Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds

Bump for synergy!

Overload?

and it is nice to see that you have not lost your touch .

Ie. The Vancouver Hockey Riots ?

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Every subpart holds the blueprint of the whole.

Congruence between thought, word, action etc etc is what
creates integrity.

All organizations larger than 1 person can be infiltrated.

Now is not time.
It is something else.

Shit.
I have become a "theme-person".

I'm just not sure Everything could play out in any other fashion.

If existence, then this.

Inevitable since something became discernable from nothing?

Nothing is new under the sun.
People in the Roman Empire complained of politicians losing their
integrity 2000 years ago.

Betcha it's the same everywhere, on all planets.

'rivalry' between words and action implies a competitiveness which requires 'competitors'

i agree there is a rivalry taking place when words and actions are incoherent-a dry crust indeed
but doesn't that rivalry exist within the realm of thought and become manifest in the realms of words and actions

- words reflect thought , actions reflect thought
if there is rivalry , doesn't it have to spring from incohesion in the realm of thought

so isn't the most efficient way to assist the rebalancing sought best achieved through the realm of thought , individually and thus collectively , both concrete and abstract
and not the realm of action?

which is after all a little slow comparitively speaking ?

Instead of falling into the arms of relief George Carlin provides, how about Phil Rockstroh (my golden thread of sanity just when I need it) and Rilke:
(pasted 1/8th of an article)

The dilemma involves, to paraphrase Rilke, how will you spend the days of this finite life? Will you give into the compulsion to build a construction of ghostly artifice--life lived as a self-perpetuating lie that you are in control, that the caprice you conjure to ward off feelings of despair, regarding your powerlessness over the coursing flow of events, is an accurate description of your true nature? Will you create a bristling fortification of convenient cynicism, allowing you to remain ensconced within a dead womb of bile and ashes?

Or will you risk being the midwife of your own tale, grasping that there exist forces within you, when in dialog with the soul of existence, that are greater than the sum of your assumptions, that exist deeper and beyond life-negating banalities, such as winner and loser, shame and pride, and grief and happiness?

"So don't be frightened, dear friend, if a sadness confronts you larger than any you have ever known, casting its shadow over all you do. You must think that something is happening within you, and remember that life has not forgotten you; it holds you in its hand and will not let you fall. Why would you want to exclude from your life any uneasiness, any pain, any depression, since you don't know what work they are accomplishing within you?" "-Rainer Maria Rilke

This election cycle, don't be afraid to walk away either if it insults your soul (it insults mine)
..and this on 9-11 moment when it all went bad~

"The television roused itself to life just at the moment of the collapse of the North Tower.

This was before the image was fetishized in the American imagination, was exploited by two U.S. presidential administrations to justify thousands of acts of military aggression on people of distant lands who only share one trait in common--they were born of the Islamic faith.

This was before George W. Bush played dress-up in military costumes and pranced about at military bases and the decks of naval vessels. This was before President Obama's brandishing of kill lists, his normalization and codification into law of Bush era war crimes and constitutional and human rights violations."


No good guys here, not then and certainly not now.
Does this all insult your soul? It does mine.

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Just a funny podcast...called Riding the herd mentality...
Found it interesting.

I think if we inject more humor back into daily life we'd be far better off than the fear tactics that are currently driving things...

Lol! Heard is not a place.

Later dude!

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Addiction simulation has taught me much. Im leaving, i am not. I am leaving, i am not.

Interesting escape mechanisms.

Gotta suck being stuck inbthe hotel california.

But there is more to life then sucking.

;)

Just wondering what your opinion or thoughts might be now that the elections are over.

reminds me of what one german wrote of those enamored by hitler

"these people are enamored, captivated, they are absolutely insane"

Same can be said of modern day partisans in the USA. They are insane.

:boobbump:

this has something to do with this thought. it goes like what if this were all there was? what if this life you live at this time was it. there is no after life well star dust that's for sure.i wonder if we didn't have all this after life/religion and we lived like this is it how different would even our madness be?

who cares since it isn't the case...

?

not I

exactly and prove that it isn't

Mad crowd dis-ease.

damn, I really like that.

"Those whom the gods wish to destroy are first made mad
(HW longfellow)

What has co-opted the human race to be a party to it's own self-destruction?

Could it be the shepherd (of the herd)?

And the SMith that brands them?

The fox would say 'how absurd'...
a babe is taken, and DENner is served.

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