Week 1 Journal
This week we studied the uniqueness of man and his varying ways of viewing the world around him. We looked at several people for examples of how to and how not to live our lives. Sometimes, humans follow their inborn nature of seeing only parts of realities, acting on their emotions, and judge others with their point of view only. Every human is prone to these things, but we can always prepare ourselves with knowledge to deal with these such instances when they come about. Lesson #1: I am necessarily and unavoidably making decisions all the time. These can and do affect me, others, and my world. By these decisions, I am determining who I am and the person I will become. Lesson #2: I see the world through "colored lenses." I am necessarily and unavoidable (to a greater or lesser degree) biased. Lesson #3: The value judgments I make determine my action. My mental health and happiness (and often those of many others) rests on the validity of these value judgments. Lesson #4: Any change in the particular beliefs that control my life cannot help but change and modify my life. It will affect the quality and texture of all that I experience. Lesson #5: The most significant decisions I make in my life need to be faith decisions. Faith is an opinion based on evidence to which I am committed. 3.) One image of that reminds you of the topic. Attribute, link, your source The Cave From Plato's Allegory 4.) One good question you should keep with you to ponder. What do I have faith in? There are many things in life that I need to have faith in and other things that I should have less faith in. I need to evaluate my standpoints. 5) What should you try to do to make you a better person, a more faithful person, from this study? I will try to keep in mind that I am just human and I can not comprehend all of the mysteries in this world. I am unavoidably biased and this view affects my thoughts and actions. I can only perceive reality as I experience it and therefore will put my faith in things that I think are appropriate, but I will always be open to a change or alteration of faith if necessary.
(taken from http://faculty.washington.edu/smcohen/320/cave.htm)
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