What follows is a passage of a blog I rwote* some time ago :
I should know better to wall around all content and junk . It's easier and far more comfortable to be at war with Ignorance and therefore myself, rather than to exit the ocean of suffering that is my life, and wade onto a mental Tahiti paradise of snacks and treats and Coco-Cola, and to languish in the vulgar and lurid thoughts of actually someday achieving mere social intercourse ... .
I awoke in a cesspool of Anger, Dour [the noun not the adjective], Dread, Suspicion, Skepticism, and Excedrin Headaches #'s 45 and 47 . I miss "Roseanne Roseannadanna "{Gilda Radner} because SHE could FULLY Appreciate an Old Man and his Variety of Mental Illnesses . When I get like this I can't write , I can't focus and I can't 'see straight' , all of which are Correctable given enough Time and enough DRUGS . Morosely Pathetic gets us there .
Trump just made stephen miller his WHCOS white house chief of staff , while simultaneously firing the woman what's-her-name wiles . I say, GOOD RIDDANCE . Miller, "the Executioner" is the mind behind Immigration ATROCITY, every inch of it, and to have him be the last voice in trump's ear is to actualize the Second Coming of Nazi Genocide . "Skinhead" is appropriate ---NAZI SKINHEAD even better .
Some say that trump has abdicated his throne leaving miller in charge of all government policies and procedures .
2 words : wow .
Less than HALF the American Eligible Voters actually Voted in the 2026 Midterms according to internet search engines, somewhere between 48.8% and 49.42 %. I don't feel good about That .
Also, it is IMPERATIVE to note that Those that Voted Blue DID NOT CONVERT TO DEMOCRATICISM*, meaning, they did NOT ---> Turn Blue<--- . There lies within them the ability to RETURN to RED, ESPECIALLY if they don't "get" any POSITIVE RESULTS from their (((defection))) . Democrat, rat, Leadership is ON NOTICE TO PRODUCE RESULTS THAT ALLEVIATE Financial Suffering and to ADDRESS TRUMPIST CORRUPTION >>>AT ITS SOURCE .
Remember it was CORRUPTION that was the 90% Reason for Voter 'Turn-out', second was Financial Exasperation, expressed the Dismay over Gas and Grocery GOUGING . There is BLOODLUST in the Air, OUTCRY in the Water . We want our ENEMIES to rent and tear their clothing and gnash their teeth as they "BITE THE DUST" . I am among THOSE --- a definite SIN if ever there was . Still, I don't care----I will beg for Forgiveness BUT NOT NOW .
Clearly, "The WAR ain't over", trump has the remainder of this year and two more, as I have just written . You'd Think and even want to Believe that trump will RETREAT to a "Safe Place", a 'safe harbor' which manifests as Mar-a-Lago; there, to consult with his staff to determine when and where the next Battle is to be fought --- that is, IF HE WERE A SANE MAN . Trump has been trapped, a RABID American FORCE in front and an Iran that has putin and xi to provide UNLIMITED Technical and Mechanical Agency to continue its Defense and promote AGGRESSION through the Houthis, Hamas, and Lebanon's Hezbollah . He's SURROUNDED dare I say like General Custer .
In the Film "Waterloo" there is a scene in which Napoleon hears, "THE OLD GUARD HAS BROKEN". The Camara shows the face of Napoleon in abject FEAR and UTTER DISBELIEF . His Old Guard had been the REASON for SO MANY Victories !!!! Now he MUST Retreat . I ask, Has trump's "Old Guard", the MAGA , been BROKEN ??????? Is the Battle of 2026 the END of trump, trumpism and MAGA-ISM ????? I have Doubt ---GREAT FUCKING DOUBT !
If the Election was a DEFEAT of trump and trumpism and NOT a VICTORY for democrats then the 'rats' MUST "Proceed With Caution" . If the rats DID achieve a Victory THEY STILL MUST PROCEED WITH CAUTION !!!!!
The Election DID NOT END THE WAR , indeed, the Political DYNAMICS of Change is being, and will be felt for the remainder of this year and the two that follow. The rats have pushed the wolf "into a corner" . Trump is WOUNDED but certainly capable of ENORMOUS FEROCITY . He STILL has his own "SS" which he can deploy ANYWHERE and ANYTIME , and remember; the scotus has provided him with UNLIMITED PROTECTION . He has PROVEN he can kill ANYBODY, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME , and there will be NO "Penitentiary Consequence".
He's still a MADMAN with an AR-15 and PLENTY of ammo .
There are those that voted because, as one Street Worthy announced, "It's [the Election] just so IMPORTANT" . We've listened to the Street Interviews, Folks were PISSED that trump had BETRAYED them : we can glean that they sought to PUNISH him by Voting 'Blue' . "They" wanted CHANGE expressed as "Something Different" . "They" wanted trump STOPPED !!!
There is this question : Did "THEY" Vote Blue because of the democrats' "Democracy PRINCIPLES" , or did "THEY" NOT Care about Democracy Principles {like} AT ALL ??? In other words, did THEY Vote Blue FOR Democracy or AGAINST trump's policies and heinous Procedures ??? Is "IT" really a Victory FOR democrats ? OR a DEFEAT of trump and trumpism ?????
You can see the Problem : one offers SANCTION of Authority while the Other is putrefied with Loathing, and Disgust .
One word : Interpretation MATTERS .
"INTERPRETATION" of the American Election Results has begun with robust enthusiasm . {Seemingly} EVERY-ONE wants to know the WHY folks voted the way they did . Conjecture and speculation are rampant .
Some argue that the w----i----d----t----h and d----e----p----t----h of the Victory(ies) can be Interpreted as a >>>MANDATE<<< where Mandate is code for "Now WE can do whatever the fuck WE want, and the Peoples will SUPER-Support our Decisions, Trajectory and GOAL" . I say : HOLD THE FUCK ON !!!!!
Some [Folks] say that the Peoples voted because "Enough is Enough", that Peoples were "Sick and tired" of FIRST AND FOREMOST the gross and GROTESQUE CORRUPTION that actually DEFINES trump's 'Reign of Terror' ,,, and THAT'S the WHY of Why they voted the Way they did . The Second Reason is : THE COST OF LIVING , romantically `dressed` as "AFFORDABILITY" . Here now the PRIMARY 'KITCHEN TABLE' CONSIDERATION . Here it is where trump's TARIFFS are the ROOT CAUSE of HIGH PPRICES --- . The Secondary Root Cause is of course the WAR and the restriction of Oil Flow to refineries that has resulted in only a trickle of Diesel Fuel to the World's Markets . Food, foodstuffs, goods and sundries are dependent on Diesel, meaning trucks and tractors require Diesel and the Cost of Diesel is applied to those NECESSITIES .
Trump was feeding America his shit and telling Americans that his Shit was Ice Cream . Well Americans finally said, WE'VE EATEN ENOUGH OF YOUR SHIT AND IT AIN'T Ice Cream --- followed by : YOU LIED TO US !!!!
Trump ain't been stopped . He has CONTROL of the Mil and the WAR and retains VETO POWER . Having CONTROL of the Houses don't mean shit .
What the fuck is THE PLAN ? Do the rats have a plan to STOP trump NOW ????? We need the TARIFFS >>>>>GONE<<<<< like two years ago, WHEN is THAT gonna-happen ?
I INSIST : shoemaker and bonkers DO NOT REPRESENT ALL THOSE THAT VOTED BLUE .
