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Post by Fast Jimmy on Jan 9, 2016 23:32:39 GMT -6
The source of it is rather irrelevant to me. Whether a mystical cosmic force or the result of rather innate personality behaviors... the result is that someone can truly be born lucky in life. And people can be taught to be lucky. And lucky, in this sense, can be tied with connecting with others, providing help or assistance to strangers, reaching outside of what's easy and grasping for something in the unknown. To me, those concepts, those behaviors, are actually tied very closely to (high level) ideas of karma. Not just saying "I do ten good deeds from my list and therefor the universe owes me ten more back," but rather giving of yourself, without expecting a clear transactional reciprocation, can be dangerous and even a net loss... but that it causes us to live in a way that embraces every opportunity and experience around us, which in turn opens us up to every possibility, allowing us to be lucky, or live with positive karma. I know we're wandering into terrain far and away off of the original post, but that's my pseudo-scientific slant on things. Philosophical concepts of morality and balance don't need to rely on mysticism or magic to still be true. They just may manifest themselves through mechanisms that are not always intuitive to our standard approaches. It's a Bunz thread. It was created to be derailed. I guess my complaint is the reliance on mysticism and magic. I'd rather it be called like it is and not attributed to forces outside of your control. Also I believe your version of luck is a learned behavior. No one is born lucky. People are predisposed to certain traits, but when those behaviors net a reward they are reinforced. What you describe as a lifestyle that invites luck is actually a habit I'm trying to cultivate in my life right now. My sort-of-resolution is to spend my down time more mindfully (versus, say, fucking around on the internet - unless of course that serves meeting a goal, that is, relaxing or unwinding instead of just passing time) and to be more open to different experiences, even if they make me uncomfortable. I think we're pretty close together on this, but for some strange reason, how you attribute it makes a difference to me. Well, developmental psychology weighs in pretty heavily here - overall behavior, personality and general social approach is set pretty early on in life, a little after 18 months following birth. Now, certainly people can learn to overcome their natural tendencies or make conscious efforts, but in terms of being naturally outgoing and gregarious, to not having natural anxieties around new social situations or strangers, to having an easy-going attitude that is non-confrontational or overly focused on negative outcomes... these are all personality traits. And while they are also learned behaviors that can be adjusted, the predilection to have these types of behaviors as your natural personality and temperament is possible. We all have that one friend or acquaintance who all of their life seems to be at ease at any situation, who always makes friends wherever they go, who always has plans or is traveling to new places/doing new things. Statistically speaking, this person was born "lucky," as their natural personality leans itself towards being in many different situations and is able to know someone or be somewhere that seems to "only happen to them." Meeting lots of people may result in them knowing someone who has a condo at the beach open all summer long, or running into a celebrity athlete's cousin who can get them tickets to the game, or meeting a manager who is looking to fill a dream job but wants to get a candidate they know and trust. Etc., etc. This person's natural social persona will get them into advantageous situations through no more conscious effort than an introvert wall flower who hates crowds would have naturally avoiding attention and speaking to no one at a large social function. That's what I mean by being born lucky - because some people, through no training or conscious thought at all - can naturally behave in a way that makes their lives look "blessed" in ways people who aren't so naturally engaging, outgoing and adventurous can't seem to comprehend. |
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