Purpose, point, possibility ...

Corporatism, capitalism, consumerism...
Statement: unless we choose a future, one will be chosen for us. This is a self-evident truth and has great implication for the on-going argument over destiny and free will. In the eastern philosophies the concept of karma states that past actions will influence current states
and the future path of events. In physics this is refered to as "sum over histories". When considered, these spiritual postulates appear to be absolute in nature and could be relied upon
to form a basic set of laws for human life. If I fail to plan for the future the future will occur nonetheless and rather than being random, will be the result of the cumulative sum of my past actions and the actions of those around me and that of the world as a whole. There is no
place for the idea that any individual can achive "salvation" separate fron the whole. Either we achive "salvation" or you will only be able to go so far before beginning to feel the gravitatational pull of the world. Yes, I realize that this may seem a little abstract to conceptualize but I believe that it is reliable. At the dawn of quantum physics one of the first things that became clear is
the startling simularity between the newly discovered laws and principals of quantum science and the precepts of esoteric spiritual philosophy. Karma is one example. Another is the
concept of the impermanence of all things. Another is the interconnectedness of all things.

Karma = sum over histories
Impermanence = quantum dynamics, sub-atomic energy flux
Interconnectedness = quantom structure, wave collapse.

This universe is a whole, unified phenomenon. No one thing is separate in any way. The future is knowable, unless modified by the actions of consciousness. The universe is in a continous state of flux, nothing is permanent. The only element that seems to be separate in any way is consciousness. There is now increasing evidence that consciousness is a quantum phenomenon or perhaps more fundamental than that. So spirituality, far from being an abstract, "imaginary" pastime is in fact advanced critical thinking and higher perception that allows the individual to percieve that actual hidden nature of reality. A fact now supported by advanced physics. (in light of this view, the now famous words of Robert Oppenhiemer "...I am become shiva, destroyer of
worlds..." on the occasion of the first atomic bomb detonation take on greater dimension)

I have a draft manuscript entitled "evo" on phase of the book deals with the subject of human evolution and the current status of the process. One of the fundamental premises of the book is that evolution is beginning to breakdown. The reason for this is that we are no longer completely on automatic pilot but that we are, due to the development of consciousness, beginning to pass out of the zone of control that nature exerts. I do not believe that this is due to technology, although technology would be an external manifestation of this process. I believe that we are beginning to develop Higher Consciousness. If we accept that Quantum Physics has revealed a universe that resembles the visions of the mystics and the principles of spirituallity then Higher Consciousness must have, not only a basis in fact, but a directly percievable manifestation. I believe that it is Telepathy. No, not mind reading but the individuals direct awareness of that which has no direct manifestation. Collective awareness or awareness of the whole (race, earth universe...) would produce states that would explain the phenomenon of telepathy (or at least the perception of it). Spoken language would not exist if we had no ears. Similarly, what we crudely refer to as telepathy must start out with a faculty of human sense. Third eye, higher consciousness, 6th sense. In my humble opinion all of this is the perception of that state that an individual enters into when he or she gets thier shit together and grows the fuck up.

This is a rare state indeed and has resulted in the greatest advances in human history. Technology is forcing us to admit that there is a "whole" out there and that we may no be able to totally ignore it forever. Humans don't learn unless they have to. We are most often responsive to external stimuli. Until now there has been little in the way of external stimuli that we profound enought or powerfull enought to pierce the viel of stupidity that has been our swadling cloths and stimulate us into making use of the other 97% of the human mind that had no purpose until now. (funny, modern physics now says that 97% of the universe may be composed of "Darke Mattere" such that the holy cosmologicical constancy of father Einstein might be explained....perhaps when the other 97% of the human mind sees the light of day so will the rest of the universe...) Ok, no more ranting and stabbing...

The fact is that in times past only the most advanced of us percieved the existance of the question of meaning or the question of purpose. In most of those cases the question was in reference to the individual and not the whole. Any potential answers, even though they where (most likely) juvenil rumors and supersticion where treated as the highest secrets of the order. Now more and more of us are starting to wonder as to the nature of the human race and its place in the grand skeme of things. Sadly, the evidence thus far is that we serve a purpose similar to that of a cancer or virus that complete destroys the hosts ability to survive, in addition to destroying itself in the process. But the fact is that we are more "globally aware" than ever before thanks to technology and that may be the external stimuli that is causing the internal evolution that is cause us to "see". The effect of this appears to be rather predictable; we are sticking our collective heads up our group ass and turning inward to ignore it with a vengence (funny that.....) Hence;
Corporatism, capitalism, consumerism...

