My favorite concept from my perspective. Haha.
One perspective viewing the world, reality, and discussing this with another perspective completely different, completely and utterly in another realm, makes for difficult communication.
Sometimes seeing the forest for the trees leaves the trees unobserved.
I live in the forest.
Is nothing the absence of everything?
Is nothing sacred?
Is nothing real?
Is nothing something?
Nothing is everything, everything is nothing.
And nothing to get hung about. (John Lennon.)
This is a rare condition that by that virtue rarely afflicts anyone, ever.
When one comes down with a case of this affliction one will be severely at odds with society.
This society frowns upon a consistent and definite code of ethics because you cannot pack on the pounds, win the applause and gain the world with such a code. Or cut deals.
In essence, one must let go of principles, concepts, meaning, righteousness, correctness, truth or any other concrete principles or ideas to participate in our society.
Unless you want to be a troublemaker.
There isn’t any.
Think about it.
The only reality is the moment, now, here, right now.
There isn’t any future, only the moment.
Are you awake?
A healthy ecosystem is a subjective topic as is everything because we now know that Nothing Has Meaning without point of view.
Balance is one concept touted in any discussion of ecosystems.
Assuming that the earth is an ecosystem we can also assume that the degree to which the earth can sustain any given state would be an indicator of balance. The earth is out of balance due to human beings.
Then again, balance is subjective so who is to say what is in balance? See my article on the earth’s attitude.
Still, we have to make assumptions here so let us define balance as an earth that will sustain life as we humans desire, generally, a life that is also good for other living things.
The earth is out of balance.
The solution to this problem?
Vote no on the human race.
Happy Birthday John!
Yeah he’s dead, but the perspective lives.
What of the mind of the man? Nothing is real? And nothing to get hung about?
My kind of guy.
Miss you Mr. Lennon, selfish yes, but the truth.
So we were driving to Chuck and Jennie Castles’ place in Denver and stopped on Interstate 15 out of St. George at Kolob Canyons, Zion National Park, Utah.
Very cool little jaunt directly east of Interstate 15 that encompasses a visitor center and a five mile dead end drive into the canyons.
The weather was unsettled with showers so the lighting was fantastic.
The road is chip and sealed with what appears to be native crushed red rock so the road matches the phenomenal views of geologic massiveness, all with a red hue.
We took the 3/4 mile hike at the end of the 5 mile drive and got caught in a medium downpour. Not enough to get soaked but enough to add some mud to the feet and moisture in the clothes.
Breathtaking and worth the visit.
I’ve always wondered.
Economics being a phenomenon that is inexplicable (though that hasn’t stopped anyone) is scientific enough, maybe. Agreed upon mayhem, mass delusion, yet still somehow functions.
But the distance from actual on the ground production and trading of goods is so great when sitting in the corner office looking at the view punching keys and making calls that the question arises.
What does business do?
This question makes me curious enough to want to delve deeper even though obviously the corner office guys are managers and or speculators so the answer seems simple enough. However, there are entire high rise buildings full of these business folks all producing absolutely nothing while pulling down a salary and contributing to the mass delusion that is our economy.
I’ll get back to you.
So is there justice irrespective of perspective?
Is the ruthless killing of prey to eat just? This is more a question of integrity, another article for another day.
What is the meaning of justice?
As you can see the meaning runs the gamut roughly based on righteousness and being just but can also mean upholding the law.
There’s the rub.
Laws aren’t necessarily just, and upholding them isn’t necessarily justice therefore. Semantics too I know but there is an overall principle here, truth.
Really what this article has to say is that there is rarely justice in a legal system based on laws so arcane and prolific deciphering righteousness is all but impossible. This legal system is a high bidder system that delivers outcomes based on who can afford to take the ball to the hoop. Dealmaking and posturing. (The law says, bust a deal and face the wheel. Beyond Thunderdome, Made Max.
Justice comes not from law, or successful prosecution or defense, but from an internal commitment to a quality of being guided by truth. Motivation to fight for justice is commensurate with this commitment.
Amazingly enough deciphering these meanings comes back to my favorite tree, the truth.
One finds that within this legal system haggling over a result leaves the concept, the principle of truth out of the process. The truth becomes irrelevant.
The Truth Will Set You Free
Sometimes your nephew makes you laugh.
Finding the flow of life and all that, saying things, having opinions, opining and going on about things that really have no meaning outside a rarefied world of indifference.
A rarefied world of indifference.
The meaning of life summed up in one rarefied world of indifference.
Get real.