19. Triadic Philosophy is about more than thinking in threes. It is also about adopting a daily discipline. If you are not inclined to devote a half hour a day to walking or some modest physical movement and if you are not willing to give a daily regimen a try, then the chances of benefit diminish. You benefit of course from the ideas you are reading and the thoughts they stimulate, but each day loses out in adventures not undertaken and conclusions never considered or arrived at. So be prepared to imbibe a notion or two about lifestyle. There is a consolation. It is not hard to learn and it is free.
20. Let me share what I do and suggest what is "required" and what is optional. I divide my half hour walk (on a treadmill or outside depending) into six segments averaging five minutes each. My text is my version of the Lord's Prayer: Abba whose home in heaven is Hallowed and holy is your name Let your realm come your will be done Till earth and heaven are the same Give us this day our daily bread Forgive the wrongs that we have done As we forgive those who do wrong Lead us not into temptation Deliver us from evil Lord And guide us safely to your shore Yours is the power to heal and mend Yours is the glory evermore I may sing to myself very slowly or speak to myself. I alternate these segments with three other segments which I will explain. I recommend that every practitioner have a text such as this. It may be a prayer or a sacred text or it may be something entirely different. It only needs to have meaning. With this caveat: Within the words I have written above there is an utterly necessary act which is at the very center of Triadic Philosophy. It is the act of forgiving all. And the act of seeking forgiveness for all the wrongs that you have done. Triadic Philosophy acknowledges the fallibility and the downright evil in the world and the need to confront it. And it is impossible to advance as a human being without being able to forgive and without seeking forgiveness. The other three segments of my daily half hour are generally given over to what Peirce called musement. They are meditative periods where the focus is on whatever I choose. Most often it is whatever I am most concerned about. And I can tell you that there is no greater proof of the value of this than the momentous decisions that can emerge. These daily half hours are an action engine. *@stephencrose <https://twitter.com/stephencrose>* On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 1:17 PM, Stephen C. Rose <stever...@gmail.com> wrote: > THanks. Will do - or won't. Whichever is correct usage. Cheers, S > > *@stephencrose <https://twitter.com/stephencrose>* > > > On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 12:48 PM, Gary Richmond <gary.richm...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> [off-list] Stephen, >> >> I'd suggest not getting into it too deeply with Jerry. He's something of >> a curmudgeon, and you never can win with him (just as you can't with >> Edwina, for example). Save yourself the grief is my suggestion. >> >> Best, >> >> Gary >> >> >> *Gary Richmond* >> *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* >> *Communication Studies* >> *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* >> >> >> On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 12:22 PM, Stephen C. Rose <stever...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> I am not sure what you are saying. Non-idolatry in my view is the >>> supreme value of all and underlies all other good values. This means it can >>> modify, condition, adjust, trump or accentuate one's consideration. If you >>> mean that is the "strong conclusion." The premise as I read it is that time >>> has shown or revealed the pertinence of three values which in Triadic >>> Philosophy are called action values. These are the ones named. The >>> statement says that tolerance, helpfulness and democracy are values whose >>> practice by individuals, collectively and over time, result in human >>> progress. >>> >>> *@stephencrose <https://twitter.com/stephencrose>* >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 12:04 PM, Jerry LR Chandler < >>> jerry_lr_chand...@me.com> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> On Jun 27, 2014, at 7:50 AM, Stephen C. Rose wrote: >>>> >>>> 17. >>>> >>>> Within the scope of chronology, of continuity, tolerance, democracy >>>> and helpfulness have risen to the top. Non-idolatry underlies them all. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I fail to detect a rhetorical relationship between what appears to be a >>>> multi-term and rather unclear premise and the strong conclusion drawn. >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> >>>> Jerry >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> ----------------------------- >>> PEIRCE-L subscribers: Click on "Reply List" or "Reply All" to REPLY ON >>> PEIRCE-L to this message. PEIRCE-L posts should go to >>> peirce-L@list.iupui.edu . To UNSUBSCRIBE, send a message not to >>> PEIRCE-L but to l...@list.iupui.edu with the line "UNSubscribe >>> PEIRCE-L" in the BODY of the message. More at >>> http://www.cspeirce.com/peirce-l/peirce-l.htm . >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >
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