More about paradox please! I’m starting to see paradox as both a kind of wormhole to the Way and a device for becoming Present. If the Chauvin trial does nothing more than expose how Pre-Floyd “law & order” no longer serves humanity, paradox will have done its job.
Let me clarify that: the policies and procedures in most public policing permit the kind of inhuman action that happened here and immunity for the peace officers when it happens, which is why there were two OJ trials. But that law doesn’t address the heart of humanity, which has now been exposed and for which we all bleed. Paradox. Presence. Opportunity to reframe how our law serves humanity best. Make sense?
As usual, everyone is more philosophical and/or more smart and/or more knowledgeable about things than I. (Or at least you are, BP.) Years and years ago one of my vaunted spiritual teachers -- via books and workshops -- said, "paradox is the language of the gods." That one stuck with me and ever since, I welcome paradox. How can both of these things be true? Whatever the answer, if there is one, it's spiritual in nature and I, for one, love living in that space. But that's just me. What I attempted to articulate here is that when it comes to the sometimes subtle differences between what I'm calling language of the heart and language of the head, a paradox often emerges: I don't know how to explain what I know and in that sense I kind of don't know yet I utterly and completely know because I know. Maybe, technically, it's not even a paradox and I've unwittingly waded into the wrong pool. I will confess, however, to being lost when it comes to the connection between that paradox (if it is one) and the wormholes, Way, Presence, and pre- and post-Floyd law & order to which you refer. [insert appropriate emoji here]
The “result” of paradox is a both/and journey, not an exclusionary choice, so in that sense they seem to me like portals to new galaxies of understanding. This may be what the Tao was trying to illustrate: the “not this” of what is and the “no way” of the Way. Laws necessarily limit the ways we don’t want, but some of those laws will probably let Chauvin walk free, which will be seen by many as injustice. That paradox has the same potential as any other, and I hope we take the invitation and let this era of our civil history reform some of our laws. Does that help?
There is TRUTH and then there is fiction. What most of us saw on the news was pure fiction as it was video footage conveniently edited to make any decent person want to revolt against the police!
The biggest lesson I have learned from this whole event is to quit listening to what others have to say about a situation or a person because there is a BIG DIFFERENCE between opinion and what is often true. Better to watch the FULL, unedited footage of what actually happened or what the actual person (who is being attacked by the media) had to say.
Did any of you SEE the raw, uncut footage of the Floyd arrest or look at his police record? That was not fiction. The guy was on drugs in the first place, tried to hide them by taking them all at once right before he confronted the police… and was saying he couldn’t breath from there on. They couldn’t even get him in the car. That happened way before the cop put a knee on his back (not his neck). He was out of control! He was in the middle of having a drug OD experience (that HE caused) way before they got him down on the ground.
Yes. It was a white cop that happened to go on this call. Do you have ANY IDEA how many black children are killed in Chicago by other blacks every year? Yet you are not going hear about it in the news. Why? Because THAT does not fit the narrative “they” (corporate media) want you to hear. That information would not cause the Civil War that the media would like for us to have.
How does rewarding criminals to the tune of $27,000,000.00 while punishing police, who are trying to keep us safe from criminals, not motivate other criminals to do want to do the same?
So the dude is black. How is that any kind of an excuse for bad behavior? Black cops also arrest white guys who are engaging in criminal behavior too, as they should.
The bigger question is “how did this guy get to be the criminal that he was?” What would resolve that? If you think the answer lies with more subsidies for “free government schools” you would be wrong. (as you well know the public school system is NOT about educating our impoverished children or they would be educated and know how to support themselves, and understand the dangers of drugs well enough not to get hooked)…. Or if you think giving more welfare to people of color would solve this, you would also be wrong. THAT according to one of my favorite black history professors, Robert Woodson, is date co-incident with when the crime rate in the black communities starting going way UP.
Why would that be? By paying single mothers more than they would have made by staying married. That is what happens when you reward people for not taking responsibility for the wrong choices that they make. Would you like to know what would actually be a more humane policy to follow? Check out what this guy has to say. He is black and also wise——> (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2CfiqBa9m8)
More about paradox please! I’m starting to see paradox as both a kind of wormhole to the Way and a device for becoming Present. If the Chauvin trial does nothing more than expose how Pre-Floyd “law & order” no longer serves humanity, paradox will have done its job.
