WE ARE BORN
or
What determines our future?
(Big question!)
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    This essay is very basic. It relies on over half a life-time's observations, study, research and fear (instigated by others). It brooks no arguments that might lead to 'qualifications' (i.e. regurgitation of others' material, purporting to be 'facts' and are thus due for a 'Certificate', 'Degree', 'Medal', or some-such tripe; (these are philosophical arguments which may be contested by anyone)).
    To reduce constant repetition, I am using these terms as defined thus:

    earth (lower case deliberate) is the planet upon which we live for a short time. It is a place of natural flora and fauna, however created .
    The World is a place invented by the animal 'Man'.
    The word 'Man' includes 'Woman' as are both their entitlements. The words are part of the World, not the earth, which knows nothing or words.
    A 'god', of course, is (probably) an invention of Man to explain things he cannot understand.
   
    Humans are conceived during a moment of sexual activity, which we call (in the end) 'reproduction'. This is the nature of our particular species (and others, of course). The nature of that moment and the circumstances of it and the genes that contribute to it, determine our personal nature and, therefore, our future. That is because, from the moment of conception (or fertilised ovum/ova) we are already individuals and subject to all the influences of our host (mother) and any biological 'father's' influence. This remains our biological memory from the outset. Thus, whatever befalls our mother, we 'take-on-board', as they say.   
    Thus Humans are born via our 'mother', a horrendous task for her. (Of that, there can, in my view, be little question). The circumstances of that birth add to this already horrendous task. What these circumstances may add, might be a subsequent life of peace, charity, love, nurture, a full belly, a place to live and all things positive. They may also be the opposite, or a mixture of them (more likely). Probably, the proportions of that mixture are the most important.
    Thus we arrive onto the earth; a concoction of genes and a myriad of pre-natal experiences, already, as we scream the earth's oxygen into out lungs. Who knows what that oxygen might also contain; clarity or poison; probably a mixture of both. For some, much of one, less of the other.
    The nature of sexual reproduction is to produce individuals. Thus are we all different; a product of our genes and environment (before, during and after our birth). That is our nature; no one can take this away, yet. (But that's being cynical; we call it 'cloning'.)
    So we arrive upon this earth, in our various incarnations; genes, environment, love, nutrition and so forth; or lack of it. This determines what we are to become, one way or another.
    Determining our future is also the way our people (parents, relatives, friends, etc.) react with us; also, the environment in which we live, it's location upon the earth and the 'society' within which we live.
    Our first experiences are vital. They may and probably do, explain the whole of our individual nature from then on; not only the World into which we are thrust but what happens immediately thereafter. Depending on our individual ability to survive, we are subjected to the whims and mores of others. This is our 'education'.         Many are subjected to the humiliation of sexual abuse, especially that of sexual mutilation (some form of circumcision; sexual abuse par excellence), whether earlier of later, it goes from bad to worse. I believe that it is this sexual mutilation that is a great cause of our downfall as human animals. I'm talking of circumcision here, let's not be unclear (nuclear?) on this matter. Male or female circumcision is the controllers' first act of violence against humans. It does not end here, it continues onto and into our war-torn earth. I'm not going into the why's and wherefore's of this gross practice, that is well documented elsewhere. Needless to say, if Man is a sexual animal, then his/her private parts are most private. Cutting bits off, denigrates the sexuality, makes it continuously at the fore-front of thought (conscious or not, at a particular time), if it wasn't already. A person might lose a leg (however that comes about) and we are upset (they are very upset and pained!); cutting off the end of one's penis or ravaging a woman's clitoris and few seem to care. Sick, or what?
    Then there is a 'god'.
    Determining that there are things unexplainable, the human animal seems to need to create an amorphous 'person' or 'persons' who 'explain' our circumstances. These are often personified into icons, (God, Mary, the 'Cross', the 'Bible', 'Jesus' (or their various incarnations in other languages) even at the disrespect of those who claim these icons are not 'sacred', whatever that means)). This is always part of the two-faced nature of man (or is it?)
    Other people turn to varieties of this notion. I won't list all of them but, for example:
    Tarot, bump-reading, I Ching divination, astrology; in fact any form of divination or foretelling the past or the future or understanding things we can't seem to explain. The point of the matter is that we all seem to need (because of the bad feelings we have acquired throughout our lives) is that we want to know where we stand (in common parlance).
    There is no doubt in my mind that any form of divination is usually performed by those persons who have a feel for the earth, not the World. It matters not a jot what means they have of accomplishing this apparent knowledge, or even why. I believe it is part of a 'magic' of which we will probably have no knowledge; and again, in my view, it doesn't matter. It is not part of our survival but our comfort.
    There is a 'downside' to this. As in: 'A little knowledge (however come by) is a dangerous thing.' Controllers recognise these premises. What I would call 'spiritual' things they use for their own ends. They are sad people. They play upon certain weaknesses of humans to ply the trade of their (often mis-truths and understandings) for profit. Do you really think that the 'Astrologer' in perhaps, your favourite magazine or newspaper cares what he/she is saying? These people sprout BS globally. How can what they say possibly apply to an individual? It's your thoughts that count; just leave me out of it.
    The reason for this amorphous omniscience ('know-all') is due to the notion that we cannot explain certain events in our lives. Why does the sun rise and set? What is a thunderstorm? What is a tsunami? Why do I live in a desert? Why are there bombs falling around me? Who the hell am I? And so forth. Horrors continue: small or otherwise.
    There is a time when what we are presented with by others, is not good enough. We have learned that there may be better things for ourselves on this earth (Many of us might have given up the World as a sick joke). Not: 'The grass is greener on the other side of the fence', syndrome, but that I can change, am willing to change and am, as a human animal, willing to 'go for it'.

