Hi gav, The lack of world leadership and decisive action in the current Israeli offensive is dissapointing, depressing and scary. Though I have to say I suspect Hamas knew exactly what they were doing when they "engineered" Israel into action. Neither "side" is innocent.
But I think your sentiments are spot on gav. I'm not as "anarchic" as you, but philosophy is about action and choosing to act and, whilst hair-splitting definitional debate is largely SOMist breath wasted, conversation, as you say yourself, comes in positive on the balance sheet. Human nature requires that we communicate shared narratives and understanding - psychological feedback - so that we know where we stand. Ian On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 6:47 AM, gav <[email protected]> wrote: > yesterday was epiphany sunday and, fittingly, and with the aid of a few > mojitos, the day held true to its name. > > my girlfriend has been on a head trip for the last few days - 2012, world > war3, illuminati etc. it can be scary cos you know a lot of it makes alot of > sense. watching israel invade palestine i am reminded of nostradamus and > albert pike and others who foretold ww3 as being triggered by just this event > (pike even gave the date - 2009). > > but i am also, gratefully, reminded by my immortal soul-brother hank miller, > that nostradamus was a shit and albert pike was a freemason and that the > world has been in the thrall of the image-makers for thousands of years. by > image-makers i mean those that know that reality is a consensual dream and > have used this knowledge to hypnotise people into being their slaves: if > people en masse believe things are a certain way that is the way they will be. > > but the intellectual level was the beginning of the end of the image-makers > because now the individual had a tool that could be used to pierce the > veil...a tool that had to be used well, that the individual had to learn to > use deftly, artfully. > > much effort has been expended in keeping this tool blunt. most notably school > and uni. but books and art and music and conversation and nature are our > allies and what allies they are! > > anyway time to get to the point: > the giant has a death wish. to the giant control is all and even the death of > the human world cannot shake him from this mission. he is very single-minded. > those in thrall of the giant - politicians, ceos etc - unconsciously or > consciously share this wish. they are plotting our downfall. it's the new > world order or nothing to them - eden doesn't resonate with them because it > is based on the premise of man's equality with man and nature as a whole. > politicians are of course not usually prone to humility. ceos are just plain > sick, usually. > > but armageddon resonates with many - especially weak-minded religious types. > end of the world scenarios are going to get a lot of airplay in order to > convince people that this logic is ineluctable - it is our destiny. and > reality is simply the product of collective manifestation - if we think it's > gonna happen - with enough coherence and clarity - it will happen. as ram > dass says: worrying is like praying for what you don't want to happen. > > so it follows that if we can envisage a world we actually want - a world > without war, without power, without waste and misery and alienation - then we > can manifest it: if enough people cohere their clear visions of this world > and how it will come about. in other words if millions of people hold firm to > their vision of a coming golden age - arcadia, eden - and if their daily life > is targetted on this goal, then we can have this reality instead of the > armageddon. it depends on how we think collectively and how well we think - > how clearly, how carefully - and how well our actions and thoughts complement > each other. > > if there is one simple differentiating factor it is nature. if we ally > ourselves with nature, if we see ourselves as integral to nature, then we are > tapping into a source of energy and intelligence that the death-eaters have > no parallel for. gaia is their greatest enemy and it is no coincidence that > forests are felled and fire-bombed here in australia with increasing urgency; > that our water is poisoned with chlorine and fluoride; that our food is > corrupted with poisons and chemical fertilisers and genetic modification; and > that our children are taught to fear the natural world as dirty, scary, or > just encouraged to ignore it altogether. > > in the long run gaia will prevail; but it is the human toll that we are > determining right now with our actions. there are two poles of potentiality - > armageddon and eden, and which we actualise is up to us. this is what > intellect is about, this is what choice is about - this is the theme of our > universe - the one theme - choice. free will. > > this is no time for semantics and navel-gazing; if we are to philosophise > then it must be philosophy in action, it must be more than words - it must be > mirrored by our actions and felt in our hearts. > > by synchronising our actions, thoughts and desires we empower ourselves; if > we instead remain vague about what we want, work in a job that is > mind-numbing and ecologically destructive, and remain imprisoned by the > habitual patterns of mind then we are controlled by the giant and are > throwing our weight behind his kamikaze dive. > > time to choose > > > Stay connected to the people that matter most with a smarter inbox. 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