It's a good read. Much of it resonates with me. The imagery is great. If you have the inclination, give me a response to https://erlhapp.substack.com/
This makes sense: 'It should be noted that Russia and China have essentially gone back to private forms of government, with Putin and Xi as respective CEO’s, specifically to control their own oligarchs. Which is why our oligarchs, their political patsies, managerial underlings and media hacks hate them so passionately.'
But don't underestimate the strength of the Confucian Tradition. The Chinese have a strong sense of what should be. When they decide that the Mandate of Heaven is being disrespected, we will know about it in short order.
"Right now it looks like a cage match between the markets and the dollar and the markets have more lobbyists, while the dollar just has the Federal Reserve. Which is like having the other guy’s drug dealer as your lawyer."
Fascinating commentary. I appreciate your efforts at enlightening us, along with yourself. Although, I'd like a few illustrations of some of your ideas, especially the moving of future to past.
I truly loved this line, "You can cheat on the foundations to store more gold in the penthouse for only so long, before it does more than just trickle down."
I, too, have written Chelsea Manning's name on a ballot.
I'm assuming HK is Hong Kong. One observation I've encountered in the decades of sorting through these ideas, is the Eastern and Native American perception is the past is in front and the future behind, because the past and what is in front are known, while the future and what is behind are unknown. Which accords with the fact we see events after they occur, then the energy/light goes to other observers and events.
While the Western view is the future is in front and the past behind, because we see ourselves as distinct objects moving through space. Hence the tendency to relate time with space. Which would seem to be the purpose of our consciousness, as a navigation tool. Thus the sequencing. Given plants have no need to navigate and lack that singular sentient interface.
A plant functions as feedback between the energy expanding/growing it, as the fiber coalesces. Consider a plant, especially trees, are a stitch between the sky and the ground.
I could try peeling back the layers a bit more, such as in terms of plugging into others consciousness and all the other free floating energies out there. Such as the floaters, those dark spots that wander around the vision, that seem to be both my thoughts receding, as well as others awareness intersecting mine, but that starts to get out over the edge and I'm trying to appear somewhat normal.
I grew up around more horses and cattle, than people, so my insights tend more toward nature than culture. People think in boxes, animals sense in vibes.
Thanks for the reply. It's an interesting idea and perspective. I think I can grasp that we understand what has passed only from now, which is actually that past's future. My visual orientation shows me what is ahead and what I should come to in the future, but I understand that other, more immersive senses would not present that view.
I used to live in Hong Kong until recently, and my heart is still there. I've kept the user name, but am now in Portugal.
The West is very object oriented, while the East is more context oriented.
Monotheism versus yin and yang.
The problem is that as people, we can only see one side at a time, like only seeing one side of the coin.
Then that this gets used to bound us up in groupthink.
Having spent my life herding, I sensed it very early in life, that schooling, once it got past the basics, was about indoctrinating us into the group. Which I didn't really have a problem with, other than that I didn't like where the groups were going and the forces leading them.
I was 5th of 6 kids, so I knew a lot about being part of a group and watching, rather than having things my own way.
I have traveled some, but not much. When I was 16, I ran away and hitchhiked around the country for several months. I figure between the time I was 16 and 19, I hitchhiked about 15,000 miles. Though that was back in the 70's, when it was more normal. My walkabout.
Since then, I've mostly immersed myself in work. Much of it with racehorses, but the last few years, fixing old farm machinery. It's like zen. Keeping the flow going.
Hi John,
It's a good read. Much of it resonates with me. The imagery is great. If you have the inclination, give me a response to https://erlhapp.substack.com/
This makes sense: 'It should be noted that Russia and China have essentially gone back to private forms of government, with Putin and Xi as respective CEO’s, specifically to control their own oligarchs. Which is why our oligarchs, their political patsies, managerial underlings and media hacks hate them so passionately.'
But don't underestimate the strength of the Confucian Tradition. The Chinese have a strong sense of what should be. When they decide that the Mandate of Heaven is being disrespected, we will know about it in short order.
Yup. more yin and yang, than God Almighty.
Spot on. I concur. Fairy tale land is alive and well.
The Tower of Babel is getting wobbly.
Clay feet indeed.
"Right now it looks like a cage match between the markets and the dollar and the markets have more lobbyists, while the dollar just has the Federal Reserve. Which is like having the other guy’s drug dealer as your lawyer."
>:D
Fascinating commentary. I appreciate your efforts at enlightening us, along with yourself. Although, I'd like a few illustrations of some of your ideas, especially the moving of future to past.
I truly loved this line, "You can cheat on the foundations to store more gold in the penthouse for only so long, before it does more than just trickle down."
I, too, have written Chelsea Manning's name on a ballot.
Thanks.
I'm assuming HK is Hong Kong. One observation I've encountered in the decades of sorting through these ideas, is the Eastern and Native American perception is the past is in front and the future behind, because the past and what is in front are known, while the future and what is behind are unknown. Which accords with the fact we see events after they occur, then the energy/light goes to other observers and events.
While the Western view is the future is in front and the past behind, because we see ourselves as distinct objects moving through space. Hence the tendency to relate time with space. Which would seem to be the purpose of our consciousness, as a navigation tool. Thus the sequencing. Given plants have no need to navigate and lack that singular sentient interface.
A plant functions as feedback between the energy expanding/growing it, as the fiber coalesces. Consider a plant, especially trees, are a stitch between the sky and the ground.
I could try peeling back the layers a bit more, such as in terms of plugging into others consciousness and all the other free floating energies out there. Such as the floaters, those dark spots that wander around the vision, that seem to be both my thoughts receding, as well as others awareness intersecting mine, but that starts to get out over the edge and I'm trying to appear somewhat normal.
I grew up around more horses and cattle, than people, so my insights tend more toward nature than culture. People think in boxes, animals sense in vibes.
Thanks for the reply. It's an interesting idea and perspective. I think I can grasp that we understand what has passed only from now, which is actually that past's future. My visual orientation shows me what is ahead and what I should come to in the future, but I understand that other, more immersive senses would not present that view.
I used to live in Hong Kong until recently, and my heart is still there. I've kept the user name, but am now in Portugal.
The West is very object oriented, while the East is more context oriented.
Monotheism versus yin and yang.
The problem is that as people, we can only see one side at a time, like only seeing one side of the coin.
Then that this gets used to bound us up in groupthink.
Having spent my life herding, I sensed it very early in life, that schooling, once it got past the basics, was about indoctrinating us into the group. Which I didn't really have a problem with, other than that I didn't like where the groups were going and the forces leading them.
I was 5th of 6 kids, so I knew a lot about being part of a group and watching, rather than having things my own way.
I have traveled some, but not much. When I was 16, I ran away and hitchhiked around the country for several months. I figure between the time I was 16 and 19, I hitchhiked about 15,000 miles. Though that was back in the 70's, when it was more normal. My walkabout.
Since then, I've mostly immersed myself in work. Much of it with racehorses, but the last few years, fixing old farm machinery. It's like zen. Keeping the flow going.