At present there is not ONE PERSON who "speaks for" the democratic coalition . There is NO "Voice" that speaks for US . Our Votes are ALREADY being "Interpreted" by corporation-loving OTHERS who do NOT intend on "getting their hands dirty" with >>>>REAL WORK<<<< . "They" are telling US that WE have no appetite to try and convict those who have committed TREASON, and Worse, we have no appetite to END THE TARIFFS and STOP THE WAR . All they want to do is sit on their fat fucking asses and ask the questions that simpletons would be ashamed to ask . "We seen that movie."
I say again WHAT IS THE FUCKING PLAN ?????
Let's say there are 20 people in a lifeboat. The boat has a leak that needs to be addressed . Bailing Items are distributed to every body, yet there are a few who REFUSE to bail, as they consider >THAT< NOT a task for them because they are WEALTHY . Here's the Wisdom, 'In a sinking boat EVERYBODY MUST BAIL' ...... EVERY BODY !!!!!!!
There is ALREADY >>>>GREAT CONCERN<<<< that shoemaker and bonkers will remain as HEADS OF DEMOCRACY STATE , shoemaker in the Senate, bonkers in the House . Not only do I NOT like it, I FUCKING HATE IT !!!! Shoemaker and bonkers are STATUS QUO GURADIANS . Their 'allegiance' is to CORPORATE AMERICA, the CONTRIBUTORS to democrats and shoemaker and bonkers have PROVEN themselves to be IMPERVIOUS to the Needs, Wants and Desires of us jus' reg'lar Folks . To keep them in power is to GUARANTEE the "SAME OLD SAME OLD", meaning they will hold ENDLESS Hearings but make NO EFFORT to Prosecute .
Don't forget my Gentle Readers : the House NEEDS the DOJ to Prosecute, the House HAS NO MUSCLE to Prosecute . Also, whomever they can 'get' will WEAR OUT the 5th Amendment , and there will be NO Penalty, NONE WHAT-SO-EVER . Besides THAT trump WILL PARDON anybody that has been threatened with Penitentiary Consequence .
There ain't gonna-be no Justice, not for a long, l----o----n----g time .
The ABSOLUTE FIRST THING the democrats need to Address is THE COST OF LIVING, tagged AFFORDABILITY . EVERY Effort must be made to somehow REMOVE trump's tariffs as soon as possible, which means that the rats MUST establish a Tariff Team to search for a Solution to the Tariff Problem . Folks voted Blue because of the Cost Of Living --- during the Campaign the rats PROMISED Relief from the cost of GAS + DIESEL , and the Cost of even the most common groceries . I insist there can be no 'leeway' for the rats, no time to "settle in" . They have the rest of November and ALL of December to prepare ~~~ They have intimated that they will start "on Day One" and if they don't "IT" will be the same old SHIT "IT" always was, with the rats crying they have no help from "the other side" .
THE MINIMUN WAGE MUST be RAISED !!!!!!!!!!!!! I want to see an IMMEDIATE Response to this Issue , a Declaration that the rats won't stop until the Minimum Wage is Addressed and RAISED >>>>>>>>>>>SIGNIFICANTLY AND that Cost Of Living INCREASES are part of the Minimum Wage Criteria . The rats NEED to establish a NEW Identity that exudes TRUTH , Truth that manifests as DEVOTION TO THE COMMON MAN AND WOMAN, those of the Lower and Middle Classes who pay ALL the Taxes .
It may be acceptable to Rejoice . You may be able to locate and hear Donovan's "Season Of The Witch" off of the album "Sunshine Superman" , and I STRONGLY recommend Huey Lewis and the News' "THE POWER OF LOVE" for surely those that LOVE America have fought for and WON the Right to EXPRESS VICTORY over the Dark and Hideous . Also, Cream's "THE SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE" off of "Disraeli Gears" .
I'm gonna BASK in Sunshine, today---ALL DAY and monitor the Results with quiet Enthusiasm I WILL take "Delight" in the Woe-is-me tears of fallen trumpists .
Tare Forward and Keep the Faith
11. T'ai / Peace
"Everything on earth is subject to change. Prosperity is followed by decline : this is the eternal law on earth . Evil can indeed be held in check but not permanently abolished . It always returns . This conviction may induce melancholy, but it should not ; it ought only to keep us from falling into illusion when good fortune comes to us . If we continue mindful of the danger, we remain persevering and make no mistakes . As long as a man's inner nature remains stronger and richer than anything offered by external fortune, as long as he remains inwardly superior to fate, fortune will not desert him."
I CHING or BOOK OF CHANGES
I am shying away from "Inner Exaltation" but I WILL allow myself to feel >Elation< . I will NOT Express >Exuberance< , "IT" 's unbecoming . It is IMPERATIVE to Understand that this "THIS" is simply "The Beginning", the Beginning of REFORMATION . I use Reformation because Reconstruction is >Suspect< meaning, there is an aspect of Reconstruction that salvages bits and pieces, remnants of the Status Quo that, if repositioned, will remake and RESTORE the Status Quo thereby DENYING True Change . 2 words : WE CAN'T GO BACK !
Today is a Day to THANK those that Sacrificed in order to "Take It To The Street" in what amounted to the HARDEST kind of Combat = DOOR-TO-DOOR .
Folks BELIEVED and they s-----p----r----e----a----d their Belief IN AMERICA AND ITS DEMOCRACY to those "in need" of Safety, Security, and an Existence FREE of Turmoil, Tumult and TERROR . To Those that SOLDIERED ON, and shouldered the MASSIVE Weight of CHANGE, WE THANK YOU .
I apologize for this early start . I awoke after a few minutes of sleep, the Midterm Election at the fore and whether or not trump deployed troops, I.C.E. or the F.B.I. to seize ballots and otherwise try to foil, in any way possible, the outcomes of Election . One word : NOT YET .
It would appear that America has gone from "Seeing Red" to "Having the Blues" . My second BIGGEST Fear was that Victories would be achieved with only minimal success, meaning, the margin of Victories would be so slim as to render the Victories themselves ---> negligible <--- thereby diminishing their Value . That particular "IT" did NOT happen ; the margins of Victories were SIGNIFICANT which ENHANCED the Value {dare I use the word} >>DRAMATICALLY << .
I strongly Urge the Victors NOT to Celebrate as if democrats have SAVED THE WORLD . I don't want to see anybody "spiking the football in the End-Zone", a childish [immature] display of enthusiasm best left to nit-wits and morons .
Rite-Now* everything looks good >>>>>ON PAPER : there remains the mechanical aspect of Transference, the Transition from trumpist held Authority to Democratic Oversight . Nothing can begin to "Happen" until the Swearing In Ceremony is completed and the Newly Elected "Take Their Seats" .
However, for the remainder of THIS Day, MODEST Celebrations are in order : we can 'catch our breath', and lay our Weapons down for a brief Respite .
Elsewhere I have stated rather emphatically, we are living in the Future of the Ancient Past .
If Sallust were to time travel to be here now, he would shake his head head in both HORROR and BEWILDERMENT .
I shake my head for him .
We have a chance to change ~~~~~~~~~~ .
Sallust continues :
"But the nobility, thanks to its cliques, was more powerful, while the strength of the people, dissipated and divided so many, was of less avail . Military and domestic administration was in the hands of the minority; the treasury, the provinces, public office, military decorations, and triumphs were in the hands of the same men ; the people bore the burden of military duty and poverty ; the generals divided up the spoils of war among the few ; meanwhile the parents or the little children of the soldiers, if they had one of the nobles for a neighbor, were evicted from their homes . So, along with power, selfishness without limit or discretion invaded, desecrated, and laid waste everything, holding nothing important or sacred, until it wrought its own destruction . For as soon as men from the noble class were found who preferred true glory to unjust power, here began movements in the state, and strife between citizens began to arise like an earthquake ."
