stress-FREE orientation: human or bovine?

September 2, 2008 · Filed Under grotesque, happiness-boosters, stress-FREEDOM

Humans need a value-system and life-goals to orientate themselves by if they want to live a needs-based stress-FREE, truly happy life. Stress-FREEDOM can serve both as a life-goal and as a high value at the same time.

For physical orientation we can use a simple bovine compass orientated on the North-South axis:

BOVINE INTUITION - Cows Demonstrate Mysterious Inner Compass

Red deer and cows orient themselves on a North-South axis, showing a previously undocumented feel for points of the compass. German scientists discovered the strange alignment by analyzing Google Earth images of 308 pastures.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,574482,00.html

I have always felt that there was something human about cows. Now, why is the term “bovine” mostly used disparagingly e.g. by Nietzsche?

Tags: inner compass, Nietzsche, orientation

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2 Responses to “stress-FREE orientation: human or bovine?”

jesse on September 14th, 2008 17:16

to be able to stay stress-free, basically, be able to free your mind from negative thoughts. you can’t be happy until you know how to cleanse your mind.
Galenios on September 14th, 2008 18:24

Absolutely right, “Jesse” (or “Elizabeth” or whatever the name of the person is, who is trying to decoy stress-FREEDOM seekers unto her or his site using a techy trick): The difference comes from HOW you are cleansing your mind. And not generally of “negative thoughts” but rather of vain desires resulting from faulty thinking. (Or of unfair internet practices:-)

There are thousands of gurus, consultants, advisors and other sales persons out there touting “self-help resources for body, mind, spirit, and prosperity”, “instant stress-relief” or stress-reduction methods, strategies and other nicely packed up and fabulously periced panaceas for doctoring around symptoms – labeled with whatever sounds catchy and can be sold, like 7 steps this, 11 steps that:-) see the page
http://stress-freedom.net/get-inspired/eleven-fool-proof-ways/
I am following an entirely different path: I enable stress-FREEDOM seekers to tap into the unique stress-elimination METHODS practically used OVER 800 YEARS by hundreds of thousands of rational and decent people in the ancient Hellenistic and Roman world in their schools of philosophy – all based on learning and training for eudemonia (= happiness).