I always have wondered what if language/words never occurred in our evolution as humans? When we speak about 'sensing' we say sight/taste/hearing/touch/smell.....but we do not 'say' or 'speak' to the 'voice' or language/words as being sensory. But truly our voice is the vibration of emotionality coming forth from or corporal body form. Words and language can vibrate in a most loving way or utilized as a 'weapon'. Her words were like daggers to my very Soul. Her words graced my Heart with such feelings of Beauty and Joy I could barely contain my Soul from dancing! I LOVED this share so much as it speaks to the part of me that knows and recognizes Truth. Thank you!!
Not everybody "thinks in words". When I was working on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona in 1990-1992, I was told repeatedly that the Navajo "don't think in words". They don't talk much, either.
Very interesting article. I think my favourite part was scapegoating. Perhaps because it was the easiest for me to understand. Also the last section, Spirituality vs. scholastic religion. I think dogmatic religion might be a better term, basically religions where one is discouraged from questioning anything about the religion. That got me to thinking right now, if religion is just a person's set of beliefs, we would all have one. And I think it goes without saying that we tend to not question what we believe. I think you may have brought this up in your essay when you said: "Doing internal work, on the other hand, comes with discomforts and takes one to the land of the unknown, the land where there are no familiar talking point to latch on to."
All of this makes me think of a passage from one of Frank Herbert's Dune books: ""Beware of the truth, gentle Sister. Although much sought after, truth can be dangerous to the seeker. Myths and reassuring lies are much easier to find and believe. If you find a truth, even a temporary one, it can demand that you make painful changes." It makes me think of the definitions of words, another concept you brought up and how in the end, the best path forward with words whose definitions are contentious are to simply do one's best to define how we ourselves define these words and leave it at that. Frank Herbert ends his passage on truth with this: "The only past which endures lies wordlessly within you.” I love words, but I think in the end, they're like writing on water. They create ripples that can have great effects but we tend to forget how things started. Which I think is fine. This all makes me think of a line from Inception: "Well, dreams, they feel real while we’re in them, right? It’s only when we wake up that we realise something was actually strange." To the strangeness of life :-)
yeah, reality, will never be able to compete with a comforting fantasy. this is why words and ideas like "perfection" and "utopia" are so destructive. crystalized in the mind and heart they are adored, obsessed over, yet can never really exist, as they are a fixed state, a dead end, and life IS change. Reality always pushes back, and that is hard to accept for some.
nice triple synchronicity essay for me today! my current essay is looking at this same idea from a different perspective. my exploration has become unexpectedly complex and more personal as i dig into 'superstition' as one of the (dogmatic) psy-op words from various angles. and that somehow began to link itself to the dogma of new age woo-woo that creates serious disconnect and lots of intellectualised talking points disguised as feel good mind-centric spirituality goo-goo (as in radio-goo goo radio gaga https://youtu.be/azdwsXLmrHE). and tonight my friend and i talked about 'god', however that is conceived between us, as energy.
and another fascinating overlap came from my reading jasun horsley's really interesting look at 'story' and 'scapegoating', with how it has been used and applied to the story of the wwii holocaust. i think you may find it worth while. (i certainly did.) "The Wound of the Negative: History Written by the Victims: Stories We Tell Ourselves, or Stories We Are Ourselves, Part 14" https://childrenofjob.substack.com/p/the-wound-of-the-negative-history
oh! yes. your metaphors work and your analysis is sharp, imo, meaning that they align with my own observations with my own slightly different language. muchas gracias.
I agree with your ... words here, Brother John! :)
Seriously though, I do agree with you. And yes, when people ascribe their desire to control others to God, words starts serving a wrong purposes, and sooner or later, this needs to be corrected!!
" When sincere people in the “resistance” attribute the great reset to this fantastical beast, the so called “darkness of paganism,” is it the actual pagans that they are thinking about—or the artificial ghost created by the globalist great resetters from a couple thousand years ago? "
This. Also, your last few paragraphs.
