Guest guest Posted December 17, 2006 Report Share Posted December 17, 2006 On Dec 17, 2006, at 5:28 AM, Nisargadatta wrote: P: Are you using Sky's I.D, Arvind? LOL NNB > ARE WE SUPPOSED TO BE FEELING SOMETHING? > > Are we supposed to be feeling happy? > > Outraged? > > Ashamed? > > Stupid? > > Smart? > > Superior? > > Inferior? > > What if most feelings just have no name? > > What if most feelings are not even, primally, > > experienced as either " good " or " bad, " > > negative or positive? > > What if we've been " brain washed " into giving them > > one or another social, cultural, artistic or, even, > > asocial meaning or significance? > > What if feelings are infinite and beyond articulation, > > hence, beyond commodification? > > What if attaching significance to feelings is just a > > capitalist effort at objectifying the self in order > > to either sell it, condemn it, or exploit it in some way? > > What if even poetry and art, literature and philosophy, > > even this here, are forms of soul > > prostitution? > > And what if even the words, " soul prostitution, " > > are equally forms of said commodification, > > exploitation. > > What if language is a whore? > > What if the very act of naming is a form of manipulation > > and enslavement? > > What if we're all in the business of selling our feelings, > > and are thus, whores of shared emotion? > > What if it would be best just to leave feelings alone? > > To just feel them and leave them at that? > > And what if even this suggestion fails itself? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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