Re: Twilight for the fishes, we say goodby to our great Clown Loach.

On 03 Apr 2005 12:48:24 GMT, Roger Johansson wrote:

> Ban wrote:
>
>> Amazing how we can develop love and attachment
>
> It is not so amazing if we understand the kind of concussion we call
> "eternal love" which is an important part of the cultural pattern we
> have lived in for thousands of years.
>
> It is a combination of fear and strong convictions, mastered by
> aggressivity when needed.
> That is what we see on tv every day, romance, fear, aggressivity, male
> and female roles and the social processes which create those roles.
>
> Right now we live in a confused era, the era of secularization. Some
> people still defend and try to re-inforce the old creationist culture,
> others are trying to replace it with equality between the sexes,
> democracy replacing the rule of God, human rights replacing the
> draconic laws of the old testament.
>
> Electronics plays an important part in the secularizing process, as we
> can meet in the medium of text, where our social strength is nullified
> and only the strength of our arguments decide how seriously we are
> taken by others.
>
> Logic and reason are slowly replacing strong convictions and fear.
>
> Electronic media spread information all over the globe, showing us more
> alternatives, reinforcing patterns, destroying patterns, creating new
> patterns of life.
>
> Industrialization and free markets equalize the conditions all over the
> globe. Capital flowing to poor countries where it is cheap to build
> factories, where cheap labor is available. After some time the economic
> conditions will be come equalized between all nations and all people in
> the world.
>
> In the old cultural pattern foreplay was handled by the society. The
> training of boys and girls to become men and women created a kind of
> automatic excitement and amazement towards the other sex.
>
> As modern secularized people we have to DO things with our minds and
> bodies, instead of just BEING men and women, to create a nice love life.
>
> The fixed state of mind which make some people so happy and others so
> unhappy must be replaced by thinking flexible minds when we abolish the
> created love and all the social processes which create gender roles and
> the holy matrimony.
>
> The fixed mind has a strong tendency to be amazed, like a pot smoker
> who likes to stare at hypnotic screensavers and listen to music. It is
> a healing of an overworked mind.
>
> Many stressing factors in life are tearing the mind apart again,
> creating anew a need for healing, for amazement, for love.

And maybe leaving our minds open to or willing to receive and follow
crafty liars.

As many reasons as I have to be happy and greatful for what I have
and what I may receive (no. what I *will* recieve - I claim it now),
just thinking about the state the world is in (and really always has
been in) makes me sad... sometimes angry and frustrated. I'm talking
about the confusion and friction caused by religion and politics -
pumped into our homes by the media via high pressure sewage lines
and RF links. I see otherwise intelligent people act and speak as if
they were brainwashed. I can't be brainwashed - I'm too damn
confused. [ Am I weird, or what? :) ] I know there are people in
group, there are people I've met, and authors I've read (a small
percentage of the world! ) that are intelligent enough to see
through the smokescreen. Our predicament shouldn't baffle me - those
of us that know the truth and reality are scared.

If we'd all use as much as possible of the tool we've got in our
heads and apply a little common sense, I think there'd be hope. I
think the stress factors and confusions are a major mental block.
But maybe our minds are wired to just fall short of the intelligence
and patience required to fix everything.

We can all start with love - respect (golden rule) for all living
things, and the rock we're stuck on. It's a common sense thing. The
emotional side of love is irrelevant to the solution and even
impedes us at times. But that same aspect of love has it's time and
place in life.

Too bad we're not perfect. I'm going to try to be more perfect by
first going back to being happy while letting the negative stuff
roll off my back without totally ignoring it. I gotta stop venting
before I write another book. Take care.
--
Best Regards,
Mike
.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Twilight for the fishes, we say goodby to our great Clown Loach.
    ... >democracy replacing the rule of God, ... >alternatives, reinforcing patterns, destroying patterns, creating new ... >bodies, instead of just BEING men and women, to create a nice love life. ... >The fixed state of mind which make some people so happy and others so ...
    (sci.electronics.design)
  • Re: Twilight for the fishes, we say goodby to our great Clown Loach.
    ... democracy replacing the rule of God, ... alternatives, reinforcing patterns, destroying patterns, creating new ... bodies, instead of just BEING men and women, to create a nice love life. ... The fixed state of mind which make some people so happy and others so ...
    (sci.electronics.design)
  • Re: Just How Blind is the Human Race?
    ... Well that is well said and very well put Jonathan. ... by "training our eyes and minds". ... scientists like Galileo started measuring and testing things that we ... > Planum might find evidence for ancient life. ...
    (sci.geo.geology)
  • Re: Just How Blind is the Human Race?
    ... Well that is well said and very well put Jonathan. ... by "training our eyes and minds". ... scientists like Galileo started measuring and testing things that we ... > Planum might find evidence for ancient life. ...
    (sci.space.policy)
  • Re: OT: Too much marijuana
    ... I think life can do long-term bad shit to some people's minds. ... they need weed to temper that or make the day more bearable, ... Good luck with the clean pristine life of sobriety and temperance. ...
    (rec.gambling.poker)