Let me clarify that: the policies and procedures in most public policing permit the kind of inhuman action that happened here and immunity for the peace officers when it happens, which is why there were two OJ trials. But that law doesn’t address the heart of humanity, which has now been exposed and for which we all bleed. Paradox. Presence. Opportunity to reframe how our law serves humanity best. Make sense?
As usual, everyone is more philosophical and/or more smart and/or more knowledgeable about things than I. (Or at least you are, BP.) Years and years ago one of my vaunted spiritual teachers -- via books and workshops -- said, "paradox is the language of the gods." That one stuck with me and ever since, I welcome paradox. How can both of these things be true? Whatever the answer, if there is one, it's spiritual in nature and I, for one, love living in that space. But that's just me. What I attempted to articulate here is that when it comes to the sometimes subtle differences between what I'm calling language of the heart and language of the head, a paradox often emerges: I don't know how to explain what I know and in that sense I kind of don't know yet I utterly and completely know because I know. Maybe, technically, it's not even a paradox and I've unwittingly waded into the wrong pool. I will confess, however, to being lost when it comes to the connection between that paradox (if it is one) and the wormholes, Way, Presence, and pre- and post-Floyd law & order to which you refer. [insert appropriate emoji here]
The “result” of paradox is a both/and journey, not an exclusionary choice, so in that sense they seem to me like portals to new galaxies of understanding. This may be what the Tao was trying to illustrate: the “not this” of what is and the “no way” of the Way. Laws necessarily limit the ways we don’t want, but some of those laws will probably let Chauvin walk free, which will be seen by many as injustice. That paradox has the same potential as any other, and I hope we take the invitation and let this era of our civil history reform some of our laws. Does that help?
There is TRUTH and then there is fiction. What most of us saw on the news was pure fiction as it was video footage conveniently edited to make any decent person want to revolt against the police!
The biggest lesson I have learned from this whole event is to quit listening to what others have to say about a situation or a person because there is a BIG DIFFERENCE between opinion and what is often true. Better to watch the FULL, unedited footage of what actually happened or what the actual person (who is being attacked by the media) had to say.
Did any of you SEE the raw, uncut footage of the Floyd arrest or look at his police record? That was not fiction. The guy was on drugs in the first place, tried to hide them by taking them all at once right before he confronted the police… and was saying he couldn’t breath from there on. They couldn’t even get him in the car. That happened way before the cop put a knee on his back (not his neck). He was out of control! He was in the middle of having a drug OD experience (that HE caused) way before they got him down on the ground.
Yes. It was a white cop that happened to go on this call. Do you have ANY IDEA how many black children are killed in Chicago by other blacks every year? Yet you are not going hear about it in the news. Why? Because THAT does not fit the narrative “they” (corporate media) want you to hear. That information would not cause the Civil War that the media would like for us to have.
How does rewarding criminals to the tune of $27,000,000.00 while punishing police, who are trying to keep us safe from criminals, not motivate other criminals to do want to do the same?
So the dude is black. How is that any kind of an excuse for bad behavior? Black cops also arrest white guys who are engaging in criminal behavior too, as they should.
The bigger question is “how did this guy get to be the criminal that he was?” What would resolve that? If you think the answer lies with more subsidies for “free government schools” you would be wrong. (as you well know the public school system is NOT about educating our impoverished children or they would be educated and know how to support themselves, and understand the dangers of drugs well enough not to get hooked)…. Or if you think giving more welfare to people of color would solve this, you would also be wrong. THAT according to one of my favorite black history professors, Robert Woodson, is date co-incident with when the crime rate in the black communities starting going way UP.
Why would that be? By paying single mothers more than they would have made by staying married. That is what happens when you reward people for not taking responsibility for the wrong choices that they make. Would you like to know what would actually be a more humane policy to follow? Check out what this guy has to say. He is black and also wise——> (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2CfiqBa9m8)
Then lets continue this conversation…