Celebration of divine images, given to the masses, are to provide them with a frame of reference regarding social behavior. These references stem from the conviction that people need to be led, guided, and monitored. Most disturbing is the belief that a leader needs to give the masses what they are not capable of doing … Read more
I am thinking of an image of Vladimir Putin, a social psychopath with an army of guns. The pathology of embracing guns of death to wipe out human life for your own benefit. Madness!! The picture is irrational in that there are primitive neural patterns of behavior and response in the human species that will … Read more
Claim the space, claim the land by force if necessary. Own it, control it. Endowed with “God’s” intention and sanction. Male power: strong, rough, tough, emotional muscle, rage and force. “It’s mine” or “Ours first”, then yours and theirs. Defend mine, and then defend yours. Defend the group, the tribe, the gang, the town, the … Read more
According to Scientific American July 2023 is the hottest month ever recorded on Earth. I am wondering how many people will be outside in the heat? The heat storm is a threat to humanity in particular, and to biology overall. The crisis is also a threat to all human systems of social organization and order. … Read more
Looking at Sudan . . . it’s a nightmare! Where is the benefit for the people of Sudan? I wonder how the hate can stop. What will they do next? There is no functional production to provide for the community. Who is left to exploit? There may be only raw materials like gold, oil, or … Read more
Image by Mark Thomas from Pixabay W E P: Wealth, Exclusion, and Power. I’m looking at it as a basic equation of the animal ego. It is only compromised when it needs the other and when the other is needing it—defense and food. As the curtain is pulled back on the most powerful . . … Read more
For many, closing our minds to new information, believing we already know the right answers, and refusing to listen to what others have to say, has become the modus operandi. In other words: our mind is made up—judgements are made before information is received. If we engage in conversation, but aren’t open to learning anything … Read more
In 2022 there is nothing to celebrate about the 4th of July in America. We are not honoring our commitment towards ” . . . a more perfect union”. Rational thinking has all but disappeared. Religious fantasies have captured too many in its cloak of belief-based ignorance. At critical junctures in the history of the world, … Read more
Could all of humanity be on the same page? What is the difference that makes up the variety of pages?” I don’t want to focus on maladies, but more about how the basic views of all in physical reality are more or less the same—food, clothing, home, family, children, physical, mental, psychological and neural health. … Read more
“What comes with anger and rage? They’re the blinders of the soul of reason, of the rational mind.” This is the organic trigger of a reaction beyond the control of empathy. It is needed in order to kill for survival. Let me say it simply, when we get angry we blind ourselves to seeing anything … Read more