Commenting on your third and final lines.
The correction must begin with the fetal to infant stages of life and
how they are nurtured by the parents and, as infant, by the community at
large as the infant proceeds outward from the intimacy of the family
unit. The more recent research on brain development and subsequent
actions of the individual as an adult have shown this to be of
tantamount importance to the logical but empathetic reasoning resultant
actions of the adult.
Sociopathic and psychopathic personalities can both be the result of
imbalances in the brain chemistry (usually lowered dopamine receptivity
or general activity) which affect a clarity of thought and reason. The
empathetic personality has many more active receptors and dopamine
production leading to a more stable and community oriented individual
(as opposed to fearful self gratifying interest - whatever that interest
may be). I believe this has been described as nurture over nature
(epigenetics over genetics) and takes place from the beginnings of brain
growth in the womb to about 6 months of age as the most important but
continues to the point of maximum brain growth and synaptic development.
Any arresting of the chemical development of the brain through neglect
or trauma (such as abandonment - leaving the infant cry for momma in the
next room, not touching, stroking, massaging, talking, singing to or
otherwise personally communicating with the infant) reduces the
dopamine/synapse development which can never be corrected through the
rest of the person's life. Chemical replacement therapy does not work.
'Western' (Christian) spare the rod - spoil the child, ignore the child,
or even "looking at the infant the wrong way (unlovingly, - even to the
constricting of the pupils of the eyes of the beholder)" has been proven
to create stress which blocks dopamine production or reception and
subverts the proper, and complete, development of the child's brain. The
infant keys-in on the visual because language is not yet understood.
What are we left with when those who seek wealth and power *at any cost*
raise families /in their own self image /? Is it too obvious to say "The
same insecurities and greed that the parents elicited will be passed to
the offspring." - Sins of the father stuff but the momma is now known to
be as guilty due to the effects of the early infancy influences. *But*,
the father's influence on the expectant mother *cannot be disregarded*.
Those first few months set the groundwork for the capabilities of the
individual to deal with any stress that may enter his or her life as
they age. *Any* stress, whether physical, emotional or psychological.
So, what am I saying? These adults are lost. *No* sense of reason will
change them. They will continue to believe they are right and deserve
all they can squeeze from the masses and the planet. They are insane and
must be thought of as such and treated as such. I'm not saying it is
their fault; just that they cannot change their basic programming. It is
the rest of us who must stand against them and block their base actions.
*Then* build a society that honours each birth and new spirit in this
realm instead of inflicting harm upon it.
"In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts" - Gabor Mate(acute e) is a book anyone
interested in people and why (your choice of question following) should
read.
Darryl
P.S. One sadly interesting account of a west coast Salish princess now
lost in Vancouver's east side who might have been her tribe's Medicine
Priest were it not for certain influences that entered her early life.
This book will wrench your heart out for all the damage we have created
on this earth.
On 10/13/2011 3:15 PM, Ray Harrell wrote:
Corrected the last line. Sorry!
REH
*From:*[email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Ray Harrell
*Sent:* Thursday, October 13, 2011 4:33 PM
*To:* 'RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION'
*Subject:* Re: [Futurework] Where it's at.
You are looking for final answers and there are none. There are just
cycles that can be manipulated and controlled through virtuosity.
But for virtuosity you need artistry and for artistry you need
aesthetics and control over the individual and group patterns of
life. You also need help from each other since no one is complete on
their own.
Capitalism and Western Socialism destroys help through aggressive
competition. Neither have any discipline in the Art of time and a
very poor ability to understand the problems of aggravation in
defining the orders of processes. I think it's a Western mental
virus.
First, one has to align and balance themselves with the natural
systems rather than destroying them for profit. Don't make a
fetish of separation and individuation from some supra parental thing
and then preach "freedom." Freedom is competence and the ability to
make decisions based in the diminution of complexity.
It's not just making a theory and "taking a chance." That is
simple storytelling. To the West, Individual Freedom and an
ensemble or "learning organization" is an oxymoron. Therein lies
the problem. Their sensuality is all found inindividual interaction
and ownershipofthings and not in organic process and human growth.
REH
*From:*[email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Ed Weick
*Sent:* Thursday, October 13, 2011 2:10 PM
*To:* RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION
*Subject:* Re: [Futurework] Where it's at.
_Ray_: The problem is still the design of large generic systems that
benefit the entire planet and not just a small group. What's so
hard about that?
_Me_: It's been tried, Ray, many, many times, but it just doesn't seem
to happen. For some reason, enlightened ideas always seem to lead to
crumbling utopias. The idealism of Marx, Engels et. al. somehow led
to the brutality of Stalinist Russia and, more recently, to the state
capitalism of China. Adam Smith, the Classical Economists, the
Austrians and the Chicago School were brilliant economic thinkers, but
their thought has been used, perverted perhaps, to support a system in
which the few are very rich and the many are mired in poverty and
degradation. International agencies established for the greater good
of all humanity -- the UN, the IMF, the World Bank, etc. -- are made
to serve particular interests or are shoved into corners from which
they are unable to serve anybody with any effect.
I don't know what can be done about it. Religion perhaps, though not
the kind that makes people throw their hands in the air,
shout halleluiah and ask some grand pseudo-being to help them keep
doing what they're doing, but the kind that builds a morality that
brings people together and tells them that they must not cheat their
fellow-man or use him to boost their own advantages.
Could it happen? Will it? I'm a pessimist, but I won't abandon hope.
Ed
----- Original Message -----
*From:*Ray Harrell <mailto:[email protected]>
*To:*'RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION,EDUCATION'
<mailto:[email protected]> ;
[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>
*Sent:*Thursday, October 13, 2011 11:19 AM
*Subject:*Re: [Futurework] Where it's at.
What is it about economists that they can ignore the basic system
of capitalism that separates wealth to small groups at the expense
of the larger group? What is happening now is the normal thing
for capitalism. What capitalism needs is balance by other
domains of society to curb it's immorality. When capitalism buys
the society or kills the intellect of the society through mere
sensual object relations and the refusal to teach the young then
the society withers. The problem is still the design of large
generic systems that benefit the entire planet and not just a
small group. What's so hard about that?
REH
*From:*[email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Ed Weick
*Sent:* Thursday, October 13, 2011 8:22 AM
*To:* [email protected]; 'RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME
DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION'
*Subject:* [Futurework] Where it's at.
For a thorough posting on the state of the American economy and
the causes of the present crisis, look at:
http://www.businessinsider.com/what-wall-street-protesters-are-so-angry-about-2011-10?op=1
Is it accurate? I don't know, but it is very interesting.
Ed
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