The idea of compulsion is a lie.
Choice never leaves us. It is us. It is only because so many of us like the idea of being Choiceless that oppression is so dominant here on earth. Our tendency to blame perpetuates the oppressive master/slave condition here. If we were perfect people, we would rather die than feel compelled. It's true that our body can be compelled, but our body is nothing. Jesus Christ exemplified this dignity perfectly when he allowed his body to be crucified while refusing to deny that He was the Messiah. Dignity prevents oppression from being sustainable.
Thursday, October 30, 2014
Sunday, October 26, 2014
The War on Observation
Observation is considered by some to be the highest form of intelligence 1, and by others to be hateful and intolerant. The latter are correct about one of those: observation is intolerant.
Observation simply notes what is. It doesn't tolerate what isn't.
Yet, in all of its anesthetized inculpability, there are some who still feel molested by its function.
As examples, the observation that life-long, sexual unions between same-gendered adults and life-long, sexual unions between opposite gendered adults perform different functions in society is being reported as hateful; and the observation that women and men are different is condemned as sexist.
So, why is it that observation gets some people all riled up?
This occurs when what is wants to hide.
Before an observation can be made, light must be shed on the subject. Nothing is observable in utter darkness. The light reveals things as they are.
Those who love light, therefore, are able to observe because they abide in the light. While those who hate the light are never able to distinguish observable realities from moralistic judgments because they avoid the light.
The root, where the division occurs between those who love light and those who dislike it, is the principle of agency. I define "agency" as the ability to choose for one's self. When I accept 100% responsibility for all of my choices, I declare "I AM", and become connected to reality. I see myself, and my place among real things, clearly. When I reject personal accountability to any degree, I declare "I AM NOT", and become disconnected from reality. I cannot see my real self, or my place among real things, clearly. I am in an illusion.
Some people don't want to be known as they are. They resent the light because it spoils their dreams. They are dreaming, and their illusions are sometimes sweet to them. Has anyone ever turned a light on in a room full of sleeping people and experienced gratitude in return? On the day when every knee bows and confesses Christ, it is silly to presume that people will convert 2; instead, they will be angry; and, in mercy, Christ will turn the lights back off, and let everyone go back to sleep.
Here's a helpful diagram.
Illusions cannot be indulged as comfortably in the light, nor pretense performed as convincingly.
The inability to observe in injurious. It keeps one from knowing things as they really are. More serious than that, it keeps us from knowing our place in the real world. Those "living the dream" suffer an identity crisis of infinite proportions. Equally injurious to people who fight observation is their subsequent inability to make use of observations in creating value judgments. Value judgments differ from moralistic judgments, in that they do not label as good or bad. Value judgments assess liklihood based on data. For example, "if I bake my cookies at 550 for 30 minutes, they'll burn" is a value judgment; it does not say it is wrong or bad to bake cookies this way. "Wickedness never was happiness" is a similar type of judgment. God only ever makes value judgments. This is observable to anyone who is able to observe, and who has an understanding of The Law.
Without using data in analytics or assessments, it becomes extremely difficult to arrive at true conclusions. I would say it is impossible, but there is still the possibility of chance; though, even if arrived at by chance, the student would, in all cases, be unable to recognize, let alone appreciate, that truth.
Observation simply notes what is. It doesn't tolerate what isn't.
Yet, in all of its anesthetized inculpability, there are some who still feel molested by its function.
As examples, the observation that life-long, sexual unions between same-gendered adults and life-long, sexual unions between opposite gendered adults perform different functions in society is being reported as hateful; and the observation that women and men are different is condemned as sexist.
So, why is it that observation gets some people all riled up?
This occurs when what is wants to hide.
Before an observation can be made, light must be shed on the subject. Nothing is observable in utter darkness. The light reveals things as they are.
Those who love light, therefore, are able to observe because they abide in the light. While those who hate the light are never able to distinguish observable realities from moralistic judgments because they avoid the light.
The root, where the division occurs between those who love light and those who dislike it, is the principle of agency. I define "agency" as the ability to choose for one's self. When I accept 100% responsibility for all of my choices, I declare "I AM", and become connected to reality. I see myself, and my place among real things, clearly. When I reject personal accountability to any degree, I declare "I AM NOT", and become disconnected from reality. I cannot see my real self, or my place among real things, clearly. I am in an illusion.
Some people don't want to be known as they are. They resent the light because it spoils their dreams. They are dreaming, and their illusions are sometimes sweet to them. Has anyone ever turned a light on in a room full of sleeping people and experienced gratitude in return? On the day when every knee bows and confesses Christ, it is silly to presume that people will convert 2; instead, they will be angry; and, in mercy, Christ will turn the lights back off, and let everyone go back to sleep.
Here's a helpful diagram.
Illusions cannot be indulged as comfortably in the light, nor pretense performed as convincingly.
The inability to observe in injurious. It keeps one from knowing things as they really are. More serious than that, it keeps us from knowing our place in the real world. Those "living the dream" suffer an identity crisis of infinite proportions. Equally injurious to people who fight observation is their subsequent inability to make use of observations in creating value judgments. Value judgments differ from moralistic judgments, in that they do not label as good or bad. Value judgments assess liklihood based on data. For example, "if I bake my cookies at 550 for 30 minutes, they'll burn" is a value judgment; it does not say it is wrong or bad to bake cookies this way. "Wickedness never was happiness" is a similar type of judgment. God only ever makes value judgments. This is observable to anyone who is able to observe, and who has an understanding of The Law.
Without using data in analytics or assessments, it becomes extremely difficult to arrive at true conclusions. I would say it is impossible, but there is still the possibility of chance; though, even if arrived at by chance, the student would, in all cases, be unable to recognize, let alone appreciate, that truth.
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1 Marshall Rosenberg quoting J. Krishnamurti in Nonviolent Communication: a language of life. 2003. PuddleDancer Press, 2nd edition. pgs. 26-36
2 "Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow...and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord." - Philippians 2:9-11
2 "Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow...and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord." - Philippians 2:9-11
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