March 12, 2003
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I was all set to turn away from this machine and watch Jackie Chan kick ass in The Tuxedo. Greyfox brought home the DVD today and Doug put it in the PS2 and started watching outtakes and bloopers while Greyfox was getting his stuff together to sit down in the chair Doug had moved over beside couch potato heaven, facing the PS2 at the foot of the sofa. I was taking one last look to see if I had comments on the WOMEN and MEN blogs before I swiveled this seat to watch the show over the back of the sofa–the only seating arrangement that works when all 3 of us want to see a DVD.
I found that I had a new comment, and as much as I love Jackie Chan, I love intelligent discourse more, so I can listen to the DVD, catch it out of the corner of my eye, turn my attention to some of the more dramatic moments, and probably see it all again with commentary later, but right now I’m going to respond to this:
“…Ever since I first posted that question I’ve been thinking about what type of revolution could occur. But its mind boggling. The US would first have to have a paradigm shift. That is to say, we would first have to be deprogrammed… our societal, religious, and cultural beliefs would have to get the old heave ho…before we could start anew. Think about everything that we do in this country, or have done… It is based on religious (judeo-christian) beliefs…For instance, slavery was upheld for the longest time because it was okayed by the bible (faulty interpretation). Race mixing found its way into our law books and for awhile it was illegal to marry outside one’s race. The list goes on…Biblical teachings are so ingrained into US society that before any revolution could possibly occur to overturn the institution of marriage, child bearing and rearing etc, first one would have to unlearn a behavior that mostly begins before the child is six months of age. I am talking about baptism here.
NickyJett
Omigawd! As soon as I get my breath back after that scene where Jackie goes for “demonstration” and gets “demolition,” (not the first time I’ve thought about the ambiguity in “demo”) I can respond to that. **breathe**
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time passes, lunchtime….
**oh, oh** ROFLMAO… “tiny bubbles….” Chan on champagne, in a cybernetic tuxedo! This movie is a scream, and very unusual for its genre: intentionally funny.
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I have given a lot of thought to what might be the shape of tomorrow. I got interested in prophecy as a kid when I noticed that some of my dreams came true and my parents said they were “prophetic”. One of my most effective means of reality-testing a prophecy, whether my own or someone else’s, is to try and find a logical way that the predicted circumstance could come to be. (That’s the converse of the way I reality-test ideas by running them through my head to see how it feels in my gut.) If C can reasonably be seen to proceed from an already preexistent and stipulated A and B, then I have no qualms about suggesting that C might eventually come to be.
I am as aware as NickyJett of all the culturally ingrained beliefs, laws, customs and mores that must fall into disrepute and disuse before the two genders of our supposedly superior species will interact rationally. Because I trust in ultimate ascendancy of truth over bullshit, I want to think that this can be. I also see in the state of the world and in current events something that might cause those fundamentally flawed institutions, those false and limiting beliefs, to fall.
According to Webster, a pagan is someone who is not a member of the big 3: Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. I think all pagans know that they, collectively in all their various -isms and -ities, are a minority. On this planet at this time, if you’re not in the big 3, even in places where there is religious freedom it is reserved for those who believe the monotheistic Judeo-Christian-Islamic dogma.
Neo-Pagans have mistaken me for one of their lot because I practice shamanism and do psychic counseling professionally, and write about them. Christians, strangely, don’t recognize me as one of their own because the Christ I know is the Gnostic one, not the Apostolic one they have been taught about. C’est la vie, and so it goes. But, I digress….
For now, let’s disregard all the squabbles among the various cults and sects of pagan belief systems, and focus on the war in progress among the big 3 belief systems, hereinafter abbreviated as BS. This is the light I see at the end of the tunnel. This Jihad could end up being the last straw, the thing that once and for all convinces the multitudes of sheep to depose their wolfish keepers, the priests, the mullahs and various other arbiters of traditional BS.
“No Eyes”, Mary Summer Rain’s prophetic voice, said that the U.S. would experience a revolution because the middle-class majority would arise and reject the burden of the starving underclass, which drags them down as they strive for a few of the comforts enjoyed by the elite overclass. It sounds reasonable to me, every bit as reasonable as that a lot of spirit-led women, and a few of the men, those who have had the courage to listen to Spirit through the clamor of the silverbacks’ bookthumping, will get fed up with sacrificing their sons, daughters, homes and resources to the conflict between the BSes.