I am thinking of writing an article about this -- in particular, of the pitfall of using previously-established organized (indoctrinating) religion as a worthwhile opposition to the current evils at hand. On other Substacks I read, particularly in the comments, I notice a great groundswell of voices calling for a "return to Christianity" and Christian values. Among these voices, a GREAT many -- perhaps the majority -- believe sincerely that anything even sniffing of Paganism is part of the Great Reset and an instant ticket to Satanism. These individuals praise Jesus Christ, their -- and this is key -- Lord and *savior* -- for giving them strength.
I am in full agreement that, as you say, "whether people call God by the name of “God,” or “Jesus,” or “Bog” (the Russian word for “God”), or Allah (the Arabic word for “God”) ... they are calling for the same God, and the Creator is intelligent enough to feel our hearts." However, while I am certain that the highest Creator does indeed hear their calls, I am not so sure that they themselves recognize that there is no difference in the name used. The Human need to have an external savior is obviously deep-rooted; otherwise, so many would not have fallen for the great savior of The Science (tm) to deliver them from the evil of the COVID boogeyman. I am concerned that the continued reliance on the external savior of Christ is a potential pitfall in the truly holy battle for freedom -- not because there is anything inherently wrong with Christ Himself, but because the continued dependence on a single source of information (the Holy Bible) opens the door for external sources (manipulators) to offer their own dangerous interpretations of the Word (which is, let's face it, not always the most loving document, either, if read cover-to-cover). The same goes for any organized religion that requires others to interpret the written Word.
I would never, EVER ask anyone to abandon his or spiritual beliefs; that is not my purpose. My purpose is, instead, to ask those who are currently without a spiritual mooring to *question* whether or not joining the rank-and-file of Christianity -- or another organized group -- is really going to help the cause of true freedom and resistance to indoctrination. The pendulum swings both ways; it is currently so far to the left that I fear that, when it does swing back, rather than passing through the middle it may swing directly overhead and smack us all so hard from the right that we don't know what hit us.
I hear you, Doctor Kitt!! Ascribing the great reset to "pagans" is a grand delusion, and a grand psyop on the part of the great resetters themselves. The so called pagans are our ancestors, our family, who lived in the "old normal" way before the great resetters showed up. I think it is wonderful that people find the Creator in any theological system when they really want to, but it is not right to slander our ancestors and to be blind to their wisdom. And after all, the Latin word "pagani" just means "rural folk." It was the Roman emperors' way to get at the competition, it was their version of "deplorables" but with more layers to the psyop.
yes, we should not abandon the divine connection, but re establish it in a more direct and personal way. not through a filter. authentically re connect with the heart, the divine is all around us, if we quiet our pre conceived notions and listen to the world around us. our ancestors are on our side !
This opening salvo is breaking ground that is unique, rich, and rare.
This right here, brilliant:
"This story is an attempt to explain with some precision why talking points—all talking points—are a poisonous cage for a free soul. I will also try to show how they are used as a weapon, to confuse and enslave."
One gets ones hopes raised, thus, one imagines leaving the cage of "ALL talking points" to get to the meadow beyond talking points, but not behind language.
"I am writing this essay strictly from the inside, which means that what I am saying is going to safely and decisively bypass all familiar talking points!. There is no titillation or reinforcement of preexisting talking points that is going to happen in this post. :) "
And then….when the writer/guide get to the part of all people of all faiths ("religions") being in some way possessed (para phrasing) this reader felt a familiar faint inner startle, not a "blow" exactly, but a "talking point," for sure. That of Paganism appreciators. Just as certain of the wrongness of the others as all other Talking Points and I-Am-Right-ism.
Still, you had us clearing the clouds for most of the piece and I do think you are writing fascinatingly about AI, language, spiritism. You are fighting robots, yes.
Except for….one.
My Jewish father, close to the end of his life, said, when we discussed Jesus:
"He's helped more people than any other person who has ever lived."
I thought that was generous, and accurate. And I love love love accuracy.
" Helped " people, one might say, who can't ever know the "truth" about his life, his death, his mystery. Still, they were helped.
Anyway, fantastic work as always Tessa. I hope you keep writing about language and spirit, living language…like any other living life form. Many stunning passages in this essay.
Celia, thank you my dear, any kind words coming from you are an honor. I started responding and then my building shook from a likely geoengineered earthquake in New York! I am sure you felt it.
