It will be a better New Year for me knowing you are in it Slip. It does matter to me that there are people I can agree with and differ with under some kind of rational code. I can't bear the standard of public debate and action. I have travelled a lot and must say the problems we all mutter about are world-wide. Idiot regimes collapse around us, but we seem dumb enough to want to return to old ways that are palpably wrong. Not sure yet what I intend to do, but I hope at least to get in print this coming year with some slagging of what does go on. Mostly, I guess we need to be less scared of small peaceful lives and much more scared of people with big "answers". If we could adjust to this, we might have a big answer on our hands.
On 30 Dec, 03:40, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for your response and your predictions! The apologies were > just an attempt to cover that which I may not have been aware of and > because I am a being of compassion. Actually if anyone has any real > complaint they can call 1-800- Eat Crow ext: kma. If the line is busy > just keep trying. > I didn't feel I had anything to apologize to you about either, fran. > Basically I'm preparing to sign off for the year and enter into a new > dimension. It is somewhat like molting or the shedding of the skin, a > rebirth in a non religious sense. I do it every year and it gives me a > great sense of freedom to move into the new year. I hate baggage, > though I can talk about the past I don't carry it around with me as a > scar. I can view the new year as a new day, fresh and open for me to > do whatever I want within it, whether that be hiking a few thousand > miles and living off the land or taking on a position within a > corporation. People have become too accustomed to having something > else dictate to them what their lives should be. All that you talk > about really has no affect on me in my personal world, it is the world > outside of my world. I guess you can say that I live in a microcosm, > which works very well for me. I don't really want any part of the > world, not the religions, the economic systems, the global markets or > the political facades. I don't mind being a witness to it all or > experiencing it all as a voyeur. I guess I live a life that is beyond > the reality of this life because I live it on the basis of my inner > being, which takes precedence over all else. I think the people in > the world actually buy into the fallacy of this world and begin to > live their lives in accordance with the fallacy. People are told how > to live, what to buy, where to go and what to wear, like puppets in a > puppet show they dance. As Orn had once stated "We The Sheeple of the > USA". Again, I wish the best for all of you, the richness that life > has to offer, the abundance of the universe, and the good health to > enjoy it all. > > I remember about 35 years ago I rented some property. I lived on > several acres adjacent to several hundred acres of preserved forest > and every morning had the enjoyment of an abundance of wildlife > dancing about my world. One year I invited several members of my > family to make a long trek out to visit and several arrived with their > extensions. I remember standing out back telling my grandfather "isn't > this really great?" to which he responded "but slip, you don't own > this". I realized the foolishness of his comment, because I was > living there and enjoying what the owner, who lived in Cincinnati Ohio > wasn't enjoying. One year the owner came down to visit me and offered > the entire place to me for a mere $2900. Needless to say, my ex wife > loves the place. The idea of owning life is totally ridiculous and the > downfall of humanity. We don't own and will never own anything, we > don't even own the flesh bags we walk around in. > > Chime in Minds Eye for the hour of 2008 is near it's end. For some > reason numbers play an important part in life. The year of our birth > and the year of our death is always noted. This year is about to > dissipate into the annals of history and though the repercussions of > it may still be felt in the years to come, the milestone has been set > indelibly in time. > > My prediction is the New Year will bring enormous change, no longer > will people be duped by unscrupulous politicians and business > entrepreneurs. The corruption has been exposed and those that have > perpetrated the crimes will sink into the abyss of dismal reality. > Over the next few months the ultimate bottom will have been reached > and the ideals of mega wealth will have recognized the success of it's > own demise. Consumers will realize the power of their consumerism and > learn to control market value through consumption practice. We the > people will make or break. Wars will persist as puny nations strive > for occupation of small segments of land mass. Somehow the primitive > aspects of humanity will maintain presence in the modern world. Our > innate power struggle will extend from our primordial beginnings to > our present existence. > World War III is looming over the horizon as former 3rd world > countries vie for recognition. Venezuela is conspiring with cuba and > russia as we speak. Israel has yet to achieve a climate that is lower > than that of a simmering pot. India, Pakistan, Iraq, Iran, Blah, Blah, > Hisbollah, the list goes on. The future of humanity is bleak. Of > course if you want a more positive outlook, consult with your local > gruff, who maintains a slow, nearly unnoticeable positive advancement > in human kind through centuries of time. Perhaps in another 4000 years > we will reduce the killing by 40%, if we don't experience complete > annihilation before then. > > On Dec 29, 7:20 am, frantheman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Like you, Slip, the fag end of the year inspires me to take stock of > > what has happened and to look ahead. Personally, I don't have the > > feeling you need to apologize to me for anything. > > > For me the past year has been ... challenging, containing as it did, a > > personal earthquake involving the traumatic and unexpected end of a > > relationship which had lasted almost a decade - and everything that > > that brought in its wake. But there's a German saying that that which > > doesn't kill us makes us stronger(!) and, as the new year approaches, > > I look forward with an inner attitude (mostly) of peace and serenity. > > The old year contained much that was difficult and stressful, but also > > had its share of beautiful and positive moments and experiences. > > > On a worldwide scale, 2008 was, I believe, very significant. I have > > trained as an historian, among other things, and its a basic truism > > for historians that one should let at least 20 years elapse before > > making historical judgements on trends, patterns and structures of > > events. Nevertheless, I will venture out on a limb here and say claim > > that 2008 saw the end of an era of unquestioned triumphant globalised > > capitalism, whose beginning can be dated to November 1989 with the > > fall of the Berlin Wall (the collapse of the "socialist"/"communist" > > experiment). The financial crisis and ensuing recession/depression > > into which we are now heading will change the world in fundamental > > ways. There will be much suffering and many will die as a result (as > > always, the poorest of the poor worldwide, who do not have the > > personal resources and who live in societies where the resources are > > not - for manifold reasons - available to enable them to survive). > > There will be a reordering of economic power, with China (and perhaps > > India and Brazil) gaining and the USA losing comparatively. > > > But there is also hope. The neo-liberal dogma that markets are best > > left to look after themselves with (to mangle metaphors) a benign > > invisible hand ensuring that continually rising tides lift all boats > > has taken a very hard - hopefully fatal - knock. It is serendipitous > > that the financial crisis/economic depression coincides with the end > > of the Bush administration. In the current chaos, there may be more > > willingness to try out new models and develop new paradigms of living > > with 6 billion + on our planet so that we don't screw things up > > completely for ourselves. Times of change are also times of > > opportunity and living in interesting times need not always be a > > curse. Obama won't build a New Jerusalem, but, maybe, some things > > might just get done a bit better. > > > Francis > > > On 29 Dez., 08:59, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Happy New Year to All of You!! > > > > It has been a fun ride here in Minds Eye. I hope the new year brings > > > more joy. > > > > Traditionally for me the end of the year is a time of reflection and > > > renewal and not a time of hoopla and revelry. I bury all hatchets and > > > close the book on the past. There may have been times that I have > > > offended some and for this I apologize. I'm not well versed in many > > > areas and subject matter but somehow jumped into the pool anyway just > > > for the sake of learning, for the imposition I also apologize. Thanks > > > for putting up with me! > > > Sincerely, > > > Slip > > > > What are all of you doing for New Years and what will you be focusing > > > on for next year? > > > > What are your thoughts about this past year?- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
