Posted by Freed Fox
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Outsider to the village here... I pop in now and then, occasionally lurk when excerpts on the "Newest Posts" sidebar catch my eye, and felt compelled to pay a visit after noticing a few key topics coming up.
Energetics, contention, Fred leaving... I'm feeling these things quite acutely right now, and recently in general.
Like ulli, I was coming to appreciate Fred's contributions more and more as time passed on. I'm surely not aware of the fine details regarding the criticisms toward Bill/Avalon at large, so I'm not speaking about them in their entirety. I also didn't know Malcolm and had little interest in the "Findings" thread which created that particular controversy. There were other criticisms which he had been raising elsewhere which were not only appreciated on my part, but also - I believe - quite necessary.
Taking that position is the road less travelled here. Some simply don't like to engage in conflict or controversy. Others feel it is 'unenlightened' or somehow degrading. Many of us recognize the trappings of the ego, and how it likes to feed off of putting others down, or appearing to possess some intellectual or perceptive high ground. Indeed it is easy enough to keep scrolling and look elsewhere when something rubs you the wrong way. As discussed earlier here, there is much to be said for being able to air disagreements and grievences while not taking things too personally, and ending arguments amiably. A difficult dance, and I admire those who manage to pull it off.
I am no arbiter of truth, nor do I believe that anyone here (or anywhere else, for that matter) is capable of acting as such. There is such an immense amount of mystery in life, after all, and many things about which no one can really be certain. Yet, I can't help but feeling like leaving the proverbial doors wide open for anything to be espoused by anyone is doing this place a disservice, at least when it goes relatively unchallenged.
Of course, drawing a line necessitates that someone can know where that line should be drawn. That's the conundrum, and probably one without a solution. Yes, yes, discernment is key...but I think you would be hard pressed to refute the notion that some seem to be quite lacking in that regard, or have had it skewed by any number of things.
Apparently, at least three people have died in the floods which are occurring now in my home state. Further proof of the quality of the people here, and their depth of compassion lie in the messages they have been sending out on this topic. There is a compassionate response to virtually every disaster or negative event which comes along, and I love that about this place and many of the people here. Some real, genuine souls.
There is very little I can dismiss out of hand, even if I don't personally believe in it. I still have something of a nagging sensation, when it comes to certain lines of what seem like complete nonsense which, although fewer than the positive aspects described above, still manage to gain support and agreement despite being at best misguided and at worst utterly insane.
In the face of this and other events around the world, somehow a someone who claims to hail from the future, who claims to control the weather with his mind, and who has actually gone so far as to state that he has singlehanded saved the planet will not be held accountable but even worse; will continue to be listened to and heeded. It takes no stretch of the imagination to see how the implications of what he states are, if not indeed insane, at least immoral. 70% of the world's population have no souls? Animals have no souls? Well then, I suppose it would be just find to subject them to any manner of torture or suffering, or at least look the other way when someone else does, because odds are they don't matter anyway?
Sorry villagers...energetics. I simply had to express this somewhere... Thanks.
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