I want to clarify something because I am not sure whether what I said is what (I think) you are responding to. The article said, "By the way, here is an important historical and spiritual caveat. Proclaiming loyalty to any theological dogma doesn’t equal sensory connection to the divine. In fact, oftentimes, it’s a classic “possession” by talking points."
Is it the part that you paraphrased here?
"And then….when the writer/guide get to the part of all people of all faiths ("religions") being in some way possessed (para phrasing) this reader felt a familiar faint inner startle, not a "blow" exactly, but a "talking point," for sure. That of Paganism appreciators. Just as certain of the wrongness of the others as all other Talking Points and I-Am-Right-ism."
If that was the part of the article that you meant, then it was not intended to mean "all people of all religions are in some way possessed." Many, many people are, but I was talking about specifically about dogma addicts, the one who practice what we talked about in our interview, the people who feel that others have to agree with what they believe in for the world to continue existing, etc.
It can get even more nuanced because being overwhelmed by a loving spirit is also possession but in the modern context, the word "possessed" is typically used in a negative way, meaning acting on behalf of a negative entity.
In any case, I wanted to clarify what I meant because this is an extremely complex topic, and when something is a point of pain, it is important to be gentle with it
once again i'm reminded of that old paul harvey clip about what he would do if he was the devil.
first thing i'd do if i was the devil is i'd try to convince everyone that i was the truth, the light and the way. and if that worked i'd be really ambitious and build out the cage, get everyone to trade a lifetime of slavery for the promise of escape.
of course you'd say that i was completely insane. and you'd be right.
Tessa... Thanks for your voice and for sharing your life with us as you do. I am certain that many here can echo similar experiences and discoveries and you provide a community for sharing those things. From the moment of conception we appear to enter this world encased in an artificial construct originating from generational human experience, societal/cultural fabrications, and real world material limitations. We are blinded in many ways from the time we are born until we pass on to the next plane. Sadly, revelation - awakening - freeing ones self from our encumbrances seems to require significant trauma. Universe provides that trauma in the level that we individually need, it appears. I do not begin to understand any of this, but being past 70 now I cling to Charles Fort's words:
"The ideal state is meekness, or humility, or the semi-invalid state of the old. Year after year I am becoming nobler and nobler. If I can live to be decrepit enough, I shall be a saint."
I just read The Spirit of Intimacy(Into-me-see) by Sobonfu Some. What a gift she was as she past at age 48 I think it was, of drinking polluted water for most of her life
Yep language obfuscates or creates false impressions.
That's why a lot of science today is actually a religion, scientism.
We believe in things "proven" that are actually not proven.
Later we figure out a little more of the truth because the so called truth tellers were full of bullshit.
"I believe humanity's foray into fiction began with the breakdown of the bicameral mind, and the insertion of meaningless symbols in between the subject and the seer. In short, back when people used pictographic alphabets, we were limited to discussing things we could actually see in the real world. The invention of phonemic alphabets like this one, which are comprised not of representative pictures but of meaningless letters, provides the opportunity to invent an endless stream of non-sense, the greatest of these being spelled with just a single capital letter."
Generally speaking, only people who haven't experienced war (or violent crime, war on the micro-level so to speak) on their own porch /fear/ a potential enemy, and what they fear isn't really the enemy as such but losing their comfortable and safe lifestyle, earned or not matters not nor does the causal chain resulting in a war.
People who have experienced war (or violent crime) generally /hate/ war and are determined (not fearful) to stop the enemy, preferably by removing reasons for conflict as long as the removal-process isn't harmful to them, as individuals or a collective.
Americans have never, this side of 1900, experienced war at home (neither has Sweden, which is why there are so many parallels to draw upon for me). For Soviet-Russia, especially during the post-Great Patriotic War era, I think it probable that there wasn't a single family that hadn't lost people in the war. Fear for a new war, perhaps, but not fear of the enemy, only determination. Same with the afghans - their history is nothing but war, with foreigners and each other. Same with palestinian arabs - constant war of extermination against the jews since 1948, and internecine clan wars among arabs before colonialisation brought a brief period of relative peace.
And so on around the world. That is part of the socio-psychological reason (as well as the spiritual one) why the West is in such dire straits now: war has become an abstraction, something distant happening elsewhere and something affecting virtually no-one except the actual soldiers (and the people being brought peace, liberty and democratic capitalism via shock and awe (aka death from above)).
