Observing events as they have unfolded over the past few years has been fascinating, in a sick ‘can't look away from the train wreck’ sort of way. This is especially true if one has kept their eye on the news as reported by Zero Hedge. How strange and yet apropos that we would find Cognitive Dissonance there of all places. If you think it has been interesting for you to watch, take a few minutes to step into my world and peer at things through my lens. Continue reading The Two Ice Floes Phenomena
The Sovereignty Series – Swimming with the Sharks – Being a Small Fish in a Big Pond
Let’s suppose you’re charged with a crime, but you are innocent. Despite your innocence the court was able to ‘prove’ you were guilty and a jury of your ‘peers’ agreed with the evidence presented and unanimously returned a guilty verdict. Does the fact that the judicial system was able to win a conviction against you change the fact that you are innocent? Obviously the answer is ‘No’, though that does not alter the reality that you are now doing time. Continue reading The Sovereignty Series – Swimming with the Sharks – Being a Small Fish in a Big Pond
Hell in a Hand Basket and Why We’re Going There, Guaranteed (sort of)
The worst mistake I can make when examining everything on a continuous basis is to assume that what humanity is experiencing during my lifetime is unique, a one time plunge into mass insanity, a short term illness rather than a terminal disease passed on from generation to generation.
Our culture demands that we direct our focus narrowly onto the micro, the who, what, where, when and why minutia rather than pull back and attempt to absorb the bigger picture. Living life with blinders on can be dangerous on any level we care to examine.
The following essay by Olduvai, who maintains his own blog and has written a book, is just such an attempt to pull back and see beyond our narrow perspective. Please click this link and read his thoughts.