"Even slaves who are bought for gold do not stand for unjust orders from their masters ; are you, citizens, who were born to rule, going to tolerate servitude meekly ? But who are these men who treat our commonwealth like an occupied country ? They are arch-criminals, whose hands are bloodstained, whose avarice is monstrous . They are guilty as sin and proud of it, men to whom loyalty, decency, duty, honor, and dishonor are all merely matters of profit and loss ."
Further along :
"For to do what you please with impunity is to be king . What I urge upon you, citizens, is not that you should take more satisfaction in wrongdoing than in the uprightness of your fellow citizens, but that you should avoid ruining the innocent by pardoning the guilty . Besides, in public life it is far better to forget a good turn than a bad one : a good man simply grows more reluctant to do good if you neglect him, but a bad one grows more vicious . Moreover, if there were less lawlessness, you would not be in such constant need to barter liberty for security ."
I introduce Sallust to my Gentle Readers today, because I can't write as if I were Pericles . The following are excerpts and passages from Sallust from the time of the Jugurthine War . These are from the Realm of : "WHEN YOU STEAL, STEAL FROM THE BEST" .
First a kwik bio taken from Paul MacKendrick . "C. Sallustius Crispuus (86-ca. to 34 B.C.) is one of the few ancient authors to show any sympathy for the common man ; opponent of Cicero, partisan of Caesar, tribune of the people, quaestor, praetor and proconsul of Numidia, he has not gained in reputation by opposing the senatorial class . According to the aristocratic tradition, he was horsewhipped for an intrigue with another man's wife, was expelled from the Senate on a Morals charge, and enjoyed his magnificent gardens on the Pincian hill at the expense of provincials he had robbed as governor . owever real these sins may be---and they can be matched from the life story of many an optimate--- the allegation of them was sufficient to drive Sallust from public life; he devoted the years of acute civil war to writing about party strife instead of actively participating in it ."
And then this : "Sallust is the first triumvirate of Roman Historians which includes Livy and Tacitus . He shares with Livy a nostalgia for the earliest days of Rome, when men were so nobel and so poor . He rivals Tacitus in his cynicism and in his ability to evoke the atmosphere of crack-up, the mood of an age of anxiety . But the Historian to whom Sallust would most like us to compare him is THUCYDIDES ."
I LOVE him, BOTH actually .
The Universe has given me Cosmic Reprieve---Mercy---I have about a four hour tree job in my neighbors' driveway = the removal of an overhanging Birch limb that threatens the stockade fence on the boundary line . I've been thinking about the Plan all night and have decided on a proper / safe course of action . I'll start sawing around 8:30 a.m. EST .
Of all the days preceding the Election I figured this day to be the worst as far as Angst and Dread are involved; but now, as I have just written, Relief . Propaganda will be like a mountain of chicken shit hitting a GIANT propeller---- everyone is gonna get shit all over them . Rain-gear will help, a suit of armor even better : there will be no escape, indoors outdoors = same .
I write this NOW : BE PREPARED FOR ANYTHING ! I will repeat this tomorrow as well, and probably the day after . Trump is DIABOLICAL and so are his lackeys . Remember, he faces PENITENTIARY CONSEQUENCE should the democrats gain a MAJORITY in both Houses . HE WILL DO ANYTHING TO SAVE HIMSELF !!!!!
Tomorrow the entire UNIVERSE will CHANGE . Get Ready ... .
It's Sunday here on Earth, the first day of the return to Eastern Standard Time and I allowed my Mind to roam free . Since our brief investigation into Sufism I wondered what other medium I could employ to describe and explain trump . This morning "it" arrived, Film/Cinema as "Jurassic Park" . I know "it" sounds QRAAZEE* but because Academia has many failings as well as numerous shortcomings I KNOW "IT" will allow me a Creativity of Expression all Writers enjoy .
I figured this : trump >is like< the Meteorite that hit the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico and BLASTED dinosaurs into EXTINCTION, not all at once, but as the result of the Ice Age that "IT" produced . Let's call the "Ice Age" a DARK TIME, and further, the Dark Ages . {I know rite, how good am I ???} . Now the actual meteoroid that did all the Damage has no name but takes on the name of the Crater that resulted,,, it is Chicxulub Crater and is pronounced chick-shul-oob-lub(e) . According to my Interpretation trump is the meteorite that hit America which created an Extinction Event, the extinction of republicans as they use to be known, and as trumpists we know Now . We are presently experiencing the Dark Age (check it out) >>>the I.C.E. Age<<< {am I not TERRIFIC ???} = the extinction of the Rule of Law, which itself has manifested as the re-Assertion of the "Law of the Jungle" [Civilization be damned] .
"But wait,,,, there's more... ."
47. K'un / Oppression (Exhaustion)
"He who lets his spirit be broken by exhaustion certainly has no success . But if adversity only bends a man, it creates in him a power to react that is bound in time to manifest itself . No inferior man is capable of this . Only the great man brings about good fortune and remains blameless . It is true that for the time being outward influence is denied him, because his words have no effect . Therefore in times of adversity it is important to be strong within and sparring of words ."
I CHING
2 words : Solace .
Tare Forward and Keep the Faith
I had no plan to write this morning, I am still re-covering my nerves from the rake of Fear, Anxiety and Fury . I told You I was fucking SCARED which may have struck ALL-OF-YOU as "UNBECOMING AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN" . I know, I won't deny it . Only thing I can defend myself with is the OBVIOUS ---> I'm OLD . My FEAR is EVERYONE'S FEAR, as is my ANXIETY and FURY . It's a Buddhist >thing< that sometimes defies explanation, this is one of those Times .
Today is Halloween, technically it's "The Eve of all Hallows", that is, the Eve of "ALL SAINTS DAY" = where Hallows is manifestation of the Hallowed, the Saintly . "IT" mite be slightly better with this > Hallows' Eve< but then again, who really gives a shit ???????
"IT" 's also College Football Day, a day when millions upon millions IGNORE the country's Demise, and "The State of the Union", because THAT is a fucking "DOWNER" and "IT" would spoil the SPECTACLE of Combat Sport, whose erstwhile Life was the "Bread and Circus" of Gladiatorial Horror in Ancient america Rome .
"The more things change, the more they stay the same ."
I've been Zen Walking -- {Pacing} -- with the expectation that 'something' will 'arrive' that will help me conclude this morning's Effort . I needed a 'something' that would demonstrate 'Mind Energy' , the sort of which Telepathy, as in 'Mind Control' would express . I use Mind Control because this Mind Control Energy can be utilized against trumpists that they may be influenced enough to reverse their 'stand' {as in 'stand with trump'} and vote 'Blue' . The BEST that arrived was "Jedi Mind Control" . So here it is : when you are out and about and detect a trump-o-maniac use your Mind Energy to insist, `I need to change and vote for Democracy` . Personally, I hold this throughout the day : TRUMP MUST BE STOPPED and I SEND THAT OUT Continuously .
We MUST EXERT Our Will .
Tare Forward and Keep the Faith
Every vote is-gonna be HUGELY SIGNIFICANT . Trump and his are already seeking to CAST-OUT ---> SUBSTANTIAL numbers of ballots that have been submitted . If there is slim margin in votes then he will EASILY declare VICTORY . Even IF there is a fucking LANDSLIDE, he will seek to nullify vast number of democrat votes, so we MUST have EVERYONE vote .
