Posted by yesac on June 27, 2003, at 14:38:09
In reply to Re: How can something be safe if it's not permanen, posted by kalyb on June 27, 2003, at 10:51:12
> I don't know the answer to this one, but I do know that we seem to have an inner desire to make things permanent or to have things that do not change around us.
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> Yet, if the nature of all things is to change, the paradox created by this wish must cause a great deal of disturbance. We are encouraged to be permanent, reliable; to buy and choose permanent things like houses - monetary values are based on permanence. I don't know how this paradox can be raltionalised....I once had a therapist who talked to me about how nothing is like a snapshot photo, or a 30 minute tv show. We just can't attain some perfect level of stability and expect it to stay that way forever. It will never happen. It is such a paradox, since it seems to be what we all crave so much (unless something really sucks and you just want it to be over/past). And it's also why people have a tendency to cling to many things that aren't even that great - just for the stability and safety of that familiar situation. I don't know.... tricky question to answer.
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