I want to be a philosopher!
But maybe I already am!?
Who is a philosopher?
The one who studies it? Or the one who twists his thoughts so much that in the end no one understands him?
I dare to hope that the image of a person who thinks about understanding the world is more likely to emerge behind the term.
Who do we call a philosopher?
Since definitions are quite an essential part of my thinking, I did a little research on who we usually call a philosopher. With this, I would like to get closer to a statement, or a denial.
A philosopher is someone who does not accept the world as given, but questions, examines and interprets it. In the process, he makes his own thinking an object of investigation just like reality.
A philosopher does not simply “deal with knowledge”, but questions the foundations of knowledge. He is not primarily interested in what we know, but in how we know what we know, and what truth, reality or understanding means in general.
In the simplest possible summary, perhaps we could say this: a philosopher is not someone who knows something, but someone who does not stop asking questions.
I am a philosopher!
This is the statement I wanted to arrive at. I do not have to retreat into denial.
The interesting thing about my own path is that philosophy dances with Buddhism in my life. And the two ideologies beautifully show what I feel my understanding is moving towards at its own pace.
The philosopher primarily wants to understand. The Buddhist practitioner primarily wants to be liberated.
I work on my understanding every day. And I already understand that my liberation cannot be learned. It cannot be comprehended. It cannot be desired. And it is not a goal.
Classical philosophy is more insistent on strict forms of reasoning. On the other hand, I rely heavily on my direct experiences and inner experiences. This also brings me closer to Buddhism.
That is why I will complement my previous thought. According to the textbook definition, I am partly a philosopher. After all, instead of thinking about reality, I chose to experience reality directly.
My philosophy does not live in concepts. It does not work in language. It is not necessarily debatable. On the contrary, it breathes in experience. It is heading towards silence. And he doesn’t want to win an argument.
Yes! I’m a philosopher!
My philosophical system
Like every philosopher, I have a vision of the world. My own vision. I call it a system.
This system contains the cornerstones of the form of the world I know. In recent weeks, I have begun to summarize and organize these thoughts about the world into a unified written system.
Since I see the world through these perspectives, I quickly realized that these elements of the system are exactly in the same direction as the other vision I had formed a few months ago. In other words, the fact that I feel good about the world is precisely because I see it through these perspectives.
With this, I have come a very serious step closer to my desire to give you my own world.
My book
This is where two intentions came together in me.
In 2003, I first stated that I wanted to write a book. Perhaps the many years that have passed since then are proof that I am not the impatient type.
The creation is not a sudden idea. It is 23 years.
The other intention is only 4 months old, this is the aforementioned “giving you my world” idea.
According to my current idea, a book is one of the best ways to show what I want to convey.
Along with the connection of the corner points, another thing came true, and I myself did not expect this.
Since the beginning of 2022, I have started to develop four ideas that I had imagined as four separate books until the beginning of the aforementioned systematization work.
During the work, it became clear to me that the four ideas were not the content of four separate books. With a natural ease, the four ideas integrated into one unit.
How to proceed?
So I have the intention. I have the topic. I have the thoughts. Now I just have to create that book.
Maybe one day I will become a writer.
I am writing a story that has been told many times for the first time, because it is exactly where it belongs.
From 2001 to 2005 I completed the following writing courses of the Hungarian Writers’ Training Association:
- Beginner Writing Course
- Advanced Writing Course
- Short Story Writing Course
- Applied Writing Course
- Writing and Self-Awareness Course
Three years ago, I started attending the local group organized by the Hungarian Writers’ Academy, which was called the Literary Circle.
I was excitedly preparing for the first meeting. Especially since the members included a hospital chief physician, whose book was already available at the time, under the supervision of a major publisher in the book market.
I read the book before the first meeting and thought it was a great work from the very first pages. (The author’s second book has since been published, and I read it on Koh Samui. This work adds another layer to the excellence of the first book.)
So, I was excitedly preparing for the first meeting. Yet, writing would be the only common theme of a small group, in which, moreover, one – certainly experienced – member would also participate.
The meeting was in a café. The chief physician arrived a good half hour late.
As she entered the café, she looked at us and asked, “Are you the writers?”
Almost everyone answered with a resounding “Yes, we are!”
I was the only one who said quietly but clearly, “I am not a writer.”
If this book is finished and I ever have coffee with this writer again, maybe I will answer differently.
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If you enjoyed this story, you can buy me a coffee. You don’t have to – but it means a lot and I always turn it into a new adventure.
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