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Originally posted by lokdog
reply to post by Romekje
Even tribes have chiefs, without some form of organized structure to resolve disputes you will have might makes right and survival of the fittest. As long as there are human beings there will be disputes.
Originally posted by ConcreteGold
First post so bare with me! I've had all these thought's rolling around my head for sometime, and on a personal level at least I've really tried to come to terms with and seek an alternative. I really love reading this forum as a lot really gets my brain ticking, The only thing I can't handle at the moment is trying to break away from what everybody would call normal. For example just today at work my boss calls my into the office and says "what's up with you, you've been acting strange lately?" so i just try to scratch the surface and not back a big deal out of anything. Then she accuses me of having extremist views blah blah, just because I said "I worry about whats going on with the world with Palestine." i also mentioned to somebody i work with i'm not celebrating Christmas anymore that got passed on! I guess the point i'm trying to make is thank you for translating my thoughts for me.
Peace
Aaron
Originally posted by Romekje
Originally posted by Starchild23
reply to post by guavas
Whoa...are you guys STILL on the topic of hemp?
There's much more important matters to be discussed here...like the thread itself!
The banning of hemp is a huge factor in our resource problems and deregulating the hemp industry would kill pretty much the entire oil industry.
Or you just can't stand you got proven wrong after first questioning the OP's motivations why he questioned the banning of hemp?
Originally posted by Starchild23
reply to post by lokdog
Actually, a very intelligent buddy of mine mentioned this.
He said that rather than the form of government currently operating in our nation, it would be much more efficient to have a scattering of tribes across the land. The larger the ruling group, the more likely it will be to corrupt...
I guess there's a reason the Native Americans survived long enough for white man to wipe them out. Maybe we should have taken a few leaves from their books (no pun intended) and made ourselves a tribal nation instead of this illusional democracy we've been bound to.
Originally posted by lokdog
reply to post by Romekje
Even tribes have chiefs, without some form of organized structure to resolve disputes you will have might makes right and survival of the fittest. As long as there are human beings there will be disputes.
Originally posted by ThirdEyeofHorus
Originally posted by guavas
Originally posted by Ghostcooler
The age of selfishness, self centered, inconsiderate,individualist thinking must,will,and is giving way to an age of altruistic,selfless,collectively beneficial thinking and acting must,will and is taking place.
This right here folks is what it's all about. We are waking up to the notion that we, as a species, are indeed in imminent danger as a whole. Selfish and self-centered solutions are not going to save us from ourselves here. After all, Einstein himself said we cannot solve problems with the same mindset that created them.
And I do believe we're all starting to get a sense of it all...perhaps lending credence to the notion of a global, collective consciousness of sorts. I'm really beginning to think that we all are truly connected to one another.
Sounds more like a version of Marxism for the spiritually inclined. Whereas in spiritual terms we are All One, and we do gain by cooperation, there is no mandate from our Creator that we have "collective salvation" as the Prez once suggested.
Any Brahmin can tell you that salvation is still individual even if we recognize our Oneness. We are still on this earth as Individualizations of the One.
even in Marxism, someone is still ruling at the top. When will people realize there is no system which totally operates without a ruling class. It's just that Marxists like to pretend it's the Proletariat running things, while they admit themselves that someone is always going to be at the top. Marx lied when he said the State would eventually wither away.
Let me ask you this. When you meditate do you need 5 or 10 other people to meditate with you and help you find the point of Light inside?
Edit: I do like your point on creativity. This is what I think is necessary. Too much collective salvation takes away creativity and focuses on automation and following orders.
However, we cannot fight the system alone either. I guess a balance has to be found between our Oneness and our Individualness.
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