The Spirit of 2026

                                                            During all the "brew-ha-ha" [ correctly spelled = brouhaha] around trump's birthday in which he transmogrified the NATION'S BIRTHDAY, there was not one mention of "The SPIRIT of 1776" .   This >Spirit< was manifestation of the Patriotic Ideals and Revolutionary FERVOR that was deployed as Mental WEAPONRY to neutralize the British Rule over the Colonies, and to STRENGTHEN the Inner Resolve of ALL soon-to-be Americans .    No mention, not even once .   

                        There is Will and then there is Spirit .   I contend BOTH are needed if we are to advance into the Future with steadfast assuredness .   Zen Master Steve Winwood {of "Traffic" Fame} lyrics :  "Spirit is something no one destroys", meaning, Spirit CANNOT be Destroyed .  I Believe him. I Believe THAT .   

                        Ya jus'-gotta laff* at "Revolutionary Fervor" because "IT" seems as if it is NON-Existent in the "Theater" of American Resistance .   Instead of "IT" is a wild cacophony of protest, directed at trump and his, that falls waaaaay short of DIRECT political attenuation .    In Street and Gutter terms we are "Spinning our tires, and gettin' nowhere fast" .   This THIS must be changed to accommodate a REALISTIC Action that produces DIRECT RESULTS ~~~ here it is where Elections ARE the Neutralizing Factor that CAN Produce DESIRED Effects .   Here's "The Deal" with That --->  INDIVIDUALS vote, when I say "It" 's up to US, I mean "IT" 's up to EACH ONE OF US .   

                      We are quite familiar with "The Little Train That Could" and it's most famous line, "I think I can, I think I can, I think I can" and we can modernize that somewhat with sly and the Family Stone's = "We can make it IF WE TRY !!!   I Believe the Little Engine That Could, and I BELIEVE Sly and his Family .    

                       Consider ... .

Inner Strength

                                                          I believe that We as INDIVIDUALS can succeed if we  are able to summon Bravery and Courage to be used in dressed Combat, against the Forces of Ignorance, Stupidity, and Injustice .    Exactly HOW are we to 'summon' Bravery and Courage ?   I submit what follows :   (.)

                                                                        61.  Chung Fu  /  Inner Truth

                                           "The force of inner truth depends chiefly on inner stability and preparedness .  From this state of mind springs the correct attitude toward the outer world .   But if a man should try to cultivate secret relationships of a special sort, it would  deprive him of his inner independence .  The more reliance he places on the support of others, the more uneasy and anxious he will become as to whether or not these secret ties are really tenable.   In this way, the inner peace and the force of inner truth are lost ." 

                       It is necessary to "see" "Inner Truth" as Inner STRENGTH .   "Stability" is to be perceived as the "Belief in one's self" , the Mental Condition of Confidence and that of Resolve aka Determination .  Elsewhere I have expressed [Human] Will as "A Force of Nature" and declared that this Force is Universal, that is, within the Scope and Measure of Each and Every Individual .   We ALL 'have' it ,  we would not be Human if "IT" were absent .  

                      Devoted Buddhists insist on this --->  "We are all Buddhas" and Christianity adds, "The Spirit of GOD lies within us" .   All we must do is BELIEVE and when Belief is short in coming, we turn to AA and IT'S Profound Wisdom :   "Fake it until you make it."   We can translate fake to be >pretend< and also "Make Believe" .   I love this .

Miss Spent

                                                           It is necessary to /hold\ 2 'things' simultaneously, the first, employing our Mental Energies to broadcast our NEED to End the War, which is an adjunct to the Defeat of trump and trumpism, and the NEED to modify, alter or completely Transform Democracy so that "IT" can function as it once did, to BE "The WILL of the MAJORITY", which is the second .   "Ain't nothin' e-z here Kids, not one thing .  But if we're gonna succeed we "Gotta do what we gotta do, and we gotta TRAIN for what we gotta do" as Boxing Champion Bobby Chacon once Wisdomed* .   From Elsewhere we have heard, "This ain't no time to stay the same", here it is where the Practices of Old have PROVEN at best UNRELIABLE and at worst Cruelly Deformative .    It ain't-gonna be enough to reinstate Systems that 'worked' "Once upon a time" :  these very Systems led us to Disaster and Calamity, and not just because they were "worn out", but because the Essential Ingredient, that is, VIGILANCE was NOT 'employed' to monitor those Systems, which then led to >Mutations< that resulted to the evaporation of Truth, first on a Primal Social Level, and then on a Scientific Level, which resulted in a Society and Culture reminiscent of the Dark Ages .   Indeed I have written of Such, and claimed that trump and his have ushered in the Nu Dark Ages camouflaged as "Make America Great Again" .   

