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Always moved by the wisdom of Dickens in his Xmas tale. Beyond the top level Xmas-y aspects, the wisdom is in the understanding of the 3 frames of time we live in. It is the Tao in another telling.
The last being the inevitable future if nothing changes.
"Are these the things
The last being the inevitable future if nothing changes.
"Are these the things
"Are these the things that Must Be, or only Might Be"
The great question that is being propounded daily in so many ways, re so many topics.
The answer the same as it was then.
If nothing changes it is determined:It "must be".
And if there is change, then only "might have been".
The great question that is being propounded daily in so many ways, re so many topics.
The answer the same as it was then.
If nothing changes it is determined:It "must be".
And if there is change, then only "might have been".
It is unclear, to me, when the horrible question Must be answered and still have opportunity to make the necessary changes...what is the time before there is no more choice?
I suspect it is pretty much at the time when one is confronted w the '3rd Ghost'.
I suspect it is pretty much at the time when one is confronted w the '3rd Ghost'.
In psych terms - it is the meeting of the shadow.
Turn away.
Or Turn toward.
Ones moment at such climatic times, whether the individual, group, party...any level...is to
"Go Fearward".
Take the "easy alternative" & the fears, & the shadow, take over.
Turn away.
Or Turn toward.
Ones moment at such climatic times, whether the individual, group, party...any level...is to
"Go Fearward".
Take the "easy alternative" & the fears, & the shadow, take over.
I suspect we are coming to that awful time of crossover.
Once the question has been asked, and answered, the tipping point has occurred, the system is rearranged, & the 'game' is in a new phase.
You'll not get back there again until it is over.
Once the question has been asked, and answered, the tipping point has occurred, the system is rearranged, & the 'game' is in a new phase.
You'll not get back there again until it is over.
And even then...it will not be "back to how it was".
The old systems have been destroyed by the unmet forces...
These are patterns that have played out on the big stage of the world. Russia 1917, China 1947+, Isreal&Palistine are some of the obvious ones.
But it goes deeper than
The old systems have been destroyed by the unmet forces...
These are patterns that have played out on the big stage of the world. Russia 1917, China 1947+, Isreal&Palistine are some of the obvious ones.
But it goes deeper than
only these mega-movements/moments.
It is happening every time a new ugly apartment building is put up in Seattle. People having no context for what was, and what architectural form/beauty is.
Like our economy, the driving principle is "efficiency" very narrowly defined.
It is happening every time a new ugly apartment building is put up in Seattle. People having no context for what was, and what architectural form/beauty is.
Like our economy, the driving principle is "efficiency" very narrowly defined.
Usually in terms of money & costs. Rarely people, or other life.
Reminds, to close, of the great book
Small is Beautiful. Economics as if People mattered.
But... we may have tipped beyond that exhortation.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Is_…
Reminds, to close, of the great book
Small is Beautiful. Economics as if People mattered.
But... we may have tipped beyond that exhortation.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Is_…
