Archive for February, 2009

The Planet is Fine

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

As I mentioned yesterday, the planet isn’t going anywhere.  We are.  Pack your stuff, folks.  We’re going away for awhile.  No matter what we do to the Earth in the next few millenia other than destroying it completely will be reversed slowly after we’re gone.  As long as we have not exterminated all other biological life on Earth, the planet will heal itself.  When most people show concern for the planet, they’re thinking of how a dead planet might individually inconvenience them.  It’s obvious that civilization is unsustainable, so it will crash.  Unless we find a way to go to other planets and extract resources on a massive scale, there will be no way for us to sustain our current way of life.  Maybe that’s why terrorists hate America.  Our way of life is unsustainable.

I think that the fact we can’t take care of our own race says a lot about how we treat the planet.  Since we attack each other and go to war with each other, we hate ourselves.  We are all the same race.  You don’t see dogs attacking each other because they’re different breeds.  So maybe this can give insight into how we like to destroy things.  We like to take without giving back.  But the planet will live on no matter what we do to it.  We could pollute all the lakes and streams  and certain strains of bacteria and other organisms that feed on that sort of waste will thrive.  Is that a bad thing?  I don’t really know.  Morality is an invented term by humans.  I think the universe is just there and so it is also indifferent to what we do to this planet.  And if God made us in his image, he must be indiffernt, too.  He probably gets his rocks off thinking about the Rapture.  (Of course, I’m talking about the Christian God.)

Is this world so bad that people are actually looking forward to Armageddon?  Or the Apocalypse?  Like it’s one big release for everyone?  “Thank God that’s over.”  I believe Freud used the term “shadow self” to describe this aspect of self.  The part that wants death, destruction, and other equally evil activities.  We all have a dark side.  We all have a light side, too.  I think the people who run the world have a nihilist view of the world and the effect they’re having on it.  They contract their empathy and this becomes addictive.  And this contractiveness makes it easier for these people to rule the world and do whatever they want with it.  Most of these people were raised rich and had the resources to put these ideas into motion.  The very ideas that are destroying the Earth, but the planet is fine.

The planet will never let us destroy it completely because we need it to survive.  It will take us out because we will be unable to eat or sustain ourselves without vegetation or clean water.  It’s just a fact.  What we’re concerned in preserving is a planet with human life on it.  It’s a totally selfish way of thinking.  We want a planet with humans and automobiles and computers that will be sustainable.  It’s not impossible, but it’s very hard to maintain.  If one sect of the people in this future conquers everyone else and forces them to adopt the civilization way of life again, it will just start the whole cycle over again.

People today can’t imagine going back to living in a time where there was no running water or televisions.  They’re addicted to society.  They’re addicted to the notion of having tons and tons of things.  It’s a drug that is so addictive, you’re looked at like you’re crazy if you aren’t a part of it.  It is a massive task to cure the entire world of an addiction that is looked at as normal.  It’s going to take a crash for anything new to happen.  But as one civilization crashes, another rises.  If we had a global crash, maybe we could adopt a way of living that will let us stay on the planet we call our home.  Otherwise, we will be weeded out.  I won’t be around when it happens.  But I do know it will happen if we don’t change our lives.

But I guess it’s not that big a deal really.  Just because humans are no longer here, it doesn’t mean the world won’t matter anymore.  There will be another uprising of new animals or maybe some of the same animals and they will live here.  They will live in the abandoned skyscrapers and shopping malls.  They will thrive in the waste of our society.  So maybe it’s not always about us.  Sure, it would be nice to have the human race living in harmony with nature for the rest of time, but it’s not possible right now.  I hope some day we find a way to do it.  And if we don’t, it’s not a big deal.  We’ll just quietly go extinct.  Everything is temporary.  Even the universe will disappear someday.  The planet will die in the future.  It’s just a matter of when.  So it’s great to save our home while we’re still here and it’s still here, but we have to know that we’ll soon be gone and so will the planet.  Against the backdrop of eternity, “soon” could mean any number of things.  But for now, the planet is fine.

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Bill Hicks on Marketing and George Carlin

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

I thought I’d give you a few comedy clips I enjoy.  The first one is Bill Hicks on marketing.  I love this one because he was so anti-advertising and he was against consumerism.  This is why I really enjoy him as a comic genius.  He wasn’t afraid to say the things that people did not want to hear.

