De-man

                                                           When trump disgusted*, "This place is a dump" (referring to the White House) and decided to move to Mar a Lago to spend much of his time THERE all I could see was the Emperor Constantine moving the capitol of the Roman Empire to Byzantium [later to be renamed, Constantinople] .   Thing is~~~  I liked Constantine because of what he did for Christianity and the WORLD for that matter .   When Justinian came to Power he, too, Changed the World by his OBSESSION to remake Roman Law and to (get this) MODERNINZE "IT" .  He WASN'T  "All Demon All the Time" .   When I read Procopius my Mind changed because of the direct conflict of Interests, that is, viewing Justinian as "The Great Law-Giver" to DEMON ENTITY .   Recall that I tagged trump as >Inhuman< and qualified THAT by labeling him ANIMAL, a one devoid of HUMANITY .   I never liked my own shit, tagging him as an ANIMAL was NOT ENOUGH and it disparaged The Great Spirit who gave birth the our brothers and sisters the "Four Legged and the Two Legged" which is blatantly SINFUL .   Tagging trump with DEMON is SOOOOOOOO much  more suitable to me, despite knowingly defying Academic Protocol .   So be it .   Demon it is .

"Plaguers of mortal men" ...

                                                           There are two passages that are illuminative :  Procopius writes ;

                             "It is said that Justinian's own mother told some of her close friends that he was not the son of her husband Sabbatius or of  any man at all .  For when she was about to conceive she was visited by a demon, who was invisible but gave her a distinct impression that he was really with her like  mn in bodily contact with a woman,  Then he vanished like  dream ."

                             It gets better :

                             "In view of this I, like most of my contemporaries, never once felt that these two were human beings :  they were a pair of blood thirsty demons and what poet's (Homer and Aeschylus) call 'plaguers of mortal men' .  For they plotted together to find the easiest and swiftest means of destroying all races of men and all their works, assume human shape became man-demons, and in this way convulsed the world. "   

                             "But wait, there's more" :

                              "For the actions of demons are unmistakably different from  those of human beings .  In the long course of time there have doubtless been many men who by chance or by nature have inspired the utmost fear, and by their unaided efforts have ruined cities or countries or whatever it might be; but to bring destruction on all mankind and calamities around the whole world has been beyond the power of any but these two, who were, it is true, aided in their endeavors by chance, which collaborated in the ruin of mankind ... "

                              You can see it rite ?   I don't know how this can be missed . 

The [NOT SO] SECRET HISTORY

                                                           I'm in the process of reading REGIME CHANGE  --  Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump written by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan .  It's written in an Ancient Style , meaning,  each  chapter  is  "about"  a  specific  individual  and his or her relationship to trump .   As a History-man I see echoes of Plutarch as well as Procopius penman of The Secret History .  The  SECRET HISTORY I have is the Penguin Classic, translated by G.A. Williamson and what follows is on the back cover :

                                     "Having dutifully written the official war history of Justinian's reign, Procopius turned round and revealed in The Secret History the other faces of the leading men and women of Byzantium in the 6th century .  Justinian, the great law-giver, appears as a hateful tyrant, wedded to an ex- prostitute, Theodora ;  and Belisarius, the brilliant general whose secretary Procopius had been, is seen as the pliable dupe of his wife Antonia, a woman as corrupt and scheming as Theodora herself .   In all, the vicious side of a splendid city is exposed by Procopius with a candor which is revolting ."

                                     Please be patient with me as I unpack what I need from this Treasure Chest .

Just US

                                                                           49. Ko  /  Revolution  ( Molting )

                                 "Political revolutions are extremely grave matters .  They should be undertaken only under stress of direst necessity, when there is no other way out .  Not everyone is called to the task, but only the man who has confidence in the people, and even he only when the time is ripe .  He must then proceed in the right way so that he gladdens the people and, by enlightening them, prevents excess .   Furthermore, he must be quite free of selfish aims and must really relieve the need of the people .  Only then does he have nothing to regret ."

                                                                             * * *

                                   When we have tried in every way to bring about reforms, but without success, revolution becomes necessary .  But such a thoroughgoing upheaval must be carefully prepared .   There must be available  man who has the requisite abilities and who possess public confidence .  To such a man we may well turn .   This brings good fortune and [so] is not a mistake .  The first thing to be considered is our inner attitude toward the new condition that will inevitably come .   We have to go out and meet it, as it were .  Only in this way can it be prepared for ."

                                                                              * * *

                                   "Radical changes require adequate authority .  A man must have inner strength as well as influential position .  What he does must correspond with a higher truth and must not spring from arbitrary or petty motives ;   then it brings good fortune .   If revolution is not founded on such inner truth, the results are bad, and it has no success .  For in the end men will support only those undertakings which they feel instinctively to be just ."  

