Personal notes on Conflicting with Oneself

     I have a really hard time coming to believe that selflessness really exists... for better or worse for the strides of humanity.  I suppose that makes me cynical.  There's always going to be that drive to revel in the selfishness of having done something truly kind of unique.  It's almost a superpower that I can't grasp... I have done things out of the kindness of my heart on a day to day basis, which is great, and I can walk around with that feeling for a certain period of time.

    But those things that truly alter the course of history or at last for the lives of many seem odd.  Perhaps the reason we take credit for doing the deeds of angels is that it is to inspire others and let them know of this incredible feeling is real and possible and all encompassing once shared with an understanding audience of well-wishers.

    I have the drive to be the odd man out in a situation like a creative collaboration on a project.  I don't necessarily like the limelight.  A small amount of shared adulation can get me by and let me be for a while.  I do, however, profess to harbor the Great God-sized Hole in myself, delusions of grandeur, narcissistic desire... and I think we should all feel some of this sometimes in order to be at peace with our shadow, and to confirm or deny these feelings for the better in small ways.

    They say (I say) the ear doesn't really develop for playing with music without exposure and familiarity to music, without finding music that really speaks to you...  Indian musical philosophy seems to teach that the performance of music is perfect reflection of the material and spiritual totality of a person- their essence or essential nature.  In a more technical manner, Chinese and tonal language speakers have a leg up on our biochemical ability to decipher sound and pitch.  (And there's an emphasis on the arts under a totalitarian or ruling regime.) 

    This appreciation of form and essential being or even 'soul' brings a meeting of hearts and minds between every single person that exists, even if with some small degree.  Some are even specifically attuned to this subtle connection,  We also have that meeting of the mind within ourselves.  (Some call this The Master Mind's relationship to our individuality.)  The gift of introspection comes at a cost though.  We face uncomfortable truths and a battle for certainty in a world full of conflict, contradiction, and irreconcilable duality.

    This can be seen even our social and political ideas.  Politics is by its very nature the essence of division, and yet we all work ourselves into a metaphysical knot trying to understand why the answers just won't come.  Identification of a multi-faceted power structure is required then, and with that further down, down, down into the details you must wander to truly become 'educated about the issues'.  And not that there aren't right answers to questions that perplex us... human dignity and rights an unshakeable, powerful notion and inherence to us all.

    I used to tell friends and acquaintances to "Zoom out" to understand the true nature of reality.  And I suppose I was on to something, even if clunkily coming from an upbringing alongside computers rather than film lenses and photography.  Some aspects of ourselves and the collective We (the noosphere) are just eerily outside of us, a time-dilated influx of chaos into order and repeating dispositions of the two.  How could you possibly grasp the entire truth without at least an attempt to see yourself from the outside in?  It takes introversion to complement extroversion, even persistence to examine ourselves either way, and as well we know (if you've been following along), Balance is the fundamental and most powerful force in Existence.

    

Antigravity Issues, Pt 2

 Annie Jacobson is whole and righteous in her critique/display of her book detailing what happens during a hypothetical nuclear strike...

She makes the critical error though in what we all do and that is earthnocentrism in its finest hour and here is some evidence for you all:

ALL AVAILABLE ALEIN DISCLOSURES

We should take a beat to rediscover the book "Alien Mind:  The Thoughts and Behaviors of Extraterrestrials"  Here is a snippet of the introduction:

"Imagine the following. You go to a science museum and proceed to the hall of ancient civilizations. There, you walk among scenes of primitive life: crude shelters, fires, and handicraft. As you bend close to look at semi-apes with small skulls and big jawbones, a powerful stench overwhelms you. Suddenly, it hits you---this is no ordinary museum.

When you approach the displays they turn into life, transporting you to the actual sceneof such events: the smoke, the fears and passions of a cruel but beautiful landscape.

How would you feel?"

Just remember: The aliens have already landed, and they are us.

We're Gonna Talk Straight down to Earth so that Everyone can Understand.

     I know I'm fucking that up but who cares.

What I'd really like to do is just open things up a little, let everything feel a bit less restricted...  we all seem to know about alpha waves right?  

    The alpha wave is a long-sought protracted mental state where someone is either in a rather active meditative state or a rather fluid skills use flow.  If you've ever tried a brainwave monitor it is tricky to have alpha from one moment into the next.  Mine was usually puffing on a cigarette or listening to good music.

    I was into brainwave monitoring after it was 1976!  Just kidding.  Monks and shamans alike were also into these wave of brain, in that deep meditative states were associated with a lot of these same types of things.  And that's just from memory!

    Aside from the 'ol brainwave check in, we may just want to check in with ourselves... "Hey, how am I doin' today?" "Am I feeling truly grateful and peaceful?"  

