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March 2009 
Utter Complacency.
Posted on Mar 10th, 2009
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oraktoraeneo
oraktoraeneo
I wrote this in a comment responding to a video about the New World Order on YouTube:
"When I envision being asked to take the [RFID] chip, I say "no." But, if it were implanted, by whatever means, what would ensue would be a real testament to what human nature can be like. My life isn't glamorous, nor is it spectacular. It's actually quite boring compared to a life lived with a hint of danger. In all honesty, I don't think I would ever commit an act that would require it to be turned off. Not out of fear, but lack of personal will. Where is the line drawn between boring and complacent?"
"When I envision being asked to take the [RFID] chip, I say "no." But, if it were implanted, by whatever means, what would ensue would be a real testament to what human nature can be like. My life isn't glamorous, nor is it spectacular. It's actually quite boring compared to a life lived with a hint of danger. In all honesty, I don't think I would ever commit an act that would require it to be turned off. Not out of fear, but lack of personal will. Where is the line drawn between boring and complacent?"
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Everything that I do, I want to be done with meaning. By way of this inner virtue, such a life of perpetual contemplation and doubt, ever evaluating options, is lived. This has never been my intention for myself, but it is the case, regardless. I've written in this journal about my thoughts, my concerns and my hopes, but never has anything come out quite as simple as what I have written here. I don't life in fear of what life has to throw at me, but more of what I choose to throw myself into.
In our world today, there are countless tests of what it means to be alive - some of which, of course, are far more dangerous than others. To get to the point, I don't want to go bungee jumping, or skydiving, and, for some reason, this makes me feel inadequate. Not so much for not partaking of those events, but that I don't test myself. But, those are extremes, aren't they? Sure, I could tone it down a bit. Go out for a hike more often in the canyon outside my house. Get out and ride a bike. Feel more of the wind on my face than I do. Remember what eons of forms of evolution knew. (That rhyme wasn't intended, by the way.)
When I envision the future that will, most likely, come to pass, I don't see myself "remembering what it means to be free...and I'm OK with that." Freedom is twofold: not fearing the consequences of one that you know is watching and, more importantly, not fearing those of one of which you aren't sure. Ultimately, it's knowing NOT to fear. But, a lack of fear is only a passive notion. The active side, as there always proves to be, is to act upon the world without fear of consequence, while maintaining control of ones own personal faculties.
Do as thou wilt, but harm none!
Everything that I do, I want to be done with meaning. By way of this inner virtue, such a life of perpetual contemplation and doubt, ever evaluating options, is lived. This has never been my intention for myself, but it is the case, regardless. I've written in this journal about my thoughts, my concerns and my hopes, but never has anything come out quite as simple as what I have written here. I don't life in fear of what life has to throw at me, but more of what I choose to throw myself into.
In our world today, there are countless tests of what it means to be alive - some of which, of course, are far more dangerous than others. To get to the point, I don't want to go bungee jumping, or skydiving, and, for some reason, this makes me feel inadequate. Not so much for not partaking of those events, but that I don't test myself. But, those are extremes, aren't they? Sure, I could tone it down a bit. Go out for a hike more often in the canyon outside my house. Get out and ride a bike. Feel more of the wind on my face than I do. Remember what eons of forms of evolution knew. (That rhyme wasn't intended, by the way.)
When I envision the future that will, most likely, come to pass, I don't see myself "remembering what it means to be free...and I'm OK with that." Freedom is twofold: not fearing the consequences of one that you know is watching and, more importantly, not fearing those of one of which you aren't sure. Ultimately, it's knowing NOT to fear. But, a lack of fear is only a passive notion. The active side, as there always proves to be, is to act upon the world without fear of consequence, while maintaining control of ones own personal faculties.
Do as thou wilt, but harm none!
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