Sunday, November 23, 2008
This is from a correspondence with a friend of mine, about the negativities of this television show:
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/index.php?rn=222561&cl=10789507&ch=222562
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/cbc/081121/canada/calgary_calgary_kick_ginger_attack_1
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i just meant it as an example of mind control.
you have to really know how the mind functions. Partially i just want to point out parts of how mind control works because Scientology has been accused of "brainwashing" people. which is wholly the opposite of what is true.
obviously, the key ingredient in mind control is to have a "control". the desired behavior or thought or word which one wishes to implant in order to bring about a desired result. The other key ingredient is a level of suffering/pain. Pain comes first, then the control. to explain the control aspect, say someone says (talking) that you should worship and shows you a picture of jesus dying on the cross. In a good state of mind, that shouldn't have much effect on a person aside from a the memory of it. the memory they will always keep with them but its effect is pretty minimal in day to day life. Now, add pain to that. Beat the shit out of them and show them a picture of jesus dying on a cross and tell them to worship it. Now you have a very effective form of mind control/brainwashing. Due to the pain experienced during the event, the person is basically knocked unconscious (even though they may still be partially conscious) and the mind records whatever is happening. in this case the orders to worship or love the church or something. Add to this an order to forget that it happened or an apology or something which makes it appear harmless.
How does this relate to television? What is considered by many people to be a normal level of awareness, is actually more akin to a hypnotic trance. that means that a high level of pain (which includes spiritual suffering) has brought you to a point where you are not totally conscious of the present time environment and it has the effect that things become commands. People literal sit in front of the tv and "relax" into a state of unconsciousness. Then the things they watch not only become memories, they they become commands. Only they don't seem like commands because the mind has to rationalize them in a way that it has to make itself be right. Then, they are not doing this "because they saw this on t.v. and are just acting out what they saw in a cartoon" but the rationalization become "i don't like this person because they have red hair and that gives me a right to beat them to death and its all just a funny joke anyway ha ha."
oh how much easier it would all be if it were just a matter of censorship and free speech and laughs and good times. Unfortunately, its not.
We as humans have been kept in ignorance of ourselves for thousands and thousands of years. All so some fully crazy psychopath can get his kicks eat his meal and pass the time. And we have been stuck imitating this psychopath to our own demise. How much do people destroy just for a single meal?"
AWAKE! ARISE! GO TO THE WISE AND LEARN!"
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/index.php?rn=222561&cl=10789507&ch=222562
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/cbc/081121/canada/calgary_calgary_kick_ginger_attack_1
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i just meant it as an example of mind control.
you have to really know how the mind functions. Partially i just want to point out parts of how mind control works because Scientology has been accused of "brainwashing" people. which is wholly the opposite of what is true.
obviously, the key ingredient in mind control is to have a "control". the desired behavior or thought or word which one wishes to implant in order to bring about a desired result. The other key ingredient is a level of suffering/pain. Pain comes first, then the control. to explain the control aspect, say someone says (talking) that you should worship and shows you a picture of jesus dying on the cross. In a good state of mind, that shouldn't have much effect on a person aside from a the memory of it. the memory they will always keep with them but its effect is pretty minimal in day to day life. Now, add pain to that. Beat the shit out of them and show them a picture of jesus dying on a cross and tell them to worship it. Now you have a very effective form of mind control/brainwashing. Due to the pain experienced during the event, the person is basically knocked unconscious (even though they may still be partially conscious) and the mind records whatever is happening. in this case the orders to worship or love the church or something. Add to this an order to forget that it happened or an apology or something which makes it appear harmless.
How does this relate to television? What is considered by many people to be a normal level of awareness, is actually more akin to a hypnotic trance. that means that a high level of pain (which includes spiritual suffering) has brought you to a point where you are not totally conscious of the present time environment and it has the effect that things become commands. People literal sit in front of the tv and "relax" into a state of unconsciousness. Then the things they watch not only become memories, they they become commands. Only they don't seem like commands because the mind has to rationalize them in a way that it has to make itself be right. Then, they are not doing this "because they saw this on t.v. and are just acting out what they saw in a cartoon" but the rationalization become "i don't like this person because they have red hair and that gives me a right to beat them to death and its all just a funny joke anyway ha ha."
oh how much easier it would all be if it were just a matter of censorship and free speech and laughs and good times. Unfortunately, its not.
