First Knight--Principle Driven, Rather Than Sex Driven!
Everyone is somewhat familiar with King Author, Camelot and The Knights of the Round Table, from folklore, stories, books, movies, even a cartoon, King Author and the Knights of Justice, an interesting name for the game and the knights, and what they were all about, even as far back as the 5th and 6th centuries, when, legendary King Author, and his Knights of the Round Table, stood for a new type of society, after defeating the Anglo-Saxons, and preserved, much of what we now call the United Kingdom or that part of Europe, with a focus, in this new society and order, peace in the land and justice for all the people! A pretty advanced line of thought, for the days of brutality, the feudal system, and basically, the previous order of, really, survival of the fittest and strongest, who raped, plundered, and pillaged, those weaker, feudal lords, and their serfs. The main characters of the national drama, where, of course, Author, the wizard, the sword, Excalibur, his final battle, coming from a challenge of one of the knights of the round table, Mordred, in favor of the old ways, Lancelot, in impetuous, but gifted warrior, who sees Guinevere before she is married to Author, and the Holy Grail, in some stories. And of course, we have the lover's triangle, between King Author, Guinevere, and Lancelot.
As a young girl, while going to girls camp, up in the Unitah Forest, in Utah, while the rest of the bus load of campers, were singing, 99 Bottles of Beer of the Wall, 99 Bottles of Beer . . . going on, into the extremely boring, recitation, all the way, down through the numbers, until they got to One Bottle of Beer on the Wall, so redundant and extremely excruciating punishment for me, I would, entertain my mind, much as I do today, with some, imaginary prince, handsome, dashing, and undaunted by a challenge, much like Sir Lancelot, played so well by, actor Richard Gere, with his wild long hair, is unabashed, and valiant, gallant rescue of Lady Guinevere, from Mordred and his band of looters, burning and laying claim to the village and area, that Guinevere, is the Princess and ruler over, with little protection, from the poor, ill trained, and shabby village folks, just eking out an existence, and no match for the warring Mordred and his men . . .
In fact, this last time, I watched First Knight, I was a bit less, enveloped in the lover's triangle, and much more into the political drama, while still enjoying my old indulgences, of lovers of note, vying over the Lady, and her internal battle, struggling, on the one hand, for protection for her village, and the noble principles of peace and justice that Camelot and King Author, had to offer the young, beauty . . . with the breathtaking love, she feels, when she first sets eyes on Lancelot, adding a choice, between the two men, and focused more on the reasoning behind, her choices, and what ultimately led to her adulterous affair with Lancelot, devastated the King, who loved, both his wife, and Lancelot, his first knight, that led to an unwanted division in this new dream of justice and peace, as well as caused problems in the Knights, around the Round Table.
Men and Women, Philosophers, Nation Builders, Empire and Imperial Lords, Have All Dreamed of Utopia, Peace, Justice, A More Perfect Union!
Perhaps, it is these early years of dreaming, seeing movies, of noble figures, legends in history, that made me who I am today . . . still the romantic, searching for the men of valor, honor, vision, the power to change the status quo, improving, not only their own lives, but those of their fellow men, women and children, with a fierce passion for peace, justice, common welfare, general defense, prosperity for all, and the ability, persuasion, will power, skills, power, and passion to bring their version of Utopia, into fruition . . . much like the founding fathers, in more modern time! Guinevere, loves, Author, for all of this, what he had created, the goodness, the peace and prosperity he was bringing to his subjects, and her small village, no less significant, that his own subjects, or men of equality, to which, King Author makes reference to, as he was trying to move toward, giving all people dignity and status, with this new band of visionary men, who were willing to stand by their King's side and defend the principles and concepts of a new ear, in the evolutionary progress of mankind, inspiring men and women for centuries, with similar altruistic goals, such as those, still an ideal, but we are making progress, toward the idealistic vision of the founding father's version of Utopia, that we are at least moving closer and closer, toward, as we try to convince others, that there can be true peace and justice in this world, and we can achieve it, together!
Great Western Thinkers, Like Aristotle, In His Essay on Virtue, Plato's Republic, or Immanuel Kant's, Philosophy, that Man Should Not Do, Anything, He Would Not Want All Men/Women to Do! Or John Stuart Mills' Ideas on Liberty!