When Obama was opposed by Romney I twittered , "The republicans will SAY anything and DO anything, in order to secure Victory ." Yes Obama proved to be the Victor but at what COST ? Now the trumpistanians have been "backed into a corner" by their own `leader` and they have no other recourse save to LIE, CHEAT AND STEAL . It is their "M.O." . Look at what has transpired over trump's terms .
Trump has calibrated thusly : "Vote as if I am on the ballot." This morning this arrived : VOTE AS IF HITLER IS ON THE BALLOT . Elsewhere I established the parallels between hitler and trump which have been assiduously corroborated by political scientists all over the World . Recall j.d. vance : "TRUMP IS AMERICA'S HITLER" . You'd wanna believe that voting democracy is a "NO BRAINER", such is the disaster that is trumpistan . Recall that we thought that before the FIRST trump . We even had a SECOND CHANCE after he was IMPEACHED and look what happened THEN .
You wanna believe, "THIRD TIME'S THE CHARM" ; but I give you that scene in 'MY COUSIN VINNY' when someone said, "You passed the Bar on your THIRD try because 'third time's the charm' rite ? " Vinny was silent and then uttered "Six" . The questioner was aghast, "SIX !!!!????" . "Yeah," Vinny sighed, "SIXTH TIME'S THE CHARM" .
There are hominids out there who would rather DIE than vote for democrat, liberal, progressive, Black, Muslim and I may as well add Buddhist . These hominids voted for trump, as he too, is one of them, a hominid . These barely humans are Instinctual in Mind and Psyche, meaning, they are "Jungle Dwellers" and as such the only Law they Know and Understand is the "THE LAW OF THE JUNGLE" = "KILL OR BE KILLED" = = "EAT OR BE EATEN" . Here it is where FEAR is the PRIMARY Response to all things Unknown, indeed, we say that there exists, "THE FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN" which manifests in Modern times as "FEAR OF THE OTHER" . It gets worse {how the fuck can it get any worse ?} . Evangelicals consider it a SIN to vote for democrats, whom they consider EVIL [ democrats as ANTI-GOD ] . These somethings, will continue to support trump, he can count on their vote, while simultaneously pissing in their faces .
There are other OTHERS, those that voted for trump to gain financial advance, the relief from taxes and such, and these folks are considered by us RIGHTEOUS SNOBS, as "Selling their Souls to the Devil" . We say, "IN IT FOR THE QUICK BUCK", we note that they had given NO THOUGHT to the potentials that were soon to come their way, among them the COST experienced by the NATION, the Result of trump's tariffs and of course his WAR . Will THEY continue to support trump ? Can they be TRUSTED to vote for CHANGE ??????? I don't think they can be Trusted , I mean, seriously, WHY should we Trust them ???? I hazard that when asked for whom they would vote, they LIED TO OUR FACES that they were-gonna vote for a democrat, but once inside the the voting booth, VOTED FOR THEIR OWN MONETARY INTERESTS, fucking over the Rest of Us .
Elsewhere I have proffered an explanation as to the 'what' that caused trump to ignite his WAR against what was then an innocuous Iran . I suggested that netanyahu had the epstein files and sought to influence trump to attack Iran WITH netanyahu's IDF or be subject to netanyahu's RELEASE of the Files to the World . Trump had already kidnapped Maduro, and was flush with the Military's profound expertise and execution, and so believed that any Military Effort to destabilize the IRGC would certainly be just as effective . Remember the initial Conditions surrounding trump on all sides : the NON- Release of the epstein files had resulted in a 'mild' {poor choice} Public Conflagration that resulted in DEMANDS for their Release AS PROMISED by trump's administration . Ya-gotta figure that trump figured, "NO FUCKING WAY" , and rather than a Release that would OUTRAGE THE WORLD and CONDEMN TRUMP TO ETERNAL DAMNATION, he decided to do what he does best, DEFLECT .
There are MASSIVE Conspiracy Theories that netanyahu KNEW about the INVASION of October 7th, but he, as was trump, was "under" the crushing weight of Populace CONDEMNATION because of his CORRUPTION . OBVIOUSLY, he "took a page out of trump's `playbook` " and rather than face potential penitentiary Consequence he "allowed" his own people to be MASSACRED .
"Horror upon Horror" ....... .
You want to believe that trump will be stopped if the democrats win the MAJORITY in both Houses thereby neutralizing trump's VETO POWER . 2 words, "NOT SO FAST". Trump will remain the 'Commander-In-Chief' and what HE says 'GOES' . Remember what trump and hegseth have already done : they have forced out MOST of upper echelon Generals and Admirals which allowed INFERIORS to ascend into Command positions, and most of these MAY support trump in whatever whim or fancy he dictates . Can we trust the Mil??? , I say NO . Most recently they, the mil, have bombed another drug boat, killing its crew members ----ALL TOTALLY ILLEGAL . The Mil WILL Obey trump's orders, I see no reason they will do otherwise .
Folks will offset : "Wasn't there a "NO Concur" letter signed by Mil Leaders to oppose further Mil Action against Iran and the Saudi Arabian Peninsula at large ? Yes . Did anything HAPPEN as a RESULT ??? No, nothing, not one thing . Indeed, there is reporting that trump and HIS Mil are preparing for another HUGE Attack on Iran and its infrastructures, to take place after the american Mid-term elections . Indeed, even netanyahu's mil is "in" that same "scheme" .
We are in some seriously DEEP SHIT . There must be a first step for our self-extraction and that is to VOTE ---> DEMOCRAT straight down the ballot .
Trump has bankrupted every business he has owned . Trump is running america as if it is HIS business . Therefore, it is LOGICAL to assume he will bankrupt america . Once he declares america insolvent, he will raid Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid using the excuse that "americans must sacrifice if their america is to continue" . MILLIONS of americans will be expected to DIE [so] that the Younger will have a Home .
It's been reported that younger americans are whining because the "Promise" of the fulfillment of the American Dream has somehow been revoked---they feel cheated . I mean, WTF ??!!
Social Security was devised and enacted as LAW because americans who could no longer work due to old age and such, were DYING IN THE STREETS . The Gov went all "Good Samaritan" to mitigate the Suffering so that us Old Folks could, (get this) "die in dignity" . The gov FORCED all the Workers to pay into a "Retirement Fund" which could be accessed at the appropriate time, which for me is NOW .
I confessed yesterday I'M SCARED FUCKING SHIT that Medicare and Medicaid will be raided, in the exact same way that the american Post Office is ROUTINELY RAIDED to offset Treasury shortfalls .
Trump MUST BE STOPPED , and the above is only ONE REASON .
Student Protests in Europe have ignited a "Signal" of the Past, the so-called "Arab Spring" of 2010 to 2012 . SOME Satisfaction was experienced, but are the Arab-Speaking Nations under FULL Democracy Rule ??? 2 words : Nope .
Students and Concerned Citizens are Protesting governments that have REFUSED to recognize the Interests of us Commoners . I want to express the Nature of NOW by describing a Time BEFORE >Now< where Conditions were deplorable but no one "had the guts to leave the Temple" . Folks ate whatever SHIT the government 'fed' them up until NOW appeared as "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH" , meaning, WE'VE EATEN ALL THE FUCKING SHIT WE CAN STAND >>>>NOW<<<< "IT" 's gotta END .
We say, "The Time is NOW" but implicit in this statement Declaration is what I raised earlier ---> Duration . >NOW< must have >Duration< .
In America, Folks want Change NOW, and so they will Vote next Tuesday to get "NOW" initiated and implemented WHICH WILL TAKE MONTHS . Look at "IT" : >NOW< 'takes' MONTHS . I beg my Gentle Readers DO NOT TURN AWAY FROM THIS .