                                    

Spear It

                                                           One must ask, "If the I Ching is so fucking GREAT, why isn't it used in China NOW ?" .   And there's this corollary :   If the Vedas are so GREAT why doesn't India use THEM as the Foundation of Governance ?   These Civilizations are perhaps the OLDEST Living Organisms on the Planet .  Recall that Great Britain spent ONE HUNDRED YEARS in India to bring it out of a Stone Age and into  Modernity, and they STILL shit in the streets of New Delhi .   China, has COMMUNISM for its Government, and IT is still considered OPPRESSIVE by World Standards .   When we add the Civilization of Persia, and the Civilization of Israel we can see the Quran and the Bible as being grossly Ineffective as well .   I have stated elsewhere that the American "Constitution of the United States" and its "Declaration of Independence"  are as >Bibles< and they, too, have not fared any better , indeed, it is as if they have made things WORSE .  

                               Philosophy aint enough, BOOKS aint enough so what IS Required so that Humankind can Advance into an Age of Stability, Providence, and Peace ?     2 words :   Spiritualism .

Miss Represent

                                                            Some time ago I described my Brain as a ">landfill< the size of Oklahoma" .    This morning I 'rooted around' and found nothing worthy of presentation .   I mean, there's just SOOOOOO much SHIT .   I have been assailed by Doubts and Misgivings that manifest as 'legit' Questions regarding "Planetarianism"* specifically Questions about the I Ching and the Value I have placed on it to be as a "Bible" for the Conduct of both the Individual and the Society and Culture of the Government "writ large" .   I hear this : "If the I Ching is so fucking AWESOME [then] why isn't it a prominent Feature of our Education and the Social and Political Classes ?"   When I hear this Question I also `hear` this REDNECK attack :  "If you're so fucking smart [then] WHY AINT YOU RICH ?"   Valid Questions, both .

                             There's that scene in "Good Will Hunting" where Minnie Driver asks Matt Damon about how EASY it is to solve the most DIFFICULT Equations WITHOUT ANY  Effort .   Damon uses Beethoven as an example .  He says, "When Beethoven was a kid and he saw his first piano, IT JUST MADE SENSE TO HIM .  He looks at Minnie and and rues, "It's the same for me ."   Minnie just shakes her head .   Now when I read the I Ching, ALL of "IT" made Sense to me, even the "ideograms' .   The fact that the Chinese harnessed their Imagination in their their ideograms, as though ART was an ESSENTIAL COMPONENT in their Writing, appealed to me in the UTMOST "Sense" .   Indeed, Chinese Calligraphy IS Art in one of Art's most Pure Forms .   I LOVED  "IT" .

                              I have digressed, Sorry .

Decline and Fall Clean-up

                                                           I must abbreviate this morning's Effort ~~~  Fall Clean-up is underway, and the suffocating humidity has itself evaporated, leaving the Air Fresh, Crystal Clear and EXCEEDINGLY Healthy --- I am almost excited about getting out and starting up .

                               Iran has been blatant, they will NOT try and end the War until the American Midterm Elections [[[ IF THEY ARE HELD AT ALL]]] are completed and the Results tabulated .   Iran, like the rest of US,,  expect trump's republicans, ( now a FOUL term) to be DEFEATED in LANDSLIDE manner, which would then RETURN Legislative Power to the democrats, where OVERSIGHT will produce CHANGES that will GUARANTEE an END to trump's MANIACAL Conduct .         

                             The  "THING"  about  THAT  is,  once trump's "Psycho-phants" *  are Defeated, then what ?    Iran will STILL "  want  War REPARATIONS because, in this Instance,  IRAN IS THE VICTIM IN THE EXACT SAME WAY AS UKRAINE .   The American Government must still deal with the IRGC , and worse, what was once the Status Quo is no longer 'serviceable' in that NOW Hormuz has been annexed by Iran and, for all intents and purposes, Oman .   Trump + his have  created a New World Order --- a New World Order wherein America is NO LONGER the Epitome of Goodness dressed as Grandeur and Resolve .   America has redressed itself, meaning, America has become what trump sneeringly addressed as "a SHIT-HOLE country" .   Trump and his America will be forced fed those words.  America is gonna-hafta EAT ITS OWN SHIT , and then cough up TRILLIONS in War Reparations and Humanitarian Aid not only in Iran but in Gaza and the West Bank as well .  

                          Defeating trumpism at the ballot box is only a Sorrow-Stricken Beginning .