RISK
    Being able to change is the first element of life. Life was to become nothing if not changed in some way. Some of us call it 'natural selection'. That is our nature (earth); it's not the World we live in, which was created by some humans for their own satisfaction, glorification, greed and so forth. They want to 'stabilise' the junto (a group of conspirators). These people, mostly, were sexually mutilated from an early age. They then want to vent their anger of this upon the rest of us (mutilated or not, un/subconscious or not). These are the people who want/need viagra, bigger penises and larger tits. These are the people who want to further mutilate their bodies with nipple-rings, tattoos and so forth. These are the people who want to mutilate the earth upon which they are priviledged to live but care not a jot about those whom they displace or the ozone layer which affords them their lives (such as they are). These people don't like themselves; they are sad and want to make everyone else sad. They are very clever at this.
    I seem to be saying that these people who want to destroy us (and in a sense, themselves) are not responsible, in some way. That is not what I mean to say because we all have choices. We are products of a sexual environment and we therefore individuals with our own minds. Some choose to let others' lead them, some choose not to. By doing what they do to others, they are committing a sort of suicide.
    The World appears to be really stuck with the notion of 'leaders', 'politicians', 'rulers', 'laws' and so forth, whatever our own 'politics' or 'religion'. It is time we disregarded these words and found a new way of keeping ourselves on this earth without the threat of some bully trying to make us as they are or at least condoning their behaviours.
    These people have made sure they have the weapons ('weapons of mass destruction' and so forth). They are most often, in the beginning, words: (aka. 'The pen is mightier than the sword', rhetoric) but they use the sword because they are bullies without the proper use of the pen. Apart from their own rhetoric (which is easy, given a language), they feel words are a weakness, especially when they are spoken in positive and not negative; therefore they reduce themselves to physical arms, whether they be stones, arrows or misiles.
    Bullies may have a physical strength (but this may be disputed). It is, in the 'bible' story of David and Goliath. (The 'bible' is often a good reference book, as is the 'I Ching' and many others.) Bullies also tend to group together. This gives them added strength. They become some sort of 'gang'. I beat up a (single) bully at school when I was very young; I was a weak boy (in lots of ways), but I beat him. It is not something I am proud of. If there had been two of them, it would have been another story.
    But bullies (World), hopefully, will be replaced by the people of the earth. I suppose only 'time will tell', as they say. The only way to do this, for most of us, is to fill ourselves with positive things and thoughts. Refuse to let people make one sad. This means the most dreadful of 'give-ups'.
*    Give up the newspaper.
*    Give up the televsion.
*    Give up the 'news'. 
*    Give up most other forms of media, except those that you have need for or want for positive entertainment. Most entertainment seems to be negative.
*    Give up voting for people you don't personally know.

    I believe that most people don't need power over others. They also don't want power (or bullies) inflicting power upon them. Most people are what we call the 'Salt of the earth' (sodium). The rotters need a place to rant from (podium). They are the odium. Society (if we need or want it) might need some form of management (by those with proven skills), it certainly does not need, or want, controllers (however they designate themselves with fancy titles, to your personal detriment).
    Time, it is, to come from our self-woven cocoons and become butterflies and enjoy the earth. It can be done, but it needs to be done locally, and peacefully.
    Past purveyors of this theory believed that such a 'revolution' came from fighting with a sword. I disbelieve this notion. I still, in my naivety, believe that humans can achieve a solution that leads to a positive end and can be accomplished, given due consideration to our thought processes that are not conveived through any form of drug that controllers administer. A local "Hi!", with a smile. That is the 'Buttefly Effect'.*
   
April, 2003

* The 'butterfly effect' is part of the theory of Chaos. It refers to tiny movements (such a the flapping of a butterfly's wings) that over a period of time have a much larger effect.



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