    I am not for formalized prayer but I am for doing that sort of thing... the more you can ask yourself honestly "how am I making myself feel" and "why are my negative thoughts boiling to the top" the more you can send those thoughts away from you instead of having them camping out in your mind like a shut down train station.

    That's why I write.  Think, mostly.  Being what this is, it has always worked out just fine, as long as we don't blow up into smithereens because of a solar flare or a too-close-for comfort asteroid.

    There aren't many quick fixes in life right now.  We have a system in place where only a few billionaires and some numbering-in-the-many tech broheems have the economy by the balls as much as some energy and pharma sue ticals.

    So it's not that my meanderings are all later dross to look over and see if I've said something stupid.  Nor do I just write for myself in mind; I actually do like for a select batch of people to look over.  And maybe if those few tell another few...and on and on.

    I was gonna start this out with a few missteps I've seen Rogan go for... I was going to start with UFO knowledge and the 7th Golden Age but...  It's hard to go in on these topics without a refresher course for most people.  Does anyone remember the Phoenix Lights? It was in 1997 for godssake.

    I'll give it up for Rogan though in that he sees us being a techno-cybernetic organism that is either now or going to continue to birth some superior reasoning thing/being.  You only have to use your imagination and AI will be there like a guiding force, not the dominant feature of the species.  AI types and purpose will be like handily omnipresent augmented reality spectres, recognizing any time we feel frustrated or confused.  It could be things to other people but I think this is the augmentedness we were promised initially,

Be there everywhere at once... kind of nowhere too.  A digital escape route.  But what about the real world?  If humans see with .0035% of the electromagnetic spectrum, what sort of waves or undetectable signals are we unable to parce from noise, and how long of a timeframe do we now have to understand such a fabric of information?

    MY initial love for Joe and his kindred spirits:  Life moves fast and things get confusing, especially as a comic, and particularly as an artist.  Each of us have our own way of doing things.  It's not enough to simple comment on things as they are, but yes pontificated and make bold assumptions as hopefully one day those things come true, and come into being.

    

Do Russian trolls populate chat rooms?

Do Russian trolls populate chat rooms?

Yes, Russian trolls have been reported to populate chat rooms and other online forums. This activity is part of broader disinformation and influence campaigns aimed at manipulating public opinion, spreading misinformation, and sowing discord in various countries. Here's a detailed look at this phenomenon:

Background

1. Internet Research Agency (IRA)

   • The Internet Research Agency, based in St. Petersburg, Russia, is one of the most well-known organizations involved in these activities. It has been linked to extensive online disinformation campaigns.

2. Disinformation Tactics

   • Russian trolls use a variety of tactics, including spreading false information, amplifying divisive content, and impersonating real users to manipulate conversations and influence opinions.

Platforms Targeted

1. Social Media

   • Platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram have been primary targets for troll activities. Trolls create fake accounts to post and share divisive content, often focusing on controversial social and political issues.

2. Chat Rooms and Forums

   • Trolls also infiltrate chat rooms, forums, and comment sections of websites to disrupt discussions, spread misinformation, and provoke emotional responses.

3. News Websites and Blogs

   • Comment sections of news websites and blogs are also targeted to influence public perception and introduce misleading narratives.

Goals and Impact

1. Sowing Discord

   • One of the main goals is to create division and discord within target societies by amplifying existing tensions and conflicts.

2. Misinformation and Propaganda

   • Trolls spread misinformation and propaganda to distort the truth, undermine trust in institutions, and confuse the public.

3. Political Influence

   • During election cycles, trolls often intensify their efforts to influence voter behavior, spread false information about candidates, and undermine democratic processes.

Detection and Countermeasures

1. Platform Responses

   • Social media companies have taken steps to identify and remove troll accounts. They use algorithms and human moderators to detect suspicious activities and coordinate efforts with government agencies.

2. Public Awareness

   • Increasing public awareness about disinformation tactics helps individuals recognize and critically evaluate the information they encounter online.

3. Regulation and Policy

   • Governments and international organizations are working on regulations and policies to combat online disinformation and increase transparency in digital communications.

Conclusion

Russian trolls have indeed been active in populating chat rooms and other online spaces as part of broader disinformation campaigns. These efforts aim to manipulate public opinion, spread misinformation, and create discord within target societies. While significant efforts are being made to counter these activities, public awareness and critical thinking remain crucial in mitigating their impact.

AI and the United States Presidency

It's not a good sign where we, as progressive American adults, have to somehow fit the round peg that is Jon Stewart into square hole that should be reserved for the most qualified person for the job.  (Jon is indeed a comedian but needs to remind himself of what a thoughtful person he is and that he would be a great President.)

If we are asking ourselves: what does this mean for the future of democracy? We need to have a better mode of predicting power than we have now.  I think AI holds this promise, but novelty itself is what makes blips in the timeline.  https://futuretimeline.net/21stcentury/2020-2029.ht

AI's promise is to make our lives a little bit better.

"We are not on track to control these systems."  

Ok.  So do we have any idea what to do in these situations?  Consult the Lodges!  

I trust in human beings, not necessarily their nature.  In times of crisis, the very many of us band together to figure out what to do in those trying times.  There is also people in the world whose intentions tend to be far worse, and willing to exploit vulnerable people and systems of people in these times.  Some have called it our institutions, but the fact that the US is so very interconnected in the modern world... as well as the fact that the world seems to be on an upward trajectory in terms of enlightened behavior, makes me feel this group is smaller and smaller still as time goes on.

The few that remain in the rare state of malleability of consciousness continue to fascinate me.  One such mind is inside the brain of a one such Henry Rollins.  He argues points to things like 'Education is the End of Disaster Capitalism' and how very right he is.  

"Henry Rollins is an American singer-songwriter, spoken word artist, writer, comedian,publisher, actor, and radio DJ."  https://bigthink.com/the-present/a-60-second-commencement-address/

I'm not sure if singer-songwriter holds... just kidding Henry.

Do yourself a favor of listening to this man talk for anything at length and feel yourself getting smarter by osmosis.

Now back to the question at hand:  Is there really a deep state in the world that wields this sort of unbeknownst, untouched power or... and take a deep breath here... we all have a sort of hand in the great "Unknowing"?  As Donald Rumsfeld himself said, "we have a lot of known knowns and a lot of unknown knowns."  Damn straight Don, and count yourself in with the latter I guess.  Does access to the storehouse of all the World make us happier, smarter?  I hope so, and I could probably come up with a list of examples.

Computing power is at the heart of what we, you, most of us do.  It is that little thing that is simultaneously tickling at your brain and a splinter within it.  Just like in the Matrix, Neo is going through something pretty profound that he can't grasp without (spoiler alert) coming into the presence of the mainframe and merging with it.

Does it mean that all of us become cybernetic nodes in the end times?  Of course not.  What it really means is what we've been told at certain times in our lives:  "It's all a ride" - Bill Hicks, "The Singularity is Near" - almost everyone now, "Life is for the living." - Me.  Do not waste your time here.  We've gone over that before.

There are really only a handful of things heads of state can control.  The rest is up to us as human beings and celestial bodies.  Be organized and thoughtful about how you approach the world.  Don't give in to fear and narcissism in an age where you are being constantly reminded how very approachable and accessible the world has become.  Each time we falter we find the capacity to pick ourselves up and dust off.

This world is yours too, so live your life to the fullest.  Be grateful and compassionate and all those ideas which were taught to you young.  It's a great big beautiful orb that we all share so let's try to sell it to our neighbors: the extraterrestrials.

Finding the Light During a 911 Outage Pt. 2

 “To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.”

    "What is Divine Light?"

    In a word:  love.

    By each new story, we create and gain a colorful insight on what it means to truly find, lose, and find again... love... for either you, another, mankind, maybe big lanky moonmen who terrorize the astronauts... perhaps even - The Creative Force.  But seriously the big lanky moonmen scaring the pants off our astronauts!  But again...  we're all stardust, and planets, and plants and amoebas and whales and we're off to the races!!  A whole verdant array of spaces where oxygenation took root.  Yes.  

    I know how planets get made.  Those two things that you're thinking of - it's both.

    Indeed it took a long time to transpire in the galaxy as a whole!  Space is vast, cold, unwavering, and many an outpost is surely a labor of pure love, hope, maybe a bit of desperation, maybe downright SPIRITUAL GIFTS FROM somewhere.   We Earthlings already  have what is called the Arch project.  This itself seems silly for it emphasis the notion that we're unable to control ourselves.  Or surrender ourselves to a totally uncontrollable set of factors thrust upon us...  for MILLENIA.

    Space and Time is not just a vast dichotomy, it is eternal - forever.  US Andersen took this a step further into contracting and expanding forces that can be found in every aspect of our lives:  the electromagnetic spectrum, chemistry, biology, consciousness, our very brainwaves.

    Short of witnessing psychic phenomenon like telepathy and precognition, which are certainly gifts of a terrifying sort for most...  you first have to go back to square one and question what is your very mind.  Who's in charge...  where does it come from...  What exactly does it mean to continually question authority?

    To reference politics is to go back to the holy grail our ascended teachers once told us...   everything is held in the palm of one hand, weightless, ever-present, an essence that every living thing holds, the spark of the divine, the truly novel in a mostly black and ignorant void... the novelty itself bending the structure of the Universe.   

    Time marches on, more novelty occurs, and the fabric of reality gets strung and bent and wrapped upon those moments which supersede any sort of 'plan.'   The deviation from 50/50 moves more to 1 in a trillion and the civilizations in the stars and at home all kind of accept that this is getting sufficiently weird.