No Eyes, Edgar Cayce, Nostradamus, Terence McKenna and every prophet of whom I’m aware who has spoken of our times has mentioned conflict and traumatic change. It is not just coming. It is here. The shape of tomorrow is clear… clearly different from today, and clearly dependent on how we steer it, here and now. I’ve chosen to steer a course of civilized discourse, for now.
P.S. Don’t miss The Tuxedo !
Race Update:
Roxy’s latest email report had as its subject line, “It’s now a footrace to Nome.”
She wrote:
Ramy arrived in White Mountain at 9:16 am – 91 minutes after Sorlie arrived. The race begins all over again at 3:45 this afternoon when Robert Sorlie comes off his 8 hour rest.
It’s a safe bet that both mushers will be running most of the way helping their teams.
Comments (10)
Yes, I also I believe this will happen. After all we are living in the Age of Aquarius when all truths are supposed to be revealed…but so far the veil has only partly been lifted as evidenced by so many people seeking to learn the roots behind the big three religions, as you put it…
(After reading about alot of different organized religions I still think they are all the same, only perception makes them different)
IMHO, Pagan and Christianity are one in the same, I have yet to find one difference. As is Greek mythology also Christianity…And before someone calls me blasphemous, please pick up a book and tell me you don’t see the similarities?
But I digress. That’s what I was also wondering, if the revolution will happen in our life time? So far I haven’t seen any signs, especially when we have shows in primetime called “Married by America”? Sheesh! And where folks line up in droves (in real life)to get married only because “its the right thing to do”? What does that mean?
I know a change is coming. I believe the world is experiencing labor pains right now. I guess that I’m hoping that this generation, (babyboomers and gen x-ers) (me being on the cusp of the two) will be around to see the new “baby”.
Maybe I’m cynical, but I don’t see the revolution coming. It’s been predicted for over a century, but before the middle class is willing to revolt they are going to have to become a lot less comfortable than they are now.
You probably know by now that I’m not a fan of the institutionalized version of any of religion. But, I don’t see this kind of sweeping change dislodging the structure. We might get rid of this group of mullahs, priests, and ayatollahs, but I fear we’d just plug another group of them into the same old institutions.
I could probably work my way down to feelign helpless and depressed about this if I spend much time on it. Tuxedo, eh? Hubby’s been talking about that. I’ll rent it for this weekend.
funny I didn’t picture you as a jackie chan person lol
Well they’ll be no intelligent discourse from this end of the world tonight, but thanks for the tip on the flick.
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One of the things I’ve always liked about you, KL, is that you’re not really one to beat about the bush. So when you call me a schmuck, I guess that’s what you mean! And you’re right of course, but I always live in hope that one day my flippancy will be rewarded with a smile of understanding and towards that end I persevere….
But yeah, I got exactly what I should have expected…
I, being a simple man and not so wise as others (including you), must look at turmoil and times such as this as I must look at everything. The pain of childbirth is a symbolic thing for me as I look at everything. If enough of the world comes together into a melting pot, so to speak (as in my last blog), then we can bring forth something new. If any parts of the body (world) gives up or fights the process, then we will abort and have WWIII…and then Spirit help us! Two Paths and only melting together in belief and love will we get through it… Like I said, I’m a simple man.
You are a remarkable and interesting woman…
someday, I’m going to go to Alaska and find you!
They were showing ‘The Tuxedo’ on the plane when I was coming back from Cuba. At 2AM, I didn’t have much interest in it!
I have a theory, and I was curious about your opinion on it. (I may have mentioned this before, if so, excuse my redundancy). I believe a lot in the collective human subconscious and the impact that ancient archetypes have on our behavior and beliefs. I think that a lot of the relationship problems between Christian men and women stem from the Garden of Eden story.
Even taken in a symbolic sense, the moral of the story is that women will succumb to temptation faster than men. I think this established the mindset that men had to watch us carefully to make sure that we don’t get out of line. At the same time, it made women feel guilty for being naturally curious and sensual beings.
I have observed that the story still seems to have a subtle impact on human behavior today. I think that most women have rejected their animus out of fear of “the devil”, and this tends to make them shallow and selfish because the natural negative female energy goes unchecked by the positive male energy of the animus. I think most men might have a subconscious fear of the anima as well. This fear could cause men to act irrationally, and to put it bluntly, swing around their swords until heads start rolling.
Just my opinion, though.
the BS’ers? hahahah…Suse! hahahha