I live in a Realm {of my own creation} where I am 'aware' of Telepathic Energies, what Zen Buddhists [Zen-ists] refer to as "Mind Energy" . In the "Olden Days of Yesteryear" this Mind Energy was referred to as "ESP", that is, Extra-Sensory-Perception and folks of my Generation and earlier, either Believed in ESP or didn't . Obviously, as I have just expressed, I DO .
After I finish writing, I allow myself to be receptive to these Energies which, by definition, are the Mind Transmissions of my Gentle Readers . These days I have been unsettled, grouchy, and morose because of my own dys-satisfaction* with my Effort and the reception of Energies that are also dys-satisfied with my Out-put .
There is an URGENCY for TRANSFORMATION >>>>>NOW<<<<< and the Investigation and Study of Kiddie Lit does NOTHING to address the POLITICAL URGENCY that assails us presently . I FEEL that URGENCY, I suspect WE ALL FEEL IT, but it is as if TIME -Itself- is working AGAINST our Will . The Election is almost grotesquely upon us, and Folks, who APPEAR as Common and Decent are still UN-DECIDED on for whom they will vote .
"IT" gets worse .
Some folks interviewed admitted they will WAIT until they are INSIDE the Voting booth to finally decide . 2 words : wow .
32. Heng / Duration
"Duration is a state whose movement is not worn down by hindrances . It is not a state of rest, for mere standstill is regression . Duration is rather the self-contained and therefore self-renewing movement of an organized, firmly integrated whole, taking place in accordance of immutable laws and beginning anew at every ending . The end is reached by an inward movement, by inhalation, systole, contraction, and this movement turns into a new beginning, in which the movement is directed outward, in exhalation, diastole, expansion .
" Heavenly bodies exemplify Duration . They move in their fixed orbits, and because of this their light-giving power endures . The seasons of the year follow a fixed law of change and transformation, hence can produce effect that endure .
"So likewise the dedicated man embodies an enduring meaning in his way of life, and thereby the world is formed . In that which gives things their Duration, we can come to understand the nature of all beings in heaven and on earth ."
I CHING or BOOK OF CHANGES
Earlier I was writing about why folks lie, specific to american politics and the consequence of those lies with regard to polling and further down the road, the Mid-term Election . I had half a screen lit up when, for some COSMIC reason or another, I hit a key or keys that deleted the entire blog, which then caused me to "tail spin" out of control . I didn't recover, --- I went outdoors to Zen Walk to regain my Center and figure out what the fuck had just happened . Clearly the Universe saw fit to alter my trajectory : tagging folks as Liars, Cheats, Scoundrels and Scalawags, dose nothing save to express anger, and dystrust* , somethings* unacceptable to Scholarship . Name calling breaks all my Rules .
When I returned to the Cave "IT" arrived : I was SCARED .
I was Scared that the elections would not be ---> Transformative, meaning, the democrats could win, but the margin would be so slim, that NOTHING would Change and Nothing COULD-BE Changed . Labeling folks LIARS is an effort to protect myself from the abominable DISAPPOINTMENT that america would remain in open cesspool of Corruption, Lies, and Deceit that has already manifested as trump's WAR .
Yesterday I spent NO 'Time' thinking abut this morning's topic {consideration} even after Fareed Zacharia's program some of which was devoted to Israel and the Quasi "EXTINCTION EVENT" of Palestinians, that is, Gazans and 'Bankers' . Some say there is HOPE [I HATE HOPE] that the Ruling Sanhedrin of Israel [the Knesset] will "come to their Senses" and vote AGAINST netanyahu and his SLAUGHTER MACNINE otherwise referred to as the IDF . Israel has been ||| divi ded ||| just as america with support for a Solution to the Palestinian Problem that does NOT involve handing over Territories that would become the Nation of Palestine, and those who simply Demand the above mentioned EXTINCTION EVENT as the way to eliminate hamas at the expense of Innocents . Is this Election to be a harbinger of things to come in america ?
Most will argue that HAMAS will never be eliminated as long as iran has money and WILL . Here it is where the Civilian Populations of Iran, Israel, America, Saudi Arabia, and the majority of Arabic Speaking and Muslim Orientation DO NOT HAVE ANY POWER WHATSOEVER . Those presently in POWER consider the Human Population of Innocents as >>>>>>> EXPENDABLE . If the People "die off" due to governmental policies, so be it . Those in POWER will always have their needs met, for the most part, with LAVISH construction .
"Of what need do the poor have for food ?"
In the Same Way that we don't get better by playing individuals and teams that have inferior [less developed} skills than we, so it is with Scholarship as well . If we are to 'advance' our Understanding(s), then we must read materials that are "over our heads" . Reading such Material is a fucking CHALLENGE but we MUST resign ourselves to undertake this Challenge as means of Self-Development, especially those of us who seek Planetary {Cosmic} Consciousness . In my Senior years I have taken to find Balance in my reading . Presently I am wading {trudging, slogging} through Adam Smith's THE WEALTH OF NATIONS,,, I can do so because I managed the same kind of slog with Thomas Piketty's CAPITAL . It's not that I HATE Economics, it's just that I don't like it because I SUCK at it . It's weird because I didn't find THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO a trudge at all . I FORCE myself to read at least for half an hour before I get to my (True) Love, Kiddie Lit and Aesop's Fables . "A spoonful of sugar help the medicine go down" .
If you DO undertake the Reading of HAMLET'S MILL it mite* behoove you to read some Myths for balance .
It may be that I have inadvertently offended my Gentle Readers by suggesting they enter the Realm of Children's Literature ("Kiddie Lit") . If so, I apologize . Every tribe, every hamlet, every village has their own Stories of Creation, [Myths] as well as Stories, Fables and Tales that supply their offspring with the Values, Morals, Mores and Ethos that is the foundation of their own Social Reality, hence my desire to communicate a ONE-NESS of Global Civilization . It occurred to me yesterday afternoon, that Folks consider Kiddie Lit somehow 'beneath' them, and I understand that ; to these Folks I offer the Study of Myth(s) because Myths supply those Very Same but for an Adult Appetite .
Dr. Joseph Campbell is considered the PRE-EMMINENT SCHOLAR of Mythology and I STRONGLY Recommend the following : THE MASKS OF GOD ORIENTAL MYTHOLOGY ; THE MASKS OF GOD CREATIVE MYTHOLOGY ; THE HERO WITH A THOUSAND FACES . However, there is one text that is at the Apex of the Study of Myth and it is : HAMLET'S MILL AN ESSAY INVESTIGATING THE ORIGINS OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE AND ITS TRANSMISSION THROUGH MYTH . It is written by Giorgio De Santillana and Hertha von Dechend . "IT", the Text, is of INESTIMABLE Value .
This from the back cover : "Drawing on scientific data, historical and literary sources, the authors argue that our myths are the remains of a preliterate astronomy, an exacting science whose poser and accuracy were suppressed and then forgotten by an emergent Greco-Roman world view . This fascinating book throws into doubt the self-congratulatory assumptions of Western science about the unfolding development and transmission of knowledge . This is a truly seminal and original thesis, a book that should be read by anyone interested in science, myth, and the interactions between the two ."
This TEXT aint for the squeamish , it is DAUNTING .
Elsewhere I have presented my ability to read Minds . Trump's Mind can be viewed as : "See Spot. / See Spot run. / Run Spot, Run. / Spot runs fast ." Musk's mind presents something more different but not more difficult . Musk is a "Sci-Fi" guy .
