From: Steve Peterson (speterson@fast.net)
Date: Mon Nov 04 2002 - 16:18:30 GMT
> Hello DMB,
> That was a chilling post and one that will haunt me for some days.
>
> You have me thinking about apocolyptics, if that is a word?! What is behind
> notions of total destruction i wonder?
> After a little thought, and going with my intuition, it seems as though an
> apocalyptic visitation is a tribal wish for your enemy to be destroyed. By
> planting the idea that your rival tribe is heading for destruction, does that
> notion in and of itself actually harm the enemy? Is there a mechanism behind
> telling someone they are going to die whether they like it or not? That would
> make it a social pattern of value.
> Maybe this is can be couched in terms of Quality. Apocalypse may be a looming
> cloud of very low Quality - and we are all aware of how that feels? Those,
> triple low days when nothing goes well. My question is, does apocalypse mean
> static death or Dynamic disintegration?
> I suppose this could be applied at a personal level also, as a death wish of
> sorts?
>
> Peter.
Peter,
Apocylpse means revelation or unveiling. It is an idea that assumes a dual
reality that includes the material world of experience and a spiritual world
that is kept hidden and to be revealed at a later time. It is an example
of a way in which a society can promote itself despite its values seeming to
have low quality. Society says, ³Ok, these values donıt seem to work in the
real world, but wait until the curtain falls. Then we will see ³real²
reality where these values are absolute. (So go on serving society even
though it doesnıt always serve you.)² It serves society in the way the hero
idea does. It half-acknowledges the individual and then turns him back into
a cog in the Great Machine.
Steve
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