{"id":2882,"date":"2020-10-05T04:35:46","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T04:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2020\/10\/05\/the-art-of-life-among-regular-guys\/"},"modified":"2020-10-05T04:35:46","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T04:35:46","slug":"the-art-of-life-among-regular-guys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2020\/10\/05\/the-art-of-life-among-regular-guys\/","title":{"rendered":"The Art of Life: Among ‘Regular Guys’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Among regular guys it is best to play the regular guy — as tiring and boring as that can be. Need relief? Strictly limit your time among regular guys. But mix with them a little lest you be hated for being 'aloof,' or 'unfriendly.'<\/span><\/p>\n

As long as one is<\/em> in the world, one must be able to pass as being of<\/em> the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

Almost all socializing is levelling and dispiriting.  It drains one's spiritual sap. But a little socializing is good, like a little whisky. In both cases, however, more is not better.<\/span><\/p>\n

In this fallen world, society is the enemy of solitude, and solitude is to be preferred if the good of the soul is a goal.<\/span><\/p>\n

But I can imagine a form of sociality superior to solitude. This would be a society of spirits who had passed through the school of solitude and had achieved self-individuation.  But such a society is not to be had here below, if anywhere.<\/span><\/p>\n

A qualification is needed. There are rare occasions in rare friendships in which one gets a glimpse of what that sodality of spirit would be like. <\/span><\/p>\n

I'll end on a mundane note.  In my experience, a little socializing is often physically<\/em> stimulating.  On an early morning ramble, I am doing alright.  I encounter an acquaintance. We chat for a few minutes. When I start up again I feel energized. There's a spring in my step and  glide to my stride. I exult, "I feel better than any old man should be allowed to feel."<\/span><\/p>\n

RELATED:  Introverts and Inwardness<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Among regular guys it is best to play the regular guy — as tiring and boring as that can be. Need relief? Strictly limit your time among regular guys. But mix with them a little lest you be hated for being 'aloof,' or 'unfriendly.' As long as one is in the world, one must be … Continue reading “The Art of Life: Among ‘Regular Guys’”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[406,39,278,72,465],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-of-life","category-human-predicament","category-introversion","category-sage-advice","category-solitude"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2882\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}