Curious Question

[Charlotte]

During contemplation a question came up for me and I'm curious to know what you guys think. 

 

What makes us like certain things but not others? Colours, car types, types of music, taste's etc. 

(Please provide an answer from direct experience, not from what you read or heard).

Edited August 11, 2018 by Charlotte

[tsuki]

49 minutes ago, Charlotte said:

What makes us like certain things but not others? Colours, car types, types of music, taste's etc. 

@Charlotte My current answer is:

The moment we notice for the first time that we've been doing something that can be named (such as listening to music), the like or dislike is 'created' by the relationship to our conscious beliefs.
If, for example - we recognize that we're listening to music in relationship to our religious beliefs, we may 'create' dislike, as it contradicts something important.

We can also create pre-expectations of what is wrong and what is right if some belief is so important that it occupies our conscious attention all the time. This belief is what constitutes identity. Then, we observe our everyday occurrences and judge things as good or bad automatically. This is what 'steers' us towards and away from things.
If we are not conscious of the mechanics of fragmentation, contradiction and belief - it is very difficult to observe oneself in everyday life.

So, in short - it is a phase of 'changing' consciousness that is necessary to prime the mechanism of self-reflection via suffering.

Edited August 11, 2018 by tsuki

[Joseph Maynor]

That's a great question for contemplation!

[Charlotte]

@see_on_see  I appreciate your answer but I'm looking for an answer from your direct experience, not genetics etc because I haven't witnessed genetics being the answer to my question in my direct experience. 

@tsuki WOW! Very insightful thank you!! Really appreciate your reply ?

Easy/lazy way to avoid answering anything? Say this...

8 minutes ago, Outer said:

It just is.

Yawn outer! ?

[tsuki]

11 minutes ago, Outer said:

What a bunch of bologna from a dream character.

@Outer Hahaha. Did you like it?
What belief did I just contradict?

[tsuki]

@Outer Oh, so we're playing along the lines of clear language.

9 minutes ago, Outer said:

Why do you want to know why you like a certain flavor over the other?

Huh? I thought that it is, what it is.
Why do you want to know why does she want to know?

Edited August 11, 2018 by tsuki

[tsuki]

@Outer Why is it logical to use logic?

[tsuki]

@Outer You calling my nonsense 'red herrings' tells me that you get off it as well.
It is not logical to use logic, but it is perfectly illogical to both use it and not use it.
Logic has its places, but existential, or phenomenological questions are not within its domains.
To logic, certain things just are what they are.

My presence here does not threaten your little bastion from my perspective.
It may only look like that through your little manhole.

[tsuki]

@Outer Yes, you know all the ways in which logic can call things illogical.
Is there any lens other than logic that you use to see the world?

In before: https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/ad-hominem
It would be like treating logic as insult.

@Charlotte I'm sorry for derailing your thread.
We'll get past it eventually.

Edited August 11, 2018 by tsuki

[pluto]

Your own personalized consciousness/experience. Your own unique projection.

Every single vibration you emit, creates a ripple effect.

Edited August 11, 2018 by pluto

[Charlotte]

@see_on_see aaaah I see, thanks for your answer and explaining. 

On 11/08/2018 at 11:49 AM, tsuki said:

 I'm sorry for derailing your thread.
We'll get past it eventually

Don't even worry about it ?

@Caterpillar makes sense, thank you. 

 

[Charlotte]

@pluto ?

@Artaemis Yes I know what you mean. Thanks for your input. 

(Apologies for late reply, been off the forum a while).