tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post8789568520033301139..comments2024-03-28T07:49:04.960+00:00Comments on nickhereandnow: Who am I?nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10472673041193755894noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-19485026756285096172013-04-27T19:44:09.051+01:002013-04-27T19:44:09.051+01:00Liz: Well, there you are, you see, you have unsusp...Liz: Well, there you are, you see, you have unsuspected dinosaur-loving qualities. Another part of yourself you were unaware of....Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-40005441558345507252013-04-27T18:29:41.839+01:002013-04-27T18:29:41.839+01:00I did suddenly say, 'velociraptor,' the ot...I did suddenly say, 'velociraptor,' the other day ...Liz Hindshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04646532093872561703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-21541231529820953722013-04-24T17:55:33.913+01:002013-04-24T17:55:33.913+01:00Liz: I think the question is, do you often surpris...Liz: I think the question is, do you often surprise yourself with your own behaviour? Do you say, why on earth did I do that? In that case, maybe you don't know yourself as well as you think....Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-10396520843604265142013-04-24T17:18:50.299+01:002013-04-24T17:18:50.299+01:00That's me! The well-meaning muddler - the diff...That's me! The well-meaning muddler - the difference being that occasionally I do leave chaos in my wake ...<br /><br />I like to think I know myself well and I think I have equal awareness of my bad and good points, but then, as you say, I see how warped other people's perceptions of themselves can be - but are they just giving that impression? Can you really not know yourself well?<br /><br />And if they don't, do I?<br /><br />Now you've got me going in circles ...<br /><br /><br />Liz Hindshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04646532093872561703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-33538006816801449162013-04-22T22:23:35.583+01:002013-04-22T22:23:35.583+01:00Eryl: I admire you for having worked out what your...Eryl: I admire you for having worked out what your true values are. My own true values are still rather hazy, and I'm only intermittently content. I do agree that the unexamined life is not worth living, that you would sleepwalk blindly through everything. I also don't see the components of the self as separate - to me they're all closely entwined. All I know is that at my advanced age I'm still far from clear who and what I am.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-59240581683246254742013-04-22T21:55:47.724+01:002013-04-22T21:55:47.724+01:00What do you need to know about yourself?
I had t...What do you need to know about yourself? <br /><br />I had to find out what my true values were, and what I needed in order to be content. It took me years of self reflection, but I worked it out, and now I am free to be spontaneous. So I agree with Socrates, that the unexamined life is not worth living, and Ramana who seems to be saying something along the same lines. Though I'm not convinced that all the components of the self (mind, body, I) are separate, and that some aren't real. I'm more with Nietzsche on that one.<br /><br />I like your muddling. Erylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06008344023000459577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-71842998503090206012013-04-22T19:07:26.905+01:002013-04-22T19:07:26.905+01:00Ramana: Blimey! Yes, totally confused. The real an...Ramana: Blimey! Yes, totally confused. The real and the unreal? The subject and the object? Excuse me while I have a little lie-down....Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-58988792981991855652013-04-22T16:23:15.032+01:002013-04-22T16:23:15.032+01:00As it happens often in your posts, you have posed ...As it happens often in your posts, you have posed a question to which I can respond with flippancy or with great philosophical saber rattling.<br /><br />I will settle for the second just to be different from most of the comments bar an inkling from WWW on spontaneity. <br /><br />The I is the subject that identifies all objects including its own body, mind and intellect. In other words, it is different from the body, mind and intellect.<br /><br />Nobody but the subject I can then dis-cover the I. Once that is achieved, life is lived spontaneously.<br /><br />What Nick calls the real Nick is the object, therefore since it is ephemeral, it is unreal. The real Nick is the bloke who says "Certainly not me."<br /><br />Have I confused you enough?Rummuserhttp://www.rummuser.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-64853986830798114032013-04-22T07:43:41.450+01:002013-04-22T07:43:41.450+01:00Monk: A very good quote. Show me someone who's...Monk: A very good quote. Show me someone who's normal and I'll show you a brilliant actor.<br /><br />Bonsaimum: Consideration for others but standing up for yourself is a good formula. One I follow myself.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-75684562301203850332013-04-22T06:09:02.204+01:002013-04-22T06:09:02.204+01:00I gave up worrying how people 'saw' me yea...I gave up worrying how people 'saw' me years ago. If you go through life with consideration for others but stand up for yourself when something is not right, then not much more can be asked of person. :)bonsaimumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07684530085331629758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-69686105832959145382013-04-21T23:27:40.017+01:002013-04-21T23:27:40.017+01:00I figure we're all a bunch of nuts, why should...I figure we're all a bunch of nuts, why should I be any different? I just read a great quote, "Life is all about finding people who are your kind of crazy." That's what blogs are about, right?Cheerful Monkhttp://cheerfulmonk.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-79754099164285513902013-04-21T14:52:36.537+01:002013-04-21T14:52:36.537+01:00Ursula: I can't agree that we know our potenti...Ursula: I can't agree that we know our potential when we're young. There are whole areas of our personalities that we've never properly explored, which could take us in all sorts of unexpected directions.<br /><br />Narcissus fell in love with the beauty of his reflection. There's nothing very beautiful in my own reflection - I would say it's somewhere between ordinary and vaguely attractive.