Using judeo-christian imagery to denounce and punish what judeo-christian theology has created in the first place doesn't sound helpful. Dehumanizing the perpetrators puts everyone on the same level. No way out in this circle ...
The following isn’t directed at you Arturo. My entire life, now 73, I have been kind and peaceful and prayerful. My sense of humor one of my protections. My generosity a way through the jungle that has always baffled and smothered me. I was a very good professor as indicated by the decades of students who stay in touch and talk about how I’ve helped their life. I was a dedicated therapist and dean of students. I have supported people of color, women and peers who were treated badly. I have lost many jobs because I fought for what is right. But the pattern is… I stand for those who get crushed … like abused women or black kids attacked by the KKK on and on…. But you know who ended up on the short end of the stick? Not those that fired me… and the ‘they’ included right wing and left wing whack jobs. Wokeness is worse than MAGA in many ways. In my 73 years what I have witnessed is the hypocrisy of ‘my’ Catholic faith. Love everyone and give give give. As a Lakota yuwipi man I have given my flesh and blood and devotion and heart and soul. Without expectation mind you … but in the hope the world might improve. It has not… The Mother herself angry and shaking us off. So I’m poor, alone, naive, ‘the kindest man in the world’ …. But I believe the bullshit is finally piled too high.
The comments people make aren’t about the horror that is taking place it is…. Tom you are so angry Tom you should say that because Tom we don’t like your posts.
I laugh and laugh because people tend to not discuss the point of what I wrote… but my reaction. And we naive people… and I now believe this to be true … we naive people have fallen for the ‘Don’t say mean things we are all feeling because it leads no where.’ To which I respond… because I’m poor and because I don’t play games I’m told to just control myself. And nothing has changed. 1-4 women still get raped and assaulted. LGBTQ people still live in fear …. Racists still control the Native people and other minorities. And we are the most violent warn country on the planet but deny it.
I’m through being kind to those who are not. I have nothing because i never fought back … I was just pointed to the door ‘We are going to change your title to the Dean of Fun.’
No. I’ve had enough. Damn them all to hell for massacring children and families. Damn them to hell for their pedophilia. Damn them all go hell for their versions and AIPAC money.
I’m getting 23 bucks a month for food stamps. We are spending billions on means to maim children, adults, teachers plants, water and air. Columbus cut off the hands of Native people who fought back. The Spaniard in Nez Mexico cut off their feet. The Germans and Russians killed millions. Then Bush killed millions. But I never see the perpetrators suffer… Bush, Cheney, Putin, Stalin, …. Enough is enough At least for today
Expectations, my dear man. I have made the same mistake... Sorry for calling it that, it seems like trying and trying to be a good person and then getting kicked in the face just ISN'T FAIR. Well, it isn't fair, if we think on a very simple level. We are trained to EXPECT that things follow our actions as if they are connected to our own Personal Math. When I read your post I felt SO MUCH kinship to what you said...
I remember long ago, when I was an adult, but still a pup, I met a man who advised me of the immediate things going on for me, but told me, in a GENERAL sense, that what I was leaving out of MY equation was Prudence, pay more attention to my actions and what drives those actions--- and thinking inside my own box, those are my words.
I think of people who make judgments about the actions of others, or even the opinions of others, and I wonder if we are truly CAPABLE of understanding the Math of (what I call) The Great Spirit? I wonder, when we say, "that's not fair!" if we are actually seeing the BIG PICTURE, the picture in the DIVINE's mind, if you will.
I have railed at the sky, angry, feeling unjustly treated by others, and I've been railing for years now... And what I'm learning is: to let go and stop thinking that I MIGHT UNDERSTAND WHAT IS "JUST"... I have not the Grand View necessary to even come CLOSE to seeing the Big Picture. I can only see what my own small comprehension can see.
I do know this: Righteous anger has very definite limits. After that, sending out negativity as we are all very inclined to do, is like a magnet for negativity. "What you give is what you get." That's overly simplistic, of course, but... It is NOT easy to love your neighbor as yourself. If the journey were going to be EASY, what would be the POINT??? We have to WORK, and work HARD, to bring the new World, the new... It's hard to think of a good term that isn't already sort of defiled... the New Dawn? New Humanity? Whatever, the words aren't important as much as the HEART knowledge.
NO, Love isn't about coddling. It's about righteousness. That seems clear. What the ACTION required is, is not always so clear. But I do know this: If we allow the Evil to absorb us, we are not doing our jobs.
I am sending you some heart vibes, and you have the ability to turn them away if you don't like 'em. We struggle, it's what we do. I know some stuff, but that doesn't mean I am DOING what I need to do. I'm trying, and I have to keep trying, because I keep fucking it up. With my own rage. xo xo It seems putting ASIDE our own desire to have what WE THINK we should have is the challenge. I DO think if Jesus was a real guy, and I don't need him to be real, but to be a real IDEA, and not in a RELIGIOUS way, then I think he had the right stuff.
ON point - point by point! Enough to make Moloch puke!
Using judeo-christian imagery to denounce and punish what judeo-christian theology has created in the first place doesn't sound helpful. Dehumanizing the perpetrators puts everyone on the same level. No way out in this circle ...
