11-27-2019, 09:12 PM
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I wish I'd never been born: the rise of the anti-natalists
Adherents view life not as a gift and a miracle, but a harm and an imposition. And their notion that
having children may be a bad idea seems to be gaining mainstream popularity
Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow
The Guardian (London) Thu 14 Nov 2019
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/n...ate-change
"Born, Never Asked" -- Laurie Anderson, from Big Science (1981)
It was a large room. Full of people. All kinds.
And they had all arrived at the same building
At more or less the same time
And they were all free. And they were all
Asking themselves the same question:
What is behind that curtain?
You were born. And so you're free. So happy birthday.
94.12 ▶ Questioner: It seems to me that the Experience of the Mind would act in such a way as to change the nature of the veil so that catalyst would be filtered so as to be more acceptable in the bias that is increasingly chosen by the entity. For instance, if the entity had chosen the right-hand path the Experience of the Mind would change the permeability of the veil to accept more and more positive catalyst, and also the other would be true for accepting more negative if the left-hand path were the one that was repeatedly chosen. Is this correct?
Ra: I am Ra. This is not only correct but there is a further ramification. As the entity increases in experience it shall, more and more, choose positive interpretations of catalyst if it is upon the service-to-others path and negative interpretations of catalyst if its experience has been along the service-to-self path.
Decision, decisions...
"Spirits In The Material World" -- Police, from Ghost in the Machine (1981)
There is no political solution
To our troubled evolution
Have no faith in constitution
There is no bloody revolution
We are spirits in the material world
Are spirits in the material world
Our so-called leaders speak
With words they try to jail you
They subjugate the meek
But it's the rhetoric of failure
We are spirits in the material world
Are spirits in the material world
Where does the answer lie?
Living from day to day
If it's something we can't buy
There must be another way
We are spirits in the material world
Are spirits in the material world
You are Spirit currently in the Material World -- so put some pants on already,[font=sans-serif][font=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif] [/font]for God's sake:
[/font]
"Darkness" -- Police, from ditto
I can dream up schemes when I'm sitting in my seat
I don't see any flaws until I get to my feet
I wish I never woke up this morning
Life was easy when it was boring
I could make a mark if it weren't so dark
I could be replaced by any bright spark
But darkness makes me fumble
For a key, to a door that's wide open
Instead of worrying about my clothes
I could be someone that nobody knows
I wish I never woke up this morning
Life was easy when it was boring
I can dream up schemes when I'm sitting in my seat
I don't see any flaws until I get to my feet
I wish I never woke up this morning
Life was easy when it was boring
Humor is just tragedy plus time... but when in doubt, so as not to hurt anyone's feelings -- just wait forever.
[From
https://www.beth-tzedec.org/page/sermons...day-2-5777 :]
This exchange is considered to be a classic Jewish joke.
“Life is so terrible; it would be better never to have been conceived.”
“Yes, but who is so fortunate? Not one in a thousand?”
If the old adage is correct, that in every joke one can find a kernel of truth, then this joke is devastating. The world is so bad that non-existence is better than existence.
For two and a half years the famous houses of study—the house of Shammai and the house of Hillel—argued. Shammai claimed, “Better for humankind never to have been created than to have been created.” Hillel claimed, “Better for humankind to have been created than not to have been created.” After two and half years, the votes were counted, and in a talmudic rarity, Shammai was proclaimed victorious. Our revered, scholarly ancestors decided, נוח לו לאדם, that it would have been better for humankind if we never would have come into existence.
Adherents view life not as a gift and a miracle, but a harm and an imposition. And their notion that
having children may be a bad idea seems to be gaining mainstream popularity
Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow
The Guardian (London) Thu 14 Nov 2019
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/n...ate-change
"Born, Never Asked" -- Laurie Anderson, from Big Science (1981)
It was a large room. Full of people. All kinds.
And they had all arrived at the same building
At more or less the same time
And they were all free. And they were all
Asking themselves the same question:
What is behind that curtain?
You were born. And so you're free. So happy birthday.
94.12 ▶ Questioner: It seems to me that the Experience of the Mind would act in such a way as to change the nature of the veil so that catalyst would be filtered so as to be more acceptable in the bias that is increasingly chosen by the entity. For instance, if the entity had chosen the right-hand path the Experience of the Mind would change the permeability of the veil to accept more and more positive catalyst, and also the other would be true for accepting more negative if the left-hand path were the one that was repeatedly chosen. Is this correct?
Ra: I am Ra. This is not only correct but there is a further ramification. As the entity increases in experience it shall, more and more, choose positive interpretations of catalyst if it is upon the service-to-others path and negative interpretations of catalyst if its experience has been along the service-to-self path.
Decision, decisions...
"Spirits In The Material World" -- Police, from Ghost in the Machine (1981)
There is no political solution
To our troubled evolution
Have no faith in constitution
There is no bloody revolution
We are spirits in the material world
Are spirits in the material world
Our so-called leaders speak
With words they try to jail you
They subjugate the meek
But it's the rhetoric of failure
We are spirits in the material world
Are spirits in the material world
Where does the answer lie?
Living from day to day
If it's something we can't buy
There must be another way
We are spirits in the material world
Are spirits in the material world
You are Spirit currently in the Material World -- so put some pants on already,[font=sans-serif][font=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif] [/font]for God's sake:
[/font]
"Darkness" -- Police, from ditto
I can dream up schemes when I'm sitting in my seat
I don't see any flaws until I get to my feet
I wish I never woke up this morning
Life was easy when it was boring
I could make a mark if it weren't so dark
I could be replaced by any bright spark
But darkness makes me fumble
For a key, to a door that's wide open
Instead of worrying about my clothes
I could be someone that nobody knows
I wish I never woke up this morning
Life was easy when it was boring
I can dream up schemes when I'm sitting in my seat
I don't see any flaws until I get to my feet
I wish I never woke up this morning
Life was easy when it was boring
Humor is just tragedy plus time... but when in doubt, so as not to hurt anyone's feelings -- just wait forever.
[From
https://www.beth-tzedec.org/page/sermons...day-2-5777 :]
This exchange is considered to be a classic Jewish joke.
“Life is so terrible; it would be better never to have been conceived.”
“Yes, but who is so fortunate? Not one in a thousand?”
If the old adage is correct, that in every joke one can find a kernel of truth, then this joke is devastating. The world is so bad that non-existence is better than existence.
For two and a half years the famous houses of study—the house of Shammai and the house of Hillel—argued. Shammai claimed, “Better for humankind never to have been created than to have been created.” Hillel claimed, “Better for humankind to have been created than not to have been created.” After two and half years, the votes were counted, and in a talmudic rarity, Shammai was proclaimed victorious. Our revered, scholarly ancestors decided, נוח לו לאדם, that it would have been better for humankind if we never would have come into existence.