Then society puts you into a box that box is called 'conforming to the norm' but eventually you grow more and step outside of that box and decide whether or not to explore further. Most people find it all too confusing and jump back in the box and feel more comfortable.
That is an interesting point indeed and one worth seriously considering. Why would people find things so confusing that they would willingly jump back into the confining,relative safety of the 'box'? Perhaps it has something with the fact that the very makeup of society doesn't permit or make time for the adequate education needed to prepare people to face the world in a broader sense and be able to face it with less,irrational fear. We fear the unknown so the more we are properly educated,the less fear we should feel allowing us to step further out and explore things more.
Answer to your Q.
Because the first and second box conditions us to expect that if there is anything uncomfortable in life 'someone will sort it and do something about it' ie If you lose your job - the state will provide. If you become ill the health service will put you right. etc etc etc. So when they step outside of the box and see there are things in life that scare them - what do they do. Assume that there must be someone there to sort it and trust that they will, because in the box you have been living - they always did.
But in third world countries the box has invisible walls, from the point of birth and they don't have the safety nets that we have all become accustomed to. They see very early on - the unfairness of life but don't have access to education or the ability to do anything about it. And let's face it neither do we! Our educational system in the west is governed by the elite and we learn what they want us to learn - it's indoctrination in a very clever way. You are socially presured into conforming - keep your head down and believe what they're teaching you. Raise your head above the parapit and you will not get those higher paid jobs and if you do you wont get that promotion. The more you keep your mouth shut, the higher you go and the better the salary. Thats why they jump back in the box of comfort.