I really just want to write quickly.

I have been reading a lot of ancient Greek philosophy - and equally as important, the context and string of growth behind that philosophy.

Socrates was the turn inward - the turn from psychical nature, to the human -- but not directly. It started out with persons like Anaxagoras turning to explain the nature of the cosmos away from the 'Gods' - this was hated back then and stifled -- seriously, same problems over and over, us a human race has got to figure this out. This combined with Protagoras (and his individualism) lead to a trembling of the foundations upon which ancient Greece stood (specifically Athens - the villages of Attica accepted this easier).

Anyways, without showing my still very unlearned view, the pendulum swinging led away from the physical sciences and an interest in human experience; specifically the interest in senses and the mind. The philosophers associated here are gone from my mind this early afternoon - but you can trace the thread very easily by reading Will Durant's books on Ancient cultures (Part II specifically on the rise and fall of Greece).

Anyhow, the way Socrates is different from these aforementioned thinkers is numerous; here specifically I am highlighting the turn further inward from the senses - he, Socrates, became interested most in human intention and character.

I found the seeds of his philosophical push thrusting from the soil of my young and still actively tilled intellectualism. I see and experience life finding my most interesting stimulus in the backdrops of human interaction and processing. This is to say that I am interested in how we respond as people and individuals to stimuli, but also why we do, and what factors potentially led us to.

Let all I've written so far rest comfortably a few inches from settling in the back of your mind before I finish my overall point following -

I also like video games and read about them. Even in that I see human experience as I've described above, the why and what and how, etc. Today I stumbled upon a little article about fixed mindsets and malleable mindsets and how certain video game habits can indicate both and how video games can be used slightly to modify one or the other.

Finally, one point away from my conclusion - I am still tracing the dance of positive processing. It is amazing. Using the word 'difficult' is far too easy and childish, and the word 'challenging' is trite and obvious - the precarious ways in which we must "vigilantly guard our good moods!" is quite a sensation. As I've previously described it, it's almost as if I can feel the new pathways growing while the old die - as if I can sense my brain's shape altering - so Amazing is the most accurate and comfortable word to use.

In conclusion then, Socrates turned inward to see the human character and suggested that we 'know ourselves' - the move of positivity can alter the mind and improve ones character and also give a good reflection of the base which someone starts out with - and video games, are another remarkable modern tool which allow us to embark on this wise, age old endeavor if used in the right manner. (which in writing it out, brings my thinking full circle to the way Socrates describes what 'good' is --- which is something being used in a good purpose).

Read the video game article here

I think this blog was about philosophy, spiritual growth thereafter, and video games as another vessel that we comtemporaries mostly have access to which our forefathers of thought did not. So I guess I'm saying even video games can be included in our personal growth?

That seems interesting.

you should tell me if you feel like you've wasted your time...because my 'old neurons' are telling me that I think I just did...though my new ones are laughing and saying 'way to write about what you want, constant writing will make you a better writer, thinker and person as it will give you a written log of your personality at the time - thus charting your growth and giving you the tools needed to chart direction and plot destination...and maybe it will also entertain them...whoever they are'

love karan