unpredictable, unanticipated, incalculable, and difficult to define
The only direction that allows this kind of behaviour in a human is to face the fear of death. To act without fear of dying, as fear of death is the one underlying mechanism that holds everything in place in this overarching system. It is arguable that in ages past death has been a much closer acquaintance than the globalized death fearing society we live in today.
On a side note, I've often considered that smokers have comes to terms with death in their habit and therefore are more dangerous to the status quo of society. As a result, the negative health effects of smoking are capitalized upon in order to 'treasure life', 'why are we killing ourselves', 'get rid of this scourge of humanity' as if 'we will live forever'.
I had an epiphany once on a cigarette, I was watching a lot of Bill Hicks at the time and with the cigarette, I at once gave up on life because I pondered why I was smoking even though it I knew it was killing me. It was an extremely morose and yet contented feeling. I am not now a regular smoker -- just a reflection.
Is it possible that our passion for life and for the longevity of life within this system is misguided? That we must actually discover what life is, on the brink of death, with death at stake, before we can have a true definition of it in our hearts in order to protect and nurture it?
That in the system, what we experience now, as through a filter, is not life.
It contains residues of what life can be and what it may have been but life is only ever had in the moment by the individual. The moment has been monopolized, compartmentalized and commodified. The moment in the system is no longer the moment but one big strained, constipatory outward breath. The breath being the original repression, expression mechanism on which all other forms of dynamic in energy fluctuation are based within the human experience.
Thanks again for a great post!
Yes, I couldn't agree more .. it's certainly a foundation of the current narrative and it's amazing how much things have changed. When you look back into eastern history (hell even our own) whilst fear must have been present .. the chief fear of death was that you die a dishonorable one, hence the practice of Hara-Kiri.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that I believe we are in the midst of a strategised scenario, thus our reaction to said strategy will have been accommodated. We are reactionary to events as they unfold, whereas a strategist would look two steps ahead and prepare for the probable outcome. Say, for example, the vaccine becomes mandatory, in such a case refusal won't get you too far .. but by pre-researching your rights you will find that nobody has the right to force you to take something that could be detrimental to your health .. thus there must be some kind of mechanism to put the onus back on them, the fact being that they can't prove a vaccine is 100% safe.
Yes once again in full agreement, I've heard it said by several people (obviously not all people) that had terminal illness .. that they only started fully living when they realised they were dying. I had to go to the supermarket the other day and in a monotone voice, they must have repeated over the tannoy about half a dozen times, how they are "keeping us safe" "looking after us" advising us the "follow the rules" .. for me, that was one of the most dystopian moments of the entire crisis .. and of course, the safest place in the world is a padded cell! lol
Veritas to that and respect to you my friend. :)
I happened to pop on the computer at 1:51am in the morning here (sleepless head), just a few minutes after you replied. Love how that happens sometimes. Anyways...
As a culture we are afraid of talking about death candidly. There is certainly a dire need in modern western society for empathic loving people to have a healthier relationship with death. As fact of the matter is, it is a sober thing to mention - we all die.
I also hear the same 'safety talk' in supermarkets here in Perth, Western Australia - having said this, people have fought over toilet paper here in supermarkets (go figure) so safety and security is
also defined as 'owning' something once it is in your trolley - as well as being inside the padded air cell of 1.5 metres approximately the length of your trolley around you at ALL TIMES! 😆
As a refreshing tidbit, I have a good friend who is an elderly man who doesn't give a fuck about all this shit. 😂 He almost died living on dialysis for years waiting in line for a kidney transplant. He faced death every day and he came to terms with it. Then one day he got a new kidney and with it a new lease on life. He was determined to live every day as if it was his last. He's now a proud non mobile phone user who openly hugs people in public pre and post COVID-19 lockdown. He's become quite cynical of humanity. But also just generally has a good laugh at everything. This kind of attitude affords a lot of respect from me. Currently he holds the viewpoint that nature is fighting back against humanity and the scourge of humanity should fuck off. Which depending on which narrative from where you take your truth from - has some validity.
Having said this, it is not to disregard those that suffer - nor those that wish to keep themselves safe - It is to highlight the disproportion in the current society between the fear of death and the reality of death.
As far as premeditation for knowing our rights to reserve them before a mandatory vaccine... I wrote this article after this point in this reply because what started as a comment in this thread took on a life of its own.
I've been up all morning and had a walk around the lake and now seem to need to finish this thing off.. so here it is -
https://peakd.com/hive-122315/@montycashmusic/refusingthevaccine
see you in valhal :D