The 2nd Law of Thermodynamics

                                                           I'm gonna leave You with a bit of my 'Geek-ness' .   The Second Law of  Thermodynamics is this :  "The total entropy of an isolated system always increases over time, dictating the direction of spontaneous processes and the irreversibility of natural phenomena ."   Entropy is the $20 word for CHAOS .   The best example is found as a garden .  When left untended the garden gets overgrown with weeds and SHIT .  "IT" is ALWAYS gonna-be "like that" .   

                            "IT" 's  the SAME with EVERYTHING .   

                              When we say, "We gotta let Nature take Its course" we are inviting >CHAOS< to be the Dominant Factor in whatever "System" is under observation .  I'm no fan of Chaos, indeed, I'm grossly Conservative in some "Areas" .  

                             Trump IS Chaos, look what has happened when we let HIS Nature "take its course" .

                              Consider .

                                                                 Tare Forward and Keep the Faith

Karmatose*

                                                          When I heard, "We choose our own parents" I was beset with question and the feeling that something was not kwite* rite* .   YEARS later I read The Tibetan Book of the Dead where I found satisfactory Resolution .   We may not CONSCIOUSLY 'choose' our parents but there IS an Agency that Directs our Births and that Agency is Karma .   Our Karma is responsible for our parents and our Mom's "Womb Door" through which we exit into this World .   Some Folks insist :   "It's not my FAULT that I was born into Poverty, I DIDN'T >choose< my parents."  Yes and Sorta .

                           Our Karma somehow 'Designs' our Birth .   Upon Death, our Karma is Responsible for our Rebirth .   If our Past Actions have been "Good" a "Good" Birth and Good Life are the Result .  If our Past Actions have been less than Good, we will have a "Less than" Life, that is, unless we Change our Karma which then Changes our Life .  Simple rite ?

                           "IT" doesn't matter if one does NOT "Believe in" Rebirth .  The $20 phrase for ReBirth is "The Transmigration of Soul" .   What DOES Matter is the CHOICES we make regarding our Status as a Human Being .   We must choose to be Good because Choosing to be BAD lands us in Prison, and/or an Insane Asylum .   And yet, folks choose NOT "To Choose" which winds them back into a somewhat Comatose Actuality that resembles that of ANIMALS, especially HERD animals, where ---> Instinct DOMINATES .   Indeed, we hear of "Herd Instinct" as an explanation for Community Psyche .

                            

"IFF"

                                         IF we have Freedom,,,  THEN  it is the Freedom to CHOOSE .   

                             I can't remember if I have written about one of my Pet Notions, that Life, in all its sometimes MURDEROUS Complexity,, is nothing less than a series of >Syllogisms<, [Statements that begin with "IF" and conclude with "Then"] .   For example :  IF I write, THEN I may be able to Change the World .   Even better :  "IF I don't write, THEN Nothing will change" .   

                             We have observed the American Congre$$ .  It appears that they BELIEVE that If they do Nothing, Then things will eventually change for the  Good .  Here, there is GROSS Delusion .  When was the last time we observed Nothing actually Effecting Change ???   There is NO Science within that Delusion, how can there be ???   Perhaps they Live by a Belief that IF things "run their course" THEN things will "end up" as Positive ,,,  Folks insist, "Things ALWAYS "work-out" for the Best" ,   yeah SOMETIMES ---except when they don't .   That 'SAME' is True for the World, "IT" Believes that IF "IT" does NOTHING, these "Bad Times" will pass and Order will be restored .  Yeah OK, but will that Order be POSITIVE or NEGATIVE ???   "Aye, THERE'S the Rub" .  

Free Will & Free Won't

                                                            I suggest that the REASON God 'does' "Nothing" is simple :  HE 'gave' us "Free Will" .   "IT" is as if He created Soccer, created the players, the teams and the Rules and then directed, "Have at it" .   At  that  Point  all  He  need  do  is  sit  back  and  Watch .   That THAT is my Point ;  God has 'given' us all we need, the Rest of >"IT< is up to Us .   {{{The "IT" is Life}}}

                              Thing is, What is the True Nature of this "Free Will" ?   

                              Some of us "Old Timers" insist : "Ain't NOTHIN' >Free< ".   Logic asserts its Self when we conclude, "EVERYTHING comes at a Cost" .  Don't forget this American colloquialism :  "There's no such thing as a "Free Lunch" ;  to which we can submit, "There's no such thing as "Free Will" .

                              Trump has been 'given' "Free Reign" over the American Political and Governing System .  Are we not now PAYING THE PRICE of trump's "FREE WILL" ?  Has his Free Will not embroiled us in GLOBAL SUFFERING ?   We pray, "God's Will be done" while Others 'pray' :  "Trump's WILL be done" .   Heller and Vonnegut rejoin :   "That's SOME Will" .  

                              

God the Shape-Shifter

                                                           I'm not-gonna write this morning---"IT" doesn't feel like it's "That Kind Of Day", please forgive an old man .   I'm headed out to continue Fall Clean-up ~~~ as I work I will "wrestle" with God until I am exhausted or until HE Blesses me with Answers .  

                                                            Tare Forward and Keep the Faith 

Moses, The Story Teller Feller

                                                           Some things I cannot explain .   I don't feel good this morning, and for some reason the Story of Jacob wrestling with God is on my Mind in an oppressive way .   Yesterday I wrote that God's JOB is to do NOTHING .   There's the Notion that God set things in  motion and that's "IT" .   We've been taught that God "gave" us "Free Will" and this Free Will came at a fucking HUGE Cost ,  Life Itself .    The Argument against That is Strong ---  The Flood, various Plagues,  Pandemics and the like, ALL of "Natural Causes" , and some would Argue --->  "Divine Intervention" .   I "wrestle" with this Shit, maybe THAT'S why the Story of Jacob wrestling with God arrived .   What kind of EGO must I possess if >I< consider myself as Jacob ???????   

                            The Story of Jacob wrestling with God is found in Genesis 32 : 22-32 , and it is both perplexing and bewildering .   The now Famous "Some Guy" appears out of nowhere and begins to wrestle with Jacob throughout the night and stops when dawn arrives .   This "Man" tells Jacob his birth name is GONE that his new name is "Israel" .  Jacob wrestled, instead of Fought, and wrestled while demanding this UNKNOWN HOSTILE "Bless" him .   If you're like me if some guy grabs me and begins to wrestle it ain't likely that I'll ask him to Bless me .   Moses is quite the Story-Teller .

                            

Fish & Chips

                                                           Christians use the Question, "What would Jesus do ?" as a means to solve Moral Dilemmas .   I question their Question .  When Jesus was confronted by the hunger of His Audience He fed them with SUPERNATURAL AGENCY , turning five loaves of bread and maybe a half dozen fishes into an "ALL YOU CAN EAT BUFFET" .    WE have no such 'Agency' .    BUT  when we elevate things to a COSMIC Level and ask "What would GOD do?"  the  answer  is  a  resounding NOTHING .    God's JOB as it were, is to do NOTHING .    THAT, rite there, takes some getting use to .   Should we be as Jesus or as GOD ???   I mean "IT" hurts .

                                    I will leave this here without Resolution .   Tomorrow may be a better time to introduce "The Empty Mirror"-----   until then

                                                        Tare Forward and Keep the Faith