Atoms are comprised mostly of empty space - So is the Universe.
Our existence is the freak occurrence or possibly directed chemical combination resulting in conscious thought.
Is consciousness the effect of overdeveloped long term memory?
Psychology and Sociology are powerful tools used by ruling bodies to keep enemies(undesirables) in check and themselves in power, with the desire for wealth and power as the motivating forces.
Post Hitler - Creation of Israel Next to Palestine.
US History - KKK forces African Americans to move west causing conflict with preexisting locals.
Initial purge of Mexican Americans from the West Coast with the exception of exploited migrant workers, later apparent apathy allows for later migrations with similar effects and gangs are created in order to control the only feasible means of income amongst life in squaller.
Studies in these fields perhaps had altruistic intentions at their inception, but there will always be those with desires for power and control other who will manipulate and exploit this knowledge in order to achieve their desired results.
If I can conceptualize these ideas, it is safe to assume those with interests of advancing or maintaining power have already researched similar avenues.
If we are chemical combinations that while in our bodies are conscious, is it possible for enough of what was once me to remain and resurface somewhere in the future? During the life of this planet? On somewhere else?
Could all the consciousness of the Universe be allocated accordingly amongst the habitable worlds? With the destruction of one habitable planet there are potentially a billion beings of consciousness who have been displaced and their energy could possibly be searching or directed into capable hosts elsewhere? Since this energy is never destroyed it must go somewhere. There are over 3,000 studies of patients who can accurately describe events from previous lives.
If my energy is absorbed into this planet and someday this planet will be destroyed will my energies be relocated to the Universe cursed to traverse the void until life can begin somewhere else? Current speculations suggest there could be considerably more than 100 trillion years left in our Universe and speaking in higher numbers than that is really of no consequence in terms of human comprehension. Worlds will surely die and be born, and with that the occurrence of other worldly life becomes almost a certainty.
Sunday, May 11, 2008
I'm your pusher man.
They’ve Got All Bases Covered
Due to the supposed agreement that the usage of such substances makes for unproductive and potentially non-contributing members of society: The usage of all unprescribed narcotics not under the regulated care of the salesman with your best interest in mind is punishable with severity comparable of that to murder.
A Black Market shall rise with the newly added risk involved to procure the desired items. Rogue elements of our own government recognize the added source of revenue and paperless funding available through this Black Market, enabling them to explore more unscrupulous avenues of control without all those pesky questions or justifications.
Legitimate Government turns a blind eye to its black sheep as it recognizes the legitimate avenues for funds to direct their own way not to mention the occasional payoff. If successful in recapturing the contraband after its changed hands enough times to get it far enough away from home, they can assess fines, legitimize taxes.
If you don’t get them on the streets you’re going to get them somewhere.
Your cigarettes, your alcohol, and let us not forget the largest pushers that
exist: Pharmaceutical Companies.
It’s the perfect scam. You’ve got to get it, and you’ve got to get it from us. Anti-Trust laws are there for show. Doctors are paid by pharmaceutical companies to push their drugs to their eager consumers because their ads have infiltrated every popular time slot and even the pages of the supposed peer reviewed journals examining them.
The hardest part for me to figure out is where the line of intent vs. “giving us what we want” is drawn, but everyone needs to realize that there is one and some are unable to be ignored as successful and blatant manipulation.
Money itself is not evil; it is the things men are willing to sacrifice in order to acquire it. It is that fewer and fewer things are becoming unable to be bought. It's not a matter of good or bad, it's a matter of personal freedom. If done in a regulated environment, it might diminish the black market and the negative element of crime that comes with it. Just ask the Kennedy's. Remember, they've got all bases covered, but I'm sure I've left a few out.
Probably because I was high when I wrote this.Thursday, February 7, 2008
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Nothing really matters to me
Expansive thinking leads one almost to nihilism. In the cosmic sense, nothing we do matters. Ever. To the infinite(whatever that is) the finite is but a single stop in an encyclopedia of happenings.
