Pointing the Telescope

I have never been familiar with telescopes; I might have used one twice at most. I have the least idea on what it feels like to look to somewhere afar. With what has been though, I have the most experience. I usually act on impulse then think things over after. It sounds silly but it’s true. So I guess I have an idea when Schopenhauer says “Point the telescope.” As a matter of fact I do but it’s pretty much the other way around. He pretty much tells it like looking at the present as if it were the past. Quite different from live ‘one day at a time’. And I’m a person who lives looking at the future; I miss much of the present really. So if I were to follow Arthur Schopenhauer, it will take lots of adjustment. The whole concept is pretty enticing. Now what do I think?

If I were to think from the future, which is the opposite of what I usually do, I would see things based on probable circumstances. I have a good sense of intuition which means I’ll have an easy time figuring out what is most likely to happen. Although given all of these, I’m still too much of a thinker. I’m not exactly very intuitive and like what I’ve already said. I’m better at looking to the future and not from it. Of course, that is the purpose of philosophers. Some of them exist to explain what already is and just elaborates matters people already know by heart. People who still have to experience them get advantage in these. For others, they philosophize to figure out what would be better. Hence, the political ideologies of communism and fascism et cetera. What Schopenhauer suggests is not exactly out of the ordinary but it is not so usual. There are not many everyday people who perform like he suggests. As for me, I’m obviously not one of them.

I’m more of an emotional, sentimental person but not overly-dramatic and I could make use of the function of mind ruling over the heart. Sometimes, or many times, I do things even when I think it’s wrong because I feel that it is the right thing to do. And what do you know, my intuition fails! Well not exactly... Uhm, is intuition of the mind or of the heart? Either way, I think a lot but I usually act the way I feel.

When I think of it, what Schopenhauer suggests is very beneficial. It rings better judgment to me. But I don’t really think I’ll do as he says—at least not in the near future.

I wish I had a telescope. I’ll look at what I can’t see and try to look up and see the stars. I don’t want to watch the present. I’m already living it and have enough of it. The future has it’s element of surprise. In today, I have nothing to prove since everything is laid bare. As for the future, I’ll be proven either right or wrong. The past is behind me, there’s no turning back now. The future is what lies ahead.