Philosophy has really been shaking my world view. Theories about invisible hands, the myth of the cave, the world of being vs. the world of becoming, who should rule, social contracts, subjective reality, monads, and the matrix, just for starting in reality and justice. I feel like the world is all cluttered with good intentions and bad intentions, but the outcomes are not always what you would expect. These words, like justice and dignity, that hold such powerful ideas keep cropping. I almost feel like I’m being brought from one reality, into a higher one, as in the myth of the cave. From the world of accepting, to the world of questioning, but it isn’t easy, I’m losing my footing and security along the way, the naive idea that everything must be right with the world. I’m not talking about conspiracies here, looming danger, but more about the injustices that go ignored, ideas formed by uninformed minds, and the human tendency to push things under the carpet – out of sight, out of mind. In a way I feel like I’m losing faith in the world, in humanity, but at the same time, I’m gaining it because of all these great thinkers, all the strong, empowered individuals I see asking questions, learning, creating. A short while ago I read the intro to The Reason For God online (I’m reading The God Delusion and want to be fair about seeing both sides). I remember scoffing at how the author, Timothy Keller, insisted that faith was growing and scepticism was growing at the same time, but now I think it might be a type of paradox. Maybe that’s only because I feel similar about my level of faith in humanity, it’s higher and lower than ever, because I am learning more of the horrible things humans have, and continue to do, and I’m discovering more and more people who are creative, wise, musical, kind and intelligent. I guess, I’m not quite sure what to think, but I feel optimistic, and a bit empowered, because at least I’m thinking about it, thinking about the world and what I believe in.