And for those of you who are concerned about the planet, I implore you to look at it from an alternative perspective in George Carlin’s famous bit called Saving the Planet.  This is a bit more thoughtful than the bit above.  I love this bit because it sheds some light on some of the things I talk about on this blog.  I’m not worried about the planet still existing.  I’m worried about it becoming a vast wasteland.  But it will eventually regenerate once we’re gone anyway.  My favorite quote from George in this bit is, “The planet is going anywhere.  We are.”  George was the same in the way he said things that people were thinking but were afraid to hear.

I hope you can take the same value and understanding from these clips that I do.  I’m thinking of devoting one day a week to comedy I enjoy.  I’ll link to a few clips and we’ll all have a few laughs.  Wednesday seems like the logical day.  It’s right in the middle of the week.  Friday’s too far away, and you’re tired from getting up early 3 days in a row.  There’s still 2 more to go and maybe humor shall help you through your day.

P.S.  Just for kicks, I thought I’d throw in some deadpan humor in the form of Steven Wright.   He is one of my favorites, so I find him just hilarious.

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Control

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

Human beings crave control.  It’s our nature to control everything in our world.  But we know we can’t control everything, but we sure can try to.  Our social status is measured on the amount of control we have over others.  Control lies everywhere in today’s society.  Social control is the backbone of keeping us all in line because the society we live in is so insane that the people who cannot tolerate it must be reprimanded through brute force.  A psychogenic mind creates a psychopathic society.  A society where only those who are psychopathic enough can rise to the top.  Those who will use others below them as sacrificial lambs in their quest for domination.  Who are the elites of the world but glorified criminals who do things behind the scenes that are so horrific that no one would even believe them if they did it out in the open.

Remember 9/11.  We were not attacked by some rebel Islamic sect.  We were attacked by our own government so they could tighten the belt on the control they have over us.  A way to get us to comply as long as they kept us safe.  Fear is a very powerful motivator to these people.  They are the ultimate darkworkers.  They’re so addicted to power and control that they spend their whole lives trying to extend their power.  Slaughtering people for oil.  Slaughtering your own people for oil.  Not that we should make that distinction as we are all human.  We all do not deserve this type of treatment.  Central control corrupts so easily and it’s there all over the world.  There are surveillance cameras on street corners in some cities now.  We’re constantly being watched, constantly surveiled.  Pretty soon, they’ll install RFID chips in our bodies.  They’ve already done it with the Real ID act.  They always need to know where we are.  What kind of a free country is this?

We lived in small tribes for millions of years without a need for central control.  Now that we’re all the product of grain agriculture and the need for heirarchical societies, the people at the top knew that they needed to control such a mass of people through all sorts of manipulation tactics.  Why do only five corporations own all the television stations?  Why does the news mostly talk about things that are non-actionable?  Because the people in charge want us to stay passive, stay complacent in a society that sucks.  They make it seem like our priveleges are so good compared to the third world and we should be grateful to live in the freest country, that we should be proud to be an American.  We’re nothing more than a nation of thieves and cowards.  Tracing back our history is so painful that the history books only tell half the story, or probably less.  The public school system is nothing more than a propaganda machine to turn an entire generation into passive consumers who always turn to authority because they’ve never been taught to think for themselves.  They’re given the option of one world and if they don’t fit in it, they’re outcasts, thrown away.

Thinking for yourself is a big step towards getting free of the control structure, at least mentally.  Every day on the television, we’re told what to think, what’s good and what’s bad, and who we should trust.  All these programs are owned by multi-national conglomerates that benefit immensely from keeping the public in the dark about certain things.  And these conglomerates would never rat each other out because then they risk the same thing happening to them and when all the secrets got out, the whole fabric of society would break down.  I would say what you hear in the media is like an iceberg, where only a small percentage is visible, while the rest remains unseen, trapped under the frigid waters of secrecy.  The highest functioning criminals in the world are the owners of the media outlets because omitting the atrocious actions they’re guilty of is not only wrong, but highly damaging to humanity as a whole.

