(July 22, 2013 at 5:17 pm)Tonus Wrote:Yeah... I remember reading something along these lines in Erwin Schrödinger's "Mind and Matter". Apparently we tend to view the world by recognizing patterns inside of it, and thus we also try to program our own lives in a standard, codified way. When we find ourselves out of all common experiences and known patterns, consciousness comes into play.(July 21, 2013 at 5:14 pm)oukoida Wrote: Yet as my present position developed I could not help but think about how rituality is actually the "centre of mass" (no pun intended) of any religion.
Repetitive routines are an effective way of sticking to a program of any kind, because we are creatures of habit. We reinforce habits by repeating them until they become second nature. I think it's our mind's way of being efficient; the more things we can reduce to near-instinctive behavior, the more things we can do concurrently.
Another very interesting point, no doubt!
"Every luxury has a deep price. Every indulgence, a cosmic cost. Each fiber of pleasure you experience causes equivalent pain somewhere else. This is the first law of emodynamics [sic]. Joy can be neither created nor destroyed. The balance of happiness is constant.
Fact: Every time you eat a bite of cake, someone gets horsewhipped.
Facter: Every time two people kiss, an orphanage collapses.
Factest: Every time a baby is born, an innocent animal is severely mocked for its physical appearance. Don't be a pleasure hog. Your every smile is a dagger. Happiness is murder.
Vote "yes" on Proposition 1321. Think of some kids. Some kids."
Fact: Every time you eat a bite of cake, someone gets horsewhipped.
Facter: Every time two people kiss, an orphanage collapses.
Factest: Every time a baby is born, an innocent animal is severely mocked for its physical appearance. Don't be a pleasure hog. Your every smile is a dagger. Happiness is murder.
Vote "yes" on Proposition 1321. Think of some kids. Some kids."
