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[floatingleaf]

Back after watching Zeitgeist: Addendum. I was very afraid to see this because of the effect the first part had on me... and yet, nothing could have prepared me for the intensity of my emotional response this time. Let me just say I haven't cried so hard in years (not since my last breakup, probably). Because of all the hurt and anger and disbelief and the blinding realization that all my instinctive mistrust of financial institutions and organized religion and the supposed 'natural' aggressiveness/competitive tendencies of the human race was in fact very well founded, and that a better world, which I imagined to be but a wishful fantasy, is in fact possible, but deliberately RESISTED by a relatively small group of those who profit from the status quo. Call me a conspiracy theory convert, if you please, but about 95% of what that movie says is what I have always instinctively known to be true, even if I didn't have 5% of the eloquence or facts needed to prove it. Society without money? Technology without pollution or destruction of natural resources? Spirituality without sin, fear or guilt? There are so many people who believe it can happen, and no one told me until now?... Or maybe I never noticed, because I was too busy trying to escape the 'fake' reality that keeps us - the mindless masses - in check. Well... I know now. Even though I won't live long enough to see any significant positive change - if it ever happens. The Age of Aquarius doesn't officially start until around 2150, anyway...;)

(If you want to know what I'm rambling about, watch the movie - it's available online for free; otherwise just ignore me and go about your daily business, kthxbai. I'm not an activist by nature and I won't ever preach or try to 'convert' anyone - I'm just sharing my thoughts. Take it or leave it. No offense meant to anyone of any particular religious or political persuasion.;) Good night.)

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[dissonant-dream.livejournal.com]

Thank you for this.

*hugs*

[floatingleaf.livejournal.com]

Thank YOU for responding (sometimes I feel like I'm totally pouring my heart out here, and no one even blinks as they scroll by... lol). *hugs back*

[dissonant-dream.livejournal.com]

*hugs* I blink, and more. :)

[floatingleaf.livejournal.com]

You're just lovely, you know that? *squish*

[dissonant-dream.livejournal.com]

*hugs* As are you, my friend. :)

[slashfairy.livejournal.com]

here by stormatdusk- can't watch it at work, the connection's too slow, but will when i get home.

perhaps i should be reposting my post of Joanna Rogers Macy's essay Despair-work (http://slashfairy.livejournal.com/398530.html) at the top of my journal again.

thank you for the heads-up, and the heads-up. the more this gets out, the better.

also: someone posted this at theysaid tonight: How Long Did You Sleep? (http://community.livejournal.com/theysaid/1433623.html) | Olav Hauge (trans. Robert Hedin)
Dare you do this --
open your eyes
and look around?
Yes, you're here,
here in this world,
you're not dreaming,
it's just as
you see it, things here
are like this.
Like this?
Yes, just like this,
not otherwise.
How long did you sleep?

~~

i love poetry.

[floatingleaf.livejournal.com]

Hello!:)

can't watch it at work, the connection's too slow

Hell, don't even try to watch it at work - each part is about two hours long. You'll get fired... lol.

Thanks for the link to the essay - I have started reading it, and it rings very true to me, in light of what I am currently experiencing on some deep emotional level.

And the poem just says it all in so few simple lines. Very powerful. Thanks for sharing.

[taelyn-sass.livejournal.com]

I'll have to check out both parts. Thanks for sharing.

[floatingleaf.livejournal.com]

You're very welcome, but be warned - it might shake you up quite a bit. Some revolutionary ideas there, to be sure.

But then again - you're probably nowhere near as naive and clueless about the contemporary world as I used to be until fairly recently, as it turns out. *sigh*

[taelyn-sass.livejournal.com]

I'm a total cynic where TPTB are concerned. My naivete bit the dust a long time ago. *sniff*