tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post4066786182257454649..comments2023-04-24T09:36:27.739-05:00Comments on Off the Grid in Minneapolis: Crazy TalkUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-26160705137869774242011-11-15T19:57:06.291-06:002011-11-15T19:57:06.291-06:00If the banks get taken down the economy many peopl...If the banks get taken down the economy many people depend upon now would crash. If the economy crashes hard enough the banks would get taken down. Now more than ever would be a good time to just be patient while, simultaneously, preparing for the inevitable as best you can.Thardiusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03035376894054058452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-3891358291670828412011-11-15T13:49:10.783-06:002011-11-15T13:49:10.783-06:00Ryan,
Ultimately, changing ourselves is the only ...Ryan,<br /><br />Ultimately, changing ourselves is the only change required, if even that can be said to be required. That you are doing anything at all, in any context, to invoke positive change, is heartening to me. Blessings.<br /><br />Justin,<br /><br />Thanks for the advice. I took one shroom once, about a decade ago. No score as yet, but should I, I will be sure to report.William Hunter Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03659156353754825272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-88672271210382854972011-11-15T06:45:53.837-06:002011-11-15T06:45:53.837-06:00Some friendly advice if you ever score those mushr...Some friendly advice if you ever score those mushrooms (assuming you haven't tried them yet, hence the repeated statement of intention/curiosity).<br /><br />Remember that everything you hallucinate and experience is internal. If something is going bad, change whatever it is you are thinking about. You will hallucinate, and the hallucinations will take the shape to fit some pattern of thought in your head. You have the power to change that in that moment by just controlling what you think about, then the 'dream' will shift, and when it shifts you can stop thinking about whatever it is that you used to change gears. Changing physical surroundings is also a good way to do this. If you start down a bad path of thought, get up and walk somewhere. Your mind is good at keeping several strands of thought at hand, but it is still limited, so forcing it into a mode by working on a task can also help.<br /><br />Common bad patterns to trip on<br />1. Contemplations on people you've wronged, including yourself<br />2. Contemplations on failures to meet expectations people have placed upon you, including yourself<br />3. Dark forces in society, like how we view sex, war, etc. <br /><br />Tripping will not unlock any hidden truths about the problems listed above, its function is showing how powerfully our perception and response mechanism of conciousness is. Be safe.Justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02924326177370725150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-18955246060931158462011-11-14T14:53:00.617-06:002011-11-14T14:53:00.617-06:00An obligation committed to paper and backed up by ...An obligation committed to paper and backed up by the force of law can be quite compelling. These elements create the illusion that official contracts are somehow more important than unofficial obligations. However, if your official and perceived duties clash such that you must choose one over the other, you face consequences either way. The question is what it has always been: which consequences are you willing to face? <br /><br />It would not be easy to turn one's back entirely on the current system, but that is the result of our system making us all dependent on it. And the more dependent we become, the more reason we have to stick with that system, to instead just hope that it will radically change on its own without our having to make a difficult choice and sacrifice. I don't expect that that will happen. Even if it does, the new would not necessarily be better than the old.<br /><br />I have instead found comfort in a life of few obligations and desires. My goal is to one day be able to help others with their own, but I will do so subtly from within this system. And when I do, I will not worry so much about the path our civilization is taking, but instead know that I have helped to change it for the better. There is not much else for me to do anyway, as I have deemed the consequences of openly opposing the status quo too great for me.Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01659392036747299777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-1062620760294770782011-11-14T13:49:59.228-06:002011-11-14T13:49:59.228-06:00I agree with you about the violence. Passive aggr...I agree with you about the violence. Passive aggressive civil disobedience is the only way to change anything. Knowing that doesn't take away the anger that comes from being reminded of your servitude by your masters every time you punch a clock. Just to turn around and give it all back to the same man who gave it to you to acquire your subsistence. <br /><br />I'm just ready for this miserable situation to change. Yet I know that there is a long road ahead of us. A road that drives us insane like the Chinese water torture. One minor insult after another until you really can't take one more drop. <br /><br />I feel this way and I consider myself to have an above normal control over my emotions. So I can imagine the amount of seething rage beneath the surface on the front lines of OWS where the unjust forces of police brutality beg for retaliation. They are poking the caged tiger with a stick and the cage is not locked. It's truly amazing to me that it's stayed non-violent so far. <br /><br />I pray that it stays that way. <br /><br />Yet at the same time I feel that rage myself.Luciddreamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02128676983998762432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-552119286200772062011-11-14T11:23:22.150-06:002011-11-14T11:23:22.150-06:00Luciddreams,
I've long said the surest way to...Luciddreams,<br /><br />I've long said the surest way to revolution is to stop paying the bills. If you want the system to collapse, stop feeding it. But of course, that's easier for a single guy like myself than a father with a young child. But talking about it spreads the word, and maybe at some time there is a saturation point at which we can do it together in numbers that serve to protect us from the fallout. <br /><br />I can tell you too, I resist any talk of violent revolution. Violence may be inevitable, but I don't trust anyone who thinks violence is a solution to anything. I'm not interested at all in trading one tyranny for another. <br /><br />As to the tribal thing, that is not necessarily the primary model for where we go from here. Look to JMG's point about the consensus model as a method of tyranny by a minority. It's not time to gather together as much as it's a time for each of us to look deep inside ourselves to nurture the think that will not be ruled, and will not rule.<br /><br />WHDWilliam Hunter Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03659156353754825272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-57258540377282980232011-11-14T09:55:52.832-06:002011-11-14T09:55:52.832-06:00http://emtmusings.blogspot.com/2011/11/last-night-...http://emtmusings.blogspot.com/2011/11/last-night-on-lifeboat-hour-with.html<br /><br />another one brought on by your musings. <br /><br />Just wanted you to read it. For what it's worth, I don't expect you to post this comment.Luciddreamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02128676983998762432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-46593639070859121652011-11-14T08:27:16.610-06:002011-11-14T08:27:16.610-06:00Last night on "The Lifeboat Hour" with M...Last night on "The Lifeboat Hour" with Michael Ruppert he had Carolyn Baker on. If you don't know, she's pretty much the psychoanalyst/psychiatrist for the Transition Movement (I wanted to say PO movement, but I think that the phrase "Peak Oil" no longer does the job. We've already peaked, it's in the past, and it's a given at this point. Transition is a better word because that's what we are doing, transitioning into a new paradigm.)<br /><br />In the show Carolyn actually said to walk away from your debt, your credit cards, your house, ect. ect. She actually said that, "walk away." They were talking about the OWS movement, specifically the Occupy Santa Rosa (OSR) encampment. Ruppert was talking about how symbolic the tents were and that if he could make a flag for the movement it would feature a tent because it symbolizes independence and self-reliance yet in a tribal/community setting. They talked about how OSR was very tribal and that the tribal model worked (I suppose only because our species has spent the over whelming majority of our time as a tribal species.) <br /><br />What struck me the most about the conversation was that she said to "walk away." Walk away because it's time to do exactly that with this system. I'm gonna finish this on my blog cause I've been inspired...so thank you for that.Luciddreamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02128676983998762432noreply@blogger.com