That is also why this war of words works - everything, almost everything is abstract for the vast majority, and you the individual matters not to the Machine Society: you're replaceable by another flesh-drone, being equal in worth and dignity to all other flesh-drones. Your food is a packet with flashing clashing colours. Your drink much the same. Your leisure-time consists of trying to trigger jaded senses and blasé sensibilities, and your spirit languishes in a menage á troi with ennui and anomie.
The door is open. Leaving the Machine is possible. But the choice must be freely made because the cost - spiritual and material - is your entire previous existence with no guarantee of success, pleasure, or anything at all but a moment of clarity and a single breath of free air.
I made that choice almost a decade ago now. Hasn't been easy, never will be. Materially speaking, we get by on 1/4 of what we used to earn. Ain't easy.
Spiritually? I can't put words to it. Listen to 'Also Spracht Zarathustra' or 'De Neuvième' - those pieces expresses the feeling so much better.
Completely OT:
PS: What kind of a mousetrap is that? The mouse is in no danger - the hook on the triggering rod makes it impossible for the trap to snap shut. Did you pick it for that purpose, trying to say something by way of a visual kenning? DS
I always have wondered what if language/words never occurred in our evolution as humans? When we speak about 'sensing' we say sight/taste/hearing/touch/smell.....but we do not 'say' or 'speak' to the 'voice' or language/words as being sensory. But truly our voice is the vibration of emotionality coming forth from or corporal body form. Words and language can vibrate in a most loving way or utilized as a 'weapon'. Her words were like daggers to my very Soul. Her words graced my Heart with such feelings of Beauty and Joy I could barely contain my Soul from dancing! I LOVED this share so much as it speaks to the part of me that knows and recognizes Truth. Thank you!!
Not everybody "thinks in words". When I was working on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona in 1990-1992, I was told repeatedly that the Navajo "don't think in words". They don't talk much, either.
"Wordy Rappinghood" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Vl1m5FYlAo
Thank you so much, Lisa!!! Many hugs to you
Very interesting article. I think my favourite part was scapegoating. Perhaps because it was the easiest for me to understand. Also the last section, Spirituality vs. scholastic religion. I think dogmatic religion might be a better term, basically religions where one is discouraged from questioning anything about the religion. That got me to thinking right now, if religion is just a person's set of beliefs, we would all have one. And I think it goes without saying that we tend to not question what we believe. I think you may have brought this up in your essay when you said: "Doing internal work, on the other hand, comes with discomforts and takes one to the land of the unknown, the land where there are no familiar talking point to latch on to."
All of this makes me think of a passage from one of Frank Herbert's Dune books: ""Beware of the truth, gentle Sister. Although much sought after, truth can be dangerous to the seeker. Myths and reassuring lies are much easier to find and believe. If you find a truth, even a temporary one, it can demand that you make painful changes." It makes me think of the definitions of words, another concept you brought up and how in the end, the best path forward with words whose definitions are contentious are to simply do one's best to define how we ourselves define these words and leave it at that. Frank Herbert ends his passage on truth with this: "The only past which endures lies wordlessly within you.” I love words, but I think in the end, they're like writing on water. They create ripples that can have great effects but we tend to forget how things started. Which I think is fine. This all makes me think of a line from Inception: "Well, dreams, they feel real while we’re in them, right? It’s only when we wake up that we realise something was actually strange." To the strangeness of life :-)
Thank you, Scott, and so true about having to make changes as a result of finding a real truth...
I think words have great power when used poetically. When used in a limiting, intellectual manner, they have the power to confuse :)
yeah, reality, will never be able to compete with a comforting fantasy. this is why words and ideas like "perfection" and "utopia" are so destructive. crystalized in the mind and heart they are adored, obsessed over, yet can never really exist, as they are a fixed state, a dead end, and life IS change. Reality always pushes back, and that is hard to accept for some.
hola, tessa.
nice triple synchronicity essay for me today! my current essay is looking at this same idea from a different perspective. my exploration has become unexpectedly complex and more personal as i dig into 'superstition' as one of the (dogmatic) psy-op words from various angles. and that somehow began to link itself to the dogma of new age woo-woo that creates serious disconnect and lots of intellectualised talking points disguised as feel good mind-centric spirituality goo-goo (as in radio-goo goo radio gaga https://youtu.be/azdwsXLmrHE). and tonight my friend and i talked about 'god', however that is conceived between us, as energy.
