My Intuitions. Life Echoes.
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wolven7Today, i read a lot of Hofstadter, and a Little of Difference Engine. Hofstatder started talking about A.I., today... And the Koans... My gods the Koans... Weaving and Reverberating nicely, i'd say. I also heard conversations, on my way to lunch, in the 9th floor elevator lobby, between two people about the Older Biblical translations having references to reincarnation, and people chosing their lives based on perceived Purpose. That made me Smile. And then i read the news paper, today.
In the news today, i was confronted with a sick realisation, on which i started talking, last night: When it comes to Nature, human beings are about as selfish as you will Ever see them be. There is, of course, the sense of entitlement that comes from a Divine Image God-Right majority society, and that leads us to believe that we can do whatever the fuck we want to whatever the fuck we want, and no body can say Shit to us, about it. We kill species, then move to protect species that we, honourably, nobly, Wonderfully , and Miraculously Breathe life back into. Like we shouldn't have simply integrated, to begin with. And in saving all of the butterflies, the spiders are starving to death... Sorry, too much Trigun, recently. But that's ok, cause sppiders are Icky, right?
And something that very few people think about: Forest fires. We save acres and acres of national forest from logging, because we want to enjoy their Beauty. And then we put out forest fires. We stop them. Forest fires are the Wolves, of the plant world. They thin the her{d}s, and make sure that Balance is maintained. Yeah, we have some fucking horrible fire seasons, around, recently, but that's because we didn't let them burn sooner. People-- i'm specifically referencing the President, here-- talk about preventative logging, and getting out this horrible underbrush that we've let build up, due to... Tougher environmental standards? You know what? In his way, he's right. Tree hugging hippy bastards need to let a fire Burn, god damn it. No offense. Because you fucking environment destroying bastards need to get your grubby hands off of it. You're all extremists, and need to leave the environment Moderately Alone. Yeah, the ideal of the "Noble Savage" was a bloody lie, and Native Americans were simply more pragmatic, and used what they had to, and got what they could, but Shit! it's something to look up to. The ideal of taking only what you need, and nothing more... of Validly Assessing what you need, and taking that... Because, while-- until something better comes along-- we deal with capitalism, that's a Human to Human thing. Imposing that on our environment. I think not.
Just because we like the pretty forests, and not the charred wastes, doesn't give us the right to put out forext fires, unless they endanger us. And only AS they endanger us. And then, it's still Survival of the Fittest.
Fire's gotta eat, too.
And i realise that, for those who get the reference, the President reminds me of a combination of The Smiler, and Heller, from Transmet. The Rolling up the sleeves thing is starting to get to me.
Which brings me to my next topic: Politics. Dear fuck HEL, i HATE POLITICS. The game of spin or be spun, the weaving of gentle lies, and the candidly arranged photo-op. The Game, and the people who watch it and make it Matter. Because people take this game seriously. No matter the Farce and the Evident Planning in a move or a statement, or a platform, no matter if you can Smell the fresh spackle in the cracks, it Still gets Made to Matter. People buy into it. People sigh and hang their heads, and, even if they know the lie for what it is, they go along and play the game, because what else is there to do, right? "How can We change it? It's only Our Country. It's only a Democratically Based System. I mean we just pay our senators' and congress people's salaries, and that of the companies that bribe them, from time to time. It's not like We, little John and Jane Q. SLACKER! Can do anything about it... I mean... Not without taking some fucking responsibility, and admiting the possibility of transcendece. And we hated Sartre. *pout*"
Well i hate you.
And i know, not All of you are this bad. Most of you who read this, you are in no Way this bad. But you don't talk to other people about it, enough. You don't show them. Neither do i. I rant, in spurts and spouts, steaming thick rage staining your pretty blue dress... But, hey... We can all get better, together. As Thom Yorke once so brilliantly put it: "Stop Whispering, Start Shouting."
There are other thoughts that swirl my mind, at he moment.. The ideals that the system, and the NonSystem, the Gate and the Gateless, are intertwined, now.. and that to reach a True enlightenment, you have to understand and accept and integrate With the pieces, As the pieces, and not simply as some Maya the Bee imperfect gossamer chiten Holographic representation of a Unified Reality. Because reality is Bits and Pieces. It is also an unbroken Whole. It is the Watch and the Cogs and the Time and the Motion and the Potential and the Maker and it is Everything. Everything. Never a separate thing, except every thing. And i've said that, before... but i'm reminded, more often... Especially with my current reading material.
Walk the dividing lines... They're pathways, too.
Later.
