Yesterday's blog went off early, exploring Infinite Worlds in theory ... soon after the customary dawn walk was enriched by the company of a neighbour's golden retriever, an energetic and friendly dog, always on the lookout for a human ... we wandered through the village, meeting other dogs, sniffing them and making friends, while the humans discussed their dogs, the way they do, giving rise to a new word adapting the mission of the canines from catalyst to dogalyst, describing perfectly how they serve us ... in return the human is allowed to provide shelter, food, exercise and love, whilst forking out for vet's bills and even picking up their warm poo in bags sometimes, but not always ... actually the canine friend keeps us sane, indeed more than one psychologist has advised obtaining one to help heal a broken mind ... meanwhile the good natured retriever is often employed as a guide dog for the blind, and if they themselves lose sight perhaps could flip the roles and become blind dogs for the Guides? Though these days boys and girls unite as Scouts it seems ...
Anyway, after a longish wander, we met two dogs with a stranger on the Fell, and strangers need attention, of course ... in this case, by some coincidence, the human turned out to be an erudite Professor, with many degrees, including Law, Philosophy, Ethics and related subjects ... the dog decided a longer walk was acceptable, so the deeper questions explored this morning in the blog and many blogs before, were checked in conversation with the Professor, adding to the story being told, correcting some errors and understanding better that even the best qualified academics may be limited by a lack of experiential learning, scholarship notwithstanding, not to mention over-specialisation ... in this case focusing on Western Philosophy without comparing the Ancient Greeks and Romans with the rich teachings from the East ... let's face it, without the Buddha and Lao, Wear and Dao wouldn't even have a title !
Now, if such coincidental encounters only happened infrequently, they could logically be consigned to the box marked "another interesting exception", but to this old blogger's admittedly weird way of thinking too many coincidences constitute synchronicity and once such weirdness is welcomed in, synchronicity becomes the norm, though sceptics rightly point out that a balanced mind might allow coincidence and synchronicity to coexist ... introducing another radical concept, enriched by the Professor, that humans don't have to accept binary traps ... if not this, then its opposite, that must pertain ... leaving Sophists an open goal to muddy the waters, to mix a metaphor ... well explained in the story of venal reporters, bent on trapping reflective targets, demanding a simple yes or no response, with false opposites the only choice, the serious opponent, maybe offering a nuanced reply, bullied by the interviewer with instructions to destroy the case of the opponent: Yes or No! Answer the question! ... Editors, of course are close by to cut out any context, and there you go ... propaganda every day from the once respected BBC ... no wonder the people are confused ...
Previous serendipitous encounters on the Fell, by the way, include a well qualified virologist, convinced the highly infectious but not especially lethal flu, was made in Wuhan, boxed up and delivered around the world ... how else could the same strain simultaneously spread so widely? ...and variants the same, to scare the world into necessary compliance, for the enrichment of Big Pharma and their shareholders and the worthy aim of seriously addressing a warming planet, the effects of which are predictable but unknown, meteorology being complex ...
And countless other encounters to enrich, educate, inform and entertain one old bloke, with his own unique worlds, often touching the worlds of others, but subtly different ... the key perhaps not being right or wrong, the merits of ethics notwithstanding, but discerning illusion from delusion, and ascertaining experientially a Reality without brain pain or suffering ... combine that with a sincere aim to harm no others and the recipe may suffice to offer a contented Life and peaceful Death, ongoing Consciouness proving valid or not at the end clearly inconsequential ...
Time for breakfast, a shorter walk and a drive over the Fells, before the exciting prospect of walking in heavy snow tomorrow!
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