The Ramblings of the Titanium Don
Explorations of Conscious Reality Creation, Mindfulness, and Other Matters
The original topic planned for this space has been postponed. Today I present you with a new and different topic instead. We all know that we live in an imperfect world. VERY few people have EVERYTHING they want, and from there few people know how to GET what they want in a proactive/productive manner. So what do we do when things don’t go as we’d most desire? We complain. Complaining is EASY. It takes little to no effort to examine
Dune’s Litany Against Fear states this so well: “I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.” Then we get FDR: “The only thing we have to fear
I give you part 2 of my rant on the topic of religion. Let me state this plain and simple – religion has NO PLACE in public service, politics, and policy. Period. Let me begin my explanation by stating I have NOTHING against religion overall – my issue here comes of the largest problem with putting religion into these practices. Which religion are you using? There are a LOT of religions, sects, sub-sects, minor and major groups, subdivisions, and cults
I am going to split this into multiple parts, because there are multiple distinct thoughts I have on this topic. The first part I’ll give you my take on religion, morality and spirituality. Religion has been called by Karl Marx the “Opiate of the masses”. My own understanding of the tenet of religion is a group of people sharing a system of beliefs with regards to the inexplicable (i.e. god, death, the unknown in general) for mutual comfort and understanding.
It is time for a first rant, I think. Thus far I’ve kept things pretty benign. Today’s topic – Politics. Let’s talk about the state of politics in the USA, shall we? In my opinion – they are completed FUBAR. The levels of deceit, greed and corruption in our Congress is both shameful and ludicrous. The partisanship and patronism is completely out of hand, and no one is doing anything about it. On the surface, Health Care reform is a