Apocalypse
One can sense today how a veritable capital 'A' Apocalyse might occur. (This, I hasten to disclose, coming from a person who hasn't voluntarily set foot in a church for over 20 years...). "Revelation; discovery; disclosure...to make revelation of the ultimate divine purpose."
There are any number of theories (conspiracy or not) out there, but things seem to be structured such that when the ones that turn out to be true reveal themselves to us as a civilisation, they will tend to do so in a great rush, all at once. This being due to the nature of repression (generalised and otherwise), with its tendency to be either functioning, or failing to function.
We hide our love, our joy, our exuberance, our attraction away every moment of the day in order to function in these modern times. That's repression. The brilliant, beautiful creatures that we are, the ridiculously magnificent world we inhabit, we must deny at every turn in order to function as expected in the man-made sociopolis. We allow ourselves to believe the lies that dominate our civilization. From big to small, every one counts towards the holding back of authentic behaviour.
I worry that we might be doomed because of the statistically insignificant number of children who will ever go on to be exposed at university to Marcuse. But my concern is unfounded - if Marcuse got many things right then the children may discover these things for themselves with or without any exposure to Marcuse. Marcuse merely pointed to the truth - and to this day the truth remains waiting in the world for others to notice.
And this seems to be happening. I can sense that people can sense that all is not well with even the most apparently innocuous aspects of our world - the veil is becoming tissue thin. Yet the difficulty lies in the fact that our living energies are developed and exist intertwined with the shackles that we might ultimately throw off. We don't know which bit goes and which stays.
Or at least we aren't yet willing to take the gamble of behaving according to our best guess. So much for Eros. Thanatos, on the other hand, is everywhere forcing the issue, cajoling us, making the status quo all but unbearable...
No pressure
No diamonds
(source of epigram: local church billboard)
There are any number of theories (conspiracy or not) out there, but things seem to be structured such that when the ones that turn out to be true reveal themselves to us as a civilisation, they will tend to do so in a great rush, all at once. This being due to the nature of repression (generalised and otherwise), with its tendency to be either functioning, or failing to function.
We hide our love, our joy, our exuberance, our attraction away every moment of the day in order to function in these modern times. That's repression. The brilliant, beautiful creatures that we are, the ridiculously magnificent world we inhabit, we must deny at every turn in order to function as expected in the man-made sociopolis. We allow ourselves to believe the lies that dominate our civilization. From big to small, every one counts towards the holding back of authentic behaviour.
I worry that we might be doomed because of the statistically insignificant number of children who will ever go on to be exposed at university to Marcuse. But my concern is unfounded - if Marcuse got many things right then the children may discover these things for themselves with or without any exposure to Marcuse. Marcuse merely pointed to the truth - and to this day the truth remains waiting in the world for others to notice.
And this seems to be happening. I can sense that people can sense that all is not well with even the most apparently innocuous aspects of our world - the veil is becoming tissue thin. Yet the difficulty lies in the fact that our living energies are developed and exist intertwined with the shackles that we might ultimately throw off. We don't know which bit goes and which stays.
Or at least we aren't yet willing to take the gamble of behaving according to our best guess. So much for Eros. Thanatos, on the other hand, is everywhere forcing the issue, cajoling us, making the status quo all but unbearable...
No pressure
No diamonds
(source of epigram: local church billboard)
posted by Erosoplier at 10:45 PM
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