Something.Nothing.Something.Nothing.Something.Nothing.Something.Nothing.Something.
I am here. This is obvious. Why? Is there any purpose? Is there any meaning to my desire for companionship? My desire for material wealth? Is it all illusions, perpetrated by society and popular culture?
"Make the most of this life, for it is all we have." And? Ultimately you will die. Your friends, family and everyone you've impacted will some day cease to exist at least in the sense we are alive today. Beyond that, I could not tell you. Does this mean that nothing I achieve matters? Does this mean that social status, financial gain are all irrelevant? Tools of corruption, tools of power! You have freewill, but growing up in such a place would certainly make one envious of newfangled gadgets and items seemingly straight out of the pages of Sci-Fi.
Starstuff. One of Carl Sagan's favorite words for what we are. We are one with the Universe. The same components of everything are a part of us. Inside our bodies our cells have some form of consciousness. Emotional addictions can be as strong as exterior chemical addictions. The receptors used for emotions are similar to those used for heroin. Continued usage causes said receptors to grow increasing natural responses, and discarding those unused. After extensive periods of time after corrupted development, will it even be possible to change?
Death. Life. Death. Life.Death. Life.Death. Life.Death. Life.Death. Life.Death. Life.Death. Life.
We have all died before. This I am certain of. If we are the Universe, if we are the same particles, we have all in essence died before. If our cells made up something else, that something else, can be no more, for us to exist in today. So we will die but we will be reborn, but our current consciounesses will surely not be in tact. Perhaps it will not be immediately, but at some level it will.
We can impact our environment, our expressed moods can alter reality. But what is reality? What is real? Is reality what we can see with our eyes? Feel with our hands? In a sense, but what about those things we will never encounter? People we shall never meet? Are they not just as real? Yes. No.Yes. No.Yes. No.Yes. No.Yes. No.Yes. No.Yes. No.Yes. No.Yes. No.
They have their own lives, but not in my reality. They may exist, but I will never know it.
I seek enlightenment. I seek to change my own perspectives. Why? What's the point? If my cells will die, then what of me am I improving? What impact does my time create? If none, what's the purpose of anything? I can impact those around me in this finite lifetime but if after that is over it starts all over; aren't I just spinning my wheels? No.Yes.No.Yes.No.Yes.No.Yes.
Such realizations could lead one to conclusions that meditation, benevolence, and altruism are all one should wish to profit. Nothing matters. Now matters those in the now. But the now will be gone tomorrow for at least a few thousand.
Something.Nothing.Something.Nothing.Something.Nothing.Something.Nothing.Something.
I am here. This is obvious. Why? Is there any purpose? Is there any meaning to my desire for companionship? My desire for material wealth? Is it all illusions, perpetrated by society and popular culture?
"Make the most of this life, for it is all we have." And? Ultimately you will die. Your friends, family and everyone you've impacted will some day cease to exist at least in the sense we are alive today. Beyond that, I could not tell you. Does this mean that nothing I achieve matters? Does this mean that social status, financial gain are all irrelevant? Tools of corruption, tools of power! You have freewill, but growing up in such a place would certainly make one envious of newfangled gadgets and items seemingly straight out of the pages of Sci-Fi.
Starstuff. One of Carl Sagan's favorite words for what we are. We are one with the Universe. The same components of everything are a part of us. Inside our bodies our cells have some form of consciousness. Emotional addictions can be as strong as exterior chemical addictions. The receptors used for emotions are similar to those used for heroin. Continued usage causes said receptors to grow increasing natural responses, and discarding those unused. After extensive periods of time after corrupted development, will it even be possible to change?
Death. Life. Death. Life.Death. Life.Death. Life.Death. Life.Death. Life.Death. Life.Death. Life.
We have all died before. This I am certain of. If we are the Universe, if we are the same particles, we have all in essence died before. If our cells made up something else, that something else, can be no more, for us to exist in today. So we will die but we will be reborn, but our current consciounesses will surely not be in tact. Perhaps it will not be immediately, but at some level it will.
