Luna Bliss
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Haha yes I used to be so perplexed over this -- over why someone would consider it their business if a person was trans, or gay, or thought they were an apple and wanted me to address them as Mr. Apple John. I used to say to the ultra-religious folks where I'm located that if they're against gay marriage then they should not marry a gay person! I'm not sure, however, my appeals to individual sovereignty did any good. The reality is that people need other people and this is a very powerful force in society that many want to exert control over. Humans are a communal species, and this aspect of our lives (how we connect with others energetically, including our sexual energy) is of primary importance. With anything powerful we have more of a need to control it. Societies are arranged in certain ways, and everybody wants a say in how they think that should be, what they think is optimal. Take, for a vivid and extreme example, the society the guy with the funny mustache wanted to create in the 1930's and 40's -- people did not like his vision and it was fought against and trampled. It's all too easy for those with power, or who want to have the power and control, to manipulate others for their benefit. They can run away with all the goodies then. They get us all stirred up about the powerful forces inherent in our lives in order to achieve their goals. They appeal to the higher authority too many desire to have as a way to order a complex and confusing world, or appeal to some mythical utopian past in an effort to make us shun societal changes. -
Imagine love that had no requirements or needs, other than just an emotional attachment people felt for one another. Plus, when one is reliant upon another, when the inevitable occurs and one loses their lover they are left in a scenario where they no longer have a person to perform the tasks involved, or financial hardship. I think it is better, that love exists without having to rely on one another, just love for the sake of love. I mean, I guess that is relying on someone else to reciprocate the feeling though. That makes more sense to me if you're just talking about the material things we need. We'll always need each other emotionally, and so that could be enough to keep bonds established.
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oh they've been greasing them alright, for several weeks..
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So? did that make the doctor any less a doctor? Oh sweet summer child...
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Interesting. I grew up with a mother from Texas who used terms like 'ladydoctor' and 'ladylawyer'.
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"just open the damn door, Luna"...says a message from my next shamanic healing on tuesday...
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Unfortunately, that is how we do. If masculinity and femininity were ever to become so meaningless (which to me they are) we would still be finding ways to push people into conformity, and trying to control one another. I do hope though, that as we become less reliant upon one another due to technological advances, people will just be able to laugh at those trying to impose their own will over the will of others and walk away. As it is now though, due to our reliance upon one another it is just a pipe dream. It is one of the things that excites me about AI, it is just one more step in the direction that we will be less reliant on one another, be it for social activities, or even resources. As far as I see it, it is a step toward freedom so long as it is not abused to enforce the will of the few over the many. Hmmm...I see the opposite -- it is our needing each other that causes us to love each other. In fact, some therapists treat children that have psychopathic tendencies and with their method they attempt to get the kids to need others, even hurting them to achieve this goal. For some reason they never experienced fully the pain of loss, and is why they were tending toward psychopathy (according to this theory). This is all wrapped up in theories about how we develop a conscience.
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Wow so many interpretations of what Kierkegaard meant by the 'abyss' -- even an entire book devoted to it!
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Were there any male-female stereotypes prevalent where you grew up? Or was that not so pronounced as it tends to be in the US and some other places?
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Pet Peeve: This forum is starting to feel like we're a big family, with a mommy and daddy Mole.
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For me, in practical terms, the abyss is like the next moment, it's the nothingness that allows us to create what we imagine and change. The Tao Te Ching defines it, without defining it. Ahh ok, that's an interesting interpretation, and worthy of discussion. When I was using the term 'abyss' (and I really don't think it's Kierkegaard's meaning though he made the phrase popular) I was more meaning that I think it's wise not to spend too much time involved in the darker aspects of life, in 1st or 2nd lives, as it can easily take you over the edge into places that aren't good for you -- an excessive darkness that's destructive (I've seen it happen to people). It's quite seductive, actually...that darkness.
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Good, a chance to fight 'the good fight'. Stay busy! ooops...posted this and saw the message from Quartz...hope it's not off-topic.
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When one fails to embrace the abyss it creates a fear of death. Good and evil, or love and disrespect have a lot in common, in one case, oneself is given freely, in the other, taken. I think everyone should be free to do what they want as long as they keep harm to a minimum, and the abyss can sometimes provide that freedom. We might need to define that 'abyss' used by Kierkegaard a bit better to evaluate this. I guess it's on topic, as what we're doing this almost Friday eve is trying to figure out Kierkegaard and what evil is. And of course we need to know this so we can relate effectively in SL. I think he might have been referring to 'despair', not sure. So how are you defining this 'abyss'?
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We are evolving into beings of light -- it's just going to take 20,000 years of so -- so some say..
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Yeah there are such strong expectations, causing men to limit their lives in major ways until they get a chance to be how they want to be. I told you awhile back I finally got a male avatar to explore, and experienced myself as stronger and having more substance right off the bat. Well I went to this class the other day and had to say a few things, not quite aware that I was in my male avatar, and suddenly realized 'omg, I think I'm sounding like a girl'. It was because I was expressing myself in a more feeling way and using smiley faces like So yeah, even as a girl/woman I picked up ideas about how men are supposed to behave, and felt self-conscious that I was not presenting myself in the way society might expect a male to be. My exploration continues...
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Don't look into the abyss too long, as they say...this becomes dangerous.
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And in the right cases, peace and harmony. I look it like this -- darkness/ light or death/creation balance each other. If there is darkness out of balance then it is only destruction...perhaps what some might label as 'evil'.
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Yes, but in some cases the point isn't "beauty, harmony and peace". It's the exact opposite, such as was the case with the SIM I was at with @Cinnamon Mistwoodand Caitlin. The entire SIM was a piece of 3D melancholy art. but there can be beauty in darkness, no?
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Pet Peeve: Skeered to eat in New Orleans -- lots of weird looking creepy things in huge pots.
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So true...just to feel and experience (like feel beauty, harmony, peace) and not to necessarily process stuff with our conscious minds.
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Now there's a pet peeve -- I do not want this to be so expensive, and I'm too lazy to make it myself. Such an important drink for gut health though, along with fermented cabbage and kefir.
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yes I once created such a sim and named it 'Haunting Beauty'. I've explored the dark side of reality in my life enough though -- gimme rainbows and happiness!! A Kraken can be off in one corner though, of my undersea rainbow garden...hehe
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Interesting that you mention this, Sandor, as I went to an art class a couple days ago where we did an interesting exercise and let the elements of the paintings speak to us -- we spoke as if we were the element itself. Very Gestalt-y, and brought much awareness. You can do this to learn about yourself, or even enable your art to direct you more as you're creating.
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