tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post5131545977420659221..comments2024-03-28T21:32:26.550+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: Because we co-create the world...Bruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-25032681060865631282020-11-01T20:29:08.935+00:002020-11-01T20:29:08.935+00:00@Frank - Strange days indeed. Everyday public life...@Frank - Strange days indeed. Everyday public life (properly experienced) feels like a combination of all the weird dystopian fictions of the past century. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-24787810301812641312020-11-01T19:02:06.973+00:002020-11-01T19:02:06.973+00:00Good post. I completely agree with man's role ...Good post. I completely agree with man's role as a co-creator. I used to think the vast majority of people who chose destruction over creation did so purely from a position of metaphysical confusion/value inversion - i.e. they were blind to the evil in which they willingly engaged or sincerely believed they were doing good rather than evil - but things have become too obviously discernible for this notion to hold any water now. Francis Bergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11063224017320651978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-78365297501223813952020-11-01T15:54:38.336+00:002020-11-01T15:54:38.336+00:00"what is "un-conscious (un-free) creativ..."what is "un-conscious (un-free) creative activity"? "<br /><br />It is normal, mainstream attitudes, thoughts and actions - as dictated and inculcated by The System. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-15690421142863493192020-11-01T15:42:49.613+00:002020-11-01T15:42:49.613+00:00I'm trying to understand: what is "un-con...I'm trying to understand: what is "un-conscious (un-free) creative activity"? <br /><br />Is it something like all thought & action flowing from rejection of God and His Plans? This seems to be closely connected to the concept of "sin" and the idea that "death" (both individually and collectively) is the result ("the wages of..."). Sin also seems to displace (at least before repentance) our theosis. <br /><br />So, for example, if we refuse to fight Sauron, we might as well be part of his army and his march of death and unfreedom. I wonder if part of this "unfreedom" is the inability to think and reason ("Whom the Gods destroy, they first make mad")? The arbitrary denial of Truth is perhaps the most frightening thing about "1984": Winston is tortured until he finally denies Truth, to claim "2+2=5."<br /><br />O'Brien explains the "logic" of all diabolically-inspired power: "I tell you, Winston, that reality is not external. Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else. Not in the individual mind, which can make mistakes, and in any case soon perishes: only in the mind of the Party, which is collective and immortal. Whatever the Party holds to be the truth, is truth. It is impossible to see reality except by looking through the eyes of the Party."<br /><br />As you've repeated stated on this blog, that is TheSystem. And, it can lead to the opposite of theosis--unfreedom: "Never again will you be capable of love, or friendship, or joy of living, or laughter, or curiosity, or courage, or integrity. You will be hollow. We shall squeeze you empty, and then we shall fill you with ourselves."MagnusStouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16975404335377881030noreply@blogger.com