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karmic bond. you cannot escape the experience of anything and everything you inflict upon others.

Accepting the personal accountability of these inflictions is a sovereign's obligation, lest their sovereign claim be diminished or voided.


Like the movie Paul, with the alien, one can heal through accepting the malease, disease, or affliction upon themselves and expressing the willpower to "let it run its course" through intended and directed willful effort...


But applied to the "carrot or beaver or monk" in contrast to the "myself".


There is no "me", "my", or "I"; there are only "us", "our", and "we".

looks like lots of sovereigns on the dao bums!

https://www.igame.com/eye-test/?fbs=33

I have gotten 33 3 times. and i guess that means i have better eyesight than i thought?

Time happening simultaneously regards each and every individual human being as being the same individual person, reiterated each "lifetime".    our huge population is rediculous.
Life and death as a polarity is an illusion. by refusing to breed/mate/birth one "goes back in time" in regards to their incarnations.

How many of us are coexisting with hundreds if not millions of reincarnates of our own selves???

Omniversal Singularity regards those of us who are only one, yet coexisting with the perpetual reiteration of redundant reincarnation... one life at a time.


Whilst most others, as previously regarded as "the masses", are reiterated several if not thousands of times simultaneously across the globe - are living multiple lives at once and typically display certain habits, traits, and behaviors that expose their "over-incarnates"...   such as, but not limited to, the appearance of obliviousness and disregard for personal accountability within the environment, or a dullness in their eyes...

The irony that we are all still a shared simultaneous "single person" reiteration across the whole of our species is almost unbearable.

A Majestic contradiction of single individualhood, and multitudes of individuals made up of many groups of "same person" and "person archetypes".

yeah, that goes along with her being a spoiled brat...  but i cant help but wonder if she's sincere or not.



It DOES seem a bit contrived, but.....    i hold hope for the best in people even if i keep getting disappointed by all of you no offense!   hehehehe

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/danthropology/2015/06/miley-cyrus-calls-noahs-ark-a-myth-and-ken-ham-asks-why-she-doesnt-have-sex-with-animals/?utm_content=buffera5d43&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

It turns out Cyrus is deeply interested in accountability. At 22, she’s perhaps her generation’s most unlikely social activist, and also one of its most powerful. Now she’s harnessing that influence to counter what she sees as an unacceptable reality: young people being persecuted and cast out for their sexuality. Inspired in part by the death of Leelah Alcorn, a transgender girl who committed suicide in late 2014 after being forced to undergo so-called “conversion therapy,” Cyrus recently announced the Happy Hippie Foundation, a philanthropic venture designed to raise funds and awareness for homeless and LGBT youth. “We can’t keep noticing these kids too late,” she says. - See more at: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/danthropology/2015/06/miley-cyrus-calls-noahs-ark-a-myth-and-ken-ham-asks-why-she-doesnt-have-sex-with-animals/?utm_content=buffera5d43&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer#sthash.60iZgePe.dpuf

this clip is hilarious

impressive CG!

Interesting point about Hemp...wonder if it grows in the Midwest. This sort of tangentially ties in to the "Life skills" thread, as in that is what triggered my thoughts about such a community (albeit among my taiji friends it has been a topic of recurring discussion). 

 

On a more general sense, what would it take these days to build a self-sustaining community that supports say 100-500 members?

integral parts of such a community

and the last line, "what would it take these days to build a self-sustaining community", the answer, again, is Hemp!

Short of allergy dangers, hemp is all anyone ever needs for community construction and sustenence.

It does all the jobs of all the other materials, timber, cotton, fossil fuel, and even steel, only it does their jobs way better.

ten times stronger than steel yet also flexible.  Hemp resins.

many multitudes more durable than cotton, and when it gets worn it only gets softer with wear.  Hemp threads.

Non-toxic emissions from hemp oils for fuel (or cooking ).

Flexible, durable fibers in the stalks make it a more viable alternative to timber, it grows in less space at a faster yeild.

