The Kindness Code - Pioneers of the Paradox

Without doubt when we float above the edges of a paradox we are opened up to extended horizons, and a way of thinking that is beyond our customary and routine thought patterns.

So what do we mean by a paradox? It is usually defined as simply a question or statement that completely goes against logic.

Here's an example...why is it that simply standing is more tiring than walking?

Or this one "No-one ever goes to that restaurant because it's always too crowded!"

The paradox involves contradictory yet interrelated elements that seemingly cannot be resolved, and those elements then continue to exist simultaneously and persist over time.

If you'd really like to explore 10 more intriguing paradoxes this 7 minute video will really "bake your noodle," as the Oracle said to Neo in The Matrix!

Similarly at the end of the Star Trek: The Next Generation Series Finale, 'All Good Things,' Q from the omniscient race called the Q Continuum tells Captain Jean-Luc Picard...

"We wanted to see if you had the ability to expand your mind and your horizons, and for one brief moment you did.

Picard: When I realised the paradox.

Q: Exactly. For that one fraction of a second, you were open to options you had never considered. That is the exploration that awaits you. Not mapping stars and studying nebulas, but charting the unknown possibilities of existence."*

While I am not suggesting that we trust Q for a moment, when we stand upon the thresholds of a paradox which we cannot logically resolve, there appears to be a cracking, an opening in our consciousness and it is in this moment that we become consciousness pioneers capable of boldly going where no-one has gone before.

What follows is a short excursion and a mini exploration of consciousness with four seemingly inverse or paradoxically phrased truisms with the sole objective of making us think outside the box, and maybe scratching our collective heads!

"Some people complain because the rose has thorns; I am thankful because the thorns have a rose." Alphonse Karr.

"Become nothing, and he will turn you into everything" Rumi.

"Travelling the world broadens horizons but often makes the traveller deeply introspective." Lilygolightly

"Music expresses that which cannot be put into words, and that which cannot remain silent." Victor Hugo.

Would be lovely to see some of your favourite confounding paradoxical or inverse thoughts in the comments...

Credits and Pictures

*Brandon Braga and Ronald D. Moore Script writers for Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Q All Good Things Publicity shot; Paramount Pictures
All Digital Art Pictures by Christian Schloe
His website here https://society6.com/christianschloe

Lilygolightly is a writer for, and originator of, The Kindness Code. Please support the spread of universal kindness by doing it, BEING it, and being kind in any way you can. We are all KINDred souls sharing space on this precious planet we call our home and a little kindness makes our home a happier place.

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