Animal Farm, by George Orwell

[Tony]

George Orwell's 'Animal Farm' illustrates the abuse of power and words,
and the exploitation of stupidity.

I am taking it that the Avalon community is 100% responsible for the world. Whether or not this is the case is another matter...we have to act as if it was true – otherwise, it would all be a bit half hearted. Total commitment to the welfare of others is needed.
So I am questioning: If we took the elite out of the equation, can we be sure that we wouldn't still have the Animal Farm effect within us?

A. We cannot! But you can...

To expect everyone to be perfect is not practical.
This is a world of desire, conflict and strife, and that's all right.

How else would we learn?

We humans are intelligent and passionate. Desire has a very strong influence on us.
So maybe this world can never find perfect peace, and that's all right.

It is wishful thinking to hope that the world will find perfect peace in the Kali Yuga.
It's just as it is, and that's all right.

In this world of conflict, it is not possible to put everyone else right.
However, we can put ourselves right.
In putting myself right, everything else is put right.
Everything is just as it is.

To put myself right, all I need to do is stop trying change others.
Stop trying to impress others.
Stop protecting myself from others. Stop hiding from others.
This is just fear. Fearing myself.

Thinking I am not worthy is not all right.
Every sentient being deserves respect.
We need courage to respect ourselves, with all our imaginary faults.
Then true confidence arises.

We are where we are, and that's all right.
It can take many, many incarnations as practitioners to become enlightened...
this may be your last one, just as you are!

Anything that presents itself could be the last drop of karma to be exhausted.
Until then ,you will still have something unattractive dangling from your nose!
And that's all right!!!

Compassion is caring about others, more than we care for our self-image.
In caring about others, there is no time to be lonely - there is no time for 'me'.
Loneliness is, unfortunately, self cherishing. But that's all right.
We are not perfect, yet!

Compassion has to be impartial, to include everyone.
That final drop of withheld compassion could be what produces 'the change'.
This inner work is painful. It makes me want to scream and cry, “Not fair, not fair! What about meeeeee?!”
That unattractive dangling thing is ego, dropping to the ground - and that's all right.


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NB To help complete the picture... George Orwell's other book '1984' mentions four Ministries - the Ministry of Truth, the Ministry of Love, the Ministry of Peace, and the Ministry of Plenty.
All exist to twist meanings. There was also Doublethink and Newspeak.

The Ministry of Love propagates love of and reliance upon Big Brother.
Through fear, if Big brother says 2+2=5 you readily agree.
“...the moment Winston realised he loved Big Brother the bullet entered his brain!”
That is mind control. Love through Fear.

Newspeak (as opposed to Oldspeak) is changing the meaning of words or limiting the use of words or devaluing words. When the number of words in usage is reduced, the ability to express an experience is reduced. We call it texting! Reduced vocabulary makes the expression of feelings difficult to communicate, and therefore we will lack the ability to empathise. We become more easy to control. Big Brother is now seen as a 'harmless', trivial TV programme..I mean programming! Moreover, it tells you who to love and who to hate.

Doublethink means the power to hold two contradictory views at the same time - playing tricks with reality. Listen carefully to interviewers and interviewees in the media...

When I say, 'see everything as it is', I am not saying accept everything as it is.
Once one becomes a healthy human being, one can either move on, or stay and help unconditionally.

All the best

Tony

[Tony]

There are forces that are trying to twist reality, reality cannot be twisted.

Tony

[shadowstalker]

Your thread is awesome, I still need to get both books.

[DoubleHelix]

reality cannot be twisted.


But reality can be twisted, in any way you so desire.

[Tony]

reality cannot be twisted.


But reality can be twisted, in any way you so desire.

Dear Doublehelix,

Ho ho, what a lovely can of worms you have just opened...thanks!

The perception of reality can be twisted, but not reality itself.

So the question is: What is reality?
What is constant?
What is unchanging?

Over to you, and good luck!

All the best
Tony

[the trojan]

Your thread is awesome, I still need to get both books.

essential reading for no other reason than they are wonderful in themselves.
you should pick them up in a second hand shop for a couple of dollars.
good good reading.

[Cjay]

Excellent posts Tony. "They" made me read those books in high school. I'm glad I did, even though my heart wasn't in it when I read them. I actually learned something back then and I re-learned it today. Thank you.