When we 'see' trump, we see a guy who wants to annex Canada, Greenland, and for now, Venezuela . I contend that musk is no different, with regard to america, and now Ukraine . I view trump as a Modern Day Genghis Khan 'set' on CONSOLIDATING vast Territories in order to PLUNDER those Territories = trump for PERSONAL GAIN and musk to bank-roll his COLONIZATION OF MARS . Putin is set to CONQUER Ukraine in an Effort to restore his beloved SOVIET UNION and is obviously willing to GIVE some of Ukraine's Resources to trump and his in exchange for "Unity of Form and Function" which includes 'Rare Earth Minerals, and Ukraine's "Bread Basket" which feeds almost ALL of Africa .
Musk is holding Ukraine HOSTAGE , so is trump for that matter but on a lesser degree . Musk NEEDS putin in order to secure the Rare Earth Minerals he needs for Space "Occupation" . We ask, Why doesn't he just BARGAIN with Zelensky ?" Ya gotta figure that "IT" would cost musk money, whereas putin mite* just hand-over Rights AT NO COST --- simple capitalist arithmetic .
UGLY gets us there .
As an american I have no 'rite'* to denounce France and its government . Recall the Spanish proverb = "pot calling the kettle black" [from Cervantes' DON QUIXOTE ] . Trumpistan has LITERALLY taken "Food out of the mouths of BABIES" in order to secure for the EXTREMELY WEALTHY monies they couldn't spend in 10 fucking THOUSAND lifetimes . The adjective CRUEL doe not even approach the lethal toxicity of such an IN-HUMAN ATROCITY . And yet...there "IT" is .
French 'citoyen' (s) have every RITE to REVOLT, as do american Citizens who are poised to upend trump and trumpism in the upcoming Mid-Term Elections .
You look at trump and see that ONE MAN can set the World to WAR~~~ now there is ANOTHER "ONE MAN" who has an entire NATION LITERALLY at his 'push-button' fingertip, and that is elon musk . Hitler was 'ONE MAN", trump is 'ONE MAN' and now musk who is also 'ONE MAN' .
We can only shake our heads in ASTONISHMENT, BEWILDERMENT, AND SORDID INCOMPREHENSION .
Musk's CONTROL of Ukrainian Air Defenses --- anyone see THAT coming ???
It's almost impossible to write about anything . There's so much shit happening ~~~ the World at WAR---- . Aggressions on the Saudi Arabian Peninsula, Gaza, Lebanon, and of course the WAR in Ukraine where ONE "american" is single-handedly PREVENTING Ukraine from defending its Self : and then there are the Street Wars in France , where STUDENTS have taken "IT" to the Streets in a UNIFIED REVOLT against what most consider GOVERNMENTAL MALFEASANCE .
This past Sunday Fareed Zacharia did a segment on France, and showed photos taken inside many of the schools . Decrepit gets us there, and since we are already THERE, let's add dilapidated as well . There are stories of leaky roofs, crumbling ceilings, and decayed pipes leaking everywhere . Meanwhile, the government is considered by Most to be a "bloated bureaucracy" unable to sustain its obligations to the Retired, and therefore unable to supply desperately needed funds to repair age-related degeneracy in the Schools . The French Debt Level is 'through the roof' , largely due to the government's insistence NOT to TAX its millionaire-billionaire "bourgeoise" .
Americans are turning away from trump, or so the Propagandists would have them believe . Reporters on the Street have interviewed Street Level americans, and MANY still SUPPORT TRUMP, and will probably do so until either they die or trump "bites the dust" .
I confess : I thought I knew the Nature of Muddle, and for the most part I do, but there remains the muddle in "the Sage seeks to muddle the Mind of the empire" and THAT muddle is muddling* . On the surface muddle is another word for "DISTRACTION", used by trump effusively : Propaganda IS >muddle< and "IT" has been SAVAGELY Successful . But why would the Sage attempt this Muddle ? Reason asserts it CAN'T-BE the Same muddle . If not, then What ???
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I am being called by a batch of fresh kim-chee I prepared yesterday afternoon, plus the Sun is BRILLIANT and my own Inner Children are SCREAMING for "Recess" .
I will work on finding a proper description for Muddle . Please forgive an old man .
From Looney Tunes : "THAT'S ALL FOLKS".
You can see "IT" rite ? White, non-educated folks, those who don't like to read, ACT in the same was as CHILDREN . Children LOVE Cartoons, {AS DO I} and what better cartoon IS there than trump ????? Parents, check that, GOOD parents, try to expose their offspring to Learning that helps identify "Good" and "Evil", Right and Wrong {Rwong},,,if this Early Learning is NOT accessed,, then, results are DISASTROUS . Look at the american electoral Profile . In the same way that Children are EASILY scared, so it is with trump's "adult children", both are susceptible to Lies, Deceit, gross Fiction and in Modern Times,, PROPAGANDA . Here it is where the father comforts his children by telling them HE will PROTECT them from MONSTERS, in Modern Instance, DEMOCRATS >>>> "I Alone Can" 'Fix' "It" ;;; I ALONE CAN PROTECT YOU BUT YOU GOTTA VOTE FOR ME .
I will address cartoons at a later date, but I will tease you with Truth that I consider the Characters of "Looney Tunes" manifestations of my own, PERSONAL, Psyche . I have ISSUES !!!!
Ya-gotta ask, WHY doe the Sage seek URGENTLY to muddle the Mind of the Empire ? What is >muddle< ???
TAO TE CHING
XLIX
"The Sage has no Mind . He takes as his own the Mind of the People .
Those who are good, I treat as good . In doing so, I gain in goodness.
Those who are of good faith. I also have faith in . In so doing I gain in good faith .
The Sage in his attempt to distract the mind of the empire, seeks urgently to muddle it .
The people all have something to occupy their eyes and ears and
the Sage treats them like children .
I KNOW you qids* see it ; "...treats them like CHILDREN ".
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I have actively sought to acquire "the Mind of the People", to be their Voice, blah, blah, blah, blah, BLAH . I WANT to be the "Universal Everyman" as is "Piers the Ploughman" . I have always VALUED that the Sage "has no Mind" because it is SOOOO >Zen< . But this shit on the bottom, what does Lao Tzu MEAN when he writes that the Sage "seeks URGENTLY to muddle the Mind of the Empire" . Until now, "IT" troubled me, and Troubled me GREATLY .
But wait...there's more ...
Republican {trumpistanian} campaign rhetoric has reached something of a 'fever' pitch : they have resorted to FEAR in order to "energize" the "base" [comprised primarily of non-college educated voters, mostly White] as an Effort to ensure [that] they actually Vote . Pundits, opinionists* and the Brain-ful* have agreed that the republicans "have nothing left" on which to promote, given the desultory vacuity of trump's own speech and savagely self-serving 'policies' .
In keeping with my most recent Effort to utilize "Kiddie Lit" as a scaffolding to view PROPAGANDA,, I offer "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" . The original title is : "The Shepherd Boy And The Wolf", and it's one of Aesop's Fables . We must s---t---r---e---t---c---h our Imagination to apply it to republican' s use of FEAR and I do so via Authorial Prerogative .
We know the story, it has been "ingrained" in our Collective Psych as a MEANS to keep our children from 'telling lies' for `amusement`, as did the Shepherd Boy, and to keep them "on the straight and narrow", a Path of Honesty {"Honesty is the Best Policy"} . >"IT"< gets UGLY in Modern Times, as Paranoia, is expressed in Fear---Fear that the democrats will 'over-run' the Country and with it, the elimination of Ante-Bellum Sovereignty the South, so TREASURED by White Racists and Bigots .