We as humans have been kept in ignorance of ourselves for thousands and thousands of years. All so some fully crazy psychopath can get his kicks eat his meal and pass the time. And we have been stuck imitating this psychopath to our own demise. How much do people destroy just for a single meal?"
AWAKE! ARISE! GO TO THE WISE AND LEARN!"
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Basic Advanced Guide To Freight Train Riding, part 2
Now for part 2.
Is there really that much to train hopping? Yes. Why? Because you have to do it right. Life not done right leads to death. A backwards perspective of life leads to a backwards perspective of death. And of course death is the biggest foe of life. So the best thing to do is learn how to control that enemy and be free.
Overall, Jessica will make it. Here is what she feels.
1. Shaucha: purity of body and mind
The first mistake many a tramp and hobo is the glorification of dirtiness. Jessica offers a different perspective. In her role as a train riding super heroine, she says cleanliness gives her power and fluidness. She says its not a matter of other peoples opinion of her but instead it is the freedom she finds in it. Dirt controls people, says she. In this case dirt could be defined as that which there is an aversion to. Once, running into some high talking wanna be cool bums, she pointed out that glorifying those stupid things which made them dirty actually made them hypocrites and weaklings. Here she says that it is the effect of being outcast from a group or people which then has the dominant tendency to bring one to adopt the aversions of that group or people. Unfortunately, this always goes in the negative direction when gone unchecked. For example: Jeremy don't like the cool kids in school so he started drinking to be not like them. The cool kids started imitating his drinking so he started doing coke. The cool kids start doing doing coke so he started doing heroine. He overheared a cool kid talking about doing heroine so he decided to become a hobo. He packs his stuff and gets to a railroad overpass and then gets run over by a train.
This is an example of rebelling against yourself.
Now, I would also like to note that if done right, this train hopping lifestyle can be an exemplary kind of shaucha. It is possible if you can learn to wholly leave behind the impurities and corruptions of modern lifestyles and negative types of relationships. The experience can be like a bath for the mind.
Talk about good clean fun!
2. Santosha: contentment
Jessica feels content. When she is waiting for a train, she is content. When she is riding through the mountains, she is content. When she is heading over the plains, she is content. When tumbling through the hills, she is content. Completing a perfect dismount, she is content. Landing in a steam by the tracks, she is content. Walking the 10 miles into town, she is sure trying to be content. Finding out they don't let backpacks in the library, a little effort and she is content. Deciding to leave town because crappy things keep happening, she is content.
She feels that the decision to tramp and train ride in her life has helped her to always be content. Such is its beauty.
3. Tapah: training the senses, austerities, ascesis
The rigors of train riding has made Jessica very strong. Also, she does not negate that accomplishment and weaken herself through the imbibing of alcohol or taking of other drugs.
The universal expression of this tapah in train riding is that you will be confined to a (most likely) small area anywhere from a few hours to a few days. In some ways, this is actually Jessica's favorite part. She says that there is great joy found in allowing yourself not to move.
Jessica actually does not usually bring some entertainment along with her because she truly enjoys the fast.
4. Svadhyaya: self-study, reflection on sacred words
Jessica has probably studied a lot of different philosophies and practices, but she doesn't usually read on the train, as she finds it difficult. One of the things that she has talked about is studying the beauty in nature. She says that there are sounds behind the sights and that's what can make something beautiful or ugly. She believes that sacred words are what makes things beautiful.
5. Ishvara pranidhana: surrender; (ishvara = creative source, causal field, God, supreme Guru or teacher; pranidhana = practicing the presence, dedication, devotion, surrender of fruits of practice)
Jessica wants you to check this out:
[Yoga Sutra] 2.45 From an attitude of letting go into one's source (ishvarapranidhana), the state of perfected concentration (samadhi) is attained.
Here ends the Basic Advanced Guide to Train Hopping.
Is there really that much to train hopping? Yes. Why? Because you have to do it right. Life not done right leads to death. A backwards perspective of life leads to a backwards perspective of death. And of course death is the biggest foe of life. So the best thing to do is learn how to control that enemy and be free.