But how do we fight back?  How do we beat a control structure at its own game?  How do we get the world to transcend the fear we’re bombarded with every second of every day via the news?  I don’t know because so many people today are so entrenched in being the obedient slaves of the ruling elite.  It’s kind of like the movie The Usual Suspects, where the people who worked for the crimelord never knew they were working for him.  By lining the pockets of these elites, we are just giving them more and more power and control.  And they already have a multi-trillion dollar deficit to begin with.  But they don’t care about that the same way a gambling addict doesn’t care about stealing from his grandmother to keep up his habit.  The people at the top are so addicted to power that there is no way to stop their destruction.  They’ll make it so taxes are 85% of our incomes and just keep spending.   And the American people will go along with it as long as it stops the “terrorists” from attacking again.  The biggest fallacy is that the terrorists we’re so afraid of are the ones who are running our country and most likely the entire world.

We are prepared for a life of control, though.  As a child, our entire lives are controlled by schedules and rigid time structures.  We only get to play for 15 minutes daily while at school.  And the play is intently supervised, making sure nothing “bad” happens.  We’re groomed for the world of serving the elites and it’s almost impossible to think outside that box because we’re told there are no other alternative ways to live.  We’re not really told of the forager-hunter tribes that used to live in balance with the Earth and had such rich lives that they didn’t consider any of their activities work, but joyful activities.  It’s that whole concept of hiding the truth to gain more control for these powerful insiders.

I wish I had an answer on how to put a stop to this kind of world.  I’m talking about an answer that would actually work in the real world.  Maybe if the whole media broke down, we could start a revolution.  But the media is so important to those in charge that they use taxpayer money to fund converter boxes on old television sets.   Anything to keep our perspectives small through the weapon of fear.  There are very few people in this world that see it for the way it is.  I’d say about 1% of the population.  Maybe less.  What we need to do is set the rest of these people free.  Freedom is more mental than it is physical.  We need to free their minds.  I’ve always found it funny how people blindly accept what they see on TV as real.  Like it is an established authority.  It is the major culprit in all of this.  I say taking down the media is a great start.  Now comes the question of how…

P.S.  The elites don’t want any hint of real democracy.  That scares the hell out of them.  A rule by the people?  All the people?  That would ruin all their plans.  Especially the one about a one-world government.  We’re already the NAU (North American Union).  Just wait until the WU.  

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Orthorexia

Monday, February 16th, 2009

It’s an interesting term.  It is a term categorizing people who are obsessive about eating a pure and clean healthy diet.  People who will have a coniption if they ingest any trans fat or white flour.  It’s all about purity with these people.  And I think their condition is perfectly logical.  They care enough about their health to only put into their body pure foods and drinks.  It’s called taking control of your health, but the medical industrial complex has actually created a disease for people who eat too healthily.  Sure, some of them have serious problems, like they don’t get enough calories, but that falls more on the anorexic side.

The only cure for this condition is to eat factory-farmed, antibiotic-laden, pesticide filled foodstuff, or to eat any of the genetically modified foods you find in 75% of processed foods.  No wonder people are dying of all these diseases.  People would rather not know what’s in their food as long as it tastes good.  Short-term thinking over long-term thinking leads to unneccessary disease.  And you can make healthy food taste good.  There are tons of healthy spices and herbs.  People are busy, though.  They don’t have time to cook a healthy meal for their family.  I guess that means they all get to go to McDonald’s, where the child’s food is companion with a toy, giving the grey hamburgers under wilted lettuce a positive memory because of some toy that breaks the second you leave the restaurant.

We’re a nation that eats too much as well.  Not only is the food we eat unhealthy, we also eat too much of it.  Obesity has gone up so much and early-onset diabetes is in a much larger percentage of the population.  Social conditioning tells us to go along with this trend, a trend that is going to actually lower life expectancy in the coming years.  So, is it to be postulated that taking control of yourself is a mental illness?  Because I’m in the normal range of weight and don’t eat processed crap, I’m the one that needs help?  Because I read the ingredient labels on everything I eat, that makes me obsessive?

I’m not quite orthorexic, but I do care deeply about my health because being healthy increases my capacity to contribute.  I do eat processed food and it doesn’t bother me that much, as long as it’s not really unhealthy.  But I used to be that way and I felt better than I do now.  I used to make fruit smoothies every morning and was filled with energy.  Now I down a couple cups of coffee and I get the same effect, but it’s nowhere near as healthy.  But I still am very conscious of what I eat.  You have to be.  Otherwise, food could become an addiction.  There are so many people in the world who are addicted to food.  Just any old food.  Anything that’s there.  Usually processed, greasy, sugary, salty, MSG-laden foods.  Is it better to be addicted to that or addicted to eating healthy foods?  Seriously.