Hemp is the ultimatum of human survival.  either hemp or extinction. (choose extinction, please, i want you all to be that stupid. _{^{note sarcasm}}.)

self sufficiency oriented permaculture, herbs, fruits, vegetables, and above and beyond all else, hemp.

land enough to grow (non psychoactive) Hemp for everything from construction, concrete, and fuel to clothing, consumables, and food.

all the bare-bones basic necessities be taught in workshops of sorts to people of all ages, so all members of the community can contribute in some fashion or another weather it be constructing and repairing homes, tailoring clothes, cooking, or fabrication.


Relying on hemp for everything reduces time spent and materials wasted, allowing for more dedicated focus on the internal and cultural aspects of Daoism and its history and practices.

QUITE attractive! wouldn't that be great?

I have come upon a thought regarding certian aspects of physics, reality, the mind, and the individual/mass polarity.

It rides along the tide of the idea that we are all "godlings", children of infinite beings, coming into our own (no less in a very unique and niche manner!) on planet Earth, learning and experiencing all the mistakes one can make as a divine being...


And that's the "general normative" flow of "the masses".
The secret is that we (individuals) are "the masses". we make and/or made up each and every individual "sheeperson" either karmically, energetically, or through past/future lives.

The individuals are persons who are as if so far outside of the masses as to be an entire organism all their own of equal magnitude, if not mass.  These are the people who have risen to the potential to declare themselves rightful sovereign heirs to life, the universe, and everything. (heh nyuck, nyuck 42, nyuck har heh).

naturally we are few individual individuals as opposed to great many individuals of masses.
These great many people who form groups en masse are examples of ourselves though-not-ourselves.  former fragments of aberrant attitude and ability which we needed (and still need) to learn from.
Treating "others" as "self" is a responsibility that comes with the inheritence.

Only those of us individuals whom can display conscious willing self control can claim the title of "Sovereign".



Individuals and masses-made-of-individuals, individuals with or groups of people of great magnitude.


"The game" only ends when both sides of the spectrum recognize themselves in the other side...
When sovereigns see that they are teh masses, and when the masses realize that they are sovereign individuals.




... ... ... in the mean time, we can put on the sorting hat and find out who's sovereign and who's just along for the ride...

If you consider yourself the sole authority of and over your person next to only the laws of physics/the universe/god/etc. and give no power to any outside person, drop a comment declaring such, as how ever you feel appropriate.
(or do nothing and sit back and watch the show, im not the authority over you!)

clickbait.

maybe a teacher's encouragement however...




Kids miss out on a lot of real-life common sense stuff that school doesnt prepare them for or equip them to handle.

Nothing comes to mind off hand, but i know that the already mentioned suggestions are top-tier. cooking, first aid, map coordination, whoring earning money in exchange for tasks... 

its a beautiful structure. an epic construct. divine geometry.


But i still hate experiencing its imperfect perfections.




Oh well.... much better from the outside looking in, yet not fulfilling!

Ironically whence inside, you wish to be without!

heh....  this planet is ALL our home.  not just mine.

However, if im the only one willing and ready to cull the human "Civil" herd to protect the planet from this devistating defiler species, then so be it. i will take sole responsibility for all those who have irresponsibly mated, and "progressively" built upon the lands.


If you dont think it's RIGHT to cull the herd, then you are wrong to think its okay NOT to cull the herd when the very planet is wounded by said herd!

Welcome to the problem, congrats for contributing to making it worse! You'll be my responsibility if you dont become your own, and you DO NOT WANT M E to take responsibility for anyone but myself.

it will not be kind, forgiving, tolerant, or pretty.


So please, before i lose every iota of patience i have, please.     take responsibility for yourselves and your descendants.  clean up the planet, abolish civilization and "convenient creature comfort dependency".
if this world turns into idocracy, im going berserk.

wait, what?


http://rjthorwip.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-dao-bums.html

why do people have to settle anyways? amass? stagnate under the illusion of (technologically oriented) "progress"?

bah. and humbug.