The Shepherd Boy PROOVED he was a LIAR, after having fooled the Villagers not once, but TWICE . The second time was all it took for the Villagers to tag this nit-wit kid a LIAR . Recall this : "Fool me once shame on you, fool me TWICE SHAME ON ME" .
Some of us may enter the Realm of Childhood Studies unprotected because we consider ourselves 'normal' ; others, like me, [of my ilk], may be susceptible to dread, bitterness and remorse . It is imperative to fully appreciate that the Study of Children's Literature, is a Journey into one's own rearing and as such, an actual Investigation into the parenting skills or lack thereof of one's own . As I have stated in the Before Times, we ARE our Parents, unless and until we confront our Rearing, [up-bringing] , and 'become' our 'Own Persons' .
There are Protections . I strongly Urge my Gentle Readers to procure CHILDHOOD and SOCIETY by Erik H. Erikson "Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award" . There are others of EXTREME Value, among them : TOXIC PARENTS by Dr. Susan Forward ; THE ANGRY BOOK by Dr. Theodore Isaac Rubin ; PEOPLE OF THE LIE by M. Scott Peck, M.D. ; THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth also by M. Scott Peck . These Texts are TRANSFORMATIVE so be WARNED .
I have insisted that we, as a NATION, have been living trump's UNRESOLVED Childhood Issues . We don't know if trump's mom read to him or didn't, I speculate she didn't, and as a result trump favored his father, to the point where it was his father that dominated his life, I suspect, at his mother's expense . There is vibrant speculation that trump was a "problem child", a one who could not receive even ordinary lessons with any receptivity whatsoever . His father bribed teachers and probably entire school districts, to prevent his son's grades from becoming Public, as he did in trump's collegiate years . "Numb-skull" gets us there . His mother was quoted, "I hope he NEVER enters politics because he would RUIN everything". "Truer words..." .
Further, I insist that trump and his childhood can be utilized EFFECTIVELY because he encapsulates all that is Negative in an adult {a-dolt} Human {hominid} . By Studying trump we can determine how NOT TO be raised, how NOT TO >>>Be . Problem with that is = he isn't just TOXIC he is RADIOACTIVE and even the slightest exposure to his life results in DEADLY Contamination--- which is why the Generals that 'served' him were FORCED to leave, less they DIE from his Radioactive Lethality .
Trump's Radioactivity has turned america into a WASTELAND .
Yesterday, before yesterday reached noon, I was satisfied with what I had produced in my blogs,,, it's rare, but it happens . Outdoors was the second day of an almost VIOLENT Wind Storm, a perfect excuse to remain indoors and allow my body to rest and recover {I HATE THAT WORD > RECOVER BECAUSE OF RE-COVER} from what I suspect was an ALIEN form of the Flu, which I shouldn't have experienced in that I got inoculated a couple of weeks ago . I wrote a gag for it : I was so sick I had to check myself into Intensive SCARE .
The afternoon unfolded like a fucking night-mare, democrats believing that a LANDSLIDE was somehow GUARANTEED, that the trumpistanians were eating their livers because of their impending SLAUGHTER, and trump's non-stop propagandal BOMBARDMENT straight-outta Orwell's BIG BROTHER'S maw . Trump has FULLY re-positioned the Untied* States to be an ALLY of putin, which means trump is giving putin MONIES so that putin can attack and KILL AMERICANS . I mean, shit, why not "eliminate the middle man" and have ICE Agents savage Camp Lajeune, cap a few soldiers in their brains, and get out in time for supper at macdonalds ? Trump could save on jet fuel AND diesel thereby re-establishing Frugality as VIRTUE . Trump is the APEX of Virtue, is he not ???
It's late and I must conclude this morning's Effort . I remind my Gentle Readers that Leo Tolstoy [WAR AND PEACE] was a prodigious Author of MANY Children's Books . Even after reading Dostoevsky, [THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV]. I am still wading through WAR AND PEACE --- thing is--- when we got to him in Kiddie Lit class he was INFINTIELY BEAUTIFUL . He remains so .
BRILLIANT Minds Taught THROUGH Kiddie Lit, such was the VALUE they placed on direct communication to and with Children . I want that. I wanna be like Leo .
Tare Forward and Keep the Faith
70's American Hippie-ism had some great gags, here's one now : a long-haired 'Jesus freak' confessed this ; "I useta-be all messed-up on drugs and alcohol, now I'm all messed-up on the Lord ."
BEFORE children are introduced {messed up with} to religion, they are introduced to Kiddie Lit . Herein the POWER of Children's Literature . Various CODES are supplied within the stories, Bravery, Virtues, and BEST-OF-ALL >>>>>>COMMON SENSE<<<<<< the best of that BEST is the one where the Child calls out "THE EMPEROR HAS NO CLOTHES" . The TRUTH of Visuality is irrefutable, making the sycophantic praises of bootlickers and ass-kissers unquestionably ABSURD . Here it is where the TRUTH of EXPERIENCE CANNOT BE DENIED !
The title of the Story, penned by Hans Christian Anderson, is "The Emperor's New Clothes" and reached the Public in 1837 via "Fairy Tales Told For Children" . CLEARLY, that Story is as Relevant NOW as it has ever been . NO ONE can deny its VALUE, and it's weird that the CHILD-WHO-DARED-TO-TELL-THE-TRUTH is considered a HERO , who, unwittingly, helped to depose a fucking TYRANT .
My Theory is simple and straight-forward, Because Dr. Carl Jung devised "The Collective Unconscious" I reasoned that there must be a Collective CONSCIOUS . There are themes, motifs, and plots within Children's Literature that are UNIVERSAL, 'they' occur in Kiddie Lit all over the Planet . I contend that these themes are part of the Human GLOBAL Conscious, and as such, once uncovered, they can become a Foundation for the Planetary Psyche . Sociologists refer to these as "Shared Commonalities", meaning, they are INHERENT in the Human Species . The Unification of the Planet's Population can be achieved when we all agree that these Shared Commonalities represent the Totality of Human Awareness, and therefore Civilizational Cognition . In the same way that Dr. Jung established that there are "Archetypes" in the Human Unconscious, I argue that there are are Principles, Values, and further POLITICAL Mental Constructs within the the Collective Conscious that are, check that, CAN-BE the Foundation of Political Altruism, a tenet of Planetarianism* .
As simply as I can state "IT", I want a Return to Truth, not just on an Individual Basis, but on a National, Continental and GLOBAL Level, where "IT" once occupied the APEX of Human Intellection and that of Civilization itself . We, as in ALL-OF-US, have experienced the utterly PITIFUL Degradation of American Political and Social Values, once admired by many Nations . When Folks in AA stipulate that "NO change can be initiated unless and until the drinker has reached 'ROCK BOTTOM' , so it is with the American Electorate, those that voted for a madman, vital and CLEAR indication that america has, indeed, hit ROCK BOTTOM and there can be nowhere else to go except UP .
Opinionists*, pundits, Brains and BIG Brains have cautioned us : "It aint-gonna be over when all the ballots are counted, there will be a TREMENDOUS amount of WORK to salvage from the rubble and debris of a WAR-Weary Nation, what can be useful in a RECONSTRUCTION , and what must be summarily REJECTED and therefore DISCARDED" . They insist that there CAN-BE and MUST-BE a Return to INALIENABLE RIGHTS, among them, LIFE, LIBERTY, and the PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS and a VIABLE Democracy that is TRUE to "IT" 's Principles, the Rule of the MAJORITY .