We can impact our environment, our expressed moods can alter reality. But what is reality? What is real? Is reality what we can see with our eyes? Feel with our hands? In a sense, but what about those things we will never encounter? People we shall never meet? Are they not just as real? Yes. No.Yes. No.Yes. No.Yes. No.Yes. No.Yes. No.Yes. No.Yes. No.Yes. No.
They have their own lives, but not in my reality. They may exist, but I will never know it.
I seek enlightenment. I seek to change my own perspectives. Why? What's the point? If my cells will die, then what of me am I improving? What impact does my time create? If none, what's the purpose of anything? I can impact those around me in this finite lifetime but if after that is over it starts all over; aren't I just spinning my wheels? No.Yes.No.Yes.No.Yes.No.Yes.
Such realizations could lead one to conclusions that meditation, benevolence, and altruism are all one should wish to profit. Nothing matters. Now matters those in the now. But the now will be gone tomorrow for at least a few thousand.
Atheism & the Rationality of Deism
I want to avoid saying beliefs. Why are we afraid to label our non-belief as a belief? Because when you label something as a belief or belief system there are some negative connotations that come alongside it. The stench of religion. The erasure of individuality. Group Morals. Polarized political standpoints which can be manipulated. All that being said, I find it illogical to place those without firm beliefs in any category. How can you slap a broad label on millions of individuals with completely different viewpoints? You shouldn't, but as many of you know; it happens everyday. You wouldn't label "not collecting stamps" as a hobby, but it would seem as though many others may not have scruples doing similarly. Are there any associations or assumptions that can be made about those which do in fact remove God from the equation of existence? There is no absolute. There are exceptions to everything it seems. Just because one is an atheist does not even guarantee that they accept any scientific explanation of anything.
One could dismiss it all and remain content with the understanding that we cannot know or trust in ill-motivated and government owned men. We can hope at least that there are enough checks and balances and the requirement of verifiable evidence to protect us at some levels from the establishment. There is no way to know at this time what occurred prior to singularity, but surely even this must have originated somewhere. Perhaps it is my limited understanding of this topic that makes this such an unattainable answer. Perhaps it is because it cannot be positively known. And if religions are correct, perhaps it is not for us to know. If you consider this life an experience, and an opportunity to learn the difference of good and evil than philosophically you can rest easy. If you assume that everything will be explained upon death, than the now might just become more important because you realize that you will have eternity for cosmic pursuits. The now could be spent doing good for your fellow humans in the now and for the future. There are a few issues I have with this method of thinking as well.
Whether you admit it or not you are making assumptions. Religions, holy scriptures are all tainted by man. Men with motivations for power and control. As a lowly peon you are not privyed to truth. You are force-fed what is determined you can handle, because you are stupid and irrational; like stampeding buffalo. Who is to know what is real and what is manifested in our best interest? As one who has not researched all areas of discovery first hand, I could not with all honesty tell you I am certain of anything. I have not witnessed the birth or death of a star, galaxy, nebula firsthand. I have not reconstructed the human genome or split atoms in the storage room of my third floor apartment. I accept that I simply do not have the time or ability to encompass all areas of understanding in my lifetime. There are too many societal pressures that do not allow for a life of exploration and understanding. Here in the now we must focus on where we are and where we are going. America could eat you alive. Ask our homlesss millions. The forgotten and ill-labeled. The used and spent. The erased.
