First, I do agree with you - I think we are currently under attack - or maybe an effort to attack - by psychopaths' currently in power. That does not apply simply to a political party or to an individual congressperson, but generally - in my opinion, by those behind the lesser psychopaths in power of whom we are aware. It would seem that…
First, I do agree with you - I think we are currently under attack - or maybe an effort to attack - by psychopaths' currently in power. That does not apply simply to a political party or to an individual congressperson, but generally - in my opinion, by those behind the lesser psychopaths in power of whom we are aware. It would seem that many are controlled by the "invisible" others, especially when they cannot keep the campaign promises on which they were elected.
However, that is not the main point. First, we cannot rely on any party or any government to take care of us as if we were children, or provide is with distraction, pleasure, wealth (means of staying alive) or anything else. Yes, rules may be made which encourage these things, but in the end we need to provide for ourselves and rely on each other. I do not say to not vote - that, too, is important - but do not expect the result to provide constituents with utopia.
On a deeper level, we need to realize that we are all connected - ultimately cut from the same cloth, so to speak. Everyone does not experience all the same things, nor express them with the same strength or in the same way, but each of us possesses the potential of all the same traits. Men are not women, but, to use a Chinese term, possess yin potentialities, such as the ability to nurture, to sympathize , or , in Tai Chi terms, to follow and redirect the energy. Similarly, women possess Yang qualities, such as the ability to support ones family, or engage in battle if needed (I am not in favor of war), or initiate and follow through with possibly difficult projects. Each of us also has a bit of the psychopath inside us. Maybe that is why we can understand what a psychopath is. Each of us, unless we are saints, has been tempted to engage in power over others, to MAKE other people do what we think is right. Yes, we all need certain agreed upon rules, such as traffic rules. However, we do NOT need rules about which pronouns we must use, or which kinds of people deserve good jobs. Power over others is an expression of division - the powerful (or God, if you will) as opposed to the rest. Zeus on Olympus, Thor and his thunderbolt, Man over Nature, for examples. This is a negation of Oneness, and this concept is a cause of much of the ills of the world. In his book "Opposing the System", ..........Reich observes that we cannot make changes through exertions of physical power, or we end up with simply another version of what we were trying to overthrow. The change is internal, and it involves Oneness. We each need to look in ourselves for those bits which hurt humanity, for it is in the unacknowledged conglomeration of those little bits which will block its transmutation.
Sorry if this seems a bit disorganized. I am responding in the moment without trying to organize the thoughts well. I agree with what you have said. Am a bit leery of setting the 'good' against the 'bad' in conflict and judgment which excuses us from trying to transform things within ourselves.
First, I do agree with you - I think we are currently under attack - or maybe an effort to attack - by psychopaths' currently in power. That does not apply simply to a political party or to an individual congressperson, but generally - in my opinion, by those behind the lesser psychopaths in power of whom we are aware. It would seem that many are controlled by the "invisible" others, especially when they cannot keep the campaign promises on which they were elected.
However, that is not the main point. First, we cannot rely on any party or any government to take care of us as if we were children, or provide is with distraction, pleasure, wealth (means of staying alive) or anything else. Yes, rules may be made which encourage these things, but in the end we need to provide for ourselves and rely on each other. I do not say to not vote - that, too, is important - but do not expect the result to provide constituents with utopia.
On a deeper level, we need to realize that we are all connected - ultimately cut from the same cloth, so to speak. Everyone does not experience all the same things, nor express them with the same strength or in the same way, but each of us possesses the potential of all the same traits. Men are not women, but, to use a Chinese term, possess yin potentialities, such as the ability to nurture, to sympathize , or , in Tai Chi terms, to follow and redirect the energy. Similarly, women possess Yang qualities, such as the ability to support ones family, or engage in battle if needed (I am not in favor of war), or initiate and follow through with possibly difficult projects. Each of us also has a bit of the psychopath inside us. Maybe that is why we can understand what a psychopath is. Each of us, unless we are saints, has been tempted to engage in power over others, to MAKE other people do what we think is right. Yes, we all need certain agreed upon rules, such as traffic rules. However, we do NOT need rules about which pronouns we must use, or which kinds of people deserve good jobs. Power over others is an expression of division - the powerful (or God, if you will) as opposed to the rest. Zeus on Olympus, Thor and his thunderbolt, Man over Nature, for examples. This is a negation of Oneness, and this concept is a cause of much of the ills of the world. In his book "Opposing the System", ..........Reich observes that we cannot make changes through exertions of physical power, or we end up with simply another version of what we were trying to overthrow. The change is internal, and it involves Oneness. We each need to look in ourselves for those bits which hurt humanity, for it is in the unacknowledged conglomeration of those little bits which will block its transmutation.
Sorry if this seems a bit disorganized. I am responding in the moment without trying to organize the thoughts well. I agree with what you have said. Am a bit leery of setting the 'good' against the 'bad' in conflict and judgment which excuses us from trying to transform things within ourselves.