It is my understanding That our advent in this The physical realm Were undertaken in the spirit of Adventure. We wanted to experience What it was like To be within the physical. To smell a sweet flower. To drink cold, pure water From a spring. To feel a gentle breeze Ruffle your hair, your clothes. Without a physical body Our hands simply pass through Without the sensation of touch. And so we are in every life Enchanted with the opportunities That come with once more Having a body. But we have lived thousands Of lifetimes here. There comes a point now When we run out of things to do. Things that are new and inspiring. Many... most, will try to double down On things that have given joy In the past. Food and sex. Remember the Romans? Ever searching for greater thrills Vomitoriums, cannibalism, Voyeurism, Incest... you know. But there is another way. When the world runs out of thrills It is time to tur...
Forgiving the Tyrants, Thoughts on The Handmaiden's Tale. At some point in humanity's journey from caveman to modern man, and woman, we passed through a long phase that could rightly be called the Age of the Tyrants. It was an era when the idiom - Might Makes Right - was accepted by all, seemingly. It was understood that if you were blessed with physical power and family power, wealth and influence, then God had blessed you. You ruled because you were better, chosen. Not because your ancestors were bloody pirates. These tyrants forced the common people to farm for them, keep their cattle, fight in their wars, worship their Gods, surrender their goods, which sometimes included their wives and children. But the tyrants were also subject to greater tyrants. No one was free. Even monarchs had to fear treason within his family and governors, and violence from his neighbors. No one was free, but worse, it was a greedy, rapist tyranny we all endured. We all participated in as w...
The first time I was told this I couldn't understand how This could possibly be true. That 'victims' are the worst of tyrants. I Do see it now, however. And if anyone reading this Thinks I am wrong (You are probably a Democrat SJW) I think it is about to become Blatantly Obvious.
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