The Standard American Diet is a practice in self-destruction.  How many more heart attacks are there than 100 years ago?  Has our biology changed that much in a short span of time or is it our food?  The latter is obvious.  And if you get to be so obsessive that you don’t even trust the Organic label anymore, you can always convert to breatharianism, which is where you get all your nourishment from the air and the sun.  But what about air pollution?  Exactly.  You can’t even do that.  That’s when you know you have a problem.  And even if you’re absolutely right about the Organic label being mostly phony or whatever, you still go hungry, which is probably worse than ingesting a couple of pesticides once in awhile.  Just don’t make it a habit.

Oh, and I almost forgot!  Make sure you don’t have your pets spayed and neutered.  Set them free where they can live in balance with nature.

What Kind of World Do I Want to Live In?

Sunday, February 15th, 2009

A fantasy world probably.  A dream state.  A place where we can all just get along.  Where we can live cooperatively instead of competitively.  We can all put down the personas and start working in harmony for a better life.  A less destructive life.  A life that enhances the world we live in today in all aspects.  A world that most elites today would look at and want to vomit.  Equal rights and ultimate freedom.  A world based on love and mutual respect instead of on fear.  A world where the wealth is shared and we can all get what we need to survive.  Where there is no judgment and no guilt.  Where we don’t even have a word for work, just a word for play.  Where even survival activities are looked at as an adventure.  I’m not looking for utopia, because we won’t even need central authority.  All we’ll need is the instincts that have guided us for 3 million years (or more).

Is a world like this even possible?  I think that with time it is.  But we have to want it.  We can’t just stand around the water cooler and talk about what a wonderful life that would be.  We have to move in the direction towards it.  We have to learn to accept other people’s perspectives and work together to form a cohesive unit.  I’m so tired of war and famine.  I’m sick of disease and despair.  I’m so tired of most of the world fetishizing death like it is the worst thing ever.  Why can’t we live in cycles, like nature, like the Bible says in one of their good passages, “Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.”  We can realize that everything here is temporary, but still have a good time living our lives.  We work to help the whole and simultaneously help ourselves.  It may take a few decades or even a few generations, but the most important transition is in our consciousness.

We could become “land dolphins.”  Highly intelligent creatures who live as stewards of the Earth.  I’m not basing this on scientific fact, but I read somewhere that dolphins have a larger brain to body ratio than us humans and you don’t see the ocean floor covered with pavement and strip malls.  Perhaps it is the animals around us that are truly enlightened and we can take some wisdom from them.  Sure, they may not be able to carry on a conversation or write a letter, but they have a language older than words.  Language in the way we think about it is totally unneccessary and they’re able to tune into a higher order and live naturally with the Earth instead of seeing it as something to simply dominate due to the fear of it.

Am I here to remind us of what we already know or have long since forgotten?  I suppose so.  We all remember somewhere that we used to live with much more abundance and much less stress than we currently live with.  The world wasn’t divided up into all these different quadrants and we were free to roam at will.  We could pretty much do whatever we wanted and still have all our needs met.  We knew of all the edible plants and seeds.  We knew how to actually hunt down an animal instead of putting them all in cages.  We were tied to the land we lived on and would never do anything to harm it.  And if we did do something to harm it, it wasn’t because it was intentional.  It was because we didn’t know any better at the time.

But I have hope and I have dreams that the world will once again become the bountiful place it once was.  Will it take a mass extinction?  Maybe.  Will humans have to die out for the Earth to fully heal?  Maybe.  If we keep going on the same track, it is certain that our extinction will be definite.  It’s the whole concept of oneness.  We have to recover our oneness with the Earth for these changes to take place.  We have to spend more time in nature to remember what it felt like, to be home.  How much of our biology is rooted in that home?  It’s a daunting task, but I feel that humanity can surprise themselves from time to time and start giving back to the Earth we’ve taken from.  It will not only benefit the Earth and all its creatures, but will also benefit the human race immensely.

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