In the news today, i was confronted with a sick realisation, on which i started talking, last night: When it comes to Nature, human beings are about as selfish as you will Ever see them be. There is, of course, the sense of entitlement that comes from a Divine Image God-Right majority society, and that leads us to believe that we can do whatever the fuck we want to whatever the fuck we want, and no body can say Shit to us, about it. We kill species, then move to protect species that we, honourably, nobly, Wonderfully , and Miraculously Breathe life back into. Like we shouldn't have simply integrated, to begin with. And in saving all of the butterflies, the spiders are starving to death... Sorry, too much Trigun, recently. But that's ok, cause sppiders are Icky, right?
And something that very few people think about: Forest fires. We save acres and acres of national forest from logging, because we want to enjoy their Beauty. And then we put out forest fires. We stop them. Forest fires are the Wolves, of the plant world. They thin the her{d}s, and make sure that Balance is maintained. Yeah, we have some fucking horrible fire seasons, around, recently, but that's because we didn't let them burn sooner. People-- i'm specifically referencing the President, here-- talk about preventative logging, and getting out this horrible underbrush that we've let build up, due to... Tougher environmental standards? You know what? In his way, he's right. Tree hugging hippy bastards need to let a fire Burn, god damn it. No offense. Because you fucking environment destroying bastards need to get your grubby hands off of it. You're all extremists, and need to leave the environment Moderately Alone. Yeah, the ideal of the "Noble Savage" was a bloody lie, and Native Americans were simply more pragmatic, and used what they had to, and got what they could, but Shit! it's something to look up to. The ideal of taking only what you need, and nothing more... of Validly Assessing what you need, and taking that... Because, while-- until something better comes along-- we deal with capitalism, that's a Human to Human thing. Imposing that on our environment. I think not.
Just because we like the pretty forests, and not the charred wastes, doesn't give us the right to put out forext fires, unless they endanger us. And only AS they endanger us. And then, it's still Survival of the Fittest.
Fire's gotta eat, too.
And i realise that, for those who get the reference, the President reminds me of a combination of The Smiler, and Heller, from Transmet. The Rolling up the sleeves thing is starting to get to me.
Which brings me to my next topic: Politics. Dear fuck HEL, i HATE POLITICS. The game of spin or be spun, the weaving of gentle lies, and the candidly arranged photo-op. The Game, and the people who watch it and make it Matter. Because people take this game seriously. No matter the Farce and the Evident Planning in a move or a statement, or a platform, no matter if you can Smell the fresh spackle in the cracks, it Still gets Made to Matter. People buy into it. People sigh and hang their heads, and, even if they know the lie for what it is, they go along and play the game, because what else is there to do, right? "How can We change it? It's only Our Country. It's only a Democratically Based System. I mean we just pay our senators' and congress people's salaries, and that of the companies that bribe them, from time to time. It's not like We, little John and Jane Q. SLACKER! Can do anything about it... I mean... Not without taking some fucking responsibility, and admiting the possibility of transcendece. And we hated Sartre. *pout*"
Well i hate you.
And i know, not All of you are this bad. Most of you who read this, you are in no Way this bad. But you don't talk to other people about it, enough. You don't show them. Neither do i. I rant, in spurts and spouts, steaming thick rage staining your pretty blue dress... But, hey... We can all get better, together. As Thom Yorke once so brilliantly put it: "Stop Whispering, Start Shouting."
There are other thoughts that swirl my mind, at he moment.. The ideals that the system, and the NonSystem, the Gate and the Gateless, are intertwined, now.. and that to reach a True enlightenment, you have to understand and accept and integrate With the pieces, As the pieces, and not simply as some Maya the Bee imperfect gossamer chiten Holographic representation of a Unified Reality. Because reality is Bits and Pieces. It is also an unbroken Whole. It is the Watch and the Cogs and the Time and the Motion and the Potential and the Maker and it is Everything. Everything. Never a separate thing, except every thing. And i've said that, before... but i'm reminded, more often... Especially with my current reading material.
Walk the dividing lines... They're pathways, too.
Later.
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Date: 2003-08-12 06:19 pm (UTC)I'm sick of humans owning everything. Acting as if they do.
Having a national park means leaving it the fuck alone. Don't stop the fires.. they happen for a reason. The fires are there to rejuvenate.
what pisses me off just as much is when someone gets 'attacked' by a shark whilst swimming/surfing.
There's then a massive hunt for this shark so they can kill it.
Excuse me but err... humans were not made to live in the ocean. sharks were. The sharks have every right to 'attack' someone who is in their territory.
gah! humans piss me off.
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Date: 2003-08-12 06:19 pm (UTC)no subject
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