Awakenings to existential truths is the beginning of real and meaningful compassion for all things. Only then will we begin to be truly free.
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True Compassion and the Beginning of Freedom
Awakenings to existential truths is the beginning of real and meaningful compassion for all things. Only then will we begin to be truly free.
-Digital preservation of writings of Gautama Prat, Common Archives of the Great Society
Awakening, we are all hypocrites.
Once we become aware of the systems of controls in our lives, the systems within systems, the constructs we create and believe; we then begin to see our abject infallibility, how inconsistently, nay hypocritical, we all act and behave. This is awakening to our existential reality.
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The Dark Powers of Taxation
Taxation is at best a necessary evil because we don’t trust each other to do the right thing for our society. But it is an evil that inevitably corrupts the governing organization with dark powers, and oppresses the citizens it was meant to provide for, to serve itself.
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The Enemies of Society and Liberty
To flourish as a society each individual needs liberty & resources to contribute fully. This is the libertarian’s ideal. The dangers to this ideal are individuals (and constructs) who oppress/exploit others and resources, and, who out of fear of scarcity, hoard resources.
Enter the state, a construct meant to execute the collective will and protect liberty and equality for everyone, but through human exploitation, becomes another obstruction to that same liberty and equality.
Lets be clear, it are those who would exploit, oppress & hoard at the cost of others and the planet who are the enemy of the libertarian ideal. They destroy not only the libertarian ideal of a society of free individuals, they also corrupt the institutions a free society creates.
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Where to begin…systems of control
Where to begin? Begin to simply note everything that exerts control over you, without judgement, regardless of whether you approve-of/accept/support it or not. Society, government, religion, family, children, peers, jobs, pets, nature, evolution, your mind, your ego, your body…
Become aware of the systems of control in your life, the systems within systems, the constructs they and you create and believe. Just note them, don’t engage emotionally (another system of control), strive to be nonjudgmental – jot them down, let them simmer, thats all, this is where to begin.
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The Absurdist Hero
Absurdist Hero – someone who constantly seeks to test and break all systems of control, all chains and shackles of oppression, not just those created by Sapiens, but even the slavery of our evolutionary psychology, all while going with the flow of existence, happily.
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The Soul of Homo Sapiens
If Homo Sapiens have a soul, it is their ability to create their own meaning and purpose despite the #absurdism of existence. -Digital preservation of writings of Gautama Prat, Common Archives of the Great Society
Existential Reality, Power, Mindfulness
Being mindfully here-now in the face of infinite uncertainty (of anything) is the only true power any of us have. To do this is to be a Hero of the Absurd. -Digital preservation of writings of Gautama Prat, Common Archives of the Great Society
For me to be free, you must be free.
Digital preservation of writings of Gautama Prat, Common Archives of the Great Society
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