and another fascinating overlap came from my reading jasun horsley's really interesting look at 'story' and 'scapegoating', with how it has been used and applied to the story of the wwii holocaust. i think you may find it worth while. (i certainly did.) "The Wound of the Negative: History Written by the Victims: Stories We Tell Ourselves, or Stories We Are Ourselves, Part 14" https://childrenofjob.substack.com/p/the-wound-of-the-negative-history
oh! yes. your metaphors work and your analysis is sharp, imo, meaning that they align with my own observations with my own slightly different language. muchas gracias.
thank you.
Thank you so much, Guy!! I love the synchronicity :)
I love being a composite cloud of energies
A Canadian Grandma
Thank you, Canadian Grandma! xo
Thank You, Sister Tessa.
The Word Is Not The Thing.
A fundamental layer of mind-control is inserted when people are convinced that the word is the thing.
Words carry subtle innuendo and inherent assumptions about reality.
When certain words are accepted as "real", they lead to foregone conclusions.
When "God" is the word, and "God's Commandments" are written down, tyranny is empowered.
The "Law of Love" is not that way.
;-)
also the map is not the terrain.
Though topographic maps do, at least, try...
I agree with your ... words here, Brother John! :)
Seriously though, I do agree with you. And yes, when people ascribe their desire to control others to God, words starts serving a wrong purposes, and sooner or later, this needs to be corrected!!
" When sincere people in the “resistance” attribute the great reset to this fantastical beast, the so called “darkness of paganism,” is it the actual pagans that they are thinking about—or the artificial ghost created by the globalist great resetters from a couple thousand years ago? "
This. Also, your last few paragraphs.
I am thinking of writing an article about this -- in particular, of the pitfall of using previously-established organized (indoctrinating) religion as a worthwhile opposition to the current evils at hand. On other Substacks I read, particularly in the comments, I notice a great groundswell of voices calling for a "return to Christianity" and Christian values. Among these voices, a GREAT many -- perhaps the majority -- believe sincerely that anything even sniffing of Paganism is part of the Great Reset and an instant ticket to Satanism. These individuals praise Jesus Christ, their -- and this is key -- Lord and *savior* -- for giving them strength.
I am in full agreement that, as you say, "whether people call God by the name of “God,” or “Jesus,” or “Bog” (the Russian word for “God”), or Allah (the Arabic word for “God”) ... they are calling for the same God, and the Creator is intelligent enough to feel our hearts." However, while I am certain that the highest Creator does indeed hear their calls, I am not so sure that they themselves recognize that there is no difference in the name used. The Human need to have an external savior is obviously deep-rooted; otherwise, so many would not have fallen for the great savior of The Science (tm) to deliver them from the evil of the COVID boogeyman. I am concerned that the continued reliance on the external savior of Christ is a potential pitfall in the truly holy battle for freedom -- not because there is anything inherently wrong with Christ Himself, but because the continued dependence on a single source of information (the Holy Bible) opens the door for external sources (manipulators) to offer their own dangerous interpretations of the Word (which is, let's face it, not always the most loving document, either, if read cover-to-cover). The same goes for any organized religion that requires others to interpret the written Word.
I would never, EVER ask anyone to abandon his or spiritual beliefs; that is not my purpose. My purpose is, instead, to ask those who are currently without a spiritual mooring to *question* whether or not joining the rank-and-file of Christianity -- or another organized group -- is really going to help the cause of true freedom and resistance to indoctrination. The pendulum swings both ways; it is currently so far to the left that I fear that, when it does swing back, rather than passing through the middle it may swing directly overhead and smack us all so hard from the right that we don't know what hit us.
