I must admit that for much of my life, my first impulses would be to answer possibly, "only myself," maybe "my lovers," or perhaps even, "our community."
But to quote Pope Pete's PRINCIPIA CHAOTICA, "The first stage of seeing through the game can be a shocking enlightenment that leads either to a weary cynicism or Buddhism. The second stage of actually applying the insight to oneself can destroy the illusion of the soul and create a magician."
So today, the first answer that came to my mind was, "Ordo Ab Chao!"
Rather than sinking into a depression, as I have often been inclined towards during the Fall & Winter... lately, I have been returning to a rather profound fascination with the evolution of information structures throughout the Cosmos... what better time to challenge myself with a leap across the abyssMy general perspective on things comes from a basis of information theory
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IMO, people look outside themselves to solutions to personal difficulties. Sure, there are many many aspects of this all-encompassing ever changing ecosystem. We speak of chaos, but it is just a name for that which is too complex for us to understand. Some aspects of chaos are just order too complex for the human mind to grok. Other aspects may not be based in order at all.
To me, calling upon some external agency (Jesus, CHAOS, my higher self, etc.) is not as useful as me looking to see what I need to do differently during times of stress or unhappiness. Sure, I listen to my dreams. I interpret omens. But when it comes down to the wire, it is me who makes decisions..
But to quote Pope Pete's PRINCIPIA CHAOTICA, "The first stage of seeing through the game can be a shocking enlightenment that leads either to a weary cynicism or Buddhism. The second stage of actually applying the insight to oneself can destroy the illusion of the soul and create a magician."
So today, the first answer that came to my mind was, "Ordo Ab Chao!"
Rather than sinking into a depression, as I have often been inclined towards during the Fall & Winter... lately, I have been returning to a rather profound fascination with the evolution of information structures throughout the Cosmos... what better time to challenge myself with a leap across the abyssMy general perspective on things comes from a basis of information theory ( ... )
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To me, calling upon some external agency (Jesus, CHAOS, my higher self, etc.) is not as useful as me looking to see what I need to do differently during times of stress or unhappiness. Sure, I listen to my dreams. I interpret omens. But when it comes down to the wire, it is me who makes decisions..
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