The point is though, that we can endure anything that comes by our way, whether that be pleasing or horrendous either way we can live the experience until we succumb to it. One only needs to review the atrocities of former wars and genocides to understand our ability to endure. We are obviously setting ourselves up for disaster by depleting the resources necessary for an expanding global population. Aside from the depletion aspect we are destroying some of the viable resources we already have. I have to say the death penalty for greedy corporate insects seems a likely solution to at least slowing down impending disasters. We have to remember that corporations are not individual people but mostly like unthinking machinery that churns out profits. Corporate fat cats are usually like mad dogs foaming at the mouth at the sight of the big monetary whore waiting to be suckled. To hell with the profit producing environment when they can purchase new environment somewhere else on the planet. Surely it will all come to an end someday but not within the lifetime of one CEO. There are some responsible corporations and I do applaud them but truthfully they are but a small minority in the chain of corporate gain. I think these recent events of Hurricanes, Tsunami's, Volcano eruptions, Floods and Earthquakes are simply signs of the "reality" of planet earth. It has never been a stable utopia or heaven nor a place where one can set up house forever. The planet is violent, the atmosphere is unpredictable, the oceans are monsters waiting to strike. Disaster lurks everywhere on planet earth and not only in the form of natural disaster but disaster in our personal space, ie; we don't know when that tornado is going to rip us to shreds. All we can do is enjoy the moment, the hour, the day, the week, the month, the year and hopefully more of the same next year.
On May 10, 6:27 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > To fly on a beetle Riggers, though I wonder more about more > involvement in simple living and basic questions as to what we have. > One catastrophe is that we have lost touch with that. > > On 10 May, 14:10, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 9 May, 00:08, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Neil and Vam on the Road To ... Bob Hope? or a Chinese jail? I > > > sometimes crave some serious thinking and action Rigsby. > > > Surely, it would be "On the Road to Nirvana", at least when shown to a > > Buddhist audience; the Hindu audience would probably be more likely to > > want to see it as "On the Road to Moksha". > > > > On 8 May, 15:43, vamadevananda <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > " The question for me is how we escape our mundane thinking and > > > > habits ... " > > > > > Well, Neil, you just need to spend 2 days with me on - the - road in > > > > the Himalayas ... ! And you would never have to ' escape ' anything > > > > ever more. > > > > > On May 8, 12:32 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > We had an election night comedy alternative to the business as usual > > > > > coverage. The physicist Brian Cox was wheeled on to shoot the breeze > > > > > on catastrophe, as we voted for a hung Parliament, leading to all > > > > > sorts of guff about 'national interest' as the parties jockey for > > > > > their own under this banner. > > > > > > Cox came up with 'super volcanoes', pointing to the disaster in > > > > > Indonesia 74,000 years ago that covered India with ash and reduced the > > > > > human breeding population to about 1000 couples. Later he mentioned > > > > > asteroids, pointing to a couple that will travel between us and some > > > > > of our weather satellites in the next few years. Plague of some kind > > > > > may also be on the cards. He was dismissive of CERN blackholes > > > > > swallowing us up. There was much he didn't mention, like WMD > > > > > terrorism possibilities and economic madness, the latter a point made > > > > > many times by Jared Diamond (the point being what we are doing now > > > > > that resembles past ecocides). > > > > > > I have reached a point where I really should just opt out of society > > > > > because it makes me frustrated, depressed and inclined to the insane. > > > > > One can find personal peace, yet this always seems at the cost of > > > > > hunkering down into ignoring what is likely to happen to 'us' and > > > > > letting oneself be subsumed to trust in evolution and giving up on a > > > > > wide, consensual society that is interested in being as prepared as it > > > > > can to shape destiny. Cox was somewhat irreverent, leaving us only > > > > > with the idea that Bruce Willis will be too old to save us. > > > > > > I'm struck in the British context that we have had our 'new hung > > > > > Parliament' before and the pundit blather is much the same. This > > > > > politics is too boring to contemplate, but I wonder if we have any > > > > > ideas on the broader context of what we know about catastrophe in > > > > > history and how we might shape ourselves to evade or at least be > > > > > prepared for its inevitability in the future. > > > > > > The question for me is how we escape our mundane thinking and habits > > > > > and what we would need to try to move on. I can't properly express > > > > > this question and am looking for help.- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -
