Worldwide Peace, Freedom and Abundance for All People

[zonsb]

There can be no world-wide peace and world-wide freedom for all people so long as the cause of the problem exists. There can be no world-wide abundance for all people as long as the problem remains. Government is a symptom, not the problem. Initiatory force isn’t the root of the problem.

The problem is vestiges of the bicameral mind. People’s irrational belief in external authority is the problem. A vestige of the bicameral mind that seeks automatic guidance from external authorities/gods. Since man became conscious about 3,000 years ago he has had the responsibility of self-governing.

The problem is irrational belief in unreal external authority. A solution is to champion people for their self-governing in their day to day lives via freedom of association with their fellow man. And denounce all acts of enslavement. Especially in government where enslavement is most prevalent.

You are the good and honest that has been manipulated to relinquish your responsibility to self-govern under the lie that an external authority will protect you. When in fact, the act of relinquishing your responsibility to self-govern handed over to bogus external authorities strips you of your most vital means of protection – your ability to self-govern.

Initiatory force, threat of force and fraud enslaves a person. It denies the person their free will to self-govern as they so chose. It manipulates the person to obey vestiges of a bicameral mind and forces them to a lesser mode of self-preservation, law of the jungle – “eat or be eaten”.

The most prevalent choice people make is to obey external authorities, especially government, by relinquishing their natural self-governing protection. For, to do battle with government is a losing battle for most people. Allowing oneself to be parasitically drained over time by government one bite at time rather than be devoured on the spot is the better choice.

A better choice is to champion your fellow man for his and her self-governance. Denounce those who try to enslave him and you -- denying you your best means of protection—your conscious ability to self-govern.

[Jonathanr]

I think you're close to hitting the nail on the head. Initiatory force the symptom of something else that is causal. However, is the irrational belief in external authority also a symptom in the chain of causality? Is it not the deep seated insecurities that all of us seem to have in one form or another, that causes us to gravitate to others with the same sort of insecurities, and talking ourselves into ritualising a solution to those same insecurities?

I'm absolutely certain that all religions (which are the pre-cursor entities to states), have been formed out the good intentions to salve the angst of insecurity and the unknown.

Jesus Christ was a bit of a renegade sort, who challenged a lot of the established Judaic dogma, but his efforts in dismantling the religious structure were thwarted by another Jew (Saul of Tarsus/Paul the [self-appointed] Apostle) who couldn't throw off the shackles of his own ultra-orthodox Pharisee upbringing - thus a new politico-religious structure was formed, which morphed into, or was co-opted by one of the biggest empires ever - the last vestiges of which still haunt little boys today.

However, possibly the origin of all Kingdoms stems from the dynastic ambitions of powerful family personalities, who control and rule their offspring with an iron fist. The accumulation of capital, and selective intermarrying of succeeding generations leads to the coagulation of a group of people that support (willingly or unwillingly) a "benevolently" tyrannical regime. Obviously the family folk traditions and lore become the basis of the group's religious and ritualistic dogma - which must not be questioned for fear of offending the patriarchal or matriarchal figures.

My family visited the Tutankhamun exhibition last weekend, which is currently open in Melbourne, and it is obvious the unity that is engendered by a common set of deities (external authorities). Tutankhamun was instrumental in restoring the gods of prior generations, after his father attempted to dismantle the deities in favor of worshiping one sun-disc god. The transition away from the established deities wreaked havoc and caused chaos in the Egyptian communities, which apparently was the impetus for Tutankhamun's restoration of prior deities.

Tyranny starts at home.

[zonsb]

(10-17-2011 04:07 PM)Jonathanr Wrote:  I think you're close to hitting the nail on the head. Initiatory force the symptom of something else that is causal. However, is the irrational belief in external authority also a symptom in the chain of causality? Is it not the deep seated insecurities that all of us seem to have in one form or another, that causes us to gravitate to others with the same sort of insecurities, and talking ourselves into ritualising a solution to those same insecurities?

Could it be the deep-seated longing for automatic guidance? For thousands of years there have been leaders, idols and gods imagined to provide guidance. Leaders and believed authorities, as frequent as necessary remind the populace seeking guidance that left to their own self-governance they'll decline into depravity -- become immoral and corrupt. The populace asked for a leader and a self-appointed leader obliged them. Answering to the affirmative that they need guidance and therefor the leader is there to assist and has their best interests in mind. I'm here as your leader to give you guidance because it is you that called me to this post. And it's a darn good thing you did because left to your own self-governance you'd surely fail. I am your servant.

Quote:I'm absolutely certain that all religions (which are the pre-cursor entities to states), have been formed out the good intentions to salve the angst of insecurity and the unknown.

Bicameral man didn't have insecurities or ability to introspect. Insecurities and introspection arose with the invention/creation of consciousness. Often reminded that their insecurity longing for external guidance would be fulfilled if only the right method of selecting a leader would be presented to them.

Quote:Tyranny starts at home.

Failure to self-govern when bogus authorities come knocking. Since I'm one of the populace I can say that we created the problem thus it is us that must solve the problem.

A good book to read is: The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind. I posted a summary of it here.