This is what "they" are doing. It also happens to be what you are doing. We are drownding in a pool of fantasy and delusion. We a devoting our lives to the higher goal of more cellular billing and lower cost computer peripherals, infinite income is not quite enought and we must have more money no matter what the cost. The key, of course is buying. The more we buy the more money is made by those who sell and that then creates the increase in the wealth of the economy in general that allow us to make more money so that we can buy more .... I'm not making this up. This is really happening. This is "what they are doing" This is all that they are doing. On a deeper level there is no "they", only you. There 6.5 billion of you and your all fucked up and guilty. So drop the bullshit. Yes I know, I see the images of the impoverished billions sifting through the trash to find a meal. (I've done it myself) and they are there because you are insuring that nothing spoils your personal delusion. They will in turn, rise up and over throw the tyranny that holds them in check (you) and start the cycle over again. The simple fact is that unless the human race achieves salvation your personal ass is roasted, period. We can not survive unless and until we get our collective shit together, no not the "other guys" that need to, you. And not your way. No more religion, no more politics. You personally must evolve and percieve reality directly.

Missing time...

Due to illness, a server update and business misfortune I have been
unable to post for several days. Any way, on to the point...
So what have "they" been doing any way? What might the agendy of an
exclusive clique of individuals be that are, by proxy, rulers of the
world? Perhaps:
Phase one: get power
Phase two: protect power
Phase three: control power
Phase four: ....
Uh, you get the point yes? Under the US CODE the law considers a
corporation to be an entity for purposes of legal liability. In reality,
like any other, entity the first rule is survival. Since power is the
only element that defines this perticular entity it is the primary task.
There would have been a purpose initially, but the "harsh realities"
would have forced the leadership to suspend those
goals until such a time as the power needed was secure. Commence phase
one.in time it would have become easier to leave things "on the back
burner" and continue the job of power. After several generations the
original purpose would become a legend. So that's what the driver, the
lawyer and the accountant have been up to.
It stands to reason that if the most powerful nation on earth is in this
state then the rest of the human race isn't much better off what with
having to compete with US. So therefore it seems pretty clear that
whatever the purpose of the human race is it isn't very high on tbhe
agenda. So we seem to be having a bad time with this, no? Seen from a
distance we would appear to be showing signs of
depression, mania and neurosis. As a collective that is. This would be a
spiritual observation. And this would bring this diatribe back to the
point. That being that here at the beginning of the twenty first
century, we are beginning to confront a very difficult problem. We have
no idea why we are here and the question is, whether we like it or not,
"on the table". Without purpose there is little
hope of a future worth living. And that statement will very much apply
to your children and your children's children. Like it or not. And that
is the point.