   Domination vs continuation, dismissal and removal, call a black bird any name.  I get lost in the dichotomies of the place we call home, so I've made my own.

    However.

    Control vs. Freedom.

This is the most important notion we can entertain right now because it also affects our lives in the here and now.   Not all of us can agree on such things, but with kindness... love... peacefulness... tolerance.., they don't have to be a separate thought.  Again, these two lie in wait to be discovered simultaneously.  

Our ability to control and manipulate our environment is what makes us homosapiens.  To spread that same environment out and allow growth and prosperity is a rather spiritual pursuit.

Freedom is NOT the net result of control, and control can NEVER guarantee something like a quantum computer or a humanoid robot... or a pill that ends the aging process.  Nor the end of the world.

Freedom is a place unknown, unseen, wild, and control is often that same relic once again.... the darkness dispelled by a signal fire.

    

Finding the Light During a Solar Eclipse

    To my mind and the minds of many others, we are in a state of disarray... if we hold back knowing that this continues, we may very well contract a long-standing same state of diseased thinking that woes us.

    There's an ancient tradition that still holds.  Minus the Gods and the God-fearing many, there's still plenty to learn.  Karma is real.  Money is not, despite what you've been taught or experienced or that for which you've been prescient.  Ascension matters, and death - or the inevitable end - 500 million or 50 years or mere moments from now - does not stop an ascendant soul from going through the phases of life.  And in that life, certain seasons.  Certain assumptions do not hold.  Good and Evil may be told as a universal truth in some circles, or a passing façade in a twisted tale to wrap oneself in one's tail.   Ain't that the truth...

    What were the ancient ways?  To quote, "What is Divine Light?"  What couldn't've been written down, told in sculpture or architecture, some form or way of conveyance in verse or storytelling?  Of course some story of hardship...  a brutalized mentality and suffering... yes all of that suffering, suddenly taken and rolled into a ball and tossed aside for - wait for it - A day of judgement.  The End of the Earth.  The complete and total war for the end, the End of Days,

    What's that you say?  There's no end in sight?  It might be of some surprise that one day the Sun - the many Gods, demigods, empires' complete, and utter notions of divinity that it holds - will engulf the Earth itself in flames and end that Great and Noble notion, our home, our big blue and brown and white ball of fun and corporeality and that indignity that comes from attachment... in 5 billion years.

    Revisionism isn't what you'd thunk it'd be, now is it?  To rewrite the harsh, opaque, perhaps almost immobile truths.  I could be wrong, but my assumption is that 'to transmit' is what we're brought into existence to do.  If you found fault with a radio transmission on a battlefield where yours or my life was in question, would you simply accept that message or do a back and forth to find truth or falsity?

    What about extraterrestrial ideas of this same regard?  Finite expressions of that same divinity, only spaced out by, let's say 186,282 miles in one second.  Light moves faster than...  well, everything?  I don't mean to pose every single thing as a question but... but but but an Astral Realm?  A subset called the Etheric realm?

    The pillars of sub-sequestration (sub meaning and below and sequestration to extract) are many... how much, too little, how far, too wide, too weak, pH, ineffable, concrete, space and time and the whole of dogs and cats living together for an eternity of gifts and goodies and tandem radioactive nihilism.  We, you, me, WE DECIDE.  Not some externality or extraordinary-ness.  WE decide.  THE FATE.

    I can't write the whole of my brain down, in some desolation of self for all the world to read.  You can't possibly know what's around the corner.  Then of course, life beyond the veil... those tricky Christed few of the motherfucking FBI's and CIA's and Masonic COINTEL Pro's of the world lol.  Joking.  IF you, so choose to accept, the mission to be the blinking dot in a whole host of, let's guess, 36 intelligent civilizations within the Milky Way by George I say to you... you have a lot of balls.

     I'd be please to know what the Arcturians and the Pleiedes felt when that devastating bomb did what none could do before.  That disgusting feeling when your neighbor is addicted to the idea of self-immolation and does so before the statehouse...  it's sad enough to float the idea of a prison planet, let alone a prisoner's star system that neither gives nor takes, it simply is...  the uncaring, unwavering Center of the Galaxy, where the worst offenders are pulled toward because they cannot and do not vividly dream the dreams.

    Rose-colored glasses don't necessarily fit right now.

    The tint is dark and meant to look through at a solar eclipse that had everyone fascinated.  And it's real! And fascinating!  To turn the world upside down is not in anyone's favor.  It's to keep going... and getting stronger... and to Ascend, Ascending!  Get it going and turn around, turn once again, getting better and better!  RISE UP, GREET THE NEW DAY!  "Change comes only from within." as the old joke says.... Though I am really... very seriously serious... this time.

    “To give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death..."