Overall, Jessica will make it. Here is what she feels.
1. Shaucha: purity of body and mind
The first mistake many a tramp and hobo is the glorification of dirtiness. Jessica offers a different perspective. In her role as a train riding super heroine, she says cleanliness gives her power and fluidness. She says its not a matter of other peoples opinion of her but instead it is the freedom she finds in it. Dirt controls people, says she. In this case dirt could be defined as that which there is an aversion to. Once, running into some high talking wanna be cool bums, she pointed out that glorifying those stupid things which made them dirty actually made them hypocrites and weaklings. Here she says that it is the effect of being outcast from a group or people which then has the dominant tendency to bring one to adopt the aversions of that group or people. Unfortunately, this always goes in the negative direction when gone unchecked. For example: Jeremy don't like the cool kids in school so he started drinking to be not like them. The cool kids started imitating his drinking so he started doing coke. The cool kids start doing doing coke so he started doing heroine. He overheared a cool kid talking about doing heroine so he decided to become a hobo. He packs his stuff and gets to a railroad overpass and then gets run over by a train.
This is an example of rebelling against yourself.
Now, I would also like to note that if done right, this train hopping lifestyle can be an exemplary kind of shaucha. It is possible if you can learn to wholly leave behind the impurities and corruptions of modern lifestyles and negative types of relationships. The experience can be like a bath for the mind.
Talk about good clean fun!
2. Santosha: contentment
Jessica feels content. When she is waiting for a train, she is content. When she is riding through the mountains, she is content. When she is heading over the plains, she is content. When tumbling through the hills, she is content. Completing a perfect dismount, she is content. Landing in a steam by the tracks, she is content. Walking the 10 miles into town, she is sure trying to be content. Finding out they don't let backpacks in the library, a little effort and she is content. Deciding to leave town because crappy things keep happening, she is content.
She feels that the decision to tramp and train ride in her life has helped her to always be content. Such is its beauty.
3. Tapah: training the senses, austerities, ascesis
The rigors of train riding has made Jessica very strong. Also, she does not negate that accomplishment and weaken herself through the imbibing of alcohol or taking of other drugs.
The universal expression of this tapah in train riding is that you will be confined to a (most likely) small area anywhere from a few hours to a few days. In some ways, this is actually Jessica's favorite part. She says that there is great joy found in allowing yourself not to move.
Jessica actually does not usually bring some entertainment along with her because she truly enjoys the fast.
4. Svadhyaya: self-study, reflection on sacred words
Jessica has probably studied a lot of different philosophies and practices, but she doesn't usually read on the train, as she finds it difficult. One of the things that she has talked about is studying the beauty in nature. She says that there are sounds behind the sights and that's what can make something beautiful or ugly. She believes that sacred words are what makes things beautiful.
5. Ishvara pranidhana: surrender; (ishvara = creative source, causal field, God, supreme Guru or teacher; pranidhana = practicing the presence, dedication, devotion, surrender of fruits of practice)
Jessica wants you to check this out:
[Yoga Sutra] 2.45 From an attitude of letting go into one's source (ishvarapranidhana), the state of perfected concentration (samadhi) is attained.
Here ends the Basic Advanced Guide to Train Hopping.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Basic Advanced Guide To Freight Train Riding - Part 1
Modern society needs heroes. Super villains have gone mad. The populace is overcome with woe. Who has the courage to extend the boundaries of life? What love is there for one who refuses comfort? Is the human body meant for the rigors of this kind of travel? Will sedentary life and self satisfying mentalities destroy all of humanity??
The answers are: Jessica, Lots, Yes, and Maybe.
Today there is hope. Today Jessica A. rides hard. Now Jessica will show you how to ride a freight train while staying safe and accomplishing something at the same time.
Here we begin they mystical means....
So Jessica needs a purpose. Jessica needs a purpose and a determination to accomplish her purpose. For the sake of story, let us say that today's purpose for Jessica is the meeting of her boyfriend Don M. Chakra who lives so far away. Distraught and lonely, he is stuck working as a near slave in an ammunition factory in Seattle, North America. Soon it will be his birthday and he will be 29 years old. Old enough to retire and begin fighting crime, feeding old people and having fun with his love, Jessica.