The following isn’t directed at you Arturo. My entire life, now 73, I have been kind and peaceful and prayerful. My sense of humor one of my protections. My generosity a way through the jungle that has always baffled and smothered me. I was a very good professor as indicated by the decades of students who stay in touch and talk about how I’ve helped their life. I was a dedicated therapist and dean of students. I have supported people of color, women and peers who were treated badly. I have lost many jobs because I fought for what is right. But the pattern is… I stand for those who get crushed … like abused women or black kids attacked by the KKK on and on…. But you know who ended up on the short end of the stick? Not those that fired me… and the ‘they’ included right wing and left wing whack jobs. Wokeness is worse than MAGA in many ways. In my 73 years what I have witnessed is the hypocrisy of ‘my’ Catholic faith. Love everyone and give give give. As a Lakota yuwipi man I have given my flesh and blood and devotion and heart and soul. Without expectation mind you … but in the hope the world might improve. It has not… The Mother herself angry and shaking us off. So I’m poor, alone, naive, ‘the kindest man in the world’ …. But I believe the bullshit is finally piled too high.
The comments people make aren’t about the horror that is taking place it is…. Tom you are so angry Tom you should say that because Tom we don’t like your posts.
I laugh and laugh because people tend to not discuss the point of what I wrote… but my reaction. And we naive people… and I now believe this to be true … we naive people have fallen for the ‘Don’t say mean things we are all feeling because it leads no where.’ To which I respond… because I’m poor and because I don’t play games I’m told to just control myself. And nothing has changed. 1-4 women still get raped and assaulted. LGBTQ people still live in fear …. Racists still control the Native people and other minorities. And we are the most violent warn country on the planet but deny it.
I’m through being kind to those who are not. I have nothing because i never fought back … I was just pointed to the door ‘We are going to change your title to the Dean of Fun.’
No. I’ve had enough. Damn them all to hell for massacring children and families. Damn them to hell for their pedophilia. Damn them all go hell for their versions and AIPAC money.
I’m getting 23 bucks a month for food stamps. We are spending billions on means to maim children, adults, teachers plants, water and air. Columbus cut off the hands of Native people who fought back. The Spaniard in Nez Mexico cut off their feet. The Germans and Russians killed millions. Then Bush killed millions. But I never see the perpetrators suffer… Bush, Cheney, Putin, Stalin, …. Enough is enough At least for today
Expectations, my dear man. I have made the same mistake... Sorry for calling it that, it seems like trying and trying to be a good person and then getting kicked in the face just ISN'T FAIR. Well, it isn't fair, if we think on a very simple level. We are trained to EXPECT that things follow our actions as if they are connected to our own Personal Math. When I read your post I felt SO MUCH kinship to what you said...
I remember long ago, when I was an adult, but still a pup, I met a man who advised me of the immediate things going on for me, but told me, in a GENERAL sense, that what I was leaving out of MY equation was Prudence, pay more attention to my actions and what drives those actions--- and thinking inside my own box, those are my words.
I think of people who make judgments about the actions of others, or even the opinions of others, and I wonder if we are truly CAPABLE of understanding the Math of (what I call) The Great Spirit? I wonder, when we say, "that's not fair!" if we are actually seeing the BIG PICTURE, the picture in the DIVINE's mind, if you will.
I have railed at the sky, angry, feeling unjustly treated by others, and I've been railing for years now... And what I'm learning is: to let go and stop thinking that I MIGHT UNDERSTAND WHAT IS "JUST"... I have not the Grand View necessary to even come CLOSE to seeing the Big Picture. I can only see what my own small comprehension can see.
I do know this: Righteous anger has very definite limits. After that, sending out negativity as we are all very inclined to do, is like a magnet for negativity. "What you give is what you get." That's overly simplistic, of course, but... It is NOT easy to love your neighbor as yourself. If the journey were going to be EASY, what would be the POINT??? We have to WORK, and work HARD, to bring the new World, the new... It's hard to think of a good term that isn't already sort of defiled... the New Dawn? New Humanity? Whatever, the words aren't important as much as the HEART knowledge.
NO, Love isn't about coddling. It's about righteousness. That seems clear. What the ACTION required is, is not always so clear. But I do know this: If we allow the Evil to absorb us, we are not doing our jobs.
I am sending you some heart vibes, and you have the ability to turn them away if you don't like 'em. We struggle, it's what we do. I know some stuff, but that doesn't mean I am DOING what I need to do. I'm trying, and I have to keep trying, because I keep fucking it up. With my own rage. xo xo It seems putting ASIDE our own desire to have what WE THINK we should have is the challenge. I DO think if Jesus was a real guy, and I don't need him to be real, but to be a real IDEA, and not in a RELIGIOUS way, then I think he had the right stuff.
… but it is written to me, Thomas.
I share your ‘enough is enough'. Perhaps you'll find relieve (to however you feel) if you take one step further. Name the perpetrators.
J'accuse…!
Have a nice sunday, greetings from Spain.
Are murderous psychopaths even human? They have no sympathy, empathy, or compassion.
I'm afraid it is a human trait. Exclusive to humans.