Knowing That You Don't Know

Not knowing is fine; but not knowing that you don't know (aka thinking that you know when you don't) = big problem.

“Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance is the death of knowledge” - Alfred North Whitehead

Is there a particular type of person that just tick you off immensely?  Someone who you just can't stand being around with; so much so that you just wanna get the hell out ASAP or you know things would get ugly.  Well, some say that in most cases, what you hate in others is what you hate about yourself.  So what do I find absolutely disturbing in others?  It's just one word really: IGNORANCE.

The foe

Is not evil,
Nor is it suffering itself.
It's the fear of them.
With fear, one attempts to escape.
With fear of that fear, one hides in denial.
It is that fear that hinders and ultimately destroys any humanity that one has.

Make no mistake; it's impossible to defeat such a foe, lying deep within your heart.
As they say: if you can't beat them, join them.
Therefore, when you catch yourself in any kind of distress,
Don't fight it, let yourself loose and allow it to penetrate you, soak yourself in it.
As you fade into the foe, the foe fades into you;
Then you'll find yourself one, complete, empty, and free...once again.

Thinking about "Positive Thinking"

I just heard someone refers the concept of positive thinking as an irrational optimism. And then I realized how much the term has been abused (or not). I don't know how the masses understand "positive thinking" nowadays. But after a bit of contemplating, I think this is what the term really means (maybe it has been said, I don't know). Anyways, in my understanding, being positive is not equivalent to being optimistic. Being positive is to love. On the flip side, being negative is to fear. Some examples below:

My Religion is Legit = Yours is Not?

Saying one religion is better than others is like saying a M-size shirt is better than a L-size shirt.

Thought

Where does it come from?

Could it be told with words?

If so, what is delivering those words?

Who is there to comprehend?

They say a picture is worth a thousand words.

But could a thousand pictures convey a thought?

Thoughts come in and out of my mind as they please.  And I (if there's such a thing) am left speechless...