[Tony]

Excellent posts Tony. "They" made me read those books in high school. I'm glad I did, even though my heart wasn't in it when I read them. I actually learned something back then and I re-learned it today. Thank you.

Dear Cjay,

I was wondering whose side Orwell was on.
Was he threatening or warning us?

Tony

[The One]

Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don't complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don't bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality. Wake Up and Live. Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.

If you can beleive that our intention creates our reality then anything is possible

[Cjay]

Read online or download free - both Nineteen Eight-Four and Animal Farm here:
http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/o/orwell/george/

[Lord Sidious]

Excellent posts Tony. "They" made me read those books in high school. I'm glad I did, even though my heart wasn't in it when I read them. I actually learned something back then and I re-learned it today. Thank you.

Dear Cjay,

I was wondering whose side Orwell was on.
Was he threatening or warning us?

Tony

Did you not read the thread we have on Eric Arthur Blair?

[Cjay]

Dear Cjay,

I was wondering whose side Orwell was on.
Was he threatening or warning us?

Tony

I always read it as a warning, not a threat. I don't think George Orwell was a part of TPTW but if he was, then his books could be interpreted as a brazen boast.

[crosby]

Excellent posts Tony. "They" made me read those books in high school. I'm glad I did, even though my heart wasn't in it when I read them. I actually learned something back then and I re-learned it today. Thank you.

Dear Cjay,

I was wondering whose side Orwell was on.
Was he threatening or warning us?

Tony

this is a very good question. lord sidious has started a thread regarding george orwell. and there is very interesting information in it regarding who he was and who his friends and work colleagues were. he apparently was a very well connected man.
regards, corson

[Fred Steeves]

Your thread is awesome, I still need to get both books.


I would add Brave New World to complete the trifecta.


Cheers,
Fred

[ViralSpiral]

Many years ago when my children was small, two of my daughters used to fight with each other.

One time when they fought and I asked wot they fought over Anna said: Karin is calling me a pig.

I asked her, well are you a pig then? She said: of course not. I said, if you know that you are no pig

why do you then fight.





I liked this. Thanks Jorr. Unshackling the Orwelian chains........

[Tony]

Every-thing is twisted reality. If we untwist every-thing we may find reality....oo it was there all the time!

[ViralSpiral]

looooooool Pie, I only have to venture to your lessons for the day to lift my spirits! Bless you!!!

If I had a choice to be an animal on a farm, in 1984 or anytime, this is what I would be:

kdJcYTh1rP0

[Tony]

Dear Viralspiral,

Love it!
I unfortunately am 'Boxer' the futile diligent horse. He just does out wind or rain, saying "I must try harder, I must try harder..." never understanding what is going on.

Until now. Thank you Avalon.

[sshenry]

To expect everyone to be perfect is not practical.
This is a world of desire, conflict and strife, and that's all right.

How else would we learn?

We humans are intelligent and passionate. Desire has a very strong influence on us.
So maybe this world can never find perfect peace, and that's all right.

It is wishful thinking to hope that the world will find perfect peace in the Kali Yuga.
It's just as it is, and that's all right.

In this world of conflict, it is not possible to put everyone else right.
However, we can put ourselves right.
In putting myself right, everything else is put right.
Everything is just as it is.

To put myself right, all I need to do is stop trying change others.
Stop trying to impress others.
Stop protecting myself from others. Stop hiding from others.
This is just fear. Fearing myself.



I can't believe that this is the first time I've stumbled across these numbered posts of yours. I want to thank you - espeically for the bit I quoted.

It is so easy as your own perception shifts, to want others perceptions to shift as well, after all, it seems so clear!

But I need to remind myself, over and over again, that they are on their own journey, and I can't expect them to see things my way and that, indeed, perhaps they weren't meant to.

I think it was the Lama Surya Das who said "Each of us, you and I, stands at the center of his or her own truth." I have it posted on the wall over my desk. I just need to read it more often. Thank you again :)

[Tony]

To expect everyone to be perfect is not practical.
This is a world of desire, conflict and strife, and that's all right.

How else would we learn?

We humans are intelligent and passionate. Desire has a very strong influence on us.
So maybe this world can never find perfect peace, and that's all right.

