I saw recently a silent movie. It is called, "Film". And its about a man who is trying to get away from all the eyes. Eyes of everybody and then he realises that how much ever he tries he can not escape his own eyes.
Reminds me of Cypher as a counter example. A man who has understood something about oneself and the world. But the unbearable reality doesn't suit him. He doesn't mind hiding away from one's own eye and live, go on living. I wonder how Cypher (in the movie matrix) would have evolved if he went back to Matrix. Knowing all along that its a lie.
Reminds me of another phenomenal movie called "Fight Club". Where the main character goes into a dream and he keeps getting reminded that "its a lie". The more he realises this, more he wants to fabricate lies around himself.
Takes me to the point of undoing, rather a convenient undoing, of knowledge. The knowledge about self or the world almost always is unbearable. To realise one has failed and to admit it, is almost the hardest task. Also to acknowledge that the country has failed, the system has failed the hero has failed, the leader has failed is relatively easy, however, very depressing notion. One becomes a cypher and lives in a world going on saying things are fine, getting better, "going smoothly". This is undoing of knowledge. Morality be better defined in terms of this. If you gain knowledge, then ever wanting to undo it should be a noted crime. There always comes a moment of reality, the point when one can not escape it. The difference in the morally correct and morally incorrect is, morally incorrect will refuse even this moment, unlike the prior. The definitions of morality based on religion, caste, social norms, westernisation of eastern world, departing from majority all seem to never address this important issue of urge to wanting to face oneself and attempts to run away from it. Infact they are conflicting with this definition of morality. Like in the case of the stranger. Where the hero of the "Film" shuts his own eyes, the stranger dies and the cypher rises.
Reminds me of Cypher as a counter example. A man who has understood something about oneself and the world. But the unbearable reality doesn't suit him. He doesn't mind hiding away from one's own eye and live, go on living. I wonder how Cypher (in the movie matrix) would have evolved if he went back to Matrix. Knowing all along that its a lie.
Reminds me of another phenomenal movie called "Fight Club". Where the main character goes into a dream and he keeps getting reminded that "its a lie". The more he realises this, more he wants to fabricate lies around himself.
Takes me to the point of undoing, rather a convenient undoing, of knowledge. The knowledge about self or the world almost always is unbearable. To realise one has failed and to admit it, is almost the hardest task. Also to acknowledge that the country has failed, the system has failed the hero has failed, the leader has failed is relatively easy, however, very depressing notion. One becomes a cypher and lives in a world going on saying things are fine, getting better, "going smoothly". This is undoing of knowledge. Morality be better defined in terms of this. If you gain knowledge, then ever wanting to undo it should be a noted crime. There always comes a moment of reality, the point when one can not escape it. The difference in the morally correct and morally incorrect is, morally incorrect will refuse even this moment, unlike the prior. The definitions of morality based on religion, caste, social norms, westernisation of eastern world, departing from majority all seem to never address this important issue of urge to wanting to face oneself and attempts to run away from it. Infact they are conflicting with this definition of morality. Like in the case of the stranger. Where the hero of the "Film" shuts his own eyes, the stranger dies and the cypher rises.
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Haven't seen (or heard of) "Film", but will look into it.
If one has an open learning attitude and ability to let go of their ego (VERY difficult), great knowledge can be acquired. The problem is we are not ready (/capable?) of letting go of our prejudices, which is detrimental to learning. Regarding morals, there is a lot of grey area. It largely depends on one's upbringing. Also, not everyone is capable of handling the truth (harsh reality about humans is that they are emotionally very weak and vulnerable). If the foundations on which you have lived all your life are challenged and shattered/broken, it is devastating. Hence ppl prefer to live in an artificial world ignoring the truth. Hence the proverb: Ignorance is bliss.
Still can't figure out if it is good or bad thing.