point counter point

Gee, like that "step down" from the sweeping and absolutist? Lets face it, global concerns are of no importance to you as they have no effect upon your life. Unless of course, you happen to be in a building when a terrorist bomb goes off, or some one you never met moves a decimal point and your financial world is erased. The simple fact is that we believe that we are endowed with the inalienable right to ignore pretty much everything and go one with the important business of deciding which size television to get for the kitchen wall. It wasn't always this way, was it? When (if you are older than, say 30 or so) did it get this way?
This is a symptom of what is lost. We are no longer driving. We have a driver to do that. The problem with that is that the driver is ultimately in charge, yes you can threaten to fire him but the wheel (of karma?) remains firmly in his hand. Worse still is the possibility that you CAN'T drive and don't know the roads. Boy what an act of trust that is. So if the driver decided that you couldn't be trusted to call the shots as to how to get where you think you are going there would be little you could do about it and in all likelyhood you wouldn't even know you had changed directions (being that you are in the back of the Limo on the phone mixing a drink -n- all....) and should you, or one of your party question the driver it wouldn't be a stretch to imagine him misleading you, for your own good that is.
Now imagine that you have a lawyer and and accountant and a driver and they are not going to allow you to make bad decisions or mistakes (in thier humble opinions...) and decide to "take care of things for you". The king becomes the crown. Thats you.
That is part of whats wrong, at least in the limited, local example of the USA. Since the beginning of the cold war (1946) There have been two things that have been incontravertable truth; first is that we where/(are?) this most powerfull nation on earth. Both militarily as well as economicaly the United States has been completely dominant. So much so that early on in the "game" the CIA needed to falsify intelligence reports to the president and congress inflating the size of the Soviet nuclear arsenal to prevent a complete demilitarization of the US. "I know he wants to take his family to disneyland but we can't let him, there are more important things to do like insure that his wealth is greater than that of his neighbors, ok, you tell him that he's losing money and I'll recommend that we drive to the job to make more..." says the driver to the accountant. And the rest is, as they say, history.
You see, it was obvious early on in the "game" that the USA was going to dominate the world. This was one of the main reasons for the Yalta conference. Internally there would have to have been a decision made that, in spite of the fact that the USA is ruled by a government "of the people, by the people and for the people..." the people simply could not be trusted with the awesome power and responsability of being not only the great bastion of freedom and democracy but the wealthiest, most powerfull nation on earth. I mean, come on! All the "people" want to do is have barbaque's and drink martini's in the sun light! (no doubt a comment made during a conversation taking place between several high level goverment and military officials while discussing this very subject...while at a barbeque drinking martini's....). The rational is perfect and inarguable. even if you did give a shit as to the fate of the world the idea of letting millions of ill informed voters make decisions of historical scope is ludicrious. Isn't it? I mean it was blatantly obvious that you couldn't have cared less about the fate of the human race, right? But wait, if that where true then why did you give the lives of thousands of your sons to save the huuman race from certain tyrrany and darkness? Ok, yes, before the war the US was isolationist but that is normal and ended once Pearl Harbor came along (so, if the accusation that the White House saw it coming and allowed to happen in order to awaken US public opinion and get us to save the world is true it makes more sense, right? I mean, yes, 3,000 or so died but look how many where saved? And they would have, in all likelyhood, died anyway as the war wasn't going to avoid us forever. Right? We are talking about Pearl Harbor by the way, just in case the casuality figure confused you with recent events). Even at that US public opinion has always been a function of the press, propoganda and politics so if we where isolationist its because we where encouraged to be so. So, where did this idea that we didn't give a shit come from? Maybe it was the justification that the driver, accountant and the lawyer used to rationalize thier decision. Either way, the problem is the same and, apparently didn't begin with WWII. You (individually and collectively) are not in the drivers seat. Thats a funny thing considering that this is supposed to be the worlds bastion of freedom and the home of the "rugged individuallist" no? Where we ever in the "drivers seat" At what point (!) did the king become the crown? And what, if anything does this have to do with the "crisis of meaning" and alledged coming collapse of the human races "will to live"?
What if you moved into a neighborhood and not only where all of your neighbors stinking rich but asked you to handle thier money for them? What would you do? Duh! You would take the job and finially get your break! Your not a thief, right? Your a good person and you would want to insure that thier money was safe. From them. They did ask you to handle it for them, right? And doesn't that mean that they can't handle it themselves? So if A. is true and B. is true then wouldn't it be the responsable thing to do? Power corrupts. Absolute Power corrupts absolutely. More to the Point (!!), Power over others corrupts and absolute power over others corrupts absolutely. You see, the United States of America was the result of a dream. It was the dream not of Americans but of lots of different people that didn't come from America ('cus there weren't no 'Merica then...). The dream was to end forever the tyranny of the powerfull over the lives of individuals and give the human race a chance to assert itself and move out of moms house and stretch its wings and find out what it can do, on its own. Who it is and What if anything is its purpose in the "grand skeme of things". I guess that things haven't worked out so well, huh? And who are the "powerfull", the "tyrannts" anyway? In the light of this little diatribe it would seem that they are those of us that just don't believe in us (read themselves), and aren't gonna let us offin' the farm just yet. We won the victory over the forces of darkness and tyranny. And lost the war. And here we are getting fatter (diabetes), older (the greying of generational population) and dumber (the viral spread of technology) while the driver, accountant and lawyer do......
So, uh, what are they doing anyway?