by thrulookingglass » Wed Aug 07, 2019 8:25 am
In response to BenDhyan post regarding *Buddhist philosophies and the statement: A mind that has preferences will forever be in a state of disturbance as it has no real power to prevent things from happening outside its control
We'd have to dig into what is the "self" in this case, which would take forever to explain or know. Preferences are one thing, but knowing, but still greater, doing right rather than wrong is always the path to enlightenment. This 'stilling of the mind' is an interesting level of control over thought; it doesn't change the fact that children are starving in Africa. Doesn't stop bombs from falling from the skies in Syria. It strikes me as meager, lowly to suggest we cannot or do not have impetus to change events in our world. The more we believe/perceive ourselves 'powerless' the more we become it. Acceptance isn't endorsing either for to make use of violence or evil is to become it. I believe it to be fact that we are all tied together in this medium of life. Thereby, when we refuse to treat other peoples lives as important we degrade them. Life is an activity, not passivity. Righteous social action is VITAL to a healthy society. Being emotionally sound, educated, wise in that which is virtuous for the individual and the whole is one way we conquer ignorant behaviors.
I feel this should have its own topic, but I’ll throw it out here. There has been talk in the media, print mostly about “dark psychic forces” in regards to Trump's rhetoric stirring up hate and animosity. I was surprised to see these terms used in the media for it does launch us into the spiritual. “Dark psychic forces” we have truly entered a new age. Is it a real phenomenon? Yes. A lot of these “dark psychic forces” do make us feel insignificant was one thing I noticed. Making people feel powerless, running scared (terrorism), inadequate is the command of this ‘octopus' that has us in its clutches. The corporate military industrial complex functions to destroy the power of the individual not reinforce it and this is trickery, fuckery, and an ill-mannered way of controlling people. The worker is an axe at the grindstone. Its what we labor at that is important, not how hard we work at given task. Doesn't higher consciousness compel us into existentialism? Perception, it should be a long study for all. A lot of this is emotional control/emotional intelligence as you can see how in society our emotions are used to route us down certain paths, and when I say certain paths I mean vapid endeavors. To the heart of that statement though that Trump’s bolstered attitude created a sympathetic vibration that helped foster hatred amongst his crowd of intellectually imperiled souls. The conscious machine functions much like the worlds, garbage in, garbage out. If our thinking is shit than our world is probably shit. Example, it is wrong to think war is useful, it is wrong to think the Earth’s/Universes resources require money to obtain. When ‘loony’ new-agers, spiritualists, and even some organized religions talk about a ‘shift in consciousness’ this is exactly what we mean, that righteousness shall become our path. Rise up slave, you have nothing to lose but your chains. A house divided cannot stand. Reminds me of the Simpson’s episode where the independent though alarm keeps going off. This fucking world is eating me alive lately. But something is stirring in the mist. If we ever get outta this, drinks are on me…
