As an English major in college 35 years ago, I was taught that no writer of any merit ever wrote anything of any value if it did not grow out of his culture, his experience, his character and own life. I agreed with that statement then, and I live by it now.
As a great soul, I suffer great pangs of loneliness and social desolation. Don't worry about me, I will make it and handle it somehow.
But this morning I was ruminating about things, and it occurred to me that each of us, however socially central or completely cut off from human companionship, instinctively, unerringly pinpoint how we fit in or do not fit in. We identify our rank and location and degree of inness by comparing and contrasting our position against the locus others in the workplace, the community and in our family.
We all possess, as biological and spiritual creatures, a finely tuned sense of where we are at in the scheme of things. That tells me that there is a scheme of things, and such universal spiritual and intuitive awareness of social ranking points out that there is a divinity that constructed the order of things. Now it could be Lera or the Mother that is the engineer of this order, but the divine architect exists for there to be spiritual links and lines running through all this tangled mess. God is, even if all is not right in the world.
Sunday, March 30, 2014
Tolerance
I insist that degrees of acceptance of individualist outsiders by insiders is really a readily gaugable by how they act, not how they profess that they treat all the same, even though the usually do not. We can measure and figure out rather accurately how tolerant are insiders towards dissident others. Tolerance is not tolerance unless it is just, welcoming, impartial treatment.
Actual tolerance is a social and legal expression of the willingness to coexist with individualists, individuators and great souls without harboring resentment against them, plotting to deprive them of their liberty, or punishing and attacking them for nonconformity to group norms.
Tolerance is genuine and a wholehearted commitment. Lukewarm intolerance is still intolerance. Fervent intolerance from virulent, vicious fanatical groupists expressed directly against great souls is something that outsiders should resist to the death, by taking up arms if need be to defend themselves. The intolerance and discriminatory misbehavior must end, and soon.
Actual tolerance is a social and legal expression of the willingness to coexist with individualists, individuators and great souls without harboring resentment against them, plotting to deprive them of their liberty, or punishing and attacking them for nonconformity to group norms.
Tolerance is genuine and a wholehearted commitment. Lukewarm intolerance is still intolerance. Fervent intolerance from virulent, vicious fanatical groupists expressed directly against great souls is something that outsiders should resist to the death, by taking up arms if need be to defend themselves. The intolerance and discriminatory misbehavior must end, and soon.
Insiders
Insiders discriminate against outsiders. Crowd-clique insiders hold back and thwart individualist outsiders, and groupist outsiders. Quite often these hostile, unfair insiders lie about being discriminatory even while continuing to discriminate. They deny what are
their true motives.
They have lived in a web of clever lies and discriminating all their lives, and so enmeshed are they that they even have come to believe their own lies. All of us lie and deceive ourselves. When we join groups and the group dynamic is held together by engaging in discriminatory and unequal treatment of outsiders, the blocking of the rights of outsiders does corrupt all on the inside. All are corrupt. All betray--but the worst sort of betrayal is self-betrayal, the failure to follow God's prescribed path. All are to blame. None are innocent.
their true motives.
They have lived in a web of clever lies and discriminating all their lives, and so enmeshed are they that they even have come to believe their own lies. All of us lie and deceive ourselves. When we join groups and the group dynamic is held together by engaging in discriminatory and unequal treatment of outsiders, the blocking of the rights of outsiders does corrupt all on the inside. All are corrupt. All betray--but the worst sort of betrayal is self-betrayal, the failure to follow God's prescribed path. All are to blame. None are innocent.
The Aura
Each person, creature, forest, house, town and workplace emits an aura, an atmosphere which radiates outward, communicating to the sensitive and alert who intuitively recognize the spiritual bent of the person, forest, object or creature emitting the aura.
If the aura is wholesome, associate with the holder. If the aura is very dark and troubling, run away. If you associate with evil spirits, they will be besmirch your soul.
There may be remedies like exorcism, praying and exhorting the person plagued by demons to walk over the the right side, but such struggles take time, and energy which can be exhausting. And those discharging the negative aura may like where they are at, and strive to infect you with their sickness.
Be aware of atmosphere when you talk to a new person, or enter a room. Twenty years ago in England my wife and I wanted to walk in a lovely woods that we happened upon as we drove about the countryside in southern part of the country. We parked, and got out of the car. We walked towards the woods and then stopped. I asked her if she felt the ominous, oppressive aura of the place. Jane is much more receptive to such psychic vibrations than I am. She agreed that something here was very amiss. We immediately got back in the car and left. There are times when flight is the only wise option.
If the aura is wholesome, associate with the holder. If the aura is very dark and troubling, run away. If you associate with evil spirits, they will be besmirch your soul.
There may be remedies like exorcism, praying and exhorting the person plagued by demons to walk over the the right side, but such struggles take time, and energy which can be exhausting. And those discharging the negative aura may like where they are at, and strive to infect you with their sickness.
Be aware of atmosphere when you talk to a new person, or enter a room. Twenty years ago in England my wife and I wanted to walk in a lovely woods that we happened upon as we drove about the countryside in southern part of the country. We parked, and got out of the car. We walked towards the woods and then stopped. I asked her if she felt the ominous, oppressive aura of the place. Jane is much more receptive to such psychic vibrations than I am. She agreed that something here was very amiss. We immediately got back in the car and left. There are times when flight is the only wise option.
