01-27-2011, 12:46 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-27-2011, 12:51 PM by rva_jeremy.)
turtledude23, I feel ya. I, too, have an aversion to groups, and I have explored politics largely as an attempt to understand this yellow ray dynamic. To me it largely has to do with responsibility, because it's not that people working together are bad in some way. But that when they collectively assume an identity but do not all take equal responsibility for that group identity, that seems to be the foundation for distortions that I find particularly unnerving. I've been in groups where everybody is accepted and their talents are combined, and groups where it seems like the energy is turned to a purpose separate from that bringing everybody together. The latter occurs more often than the former, in my experience.
You might find an essay I wrote on this helpful. If it doesn't resonate with you, chuck it. It's called "The Political Implications of the Law of One" and you can find it here. I offer this understanding that it's not precisely what you asked about and I hope you won't consider the mention a derailment - I just really sympathize with the conundrum you've illustrated.
You might find an essay I wrote on this helpful. If it doesn't resonate with you, chuck it. It's called "The Political Implications of the Law of One" and you can find it here. I offer this understanding that it's not precisely what you asked about and I hope you won't consider the mention a derailment - I just really sympathize with the conundrum you've illustrated.