LYRICS

The applications are to blameAll the people do all dayIs stare into a phone (Placebo, Too Many people)

“Take nothing but memories, leave nothing but footprints!” (Chief Seattle)

When rock stars were myths (Sandi Thom, I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker)

Machines were mice and men were lions once upon a time, Now that it's the opposite it's twice upon a time (Moondog)

Time is an illusion (Einstein)

Thursday 13 June 2019

Combination of the Two (14) - part 2


If shape is something a priori then it’s also not the competitive order we are nowadays instructed to follow. An order is something that follows instructions, a routine and is likely associated with algorithms. In a sense that goes against the freedom of the universe to just be itself, to freely and flexibly fight to stay alive and to thrive.

To be flexible there can be no scripted routine to follow; there can only be spontaneous action in-the-moment. This is actually the theme of Bruce Lee’s final film Game of Death, set in a pagoda where Lee encounters a different opponent on each level.

In order to win he can have no preset routine and must be free to respond to each different threat and style of attack. He called this Jeet Kune Do, which is sort of a mixture of a lot of preparation and then complete freedom of movement and attack.

This double-pronged approach means there’s no such thing as pure order (outside of the sun), since that involves routine (algorithms). Action is pure freedom, outside of technique (The Big Pretence)

The verifiable proofs of science (such as the double-helix) are scripted routines that exist outside of primordial rhythm (shape). The competitive order we follow is a scripted routine that has no basis in physical reality. Like a lot of these things, it exists in the head, or usually the algorithm.

The universe we have lost is the one of instinctive, primitive action at one with the beasts of the forest. What “they” would have us believe is that primitive instinct exists in the consciousness (apparently DNA), whereas actually they are primordial to the physical universe (sun and moon).

The physical universe is bloody and predatory (and superstitious – see Van der Post prev); without that structure, all that is there are electrochemical impulses. This is the implication of Hameroff’s Quantum Consciousness (C14) since he assumes consciousness exists (in neurons) without the need for action.

The real problem with these theories is they are all types of scripted routines. Whether DNA, algorithms or Quantum Consciousness (electrochemical impulses), they are all outside of conscience (religion) and codes-of-honour (blood sacrifice).

Where do these come from? From the physical universe of sun and moon, planets and stars (figures in the sky). So, how do they get into the consciousness? Quoting Babar Ahmed (C14) quoting Hamlet, “There are more things in heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” (interview)

The fantasy element of Royal Kill  (the game) is actually Manichean, the twist at the end as Wraith finds that the female assassin (Kim) is his evil self.

A Manichean universe is intrinsically bloody as there is a continual conflict going on, even within each individual, between right/wrong or good/evil (or male/female as in the film.)


Zoroasrtianism is an ancient Persian belief that predates Christianity, and you can find echoes of it especially in the Old Testament. “Angels were terrible beings”, to quote CC Beck, as this early Renaissance image by Cordoban painter Bartomole Berjemo attests
 
There is a physical universe that is strong and lusty; where physical actions are not scripted; where there is no order (of competition) but free-thinking irrational instinctive behaviour - of the unconscious, dream, of good/evil, male/female.
This is the universe of the dangerous serpent and of Weird Tales.