(See “Hypocrisy in Morality” for the first part of this discussion.) Most people have it backwards—morality does not determine motivations and values, values and motivations determine morality. This is why organized religion has it wrong, because it functions on the former—false—principle. And it is why societies which attempt to function based on this backward logic [...]
Posts Tagged ‘control’
The Unloaded Gun
Posted in Life, tagged attitude, belief, control, freedom, philosophy, reality, religion on February 8, 2011 |
If there is a “Conspiracy,” it is a conspiracy of fear and ego; they are the conspirators. It is a “conspiracy” of desire for power, wealth, status; a conspiracy of weakness, arrogance, and presumption. These are the ties that bind those who wield—and are wielded by—them. People may not be able to conspire and organize [...]
What You Have to Contribute
Posted in Life, tagged control, life, reality, truth on October 20, 2010 |
I want to see what I can contribute. It’s not so much that I want to make the world a “better” place, for I think that is a more slippery and elusive slope than most people think. “Better” is an arbitrary and subjective concept. Rather, I want to contribute what I can to this life. [...]
Taking Control of Your Life
Posted in Life, tagged control, courage, illusion vs. reality, life, reality, truth on September 24, 2010 |
Most people live contrary to what they really want, but are so often too lazy, greedy, confused, arrogant, or ignorant to see. For to get what they really want would mean giving up their crutches, taking off the training wheels, trying to live life without clinging to the illusions of their conditioned existences. I’m tired [...]
Going With The Flow
Posted in Life, tagged control, freedom, life, mindfulness on July 9, 2010 |
The way acting is like life. The need to make choices; the need to commit to choices. In this way, acting can be more real than “real” life. The best acting is done when the actor makes bold choices, not safe ones (nor necessarily “big” ones); when you really listen to the other actors and [...]
I Am Not a Function
Posted in Life, tagged control, government, life, love on June 29, 2010 |
Why someone “loves” you, or likes you, or appreciates you, is important to know/understand/recognize. If I “volunteer” somewhere, I may be appreciated on some level, but I am not appreciated for who I am, but rather what I am, what function I serve. This is where I very much disagree with Marxist ideology, for it [...]
The Most Subversive Thing You Can Do
Posted in Life, tagged conditioned existence, control, courage, freedom, government, love, subversive, truth on June 10, 2010 |
The most subversive thing you can do in any unenlightened society is to encourage people to think for themselves—to teach real courage and love. This is because the product of such encouragement would be difficult—if not impossible—to control. It is precisely the ubiquity of fear, laziness, avarice, and ignorance which allows a ruler-based society to [...]