An extremist philosophy often doesn't work out well in real life.   Today, or a 1,000 years ago, if you refuse to work, you're at the mercy of those who do; and that often works out poorly.

 

You can learn a trade, get a job and still be an environmentalist - using public transportation, a bike or even a car that get excellent mileage.   Without a job your shifting the work to other people, ie the sidewalk you tred on, the clothes you wear, the food you eat, the room you live in is all being provided by others who built it.  You're not spending a cent, but its being spent for you by others.   Your not using vehicles but your supplies are.

 

The world is not as fragile as you think it is.  As things get extreme, like the coal use in the late 1800's, we shifted because we had to.  The same is happening now.  We're smart creatures, or rather we do the right thing when all other avenues are closed. 

 

You can give me magic wand theories of how it'd be better if everyone was different and suddenly agreed with you, but it doesn't accomplish anything, not without some drinks.. then theres a certain drunken entertainment value in it. 

 

I wrote in another thread you have to harmonize with your environment.  In most of the world that means get a job, even if you find a wonderful commune, you'll be kicked out if you don't work.  Or become a bum, which isn't horrible; I've met some great people who were bums but its a hard life and you're mercy of many circumstances  (even more then most folks). 

Again, the underlying assumption is that so much work is necessary. which most of it is not. it all revolves around desires.

There is no personal accountability in working a job that pays you a check every week/month. In most cases, you're only doing it to survive, not for the actual results of said work.

So instead of waiting for all avenues to close off from our irresponsibility, why cant we just adapt to our world instead of altering it to suit our desires (not even our needs FFS!)????

human nature is love.

Civil nature is war.



figure your friggin stuff out, eh?

i agree!  hell, feel free to read my works in progress.   my TDB blog entry is advertised on the banner sometimes here, but rjthorwip.blogspot.com takes you to the list of links to each entry (like a table of contents) and you can check out about 6 incomplete works in progress...  lol

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/job?s=t
 

Can't respond in whole to your wonderful post, as I am at work right now, but I would like to respond to the part where you said that males were considered better...i.e. 'climbing up'....this is a real interesting topic to explore, and maybe should be done in Mount Kunlun....so I am going to start a thread real quick there, and get the ball rolling, then get back to work....

I can relate to BES' growing up....  i genuinely believe i would develope as a woman after puberty, and even though i knew in the back of my head that was not physically possible, i held hope for the miracle....  :\

Im currently tyring to give all that up, let go, and embrace what i am, i have, and am equipped to be, rather than continuing to pine for breasts and fertility...... 

Well...literally everyone is judged, and it's a personal thing of whether we identify as victims, or not but simply dislike when it happens. Sometimes I have a hard time with it too. In the house I currently live, which is filled with gay women, I'm judged and was recently treated like less than shit for simply being a man. It's just the world we live in, where some people can't help but feel negative and cast it onto others from time to time. One can be judged for being too normal, as well. Think about that. Life ain't easy for most of us.

IT IS NOT "just the world we live in"!!!   that's an irresponsible statement and only going to step aside to allow things to continue to degrade.

It is not "just the world we live in" but the absense of personal accontability and further degraded by PRAISING that kind of mentality!

Dont dare say it is "just" the way, because it is NOT the way. it is directly CONTRARY to THE WAY.

not feeling like i have to worry about other people judging me would be nice....    but i have no personal power. everything i have has come from everyone but me.  everything i have done has lead me to no material gain... or otherwise.


I am wholly dependant on others, not because i am incapable of action, but because my karma demands it.



I am not in control of my environment; i cannot place myself with any deliberation into an environment wherein i would be comfortable or even content expressing myself as more female.  Masculinity is a peer pressure that not only affects men, but also defeminizes many women into becoming more assertive and dominant than the natural feminine expression, thereby ALSO psychologically influencing men to express femininity as they are DEPRIVED of such expressions FROM WOMEN!