Just a few ideas, that I can remember, from these essays, ideas, and philosophies, that have inspired and driven my life . . . on happiness, that Aristotle speaks of in the Virtues, essay, he makes the statement, that you can never judge a man happy or sad, or a life primarily of one or the other, until the day the man dies! In the words of my cousin, Edward, who had dedicated his life to the study of happiness, because he found it so hard to find, after interviewing people, he thought to be self actualized, found that happiness quotions, for people tend to consist of these three things: (1) health, (2) time, and (3) sufficient wealth to meet basic human needs . . . and if you are lacking in any one of these, you can't be happy! A man or woman, or child for that matter, may be extremely miserable in one part of their life, and it may appear that siblings, friends, partners, and others are much happier than, they themselves are; however, in another 5 years, life seems to be made of ups and downs, and those who at an earlier point in life, while experiencing difficulties, even extreme difficulties, may in fact, by the end of their life, or another segment of life, actually, achieve a happiness, that far exceeds that of other people, who were seemingly, more happy, but now, for unknown circumstances and events, are no longer happy, or are in a down turn, and only time will tell, whether a man, over all, was either happy or sad, in general . . .
The one thing I remember of Plato's, Republic, is that if parents fail to teach their kids about the law, society will. And that tends to be a very true statement, and the system, will not be as understanding, and forgiving, as a loving parent; therefore, it behooves a parents, to take their responsibility to train their children, in the paths of good citizenship, rather than leaving it to the support systems of schools, churches, and the village, to perhaps do what the parent failed to do, leaving the child, wanting and needing instruction, beyond what an errant parent failed to do, with, if the child is lucky, a village to fill in the gaps, in the learning cycle of what is and is not acceptable in society, before the law kicks in and does the rehabilitation for the child, and who knows what that will consist of, but most people don't find the criminal or civil judicial systems to be too fun, kind, or with any type of tolerance much at all. But, for all of us to fell safe, with our general welfare protected, we need to help younger people understand, what is an is not acceptable, before it is too late, and harsher punishments, kick in, and leave them with little joy, happiness, and love in their lives.
I read most of these essays, a hundred years ago, lol, therefore, the memory of exactly what men, like John Stuart Mills said about Liberty, is a bit vague; however, I know, that I tend to see it much like another founding father, Patrick Henry, when he said, Give me liberty, or give me death! And I see it as just that simple and straightforward, with one of my favorite sayings or motto, I saw scratched in a bench, upside down, at a park in Spokane, while I was just watching the morning sun rise, the ducks and geese, leaver their resting and nesting places on the grass, and take flight, skimming over the water, until landing, softly on it, along with watching the City wake-up, and it said, Live Hard, Die Free . . . and I still agree with that totally, liberty is essential to happiness!
The Words, Evolution and Revolution, Both Have the Word, "LOVE" in Them . . . God's Not Dead, He's Living Like a Lion . . . If Faith is Dead, I Need a Resurrection, Somehow . . . I Am Lost In Your Freedom!
Those last few words, are from a song, by the band, Newsboy, God's Not Dead, he is surely alive, he is living on the inside, roaring like a lion . . . he's roaring, he's roaring like a lion, roaring like a lion! Fabulous song, and lyrics. Like I have said, before, Jesus is the ultimate, UFC fighter, totally for freedom, even setting us free, not only from sins, but from hate, from prejudice, from discrimination, from envy, jealousy, abuse, and all the other issues humans deal with, like greed, sloth, and whatever ails the human condition! While we need to have a separation of church and state as a secular society, governed by the Constitution . . . that doesn't mean that we negate all our worship, for a living God, Jesus Christ, who will ultimately give us freedom and liberty from the grave, we need to work on our own personal perfection, at our pace, and let others, who may be far better people, than we are, even without ever entering a church, or being baptized . . . in the New Testament, book of Romans, there are those who live better than those with the law, or the scriptures. I believe that it is possible for some of these people to practice the Golden Rule, or Kant's, don't do anything personally, that you would not want everyone to do! A sobering thought, we tend to forgive ourselves of all kinds of little indiscretions, lies, and such, but, do we want everyone to stick their gum under the table? Or spit on the sidewalk? Think about it, or litter, what would the world, nation, state, town, or neighborhood look like, if everyone did what I did?
It Is Really This Simple . . . Love the Lord, Your God, And Love Your Fellow Men . . . United States Constitution, Preamble, To Me, is Just the Gospel in Law! All Men are Created Equal, but They Don't All Have Equal Opportunities, Education, Access . . . Therein Lies the Differences! It Is Our Duty to Try to Make The Best Attempt To See That All People Get a FAIR SHAKE in LIFE! If We LOVE People, That Will Be Far Easier!
WE CAN DO THIS AMERICA, WORLD!
Evolve, Revolutionize, LOVE!
P.S., I had a hard time, not writing . . . I am the same author as the other 520 some odd, blogs, enjoy!
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