It is wishful thinking to hope that the world will find perfect peace in the Kali Yuga.
It's just as it is, and that's all right.

In this world of conflict, it is not possible to put everyone else right.
However, we can put ourselves right.
In putting myself right, everything else is put right.
Everything is just as it is.

To put myself right, all I need to do is stop trying change others.
Stop trying to impress others.
Stop protecting myself from others. Stop hiding from others.
This is just fear. Fearing myself.



I can't believe that this is the first time I've stumbled across these numbered posts of yours. I want to thank you - espeically for the bit I quoted.

It is so easy as your own perception shifts, to want others perceptions to shift as well, after all, it seems so clear!

But I need to remind myself, over and over again, that they are on their own journey, and I can't expect them to see things my way and that, indeed, perhaps they weren't meant to.

I think it was the Lama Surya Das who said "Each of us, you and I, stands at the center of his or her own truth." I have it posted on the wall over my desk. I just need to read it more often. Thank you again :)

You are right, our experience is all alone, and somehow all one.
It is nice to have company!

Tony

[The One]

The law of attraction and the law of manifestation work together in perfect harmony. The law of manifestation is the belief that you can make things happen in your everyday life just by strongly believing in them.Both the Law of Manifestation and the Law of Attraction embrace the idea that your mind is a powerful thing which will enable you to achieve anything you desire. Everyone has the power to manifest things in their life. It just takes a solid belief that manifestation can work and a solid focus on what you want to achieve. Once you tap into this natural power to manifest things in your everyday life, you will start to see amazing things happen with your life. The reality that we live in is basically created by the mysterious subconscious part of our own mind. Since it cannot tell the difference between what is real and what is not, it relies on the instructions given by the conscious part of our mind which are nothing but are thoughts, intensions and beliefs. Whether we realize it or not our minds are extremely powerful. Almost everyone thinks that the brain and mind are one and the same but they are not. The brain is merely a receiver and is part of our physical body. Our mind however is our spiritual essence. The most common myth is that 95% of our existence is our body while the mind is something which is wrapped inside. Nothing can be farther from the truth. It is our mind that creates our existence and the physical body is present just to experience the reality created by it. Most people think in very physical terms. They believe their mind (thought of as the brain) is a very small part of their life because it is one small organ wrapped in a much larger body. The truth is your mind is what creates your daily experience. You only experience what your mind first creates, so the mind is the most essential component of your existence.When you have the focus and belief, your mind can then take action to get your physical body to take the steps necessary to make it all happen for you. Humans have been forced into believing that we do not have any power within us. We have been also made to believe that we are a separate entity from the universe. Religions speak about priests and other intermediaries who possess this power but this is far from the truth.Yet the real truth is everyone has the same power to create whatever reality they believe they're capable of achieving. Your thoughts, beliefs and intentions will shape the experiences you have and the things you attract into your life.Thoughts and beliefs go on to manifest in reality irrespective of the kind of thought it is. Since, the energy is what matters and what connect with the universe and not the contents of the thought, that is whether positive or negative.Suppose, all you want in life is a lot of money to pay off all your debts. Now, if you are constantly thinking about the debt or the need of money then this law would not work. The best thing to do would be to think about the feelings and generate those emotions which you would feel as a debt free man. Just the same as with the Law of Attraction, the Law of Manifestation will bring about that which you think about. Instead of focusing on what you don't want, work on focusing on things you'd rather see in your own life on a positive level.So, for al these years if you have sent across the signals of need, you know why it is more of those similar feelings that you have ended up manifesting in your life. Now go ahead and feel and communicate only those feelings that you would want to manifest in reality. Think yourself to be debt free and send signals of joy, relaxation and happiness to manifest the very same in the future. It is only through focused thought flows and intentions that we can convert our dreams into reality. The situation we are in today, good or bad is the aftermath of our own thought flows in the past.A human being should not be controlled by his thoughts; rather he should control them himself. It is the only way in which he can manifest what he wants and keep away those which he doesn't, from his life. He must start right now and only let his mind dwell on things which makes him happy and keeps him at peace. Just consistantly believe the fact that these things will be obtained in one way or another and you really will see the Law of Manifestation work

[Cjay]

Thank you, The One. Your post is very interesting but very difficult to read in a very long block of text. I broke it up into paragraphs here to make it easier for my feeble brain to absorb it.