I hear you, Doctor Kitt!! Ascribing the great reset to "pagans" is a grand delusion, and a grand psyop on the part of the great resetters themselves. The so called pagans are our ancestors, our family, who lived in the "old normal" way before the great resetters showed up. I think it is wonderful that people find the Creator in any theological system when they really want to, but it is not right to slander our ancestors and to be blind to their wisdom. And after all, the Latin word "pagani" just means "rural folk." It was the Roman emperors' way to get at the competition, it was their version of "deplorables" but with more layers to the psyop.
yes, we should not abandon the divine connection, but re establish it in a more direct and personal way. not through a filter. authentically re connect with the heart, the divine is all around us, if we quiet our pre conceived notions and listen to the world around us. our ancestors are on our side !
Good morning Tessa (Spirit Guide).
www.Next Level Soul podcast, host Alex Ferrari.
www.AnimalSpirit.org. (Anna Breytenbach).
www.AnimalTalk.net (Penelope Smith).
Living in a Artificial Culture, where everything is artificial. Artificiality………No Spirituality...
Thank you, Larry!!
Maybe I could write a better comment. But that would take time from the rereading. Tata Love (now I know)
Nice one.
I started worrying about the validity my own perception of the world going all the way back in high school.
Yes, I was that weird introverted kid ;)
This opening salvo is breaking ground that is unique, rich, and rare.
This right here, brilliant:
"This story is an attempt to explain with some precision why talking points—all talking points—are a poisonous cage for a free soul. I will also try to show how they are used as a weapon, to confuse and enslave."
One gets ones hopes raised, thus, one imagines leaving the cage of "ALL talking points" to get to the meadow beyond talking points, but not behind language.
"I am writing this essay strictly from the inside, which means that what I am saying is going to safely and decisively bypass all familiar talking points!. There is no titillation or reinforcement of preexisting talking points that is going to happen in this post. :) "
And then….when the writer/guide get to the part of all people of all faiths ("religions") being in some way possessed (para phrasing) this reader felt a familiar faint inner startle, not a "blow" exactly, but a "talking point," for sure. That of Paganism appreciators. Just as certain of the wrongness of the others as all other Talking Points and I-Am-Right-ism.
Still, you had us clearing the clouds for most of the piece and I do think you are writing fascinatingly about AI, language, spiritism. You are fighting robots, yes.
Except for….one.
My Jewish father, close to the end of his life, said, when we discussed Jesus:
"He's helped more people than any other person who has ever lived."
I thought that was generous, and accurate. And I love love love accuracy.
" Helped " people, one might say, who can't ever know the "truth" about his life, his death, his mystery. Still, they were helped.
Anyway, fantastic work as always Tessa. I hope you keep writing about language and spirit, living language…like any other living life form. Many stunning passages in this essay.
Celia, thank you my dear, any kind words coming from you are an honor. I started responding and then my building shook from a likely geoengineered earthquake in New York! I am sure you felt it.
I want to clarify something because I am not sure whether what I said is what (I think) you are responding to. The article said, "By the way, here is an important historical and spiritual caveat. Proclaiming loyalty to any theological dogma doesn’t equal sensory connection to the divine. In fact, oftentimes, it’s a classic “possession” by talking points."
Is it the part that you paraphrased here?
"And then….when the writer/guide get to the part of all people of all faiths ("religions") being in some way possessed (para phrasing) this reader felt a familiar faint inner startle, not a "blow" exactly, but a "talking point," for sure. That of Paganism appreciators. Just as certain of the wrongness of the others as all other Talking Points and I-Am-Right-ism."
If that was the part of the article that you meant, then it was not intended to mean "all people of all religions are in some way possessed." Many, many people are, but I was talking about specifically about dogma addicts, the one who practice what we talked about in our interview, the people who feel that others have to agree with what they believe in for the world to continue existing, etc.
It can get even more nuanced because being overwhelmed by a loving spirit is also possession but in the modern context, the word "possessed" is typically used in a negative way, meaning acting on behalf of a negative entity.
In any case, I wanted to clarify what I meant because this is an extremely complex topic, and when something is a point of pain, it is important to be gentle with it
xoxoxo
once again i'm reminded of that old paul harvey clip about what he would do if he was the devil.
first thing i'd do if i was the devil is i'd try to convince everyone that i was the truth, the light and the way. and if that worked i'd be really ambitious and build out the cage, get everyone to trade a lifetime of slavery for the promise of escape.
of course you'd say that i was completely insane. and you'd be right.
Sounds realistic if we look at the world, doesn't it?
You put so much thought and care into what you write, it is a joy to read.