The Fantasy
We, in our undeveloped state, are enslaved creatures. We still enjoy some freedom of the will, but mostly we are other-controlled by the government, mass media, peers, parents, spouses, employers, supervisors, public opinion, by exterior determining causes from a myriad of nurturing and natural sources. But, deep down, the primary cause of our existing with unfree wills is that we as individuals have agreed to accept this imposition.
The great paradox is that most people, the vast majority that are slaves, are laboring under the illusion of enjoying free will. When the value system of society begins to change to Mavellonialist leanings, at the same time, at the same rate, the huddle masses will begin to disperse and wake up, stubborn, confident, resourceful, free, enterprising and willful.
The second an individual admits that his will is not and has not been free, for the most part, at that instance he wakes up, and his will becomes free. He will brighten up immediately. The lights have come on. Most, once awakened, will follow the route of maverization as the logical, sensible, and humane way to proceed.
They are recovering and developing. They now have a chance for happiness, where their will is mostly free, and only somewhat unfree as dictated by internal and external causes.
Their new reality is one of happiness, relief and marvel at the wonderful reality await them, after a fitful slumber in a nightmare existence not of their own choosing.
The great paradox is that most people, the vast majority that are slaves, are laboring under the illusion of enjoying free will. When the value system of society begins to change to Mavellonialist leanings, at the same time, at the same rate, the huddle masses will begin to disperse and wake up, stubborn, confident, resourceful, free, enterprising and willful.
The second an individual admits that his will is not and has not been free, for the most part, at that instance he wakes up, and his will becomes free. He will brighten up immediately. The lights have come on. Most, once awakened, will follow the route of maverization as the logical, sensible, and humane way to proceed.
They are recovering and developing. They now have a chance for happiness, where their will is mostly free, and only somewhat unfree as dictated by internal and external causes.
Their new reality is one of happiness, relief and marvel at the wonderful reality await them, after a fitful slumber in a nightmare existence not of their own choosing.
Lost In Cyberspace
This addiction is about to become an epidemic. How do healthy, good people withstand it and get along with alluring electronic media?
First of all, set time limits for yourself, Say two hours a day. Turn the computer off, get up and go for a walk. Go do some work at home, around the house, or go to a paying job for 40 to 60 hours a week.
Love God, the self, pets, others, and projects. Where there is love, there is a tincture of reasonableness, of moderation. There is nothing like moderating psychology to temper addictive tendencies and practices.
Pray. Talking to God, alleviates our desire and urge to submit to temptation and overindulge.
Work in your garden for 30 minutes a day. There is nothing like interaction with the organic and biological in a natural setting to dispel the hold that electronic media holds over the robots glue to the screen.
Self-actualize actively and deeply. This rich mental and spiritual lifestyle forces one to be a Renaissance man, and that undertaking is so eclectic, wide-reaching and broad-minded that the strong will propelling the doer forward will not tolerate the stale, boring, surrendered state of mind implicit in sub-existing as an electronic attachment to the computer.
Remember that electronic addiction, like any other addiction is an illusory substitute for a real, happy, healthy, flesh-and-blood self that is getting it done . Live a full life and settle for no mediocre, dissatisfying, empty substitutes.
First of all, set time limits for yourself, Say two hours a day. Turn the computer off, get up and go for a walk. Go do some work at home, around the house, or go to a paying job for 40 to 60 hours a week.
Love God, the self, pets, others, and projects. Where there is love, there is a tincture of reasonableness, of moderation. There is nothing like moderating psychology to temper addictive tendencies and practices.
Pray. Talking to God, alleviates our desire and urge to submit to temptation and overindulge.
Work in your garden for 30 minutes a day. There is nothing like interaction with the organic and biological in a natural setting to dispel the hold that electronic media holds over the robots glue to the screen.
Self-actualize actively and deeply. This rich mental and spiritual lifestyle forces one to be a Renaissance man, and that undertaking is so eclectic, wide-reaching and broad-minded that the strong will propelling the doer forward will not tolerate the stale, boring, surrendered state of mind implicit in sub-existing as an electronic attachment to the computer.
Remember that electronic addiction, like any other addiction is an illusory substitute for a real, happy, healthy, flesh-and-blood self that is getting it done . Live a full life and settle for no mediocre, dissatisfying, empty substitutes.
Waste No Time Howling At The Moon
If you have gone far down the road of individuation like I have, you will necessarily encounter extreme isolation and utmost unpopularity. No one wants any part of a great soul for fear of risking preciously gathered, easily lost social capital by associating with a nonconformer, a loser in the eyes of the world.
The thing to do is to listen to God and obey. You are to go do your own thing, and let the chips fall where they may. Be at peace. Love yourself. Sooner or later people will begin to come around to the great soul point of view.
The thing to do is to listen to God and obey. You are to go do your own thing, and let the chips fall where they may. Be at peace. Love yourself. Sooner or later people will begin to come around to the great soul point of view.
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