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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: Solon who wrote (82329)2/8/2010 3:50:37 PM
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”Again, you continue to bewilder me. I don't know what page you are on; I don't know what book you are in. How you can attach a moral quality to "ethereal" is beyond me. I've looked up synonyms from a dozen sources and find nothing remotely resembling "virtuous".

Mystery by nature suggests conceptual conflict. The item of mystery either does not comport with the order of things as you see them, or it represents gaps or lacks in your understanding of existence. To the risk averse this presents a problem they are not likely to pursue. Unraveling a mystery is likely to present information that is in conflict with what is accepted as known fact. Information revealed while engaging a mystery might be difficult or impossible to incorporate into the accepted order and explanation of existence. Disorientation can be debilitating for some people. To the adventurer, however, mystery represents more than the potential of discovery, it is opportunity to go beyond and become more…more, not less … better not worse…personally better and potentially better for the world. By the nature of what mystery entails, outcomes are not predictable. So the adventurer must engage mystery with the hope of betterment. In that sense, specific goals are meaningless but a vision of becoming something better is purposeful in and of itself. So by the very nature of engagement in mystery, I am defining it as a virtuous endeavor.
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