the critical problem, is in the mind of man, when unexamined propaganda spam ######## This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper. -- T.S. Eliot "The Hollow Men" (1925) The world is not ending. Despite the wrenching turmoil in global financial markets and morbid allusions to the death throes of capitalism, it ain't over. Not until people quit believing in themselves, not until people quit believing in a better future. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122273029076687929.html The Currency of Transparency, The Blood/Plasma Elixir of Life/Clarity/Accountability/Cause&Effect/Prosperity the critical problem, is in the mind of man, when unexamined propaganda spam Ignorance Is Futile http://ignoranceisfutile.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/the-individual-and-the-masses/ Propaganda ceases where simple dialogue begins. Radical Transparency If you want to find out what a big obstacle the ego really is, try to come together with other people in genuine transparency. Transparency means radical authenticity, free from ego defenses and impure motives. It's the ultimate challenge to the ego. You could sit on a meditation cushion until you dropped dead and never have your capacity for radical transparency tested. The real test, for all of us, is in relationship. Come together. When there's radical transparency and the ego steps aside, each single individual in that extraordinary collective context has access to the power and depth and clarity of the enlightened mind. And that's when enlightenment really starts to take on new meaning and significance for us all. ~ A Cohen ##### 'Neurosis is an affliction of motive; recovery involves self-understanding, or being able to distinguish between healthy and neurotic motives, which are often intertwined.' excerpt from: 'Thinking and Writing' VOLUME XXIX, NO. 10MARCH 10, 1976 http://www.manasjournal.org/pdf_library/VolumeXXIX_1976/XXIX-10.pdf __._ The Neurosis of misdirection & fractured identity tends to spread its mendacity ,_ ##### we don't climb that ladder in this cage buddy Picture 5 monkeys placed in a cage. A new community is formed. From the ceiling of the cage hangs a bunch of bananas. A stepladder is placed under the bananas. As the first eager monkey rushes up the ladder, a firehose knocks him off and hoses down all the monkeys. Shocked, they sit back and regroup. Later another moneky tries, with the same result. It make take repeated attempts by each monkey before they become conditioned (socialized really) to not climb the ladder. At some point, the lesson has been learned by this closed culture and controls how they respond as a community. Then one monkey forgets and steps onto the ladder. But the firehose doesn't have time to react. The other four monkeys grab the offender and beat him senseless. They've learned that in this society, you don't climb the ladder. Now the process of attrition and replacement in the society begins. One of the original monkeys is removed and a new monkey is added to the group. He spies the bananas and leaps onto the ladder, only to be dragged down and beaten by the rest of the group. After several attempts, the new monkey learns. Another original monkey is replaced with a new monkey. And the same process follows. Then another and another and another. Soon we have a group of five monkeys who've never been soaked by the firehose, but won't climb the ladder. This learned behavior was socialized into the group over time. It no longer matters how many generations of monkeys follow. The new behavior is that a monkey climbing the ladder will be dragged off and beaten. None of the monkeys in the cage has ever been knocked off the ladder with a firehose. None have been soaked down. They don't know what the consequence is because it's been replaced by group behavior. They can't remember being soaked. They don't know why they do what they do. The accepted norm for this closed community is to beat anyone who tries to climb the ladder. Isn't that a lot like institutional memory? We don't know why we do what we do. We do it this way because we've "always done it this way." The real end consequence may no longer exist. It may not matter. It may have vanished. But we don't climb that ladder in this cage buddy. It just isn't done. We don't operate that way here. http://ipadventures.com/?p=28 ~~ Solving the world's problems with linguistics? http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/003925.html "Accountability breeds response-ability." ~ Stephen R. Covey Accountability Brings Hope #---- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ShadowGovernment" 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/ShadowGovernment -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