Thank you, ArthemisForestFairy!!! I try to do what's right, it's always a learning experience but I try!
Tessa... Thanks for your voice and for sharing your life with us as you do. I am certain that many here can echo similar experiences and discoveries and you provide a community for sharing those things. From the moment of conception we appear to enter this world encased in an artificial construct originating from generational human experience, societal/cultural fabrications, and real world material limitations. We are blinded in many ways from the time we are born until we pass on to the next plane. Sadly, revelation - awakening - freeing ones self from our encumbrances seems to require significant trauma. Universe provides that trauma in the level that we individually need, it appears. I do not begin to understand any of this, but being past 70 now I cling to Charles Fort's words:
"The ideal state is meekness, or humility, or the semi-invalid state of the old. Year after year I am becoming nobler and nobler. If I can live to be decrepit enough, I shall be a saint."
I just read The Spirit of Intimacy(Into-me-see) by Sobonfu Some. What a gift she was as she past at age 48 I think it was, of drinking polluted water for most of her life
Yep language obfuscates or creates false impressions.
That's why a lot of science today is actually a religion, scientism.
We believe in things "proven" that are actually not proven.
Later we figure out a little more of the truth because the so called truth tellers were full of bullshit.
"I believe humanity's foray into fiction began with the breakdown of the bicameral mind, and the insertion of meaningless symbols in between the subject and the seer. In short, back when people used pictographic alphabets, we were limited to discussing things we could actually see in the real world. The invention of phonemic alphabets like this one, which are comprised not of representative pictures but of meaningless letters, provides the opportunity to invent an endless stream of non-sense, the greatest of these being spelled with just a single capital letter."
Alphabet vs the goddess lecture by Leonard Shlain
https://robc137.substack.com/p/alphabet-vs-the-goddess
Generally speaking, only people who haven't experienced war (or violent crime, war on the micro-level so to speak) on their own porch /fear/ a potential enemy, and what they fear isn't really the enemy as such but losing their comfortable and safe lifestyle, earned or not matters not nor does the causal chain resulting in a war.
People who have experienced war (or violent crime) generally /hate/ war and are determined (not fearful) to stop the enemy, preferably by removing reasons for conflict as long as the removal-process isn't harmful to them, as individuals or a collective.
Americans have never, this side of 1900, experienced war at home (neither has Sweden, which is why there are so many parallels to draw upon for me). For Soviet-Russia, especially during the post-Great Patriotic War era, I think it probable that there wasn't a single family that hadn't lost people in the war. Fear for a new war, perhaps, but not fear of the enemy, only determination. Same with the afghans - their history is nothing but war, with foreigners and each other. Same with palestinian arabs - constant war of extermination against the jews since 1948, and internecine clan wars among arabs before colonialisation brought a brief period of relative peace.
And so on around the world. That is part of the socio-psychological reason (as well as the spiritual one) why the West is in such dire straits now: war has become an abstraction, something distant happening elsewhere and something affecting virtually no-one except the actual soldiers (and the people being brought peace, liberty and democratic capitalism via shock and awe (aka death from above)).
That is also why this war of words works - everything, almost everything is abstract for the vast majority, and you the individual matters not to the Machine Society: you're replaceable by another flesh-drone, being equal in worth and dignity to all other flesh-drones. Your food is a packet with flashing clashing colours. Your drink much the same. Your leisure-time consists of trying to trigger jaded senses and blasé sensibilities, and your spirit languishes in a menage á troi with ennui and anomie.
The door is open. Leaving the Machine is possible. But the choice must be freely made because the cost - spiritual and material - is your entire previous existence with no guarantee of success, pleasure, or anything at all but a moment of clarity and a single breath of free air.
I made that choice almost a decade ago now. Hasn't been easy, never will be. Materially speaking, we get by on 1/4 of what we used to earn. Ain't easy.
Spiritually? I can't put words to it. Listen to 'Also Spracht Zarathustra' or 'De Neuvième' - those pieces expresses the feeling so much better.
Completely OT:
PS: What kind of a mousetrap is that? The mouse is in no danger - the hook on the triggering rod makes it impossible for the trap to snap shut. Did you pick it for that purpose, trying to say something by way of a visual kenning? DS