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-330839395938313272013-04-21T13:12:31.128+01:002013-04-21T13:12:31.128+01:00Who says that our picture of when we were young wa...Who says that our picture of when we were young was "distorted"? If ever we are accurate as to our potential, and who we really are, it's preciously BEFORE some (not all) of us were given a mind makeover.<br /><br />I am fully with WWW's response. In fact, I could kiss her. Kylie I'd also kiss, though for different reasons: She can be wicked, tongue in cheek, when she wants to be. John, I'd kiss regardless. Whether he wants it or not.<br /><br />You may wish to read up on the flower, at this time of year pushing its head through the soil, and its mythical/mythological origins: Namely, the 'Narcissus'.<br /><br />U<br /><br />Ursulahttp://bitchontheblog.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-83590189764032661252013-04-21T11:35:38.134+01:002013-04-21T11:35:38.134+01:00By the way, Jay, thanks for all your very thoughtf...By the way, Jay, thanks for all your very thoughtful comments on so many posts. Way beyond the call of blog duty and much appreciated!Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-64548974171700006272013-04-21T11:13:56.555+01:002013-04-21T11:13:56.555+01:00Jay: I think you're right that a lot of people...Jay: I think you're right that a lot of people (not necessarily less intelligent) don't ask these questions at all. They just think, I am what I am, life is what it is, and they just try to get the most out of everything and enjoy themselves. Fair enough.<br /><br />"A smart and sensitive person who actually cares about others and the impact he has on the world." Well, thanks very much for that!*blushes*Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-82274076610945134182013-04-21T09:29:45.183+01:002013-04-21T09:29:45.183+01:00There are some very deep questions in this post. ...There are some very deep questions in this post. How do we see ourselves? Are we capable of more honesty as we grow older? Is it possible to ever get a true picture of the person we are? Wow. <br /><br />I ponder these things, too. Some people never do, and I honestly believe that makes them happier people. However, one thing I have learned in my journey so far through life; these are questions which are asked mostly by intelligent people. I'm generalising, of course, but - generally speaking - those at the lower end of the IQ scale will ask themselves fewer searching 'what's it all about?' type questions than those above average. And then you go further up the 'tree' and you find the 'Sheldons' who are so damned smart that they have better things to think about. Or at least, they think they do!<br /><br />Yes, that was a tad tongue-in-cheek, but nevertheless it's true that increased intelligence (just like money) does not always bring happiness.<br /><br />"The more likely reality is that I'm just the same old half-intelligent, well-meaning muddler who somehow staggers through life without unleashing total chaos and upsetting everyone in sight"<br /><br />Hahahaha! That made me laugh, and do you know why? You could be describing ME! And in fact, you don't come across as a 'well-meaning muddler' at all, but a smart and sensitive person who actually cares about others and the impact he has on the world.<br /><br />Let's face it: nobody has all the answers. That's not what life is about, is it?Jay at The Depp Effecthttp://www.thedeppeffect.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-77059487284556749882013-04-21T09:15:22.704+01:002013-04-21T09:15:22.704+01:00www: Actually I've never found that, that too ...www: Actually I've never found that, that too much soul-searching can be crippling. I think if I understand myself better, I also understand others better, and that makes it easier to communicate.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-24526285538352933632013-04-21T00:16:51.230+01:002013-04-21T00:16:51.230+01:00I think too much self-awareness can be strangling ...I think too much self-awareness can be strangling to one's spontaneity, Nick, there has to be a balance and why should anyone care what others think of them? the people who love us continue to do so and those that have a problem with us don't matter in the long run.<br />Too much soul-searching can be crippling.<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-71933201507995909902013-04-20T22:51:34.181+01:002013-04-20T22:51:34.181+01:00Kylie: Okay, negatives - sometimes angry, impatien...Kylie: Okay, negatives - sometimes angry, impatient, bossy, headstrong. Am I right?Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-20459955716207425042013-04-20T22:13:11.133+01:002013-04-20T22:13:11.133+01:00thats really flattering! so wheres the bad stuff :...thats really flattering! so wheres the bad stuff :)<br />i think i am pretty much most of that, though i nearly lost heart on the doula-ing for a couple of days there<br />kyliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08964475783207438103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-1541418463463105792013-04-20T21:50:52.302+01:002013-04-20T21:50:52.302+01:00Okay, Kylie, here's how I think you see yourse...Okay, Kylie, here's how I think you see yourself (or maybe how I see you): compassionate, religious, witty, humorous, perceptive, adventurous, independent-minded, sexy, determined. In particular, determined to establish yourself as a doula. How's that?Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-38250186499534784012013-04-20T19:57:15.779+01:002013-04-20T19:57:15.779+01:00e: Perhaps I'm really a chicken and not a huma...e: Perhaps I'm really a chicken and not a human being at all?<br /><br />John: I think some people like me more than others. There may even be people out there who hate my guts, who knows? But I'm glad you like what you know of me....Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-2142461865424597882013-04-20T19:39:58.904+01:002013-04-20T19:39:58.904+01:00Oh dear....
Well we all like the nick we seeOh dear....<br />Well we all like the nick we seeJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-62727604876287155022013-04-20T19:39:04.515+01:002013-04-20T19:39:04.515+01:00and there I was, thinking you drew that doodle of ...and there I was, thinking you drew that doodle of yourself as a chicken...ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376645220662546020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-89051663408468405602013-04-20T17:05:20.922+01:002013-04-20T17:05:20.922+01:00Kylie: Goodness, there's a question! I think I...Kylie: Goodness, there's a question! I think I'll come back to you on that. And I WILL come back, honest.<br /><br />Grannymar: How very dare you, peeping in the windows of Nick Towers. You weren't meant to see my new summer dress just yet.Nicknoreply@blogger.com