My Christian roots have certainly affected my way of thinking. A total disconnect has certainly not occurred for me. A desire for immortality, the need for greater meaning and importance still haunts me. Perhaps my thinking is too expansive because I require something more. If you consider existence at such an expanded perspective it is easy to feel small. If even our Universe must die than all pursuits are ultimately futile. But we do not exist on a timescale that large. In existence as we know it humans encompass less than 1%. But you could examine things from an alternative perspective. We are the universe. The same particles that have inhabited and explored the universe are within us all. Stardust. Organic elements such as carbon(from methane) carried here on comets whose reach stretch throughout our galaxy and farther are within us. When we die we shall return to such simpler places to perhaps become a piece of something or someone else. We become our parents because we are in some sense our parents, we are but an abberated clone of the combination. No matter how we attempt to disconnect ourselves from who our parents and even our society are we cannot escape because we are at some level, the same.
Deism, the belief in a god outside of religion. A personal relationship with whatever force is responsible for our creation, and what we are ultimately a piece of. To some degree this way of thinking is still illogical, because we cannot know. There is no verifiable evidence or any logical method with known evidence to assume that a creator exists. Where understanding stops, god is born. The problem is where in the chain, the equation, is god necessary? The more we know, the more we realize how little we truly know. The god concept, as far as I can tell, is the imagination of man in full effect. Internal debates wage inside many of us. Logic and desire conflict and struggle to overcome one another. Personally, there is no way to be 100% sure of anything; but as long as we remember to practice true altruism* and remember that we are just a piece of the whole we may just make our ignorance a little easier to tolerate. Irrationality on a theological or philosophical level is irrelevant unless it leads you to negative interactions with your fellow human. None are valid. All are valid. What's the difference?
One could dismiss it all and remain content with the understanding that we cannot know or trust in ill-motivated and government owned men. We can hope at least that there are enough checks and balances and the requirement of verifiable evidence to protect us at some levels from the establishment. There is no way to know at this time what occurred prior to singularity, but surely even this must have originated somewhere. Perhaps it is my limited understanding of this topic that makes this such an unattainable answer. Perhaps it is because it cannot be positively known. And if religions are correct, perhaps it is not for us to know. If you consider this life an experience, and an opportunity to learn the difference of good and evil than philosophically you can rest easy. If you assume that everything will be explained upon death, than the now might just become more important because you realize that you will have eternity for cosmic pursuits. The now could be spent doing good for your fellow humans in the now and for the future. There are a few issues I have with this method of thinking as well.
Whether you admit it or not you are making assumptions. Religions, holy scriptures are all tainted by man. Men with motivations for power and control. As a lowly peon you are not privyed to truth. You are force-fed what is determined you can handle, because you are stupid and irrational; like stampeding buffalo. Who is to know what is real and what is manifested in our best interest? As one who has not researched all areas of discovery first hand, I could not with all honesty tell you I am certain of anything. I have not witnessed the birth or death of a star, galaxy, nebula firsthand. I have not reconstructed the human genome or split atoms in the storage room of my third floor apartment. I accept that I simply do not have the time or ability to encompass all areas of understanding in my lifetime. There are too many societal pressures that do not allow for a life of exploration and understanding. Here in the now we must focus on where we are and where we are going. America could eat you alive. Ask our homlesss millions. The forgotten and ill-labeled. The used and spent. The erased.
My Christian roots have certainly affected my way of thinking. A total disconnect has certainly not occurred for me. A desire for immortality, the need for greater meaning and importance still haunts me. Perhaps my thinking is too expansive because I require something more. If you consider existence at such an expanded perspective it is easy to feel small. If even our Universe must die than all pursuits are ultimately futile. But we do not exist on a timescale that large. In existence as we know it humans encompass less than 1%. But you could examine things from an alternative perspective. We are the universe. The same particles that have inhabited and explored the universe are within us all. Stardust. Organic elements such as carbon(from methane) carried here on comets whose reach stretch throughout our galaxy and farther are within us. When we die we shall return to such simpler places to perhaps become a piece of something or someone else. We become our parents because we are in some sense our parents, we are but an abberated clone of the combination. No matter how we attempt to disconnect ourselves from who our parents and even our society are we cannot escape because we are at some level, the same.
