A (first) key realisation/learning: the concept referred to here as “Balanced Positivity” has been known and referred to by other terms for millennia

Something that has become very apparent to me is that the concept I refer to as “Balanced Positivity” has been known and referred to by other terms for millennia - as discussed in   “Aristotle and moderation”   https://shrineofbalancedpositivity.blogspot.com/2025/03/aristotle-and-moderation.html     

So a key realisation (learning?) from my work so far could be written as: 

the concept referred to here as “Balanced Positivity” has been known and referred to by other terms for millennia  

There are other realisations and learnings, but the above is important, in my opinion, as it sets the broader context for this Shrine’s existence. 

Blessed Be

Gnwmythr (Kayleen), ShrineKeeper 

Thursday 10^th April, 2025  

Assumptions / basis 

In writing this, I have assumed / started from the following: 

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Possible flaws 

Where I can, I will try to highlight possible flaws / issues you should consider: 

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• there may be flawed logical arguments in the above: to find out more about such flaws and thinking generally, I recommend Brendan  Myers’ free online course “Clear and Present Thinking”;  
• I could be wrong - so keep your thinking caps on, and make up your own minds for yourself.
  

 

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Another excellent and relevant “Midday with Rev Don” video on moderation and spectrums

This video is excellent in it’s own right, but also includes commentary on avoiding extremes, and that many things are a spectrum, not isolated extremes at each end. As I've described it in my coming end of week reflection post on my main blog:

• “More BBQ Please - Midday With Rev Don”   https://www.youtube.com/live/5dbZZ1bYt2o   Excellent commentary on how changes over time can make cherished things impossible (such as recreating manufacturing), why people may do things (in particular, exaggerated emotional reaction, rather than any real or sensible [rational] reason), and changing values, commentary on death cleaning (which is something I’m also doing, and the commentary on Aristotelian idea of moderation & that many things are spectrums, not polar opposites.     

See also: 

“Aristotle and moderation”   https://shrineofbalancedpositivity.blogspot.com/2025/03/aristotle-and-moderation.html     

Blessed Be

Gnwmythr (Kayleen), ShrineKeeper 

Wednesday 9^th April, 2025

If you appreciated this post, please consider promoting it - there are some links below, and there’s also other options. 

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(Gnwmythr is pronounced new-MYTH-ear)  

Remember: we generally need to be more human being rather than human doing, to mind our Mӕgan, and to acknowledge that all misgendering is an act of active transphobia/transmisia that puts trans+ lives at risk & accept that all insistence on the use of “trans” as a descriptor comes with commensurate use of “cis” as a descriptor to prevent “othering” (just as binary gendered [men’s and women’s] sporting teams are either both given the gender descriptor, or neither).

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