so

1.
once we identified the existence of something inevitable
(namely the END)

2.
the next step was to see what form that inevitable is going to take
disaster
disease
conflict
confusion
hunger
horsemen

basically
the fact that nutrition in all its forms will become scarce
and the surface of this planet will not be very conducive to life

this state of affairs will creep in slowly and it will not be obvious (as in: it already happened)
and it will make us very irritable toward one another

3.
the step after that becomes a little more urgent for some folks
it is the question why?
because this 'inevitability' does not look very comfortable
and we get the hunch it could be avoided

through some investigation we discover -

the default approach that most people take to 'life' is

a) to find something to do that does not immediately feel self-destructive
nor does it look like it will be self-destructive in the near future

b) when encountering pressure
to avoid the immediate pressure by any means necessary even if it includes
putting more pressure on some body/thing else
or
accumulating more pressure for you yourself to deal with at a future point

examples of shifting / relocating / accumulating pressure is:
anything that involves a spray
anything that involves smoke
anything that involves a raised voice

4.
after figuring out that we create our own demise by being ignorant
the next step is easy to determine
but
hard to execute

it involves
-avoiding ignorance at all costs
-watching 'tragic' things happen which appear as tho they could have been
prevented
-refusing dependency on anything other than self and and a higher something
-acknowledging that if this was a movie that you will prolly play the role of
the dude that everybody thought was a villain
but
by the end of the movie it turns out he was the good guy after all
-the annoying realization that deception is absolutely everywhere
-the annoying realization that you can only figure out who was trustworthy AFTER
the point at which it could have been useful to know who was trustworthy

once all of this has been resolved
it is time for action

which is the subject of rant number 2

_________________

LHX's Index Page
The Library
Home