"America's
state religion, [is] patriotism, a phenomenon which has convinced many
of the citizenry that "treason" is morally worse than murder or rape." - William Blum - author
"He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would fully suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, senseless brutality, deplorable love-of-country stance, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action! - Albert Einstein
"Even if the U.S. was responsible for 2 percent of the violence in the world instead of the majority of it, it would be that 2 percent I would be primarily responsible for. And that is a simple ethical judgment. That is, the ethical value of one's actions depends on their anticipated and predictable consequences. It is very easy to denounce the atrocities of someone else. That has about as much ethical value as denouncing atrocities that took place in the 18th century." - Noam Chomsky
"Few
of us can easily surrender our belief that society must somehow make
sense. The thought that The State has lost its mind and is punishing so
many innocent people is intolerable. And so the evidence has to be
internally denied." - Arthur Miller
--Eric HofferWhere there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses remain
relatively harmless. One would rather see the world run by men who set
their hearts on toys but are accessible to pity, than by men animated by
lofty ideals whose dedication makes them ruthless. In the chemistry of
man's soul, almost all noble attributes — courage, honor, hope, faith,
duty, loyalty, etc. — can be transmuted into ruthlessness. Compassion
alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil
proceeding within us.
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25 July 2013
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According to the new insights of behavioral epigenetics, traumatic
experiences in our past, or in our recent ancestors’ past, leave
molecular scars adhering to our DNA. Your ancestors' lousy childhoods or
excellent adventures might change your personality, bequeathing anxiety
or resilience by altering the epigenetic expressions of genes in the
brain.
Like silt deposited on the cogs
of a finely tuned machine after the seawater of a tsunami recedes, our
experiences, and those of our forebears, are never gone, even if they
have been forgotten. They become a part of us, a molecular residue
holding fast to our genetic scaffolding.
Posted: 24 Jul 2013 10:54 AM PDT
24 July 2013
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What is life for? So many things seem important; there are so many
things to do. All of them are vying for our attention, and our interests
drive our lives via the many seemingly small and insignificant choices
we make each day.
But what is it that is ultimately
important? Why does this world, with all its limitations, struggle,
opposition, and darkness exist? I believe the answer is fundamentally
quite simple—that this world exists for us (consciousness) to learn
about who we are. The ancients called this self-knowledge.
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