On my end, I caution the Cautioners* --- after a HUNDRED YEARS of British Rule, they still shit in the streets of New Delhi .
We know that trump is "thin-skinned", meaning, he takes what is said about him personally . My generation was taught to ignore worded insults, that is, we grew up with this "old adage" = "Sticks and stones may break my bones but WORDS will NEVER hurt me " . Obviously trump was NOT brought up with that, and we are living the consequences of that shortcoming .
A kwik* Search recovers that this "old adage" has been around since 1862 and was first expressed in the "Christian Recorder" a publication out of "The African Methodist Episcopal Church" . It was communicated to children to supply them with a Defense Mechanism that could be utilized to thwart verbal bullying . I believe that "IT" WAS effective, but that in Modern Times "IT" has all but evaporated and nothing was put into Public Consciousness to replace it . Look at what has resulted .
I cite this Instance to make my Case for the Study of Children's Literature, which I contend is a Study in the [Oral] Transmissions of Human Morality, Social Mores and Ethical Practices .
Please indulge an old man . Below are some of the Kiddie Lit Books I LOVE .
THE ANNOTATED MOTHER GOOSE Introduction and Notes by William S. Baring-Gould & Ceil Baring-Gould -- Illustrated by CALDECOTE, CRANE, GREENWAY, RACKHAM. PARRISH AND HISTORICAL WOODCUTS .
THE COMPLETE MOTHER GOOSE Illustrated by Ethyl Franklin Betts BEAUTIFUL Pen and Ink Drawings and Exquisite color Prints .
ANDERSON'S FAIRY TALES Illustrated by Arthur Szyk .
ANDERSON'S FAIRY TALES Translated y Valdemar Paulsen and Illustrated by Milo Winter .
ANDERSON'S FAIRY TALES Illustrated by E.H. Wehnert & W. Thomas followed by
GRIMM'S FOLKS TALES Illustrated by E.H. Wehnert
GRIMM'S FAIRY TALES Illustrated in Color by Noel Pocock
THE VIOLET FAIRY BOOK Edited by Andrew Lang Illustrations by H.J. Ford (Compendium from Around The World)
I have multiple copies of Alice in Wonderland, and several different versions of AESOP'S FABLES .
One word : NEVER ENOUGH !!! The ARTWOK alone is "The price of admission."
I have advised my fellow Planetarians that "IT" would behoove them to procure, a Bible, I CHING, TAO TE CHING, QURAN, and perhaps, Bulfinch's Mythology, and even Chuang Tsu's INNER CHAPTERS .
I warn my Gentle Readers that I intend to begin using Kiddie Lit to neutralize trumpian propaganda; here it is where "A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down." I KNOW Readers in Foreign Lands and Far-Away Nations have their own Children's Literature and I am counting on them to avail themselves to their Study of such . Kiddie Lit is something of a "First Transmission" of Morals, Mores, Ethics and even MORE IMPORTANTLY as a means to aid in identifying "GOOD" and "EVIL" and THE DIFFERENE BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG . Elsewhere I have vehemently argued that trump is devoid of ANY sort of HUMANISM, that, because of his upbringing, ONLY misfortune could result, in other words, trump was somehow Dys-Socialized, meaning there was no way for him to identify Good from Evil, that he was tutored by his father's ATROCITIES which he now inflicts upon US .
If we are to Transform the glob I insist "IT" must begin with CHILDREN .
For weeks I have been miserable . Everyday there is some new and gross BULLSHIT that bombards our Senses. Trump's propaganda has been relentless --- in order to neutralize some of if I have offered nothing but pure negativity, in an Effort to rivet the Attention of my Readers to TRUMP'S Reality . I realize the Suffering I have impose---I justified my actions as what Buddhists refer to as "Merited Karma" --that which is both generated and received . I don' like it, never have but the Truth is always gonna-be the Truth and, technically, there IS no escape .
I KNOW there are better, more acceptable delivery systems, one of which is to use the I CHING and then add to it, 'purport' . The problem with the 'Ching' is that it is esoteric in both Form and Substance, and I doubt many Folks have a copy . "IT" is the same for almost all quotes from Ancient Chinese Philosophy, precious few of them have reached the Streets and Gutters of common Academics, let alone those of us who make our 'homes' in "Tombstone" Territory, the cliche ridden wasteland of Modern Day Superficiality .
I wanted to somehow link Children's Literature, my BELOVED "Kiddie Lit", to Everyday Propaganda Neutralization but feared my Readers would be insulted at such "low brow" expression . I FEARED, "That's IT ??? That's all you got ???????" . I stayed away from that which I loved because I thought it Inappropriate .
Then THIS arrived : "It is not a matter of whether you can learn by silence, by speech, by effort, by submission . It is a matter of HOW this is done not 'THAT' it is done ." [ Khamosh ] . In this, Sufis utilize EVERYTHING , including children's stories, jokes, and the above listed . "IT" has given me a Voucher to advance a Neutralization that doubles as Teaching .
I'm disappointed that so few of you are interested in this morning's topic . I will suspend my activity on this topic for a later time .
So----------what is the Nature of the 'Truth' for which we Search ? Zen Master Seung Sahn teaches that Meditation results in finding one's "True Self", a True Self that "transcends 'likes' and 'dislikes' " , a Self that is "Enlightened" . Sufis describe a 'state of Mind' that is ONE with the ONE, another word for God .
Recently, we have been supplied definitions, explanations and description of Reality. This is the Common Reality of day-to-day Existence . Now we must look at the Reality of Meditation, and there is no Greater Description than the Heart Sutra, where we find this Diamond Description of the BEST State of Meditative Reality : "No eyes, no ears, no nose, no tongue, no body, no Mind, --- no color, no sound, no taste, no touch, no object of Mind,, no realm of eyes and so forth until no realm of Mind consciousness" . To properly conceive this State, simply close your eyes and put yourself in a silent sound-free room with the lights off . THIS is Meditative Reality . NOW thoughts arrive and depart of their own accord ---Nothingness exists --- Mind is Free to roam or be still --- here it is where "Stillness IS Bliss" . Now GETTING THERE and STAYING THERE are different things, and STAYING in the "ULTIMATE REALITY" is NOT ----> Practical . We must work to Live .
I was delighted and RELIEVED that there are parallels between Zen-ism and Sufism, the most important of which is the Necessity to "look inside" one's Being to locate Truth . Zen phrases "IT" this way : "Seeing into one's Self and the Attainment of Buddhahood", while Sufis describe, "...a form of direct perception of the Truth which has nothing to do with mechanical Intellection". Compare these to Gnosticism's "Direct and Immediate {Personal} Experiential Knowledge of the Divine" . Gnosticism is Ancient, the 1st and 2nd Centuries A.D.,,, and the question may be asked if what may be considered Modern Christianity, specifically the Synoptic Gospels, contains such an articulation of these Mystical -----> Alternatives can be found . Not exactly, but I argue and have argued that the Parables found in said Synoptic Gospels are certainly close enough to qualify as SOMEWHAT Mystical, in that trying to Understanding the Parables is the same as trying to Understand Koans {Kong-ans in Korean} . In All of the above MEDIATATION is Required to first Penetrate and then GRASP the Spiritual Significance of the Stories, Kong-ans, Messages and Parables . ALL Require INTENSE Focus and Concentration, a Focus of One's ENTIRE Being . Remember the Goal : Truth . The Truth of BEING "Nearer to God" where God is Code for The Infinite Divine {my tag} . Being at ONE with the One, God, GUARANTEES "Inner Peace" which means "EVERYTHING IS EASIER TO DEAL WITH" .
