"the influence, and intoxicating delusion of power provided by domination."
Well put, Ash. One is a slave who allows themselves to be dominated. Those who dominate are actually slaves to their own lower nature. Making the choice to be neither, yet embracing all those that are, as essential to the One, is the means to escaping the slavery we each impose on ourselves. On Jun 2, 2:12 am, Ash <[email protected]> wrote: > Here in the US we have a variety of subcultures and most of them derive > from some competition for limited resources (whether real or imagined) > largely influenced by the socioeconomic strata but also including group > identity (class, religion, sexuality, age, ethnicity, political > orientation, etc). > > It is possible to become like a slave to the roles we play through > attachment to our values, ritualized behavior and institutionalized > ideation of our self and the world we live in. The reduction to slavery > I think involves corruption within our faculty of assessment where the > healthy mind reasons flexibly and creatively toward wisdom and > fulfillment of a virtuous life (even if simple by most standards) but is > reduced to programmed responses by institutionalizing influences. That > is as an automaton or robotic. > > One difficult matter that Molly and a few others have been mentioning > lately is the influence, and intoxicating delusion of power provided by > domination. If you look across the spectrum of abuse from the vilest > sacks of crap to the excelsior and prestigious cruel overlords of reason > you may find them both motivated by similar hungers. The ends justify > the means and self-satisfaction comes at the cost of those underfoot who > are the means to their ends. That understanding and thousands of images > strike the anger out of one when the times come, like humble being > branded onto their psyche (or heart). That is what I mean if you hear me > say ignorance is a privilege. Also, the faculty of assessment is mostly > subconscious and domination is the most greatly rewarded in society and > the animal kingdom. The trick is to make intentions and motivations a > conscious choice so that we may behave as, and be 'human'. > > IMO > > On 5/30/2010 8:05 PM, kdephil wrote: > > > > > I want to start off saying I am new here at minds eye. I don't have a > > title nor do i desire one, > > (philosopher ,student, wannabe) it all doesn't matter. > > > I remember when I was younger I wanted to fit in with the kids at > > school. > > I tried the baggy pants and and using curse words like everyone else > > was doing at middle school, > > but it never stick (I was socially retarded for that sort of thing). > > Now that i have gotten wiser I think this > > things were foolish now. > > > so my questions are: > > 1) The way that society(except the family) programs a human, is it a > > type of brain washing ? > > > ex. Mostly in the U.S some woman will try and get a boob job and > > thinks its ok, while most woman from east > > Asia will think the idea is disgusting. > > > (sorry for any grammar errors)- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