The law of attraction and the law of manifestation work together in perfect harmony. The law of manifestation is the belief that you can make things happen in your everyday life just by strongly believing in them.Both the Law of Manifestation and the Law of Attraction embrace the idea that your mind is a powerful thing which will enable you to achieve anything you desire.

Everyone has the power to manifest things in their life. It just takes a solid belief that manifestation can work and a solid focus on what you want to achieve. Once you tap into this natural power to manifest things in your everyday life, you will start to see amazing things happen with your life.

The reality that we live in is basically created by the mysterious subconscious part of our own mind. Since it cannot tell the difference between what is real and what is not, it relies on the instructions given by the conscious part of our mind which are nothing but are thoughts, intensions and beliefs. Whether we realize it or not our minds are extremely powerful.

Almost everyone thinks that the brain and mind are one and the same but they are not. The brain is merely a receiver and is part of our physical body. Our mind however is our spiritual essence. The most common myth is that 95% of our existence is our body while the mind is something which is wrapped inside. Nothing can be farther from the truth. It is our mind that creates our existence and the physical body is present just to experience the reality created by it.

Most people think in very physical terms. They believe their mind (thought of as the brain) is a very small part of their life because it is one small organ wrapped in a much larger body. The truth is your mind is what creates your daily experience. You only experience what your mind first creates, so the mind is the most essential component of your existence. When you have the focus and belief, your mind can then take action to get your physical body to take the steps necessary to make it all happen for you.

Humans have been forced into believing that we do not have any power within us. We have been also made to believe that we are a separate entity from the universe. Religions speak about priests and other intermediaries who possess this power but this is far from the truth. Yet the real truth is everyone has the same power to create whatever reality they believe they're capable of achieving.

Your thoughts, beliefs and intentions will shape the experiences you have and the things you attract into your life. Thoughts and beliefs go on to manifest in reality irrespective of the kind of thought it is. Since, the energy is what matters and what connect with the universe and not the contents of the thought, that is whether positive or negative.

Suppose, all you want in life is a lot of money to pay off all your debts. Now, if you are constantly thinking about the debt or the need of money then this law would not work. The best thing to do would be to think about the feelings and generate those emotions which you would feel as a debt free man. Just the same as with the Law of Attraction, the Law of Manifestation will bring about that which you think about. Instead of focusing on what you don't want, work on focusing on things you'd rather see in your own life on a positive level.

So, for all these years if you have sent across the signals of need, you know why it is more of those similar feelings that you have ended up manifesting in your life. Now go ahead and feel and communicate only those feelings that you would want to manifest in reality. Think yourself to be debt free and send signals of joy, relaxation and happiness to manifest the very same in the future. It is only through focused thought flows and intentions that we can convert our dreams into reality. The situation we are in today, good or bad is the aftermath of our own thought flows in the past.

A human being should not be controlled by his thoughts; rather he should control them himself. It is the only way in which he can manifest what he wants and keep away those which he doesn't, from his life. He must start right now and only let his mind dwell on things which makes him happy and keeps him at peace. Just consistantly believe the fact that these things will be obtained in one way or another and you really will see the Law of Manifestation work.

[Bill Ryan]

In their monthly online book club (a great idea — who else does this??), Carter Laren and Keri Smith, on their SJW-critical YouTube channel Unsafe Space (https://www.youtube.com/c/UnsafeSpace/videos), discussed George Orwell's Animal Farm. (But to follow it all, you'd have had to have read the book.)

The date of the video was 3 May, 2020. It's even more pertinent nearly 5 months later.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNbz5UyU91c

Here it is in the Avalon Library. Like Orwell's better-known 1984, it's worryingly prescient — a warning, a book for our times.


http://avalonlibrary.net/ebooks/George%20Orwell%20-%20Animal%20Farm%20and%20related%20readings.pdf

[avid]

This is ‘common Purpose’ via Tavistock Institute

https://www.cpexposed.com/documents/common-purpose-links-ark-teachfirst-and-tavistock-institute

[ralfy]

The book is critical of both Stalinism and capitalism (including imperialism).