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  • Duality
  • jivehoneyjive
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    You know those situations in cartoons where the character is a bit torn and there is an angel on one shoulder and a devil on the other…

    Who should you listen to and why?

    Three_Fish
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    Listen to the one that makes the decision who to listen to.

    jivehoneyjive
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    Steady on, that’s a trinity!!

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    mikewsmith
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    If you have voices in your head neither.

    jivehoneyjive
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    Aye, but what if you’re spiderman?

    Northwind
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    Listen to these guys, they seem responsible

    [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fVE8kSM43I[/video]

    mikewsmith
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    if you think you are spiderman and have voices in your head then it really is time to seek help.

    you would be better with a magic 8 ball
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/4772142.stm

    tinribz
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    The one you’d wish you had when you’re in the care home.

    Three_Fish
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    If you have voices in your head neither.

    It’s cool how you use stupidity as a kind of mask for stupidity.

    v666ern
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    +1 slipknot ftw

    nickc
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    Flip a coin, and promise to yourself to abide by what it says. It will very quickly tell you what you really want to do, when it comes up with the “wrong” answer…

    Onzadog
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    Why is hearing voices in your head considered mad? Where else are you going to hear them? Hearing voices in your feet..now that’s proper mad.

    Malvern Rider
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    Cartoons and cartoon situations are by definition simplified and exaggerated, often to a ridiculous degree. To my knowledge there are no ‘angels’ or ‘demons’. In actuality there are whole spectrums of both behaviour and consequence. Of course, this doesn’t make for entertaining cartoon situations. Life sometimes resembles this and cartoons for their part resemble a (simplified) view of life’s situations – yet it is surely our responsibility to determine if or not we are simply imitating art. Which then naturally begs the question:

    How ‘good’ is the art that we imitate?

    Three_Fish
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    In the same way that angels and devils/demons represent ‘good’ and ‘bad’ in many cultures, the angel/devil is just a metaphor for a moral decision; our conscience, if you will.

    Of course, this doesn’t make for entertaining cartoon situations.

    You haven’t seen The Simpsons, then? Watership Down? Belleville Rendez-Vous?

    jivehoneyjive
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    Let’s look at it in terms of Star Wars… say the Jedi are Angels and the Sith Demons~ both manipulate the raw material of ‘The Force’, which is similar to ancient concepts such as Chi/Qi

    What if your conscience is just a receptor for the wider energy surrounding us all?

    Could the illuminated pyramid in the pic symbolize the raw untainted soul and the spiritual battle between good and evil?

    captainsasquatch
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    You have two voices, one saying quit this thread while you’re ahead, the other saying continue in the face of posts where no one is playing ball.
    Which one do you listen to?
    And which one is the evil and which one is the good?

    teasel
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    Sith Demons

    BigButSlimmerBloke
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    Hmmmmm, tricky, which to listen to?

    jivehoneyjive
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    The kettle, obviously…

    Dualit tea

    BoardinBob
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    +1 slipknot ftw

    Apparently that was filmed at a fan’s house that won a competition to have it filmed there. The place got absolutely destroyed plus some other mischief 😆

    hels
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    Just to be clear – Star Wars is a film not real life, you know that, right ?

    johndoh
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    Dualit tea

    #applauds

    BigButSlimmerBloke
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    ^^^ +1

    Three_Fish
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    What if your conscience is just a receptor for the wider energy surrounding us all?

    Well, ‘wider energy surrounding us all’ is a bit ambiguous. Our whole being is a receptor for what is around us and our conscience is one of many filters we have in place to allow us to process and understand what we experience, and also how to decide to behave in relation to our experience. Because we are a social animal, there could even be said to be a duality in conscience: the personal and the social. The incredible thing is that many social constructs, like religious and/or social or political hierarchies and organisations, would have us believe that good and evil is the ultimate question, an idea which is essentially a self-serving device, possibly of unconscious origin – ie not initially intended, but rather a manifestation of the egos of the individuals who form the group – that deprives an individual of the their own ability to reason. Literature, music, theatre and cinema have been exploring these questions for as long as they’ve been around. In fact, I might be inclined to say that they came about as a direct response to these questions, just like most fine art.

    But, that’s all barely a scratch on the surface of the subject. Lovely topic, though, proper food for thought. I wish I knew why it was giving me such a strong feeling of déjà vu…

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