Demahdi a dit:Trust me I understand what you are saying. And I may not express myself always as well in English, I think the messages comes through. I find the Goddess quite interesting, but I don't think it's wise we should address genders to something divine. These outcomes were univetible. When you place drugs on the earth, man is going to find and use them, eventualy. I am fully aware on how male dominant religious hiërarchies are, but I was hoping we could look beyond that. I respect your opinion and I have already pointed out I truly admire your passion. I even agree! But please recognize I do not support this male dominance, I'm just saying it was univetible. It isn't all bad, the world is a big place, and it has been a mans world long before religion was invented. What's the blame then? Our instincts? We can't blame the banana for not growing horizontal, right? You say the Sumerians put up their sungod and took over a Goddess power, but how sure can you be of that? We are left with vague impressions... Jumping to conclussions in a foggy world might leave you dissapointed in life.
{First let me help you with English spelling of this word, By the way your overall English is excellent! 'univetible' is spelt inevitable}
I actually like the imagery of a divine Great Mother who births all and takes all back into Her Cosmic Womb simultaneously. I think this is far more incluvie that the big tyrannical phallic 'God'. But I understand where your coming from. Just understand that the patriarchy suppressed any mythical symbolism to do with a Divine Feminine, and how this affects actual women and nature. The latter because anciently it is likened to a Mother, hence "Mother Earth", but is seen by patriarchal mindset as inferior to a "male spirit".
I do not think it has always been a"man's world". *I think that is what the patriarchy wants us to believe via its predominance writing his-story. There is a saying:
That is how they use toxic mythology which is mind control. They tell you what the past is.George Orwell — 'Those who control the present, control the past and those who control the past control the future.'
I have never said animals don't have feelings and emotions, where did I do that? What I said in context was that animals don't have art, don't have science, don't have medical care, don't have philosophy, don't have religion, don't have social economic structures.... Yes Zezt, we are totally different from animals. I am not saying by this they aren't equal. But something happened to us, and the signs are pointing out to a tree of knowledge... A psychedelic... And that's where I find the Bicameral Mind an outstanding work of lecture describing this phenomema. We are still getting our s..t together, and females are giving equal cards more and more. I didn't mean to be insulting by saying woman are catching up. I'm just observing that in science, art, medical, philosophy etc the genders are predominantly male. Things go as they flow, you can't bend things forever... So if they weren't catching up, what took them so long in the first place? I'm not trying to be offensive here, I'm just painting out a view.
When birds create a nest is not that art? Is not their plumage art, and their courting rituals? When they fly and swoop is not that art? Is not clouds forming art. Is not the magical nature not the very source OF creativity and thus art....?
I have heard animals have instinctual intelligence to seek out healing plants etc.
Don't we shit, pee, and get jealous, and get angry, and are playful like animals, and get lonely....etc? So why do you want to be so utterly different from animals for?
Sorry but I do find it insulting to say women are "catching up". it is more that the brutal patriarchal mindset has prevented evolution.
By the way it is known that animals also ingest psychedelics!
To say that males dominate science, art, medicine, philosophy, etc is not because women cannot 'catch up'. It is because of the suppressive and oppressive nature of the patriarchy against women, and their own femininity!
Everybody is free to believe what they want, but again, it isn't our beliefs what ruins the world, it is our choices. If you believe the grass is blue it would not matter to the elements of earth. If you believe nuclear power can be advantageous for mankind that is your right. But if people choose to build them near coastlines where earthquakes occassionally occur, they're just plane dumb. Yet I choose to buy nuclear energy because it is cheaper. The circle is complete, you see my point? I can live without energy, I can pay more for "green" energy, but why would I, I'm driving below 2 rpm to safe gasoline these days.
What does it matter if you are sucking out a goddes or a god or a gaian spirit? What matters is your kids are going to breathe its air, eat its fish, drink its water, ...
What choices should we make?
No one is thinking of all the children to come, and all the other species to come.
There is no thought about the nuclear toxic shit which they have to 'seal'.
I cannot get over how fukin unfeeling this world is. IE by 'world' I mean their world of exploitation. It is completely insane.
HOW many people just accept them and their fucked wars where they fly planes over men women and children and all life and drop bombs on them??! It is complete utter insanity!
Make them eat more fruits?
Use your goddess powers and encourage.[/QUOTE]
Psychedelics can really help heal us,,,,,,,, BUT for the set and setting to be healing we need to also understand mythology, otherwise --if toxic--it is used to undermine the psychedelic experience!
For an example, their myth of scientism which states you are just a robot. A bag of skin full of chemical and electrical interactions cutting us off from any deep meaningful spiritual ecstatic relationship with our surroundings because 'nature is dead' and 'without consciousness'. Hence people take psychedelics and afterwards just think it is a 'chemical buzz or ride' for getting 'fucked up'!