Now Jessica has made a decision. Get there. First, she makes room for what she needs. All of this adds up to her contentment and so she continues on. Those things which she doesn't find useful are left behind.[some things one might need: Water, clothing, sleeping bag, bed roll, food or healthy snacks, simple entertainment or activity.]
So making her way to the hop out spot, which she has done some research to locate [which includes looking at maps and talking to people who know], she reviews what she is not to do, in the context of Patanjalis 1st rung of Yoga.
Yamas. (codes of restraint)
1. Ahimsa: non-violence, non-harming, non-injury.
Be kind to the rails you ride. Jessica doesn't which harm to anyone, so she does not wish harm on the objects she uses either. Don't tag up and graffiti the trains you ride. Don't intentionally leave a mess behind. Don't mess with train operations in any way. Remember, Jessica is just a hitchhiker here. Destroying property rightfully makes people angry. There is plenty of evidence to suggest that one who doesn't have harmful intentions in them when riding doesn't have harm come to them if caught. Such as being let free without charge if arrested. The spirit of the law is to protect. If Jessica doesn't intend harm, then Jessica is not breaking the law. But because the subconscious can force us to act in bad ways perhaps without even realizing they are bad, Jessica likes to remind herself that she isn't going to mess with anything on the train and isn't going to write her name on the container just so someone might see it and think she is cool.
This also means not harming yourself. Bodies are squishy, trains are aloof. Use your senses as best as you can and then remember that they lie too. Don't leave yourself in the path of a train. Stay off the tracks while your walking along thinking about that person want to hurt.
2. Satya: truthfulness, honesty
Jessica doesn't lie. When she lies, she feels it inside and it feels bad. She doesn't like feeling bad so she doesn't lie. Sometimes, to keep people from prying into her privacy too much, she will ask them a question without making it seem like a question. But Jessica first doesn't hurt others, so if telling the truth is going to hurt someone, she doesn't say it.
Do your research before you hop a train. Observe train yards and trains themselves. Find out what kind of trains you can ride and go look at them. Research the places you want to go. Look at maps and pictures. Collect the facts and use them. Jessica says this is a very important step.
3. Asteya: non-stealing, abstention from theft
Don't steal supplies. Jessica knows that things are not free so she doesn't break that agreement to her detriment.
For example: Jessica walks into a store, knowing that the people there wish her not to steal anything, and she walks out with merchandise. And in her mind, she has also walked out with the memory that she has just stole something. It is not really important and will still harm her if she believes herself to be righteous in stealing. Here, the crux of the agreement is that she has some idea of the consequences of her stealing. With the consequences being for herself and for others. This single action has the potential to be built upon. In one way, because her personality is built upon her memories, she can find herself identifying with the memory that she did something bad and therefore is bad. In another way, she will push against her negative action until she finds herself "getting what she deserved". So this haunts her until she "pays for it" or manages to cultivate enough energy in the opposite direction and be free.
4. Brahmacharya: walking in awareness of the highest reality, continence, remembering the divine, practicing the presence of God
Jessica does not see the world as mere objects. She knows there is a higher reality behind the reality of objects. Even her boyfriend, she knows is not a mere body. These trains are manifestations of an energy. One who is focused on the energy of this putrid creation will not accomplish much hopping fright trains. One who is focused on the light of the divine within, will always get where they are going.
5. Aparigraha: non-possessiveness, non-holding through senses, non-greed, non-grasping, non-indulgence, non-acquisitiveness
Now Jessica remembers Aparigraha and is indifferent to the arrival of her train. She sits happily as she can see the train that already left and which is leaving Novice-McCoy as a confused and angry mess and also can see the train which will one day pick her up without greed and without fantasy, but which Novice-McCoy probably won't even get on - he's so ruffled.
End of Part one.
The answers are: Jessica, Lots, Yes, and Maybe.
Today there is hope. Today Jessica A. rides hard. Now Jessica will show you how to ride a freight train while staying safe and accomplishing something at the same time.
Here we begin they mystical means....
