So many inducers of somnolence to the harsh intractability of elite forces and insensitivity to the brutality of their goals. Retreat into "the psychological trance of the ego" is so alluring, seems like a warm blanket. But it's a hell of its own making and leads only to self-delusion. This is how they trap us. Don't fall for it.
"It is perhaps difficult for those who have not themselves experienced it to realize how 'blessed' it is to face the truth about oneself and what a 'cursed' state it is to cherish illusions." ~Barbara Hannah
I'm not an authority on spiritual anything, but I've been living in the world for 68 years and sat on a mat most days of my life for the last 20, have undergone plenty of psychotherapy, and also done my share of psychedelics. I don't claim to have accomplished anything spectacular, but I am pretty sure I am less of an arrogant and self-centered dick than I was as a young man, and my political awareness is sharp. Having thought about all this quite a bit, I would add that "awakening" is a metaphor, and an imperfect one. The implication is that you open your eyes, get out of bed, maybe do a dose of caffeine, and go about your business. In practice, it's usually more messy than that, and it's an ongoing process.
I think getting the personal shit in order is prerequisite for developing political consciousness. When I hear from Zionists, for example, insisting that everyone is out to get poor Israel that is only trying to defend itself, I am pretty sure they are fucked up in more ways than just the political. They need to do a lot of individual work in order to see that they have been poisoned with lies and hatred. It must be difficult, otherwise it wouldn't be as rare as it is.
أحسنت النشر والقول – سلام غزة و القدس عليكم - العزة والنصر حليف محورالمقاومة وحلفاءها والذلة والعار لمحور الشر وجماعة أبستين (امريكا و بريطانيا وفرنسا وتركيا والسعودية وقطر والامارات و دول الناتو والنازية الجديدة والماسونية والصهيونية و أسرائيل) وحلفاءه
But who's to say this'"awakening" you preach isn't still cloaked in your own chauvinism or false assumptions. You posted a hideously vicious "poem" about Gloria Steinem when she died, a one-way caricature that seemed to deny her humanity or any evolution of thought over the decades. I get that you disagreed with her on many things --as did I--but your take was just unhinged, perhaps a backlash to your own whiteness or something? Because it was cruel and took so much of what she did out of the context of the times in which she was acting. It felt like Kill the Mother, hating on the generation before. People in glass houses...
I loved what Caitlin wrote about Gloria Steinem. Couldn't get enough of it. And everything she wrote was spot on.
It's tough when you have to look into the reflecting pool ain't it? All those liberal "lesser of two evils" empire genocide deniers - what a delusional bunch of party robots they all became - with their identity politics bullshit. Meanwhile, 7 to 8 year olds in GAZA were getting their heads blown off daily by IDF snipers, while genocide Joe Biden snorted coke in the White house with the blessings of the CIA...
So many inducers of somnolence to the harsh intractability of elite forces and insensitivity to the brutality of their goals. Retreat into "the psychological trance of the ego" is so alluring, seems like a warm blanket. But it's a hell of its own making and leads only to self-delusion. This is how they trap us. Don't fall for it.
"It is perhaps difficult for those who have not themselves experienced it to realize how 'blessed' it is to face the truth about oneself and what a 'cursed' state it is to cherish illusions." ~Barbara Hannah
I'm not an authority on spiritual anything, but I've been living in the world for 68 years and sat on a mat most days of my life for the last 20, have undergone plenty of psychotherapy, and also done my share of psychedelics. I don't claim to have accomplished anything spectacular, but I am pretty sure I am less of an arrogant and self-centered dick than I was as a young man, and my political awareness is sharp. Having thought about all this quite a bit, I would add that "awakening" is a metaphor, and an imperfect one. The implication is that you open your eyes, get out of bed, maybe do a dose of caffeine, and go about your business. In practice, it's usually more messy than that, and it's an ongoing process.
I think getting the personal shit in order is prerequisite for developing political consciousness. When I hear from Zionists, for example, insisting that everyone is out to get poor Israel that is only trying to defend itself, I am pretty sure they are fucked up in more ways than just the political. They need to do a lot of individual work in order to see that they have been poisoned with lies and hatred. It must be difficult, otherwise it wouldn't be as rare as it is.
Caitlin & Tim, this gets an 11 out of ten for the world. Thank you. X O
Thank You Caitlin
nice. thanks.
أحسنت النشر والقول – سلام غزة و القدس عليكم - العزة والنصر حليف محورالمقاومة وحلفاءها والذلة والعار لمحور الشر وجماعة أبستين (امريكا و بريطانيا وفرنسا وتركيا والسعودية وقطر والامارات و دول الناتو والنازية الجديدة والماسونية والصهيونية و أسرائيل) وحلفاءه
But who's to say this'"awakening" you preach isn't still cloaked in your own chauvinism or false assumptions. You posted a hideously vicious "poem" about Gloria Steinem when she died, a one-way caricature that seemed to deny her humanity or any evolution of thought over the decades. I get that you disagreed with her on many things --as did I--but your take was just unhinged, perhaps a backlash to your own whiteness or something? Because it was cruel and took so much of what she did out of the context of the times in which she was acting. It felt like Kill the Mother, hating on the generation before. People in glass houses...
I loved what Caitlin wrote about Gloria Steinem. Couldn't get enough of it. And everything she wrote was spot on.
It's tough when you have to look into the reflecting pool ain't it? All those liberal "lesser of two evils" empire genocide deniers - what a delusional bunch of party robots they all became - with their identity politics bullshit. Meanwhile, 7 to 8 year olds in GAZA were getting their heads blown off daily by IDF snipers, while genocide Joe Biden snorted coke in the White house with the blessings of the CIA...
More like "Shank the Liberal". I am all for it. Self-absorption is much of what got us here.
I hate those compulsory big subtitles, no matter who does them. Well at least you haven't got that disgusting fake screen dirt.
Caitlin & Tim, this is your INVITATION, to go deeper and investigate "Flat Earth"... If you you mean what you say.
Categorization error fallacy.