"Event Horizon"

                                                           We have work to do .  The End of the War has yet to reach ANY horizon, and the way things are going "IT" will continue in horrific Ugliness .    ALL of most of us are familiar with, "In times of Peace prepare for War" but the second half is just as vital, "... in times of War prepare for Peace . "   The Work we need to do IS the Preparation for Peace .  There' will be Argument, and "IT" is completely justifiable, that Fighting the War and WINNING, is the Goal at hand and most definitely that is the "Order of the day" each and every day---|---  but "IT" isn't enough, Thought MUST-BE given to End Times and we must salvage what we can from failings and broken mechanisms that can be repaired or re-purposed to suit Prevailing Conditions .   We do this because a complete "Re-build" is probably gonna-be too costly and too time consuming if not flat out "Labor Intense" .  We gotta go with what we have, what is readily available, in order to advance into the Future .   

                           

Justice Served

                                                           Lindsey Graham is dead .   I say Good Riddance .   I believe it is vital to assess his life according to Facts and Truths about what he was and how he lived plus the EFFECTS of his term(s) in office .   Straight-up >=> he voted to TAKE THE FOOD OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF CHILDREN   he voted to TAKE THE FOOD OFF POOR FOLKS' TABLES  ||||||||||  these are FACTS and they indicate the TRUTH of this man's convictions and beliefs .   These FACTS do not indicate a man "For the People", just the opposite to be sure .  Ain't no DIGNITY here, no STATES-MAN-SHIP , no INTEGRITY , rather a lackey, a toady, a 'running dog' and ultimately a WILLING SLAVE to the "American "Hitler" .   He served EVIL and his assassination by Death appears as "Justice Served" .

"The WILL to BELIEVE"

                                                           I have yet to formulate a suitable definition for "Will" .   It's obvious that >Will< is also a guarantor of Effort, and when I suggest that it requires Effort to actualize Effort from where does this Energy reside besides in the location of Interest ?    /Will\ must be considered Instinctual, because of the "Will to Live" via the Instinct of Self-Preservation .   I still consider this THIS clumsy if not flat-out Awkward .   

                           We can ascribe the Force of Nature to Will, but there is scant comfort in that .   I'm hard-pressed to qualify Effort as a "Force of Nature" but it's there with all the rest of Cosmic Forces .   Unsettling, like, or sure .   

                             I turned to my HERO Dr. William James and his volume, THE WILL TO BELIEVE and other essays in popular philosophy in the hope of finding just one key sentence, but I put very little Effort in my search and found what is below to place in its stead :

                                    "Does not the recital of such a fight obstinately waged against such odds fill us with resolution against OUR petty powers of darkness, ---machine politicians, spoilsmen and the rest ?   Life is worth living, no matter what it bring, if only such combats may be carried to successful terminations and one's heel set on the tyrants throat ."

                                    I LOVE this.

                                     This is me .

Miss Ogyny

                                                           It's been reported that trump is (get this) BORED with his War .   Shit, HOW CAN THIS BE ?????   We know that >Interest< begets Effort, if we are Interested in a 'something' we exert Energy to satisfy that Interest, meaning, we expend energy to achieve a `desired` 'result' .    I hazard to write that MOST of us know what it's like to be Interested in a chick, broad, dame or gal {{[how fucking GREAT is my Misogyny ???}}}  .   ALL of us have stories about the HOURS and DAYS of ANGUISH that we spent just to get a LOOK from an Desired Other, let alone a greeting and god forbid SMILE .   Oh the Pain, Oh the SUFFERING .   And what about >>>Unrequited Love<<< ???   It's Pain and TORTURE .   Human Nature ------- go figure .

                         So we have a potus who is BORED and a Nation in CATATONIC FRENZY , meaning, a Nation that wants Peace NOW but WON'T Protest en masse on a DAILY BASIS which is what the Citizens did in Hungary .   Logic dictates =  No Effort NO Results .   It takes Effort to summon Effort ---god how THAT just fucking SUCKS .