So Jessica needs a purpose. Jessica needs a purpose and a determination to accomplish her purpose. For the sake of story, let us say that today's purpose for Jessica is the meeting of her boyfriend Don M. Chakra who lives so far away. Distraught and lonely, he is stuck working as a near slave in an ammunition factory in Seattle, North America. Soon it will be his birthday and he will be 29 years old. Old enough to retire and begin fighting crime, feeding old people and having fun with his love, Jessica.
Now Jessica has made a decision. Get there. First, she makes room for what she needs. All of this adds up to her contentment and so she continues on. Those things which she doesn't find useful are left behind.[some things one might need: Water, clothing, sleeping bag, bed roll, food or healthy snacks, simple entertainment or activity.]
So making her way to the hop out spot, which she has done some research to locate [which includes looking at maps and talking to people who know], she reviews what she is not to do, in the context of Patanjalis 1st rung of Yoga.
Yamas. (codes of restraint)
1. Ahimsa: non-violence, non-harming, non-injury.
Be kind to the rails you ride. Jessica doesn't which harm to anyone, so she does not wish harm on the objects she uses either. Don't tag up and graffiti the trains you ride. Don't intentionally leave a mess behind. Don't mess with train operations in any way. Remember, Jessica is just a hitchhiker here. Destroying property rightfully makes people angry. There is plenty of evidence to suggest that one who doesn't have harmful intentions in them when riding doesn't have harm come to them if caught. Such as being let free without charge if arrested. The spirit of the law is to protect. If Jessica doesn't intend harm, then Jessica is not breaking the law. But because the subconscious can force us to act in bad ways perhaps without even realizing they are bad, Jessica likes to remind herself that she isn't going to mess with anything on the train and isn't going to write her name on the container just so someone might see it and think she is cool.
This also means not harming yourself. Bodies are squishy, trains are aloof. Use your senses as best as you can and then remember that they lie too. Don't leave yourself in the path of a train. Stay off the tracks while your walking along thinking about that person want to hurt.
2. Satya: truthfulness, honesty
Jessica doesn't lie. When she lies, she feels it inside and it feels bad. She doesn't like feeling bad so she doesn't lie. Sometimes, to keep people from prying into her privacy too much, she will ask them a question without making it seem like a question. But Jessica first doesn't hurt others, so if telling the truth is going to hurt someone, she doesn't say it.
Do your research before you hop a train. Observe train yards and trains themselves. Find out what kind of trains you can ride and go look at them. Research the places you want to go. Look at maps and pictures. Collect the facts and use them. Jessica says this is a very important step.
3. Asteya: non-stealing, abstention from theft
Don't steal supplies. Jessica knows that things are not free so she doesn't break that agreement to her detriment.
For example: Jessica walks into a store, knowing that the people there wish her not to steal anything, and she walks out with merchandise. And in her mind, she has also walked out with the memory that she has just stole something. It is not really important and will still harm her if she believes herself to be righteous in stealing. Here, the crux of the agreement is that she has some idea of the consequences of her stealing. With the consequences being for herself and for others. This single action has the potential to be built upon. In one way, because her personality is built upon her memories, she can find herself identifying with the memory that she did something bad and therefore is bad. In another way, she will push against her negative action until she finds herself "getting what she deserved". So this haunts her until she "pays for it" or manages to cultivate enough energy in the opposite direction and be free.
4. Brahmacharya: walking in awareness of the highest reality, continence, remembering the divine, practicing the presence of God
Jessica does not see the world as mere objects. She knows there is a higher reality behind the reality of objects. Even her boyfriend, she knows is not a mere body. These trains are manifestations of an energy. One who is focused on the energy of this putrid creation will not accomplish much hopping fright trains. One who is focused on the light of the divine within, will always get where they are going.
5. Aparigraha: non-possessiveness, non-holding through senses, non-greed, non-grasping, non-indulgence, non-acquisitiveness
Now Jessica remembers Aparigraha and is indifferent to the arrival of her train. She sits happily as she can see the train that already left and which is leaving Novice-McCoy as a confused and angry mess and also can see the train which will one day pick her up without greed and without fantasy, but which Novice-McCoy probably won't even get on - he's so ruffled.
End of Part one.
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