Deism, the belief in a god outside of religion. A personal relationship with whatever force is responsible for our creation, and what we are ultimately a piece of. To some degree this way of thinking is still illogical, because we cannot know. There is no verifiable evidence or any logical method with known evidence to assume that a creator exists. Where understanding stops, god is born. The problem is where in the chain, the equation, is god necessary? The more we know, the more we realize how little we truly know. The god concept, as far as I can tell, is the imagination of man in full effect. Internal debates wage inside many of us. Logic and desire conflict and struggle to overcome one another. Personally, there is no way to be 100% sure of anything; but as long as we remember to practice true altruism* and remember that we are just a piece of the whole we may just make our ignorance a little easier to tolerate. Irrationality on a theological or philosophical level is irrelevant unless it leads you to negative interactions with your fellow human. None are valid. All are valid. What's the difference?
Monday, July 23, 2007
The First Book of Enlightenment: Called Disposition
The First Book of Enlightenment
Disposition
2
The Awakening
1. From his chivalrous sacrifice the blood of life was released.
2. The magmatic marvels thrust prime ingredients throughout the globe.
3. Strewn amongst the swirling molecules were those at genesis divine!
4. Combining in ever increasingly complex methods and patterns, the first living cells cried out for their first breaths.
The First Birth
5. Respiration, the exchange of gases, and the simplest form of life had taken shape upon the desolate surface of the Earth.
6. Many more years had passed and these cells combined, joined together, and formed more complex features of life.
7. All the while the Earth was changing, adapting, and preparing for its children.
Oceans
8. And then there were oceans.
9. Vast; nearly all encompassing bodies of water, and they were teeming with life; from the plankton to the earliest predators.
10. Ordered chaos, and innumerable failed endeavors; life refuses to be denied, refuses to be squelched.
11. But none so complex as their rudimental caretaker.
12. And more time passed.
Disposition
2
The Awakening
1. From his chivalrous sacrifice the blood of life was released.
2. The magmatic marvels thrust prime ingredients throughout the globe.
3. Strewn amongst the swirling molecules were those at genesis divine!
4. Combining in ever increasingly complex methods and patterns, the first living cells cried out for their first breaths.
The First Birth
5. Respiration, the exchange of gases, and the simplest form of life had taken shape upon the desolate surface of the Earth.
6. Many more years had passed and these cells combined, joined together, and formed more complex features of life.
7. All the while the Earth was changing, adapting, and preparing for its children.
Oceans
8. And then there were oceans.
9. Vast; nearly all encompassing bodies of water, and they were teeming with life; from the plankton to the earliest predators.
10. Ordered chaos, and innumerable failed endeavors; life refuses to be denied, refuses to be squelched.
11. But none so complex as their rudimental caretaker.
12. And more time passed.
How smart are you really?
Does Atheism cause some to put up airs of arrogance? Does it lift one to some higher intellectual grounds? Or perhaps, if one is not careful it might tend to perpetuate a reverse effect. Arrogance is ignorance. Once you feel you know everything, you can learn nothing. Discarded advice, words of wisdom, tossed aside as foolish banter. "What knowledge could these fools bestow upon me?"
Logic is fine. Remember that when you examine new information, you must do so objectively, unbiased. You must examine this information as if you had no preconceived notions, no prior knowledge of its existence. If the logical paths lead to its supposed ends, it may be fit for absorption. If not, you must begin to consider it's writer's motives. What do they gain from my acceptance? Acclaim? Power? What is this reward which they are seeking?
Consider your sources. In this great day of technology, the Internet is an infinitely powerful mechanism for discovering new information. With so many anonymous authors spouting hearsay and other words of mouth, separating the facts from fiction can be quite difficult. Be wary.
There are many with much to gain from their deceit and dishonesty. Analyze those who feel it necessary to proclaim their graciousness and honesty. Humility is wisdom. Be humble, be well.
The term "Free Thinker" is something parroted by non-believers daily. Becareful to make sure this is indeed what you are. Actual knowledge can only truly be gained from personal research; free from personal or third party opinion or influence.
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