CERN

[Dekalb_Blues]

Bond 1, those of whatever kind whose professional interest it is to know what is being thought and felt and bandied about in a self-selected, largely anonymous virtual affinity-group such as that comprising the B4th forum membership are indeed aware, and in a business-like fashion (for instance, automatic machine analysis of the key memes in the narrative data here is sufficient for most purposes, with little need for direct personal eyes-on monitoring and forceful hands-on counteraction unless things go hugely seditiously astray). Very little of the data posted here poses any real immediate political/economic threat to the negative power structure, and there are certain protections in effect allowing even a certain amount of such a thing if it is presented in a fairly low-key, fairly unprovocative airing, especially when allied with a certain amount of flexible-minded good humor and honest intent to serve.

Truth is known by means of itself, for its unique frequency unerringly strikes a resonant chord, so to speak, within the  contemplative heart/mind of its realistic seeker. This is the main "threat". Fortunately for the negative ones, even though all the people can't be fooled all the time, all the people can with a bit of luck be fooled some of the time, and some of the people can most certainly be fooled all of the time, so there's a nice balance. And yes, it's all a foregone conclusion that this whole bloody contentious polarized mess eventually, inevitably, resolves into one big swingin' love-in with free beer and skittles for everyone, but the time element of timespace (from our current perspective) imposes upon us the weirdly paradoxical situation of having to work very hard, to the utmost of our powers to struggle valiantly against all polar odds, to painstakingly create that "inevitable" unipolar future.

Which means, at grassroots existential level, that what you and I and everyone else actually does in this very moment is a valid bit of that creation-effort. What exactly can a person, one of seven-billion-plus, do to affect how this massive inertia-filled juggernaut of a world goes? Our options of action are limited, in very practical terms, by the extent of what we know is even possible. You can be very "free" -- free to be deceived, if you have not sampled the necessary minimum amount of ideas and experiences which provide a realistic portrait of what we human beings really are, where we're from, where we're going, what our most glaring vulnerabilities are, what our shining strengths are. In short, what actually can be done, by whom, where/when/how, and according to what design. Keeping in mind that to the average man any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic (as the science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke pointed out half a century ago-- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarke%27s_three_laws).

It's tough to self-reference ourselves in life (because we're so busy just struggling to be ourselves at all in the first place, in a very demanding personal-energy-and-attention-devouring world) and we have little spare capacity to calmly step outside ourselves and our busy environment and look down at it dispassionately as if from a great height. Amazingly, much of the necessary information of this kind can be passed on adequately through the good old cultural standbys of literature and art and personal demonstration; enough to give sincere seekers a fighting chance at more efficiently ordering their life-struggle -- enough to gain the spare capacity for further and more specialized learning. It's not a minor skill, being able to tell one thing from another thing, in a world full of very professionally-made deception. And it's not a minor skill to show true indomitable spirit and be able to soldier on positively no matter what, independent of all the usual outer sources of solace and reassurance. This inner strength comes from grokking the certainty of what light and love are in the most practical Earthly terms, a certainty enabled by the streamlining clarity of real knowledge, a framework which stands unshakably even in the face of the most fearsome opposition mercilessly pursuing its grimly dark way.



I. NAMING OF PARTS

Vixi duellis nuper idoneus
Et militavi non sine gloria
[Recently I lived suitable for warfare,
and I soldiered not without glory]

To-day we have naming of parts. Yesterday,
We had daily cleaning. And to-morrow morning,
We shall have what to do after firing. But to-day,
To-day we have naming of parts. Japonica
Glistens like coral in all of the neighboring gardens,
          And to-day we have naming of parts.

This is the lower sling swivel. And this
Is the upper sling swivel, whose use you will see,
When you are given your slings. And this is the piling swivel,
Which in your case you have not got. The branches
Hold in the gardens their silent, eloquent gestures,
          Which in our case we have not got.

This is the safety-catch, which is always released
With an easy flick of the thumb. And please do not let me
See anyone using his finger. You can do it quite easy
If you have any strength in your thumb. The blossoms
Are fragile and motionless, never letting anyone see
          Any of them using their finger.

And this you can see is the bolt. The purpose of this
Is to open the breech, as you see. We can slide it
Rapidly backwards and forwards: we call this
Easing the spring. And rapidly backwards and forwards
The early bees are assaulting and fumbling the flowers:
          They call it easing the Spring.

They call it easing the Spring: it is perfectly easy
If you have any strength in your thumb: like the bolt,
And the breech, and the cocking-piece, and the point of balance,
Which in our case we have not got; and the almond-blossom
Silent in all of the gardens and the bees going backwards and forwards,
          For to-day we have naming of parts.

-- Henry Reed, from LESSONS OF THE WAR (1942) http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/poem/...parts.html


            
A Few Good Men - "You can't handle the truth!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtpOtFIEkbs

Payday Monsanto - "All I Want (Naked Truth)"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vJ2KQs8_bQ

#Obeezy | Dr. Dre Remix - "Keep The Clubs Swingin'"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSouLdlLT8o

"Music is best." -- F. Zappa

Benjamin Zephaniah - "Rong Radio"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3HjMcY50Kc

The Pretenders - "Middle Of The Road"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Niz2DuHc5K8

Naked Aggression - "Why Do They F*** Up My World?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4kC08vLQcY
ditto - "Right Now"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SHu40DyttA

Thievery Corporation - "Culture of Fear" (feat. Mr. Lif)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApK0kcy7...d6&index=2

P.M., "Puppets On A String"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVGThNTs8Gw







https://vimeo.com/25996242


ENCANTADA

Just as flowers aflight career upwards to light,

     So too leave the years upon my soul vaporish trails of firefly blazes.

Wonderful the soul's ascent!

Wonderful the mind's assent!

Blunderful though it be to the mind's eye's sight-- all is right!

       All is right.

But still: strive against the night--

       And fly!


-- Dekalb_Blues