I use almost everything now deemed technologically ancient. In the early 70's after I'd just got out of art school, and a company that had just hired me spent $300 training me to typeset on the state-of-the-art electric typewriter, the IBM Selectrix Composer.
I tell you this because my abilities with high tech stuff have never gotten much better. A couple weeks ago, while formatting parts of the book (Time Is Alive; the First Book of the Eternalist Bible), my monitor went kaputski.
The biggest problem with age, IMO, is memory. Not just losing it as with Alsheimer's, but the reliving of life through the Time-given GIFT of it. The closer one gets to death, the more they realize that GIFT will soon be gone. As Eternalists, what are we to do?
The GIFT to the young is the sense that their lives will never end. Even as the outward signs of understanding that the body temporary, (mostly from media showing people killing people) they will unconsciously think of true finite death as a scheme of the adult world, not to bother much with thinking about it in a truly serious way. The more they experience IN THE REAL WORLD, the more they will alter their perceptions of death. Each will have different experiences and different perceptions. In the growth of their mind, the unconscious allows very little to pass into common, or 'woke' consciousness. They share this, we all do, but opinions have a high variance due to factors of instinct, heredity, primal imprints and experiences, especially those created by trauma.
Memory is still a GIFT of Time, though it takes it away. The good news for both the aged and the young is that Memory is still stored after death, and it's stored for Eternity. In the Akashic Records.
FILL YOUR HOME WITH THE FUTURE!
The Akashic Records, in Eternalism, have a wider view, a broader definition than in the Hindu religion, where it originated.
EVERYBODY IS EVERYTHING.
OUR BRAND.
We know our bodies are temporary.
How can we get from one human body that has passed,
to being reborn as a baby?
RESEARCH.
Coming up on Sat, December 2nd, Procreation Day is celebrated AROUND the WORLD somewhere. You what I mean. SOMEBODY on Earth will be doing it. It's a day for screaming, for breathing heavy, for SHAKING IT and BAKING IT and for having the BEST TIME of your life. Or not. And it has NO RELIGIOUS or POLITICAL affiliation whatsoever. Or not.
Good grooming. :shades: :thumbsup:
Of course, not everyone is aware that such a day, and even those are aware do have not circled it on their calendars. There's a good reason for that.
Good grooming. :shades: :thumbsup:
One of the biggest reasons people don't talk about Pro-Day (T) is that it has to be a secret to be celebrated. But Everyone tries to find out who is celebrating and who is home alone watching television and eating a block of cheese. Then, the NEXT DAY, Jan 3, you have to tell people that you celebrated. But don't tell EVERYBODY, dummy. Only tell your best friends and those who you want to tease or make jealous.
INSTRUCTIONS.
Take an hour off - from everything. Give yourself a specific hour when all the rush and decisions you've had to make go away. Mine is 10PM, but Sundays I do it at 9AM. I'll explain more about that later.
For now, YOUR hour can be whatever you choose. During the hour you will be thinking of things OTHER THAN all the things you have felt you MUST think of. The things that are anxious and bothersome and seemingly unsolvable. You'll let that go. You will feel relaxed and at peace, and your mind will be going to new places, places filled with understanding rather than combat.
To put it as directly as I can' we need more women and less men.
For starters, our wars are all wrong now. Not since the ancient WARS FOR LOOT have there been such a BAD RATIO of the number of women and children die in conflicts. It is more instinctual for men to kill other men in wars fought on actual battlegrounds than in urban areas, and it's more heroic and even more compassionate.
There's a GOOD REASON they've always said women and children first. It's not about chauvinism or feminism, it was and is about survival. And not personal survival. Survival of the species.
From 'Time Is Alive, Chapter 7; The Cunning, Experienced Linguist'.
Why is there so much media about trans these days?
Why the interest?
It's a sign of evolution. We are interested in this sign, but with cautions - is it safe for our species to mutate towards a duel gender nature? From my POV, yes, it's not only safe, it's also necessary for our survival. The Revelation of the other duel-identities we have usually precede it.
...that meditating on Time NEVERENDING will be a SPIRITUAL experience.
The FUTURE is MAPPED-OUT. It's just the TIMELINE that's UNPREDICTABLE.
This means self. The Eternalist Self, the Individual. Followed by the original Eternalist design (sometimes referred to as 'Chrysalis'), which now should also have the meaning of community. The Eternalist community.
Community in Eternalism is more important than the individual, in the sense that more than one individual together with a common cause is more able to articulate Eternalism to others, and to maintain and expand their own understanding of Eternalism through intelligent communication.
Both are under common copywrite pending trademark registry. All use of these symbols in an Eternalist manner is allowed by the public. However, if the use of these symbols is applied to a social-political context in strong opposition to kindness and reason (such as nazis or armed insurrectionists), we shall petition them to stop the reuse and misuse of our symbols, under penalty of law.
Something almost unthinkable is about to happen, yet VERY FEW people will notice.
Here's what it is; SANITY will be called INSANITY and INSANITY will be called SANITY. They will switch places. And instead of being medical and mental terms, they will be considered SOCIAL TERMS and measures of general acceptance.
Another way of putting it will be that normal and abnormal will change places as far as fashion, gender and culture are concerned. You've seen evidence of this already, haven't you? You've even turned your mind around a bit. That's alright. It's okay, and its mostly NOT a bad thing. If I say to you that simply NATURE adjusting to the imperatives of human survival instincts.
Overpopulation wouldn't be bad thing if we had a bigger world. And if we'd arranged our economic systems so that they were NOT based on time-limited FINITE profit schemes. If we had NOT invested our children's lives in a poisoned planet. If we had chosen education over war. And if we had taken a WORLDLY VIEW rather than the myopic, self-righteous NATIONALISTIC view.
The NEW ERA that's coming won't be terrible, but there will be struggles, BIRTH PAINS.
It would be best to pay attention to what the Eternalists are doing. Perhaps become one yourself...
....transference through empathy is the simplest way to become another person.
....a more thorough way will be available in the future. It will be through science, and it will be more complex, at least at first. Oh yes, it is coming. Choose your type and be it. Pysical beauty in all its forms for everybody. What a world that will be. I hope to be a human when that happens.
....BLISSCRAFT recorded my song 'Blue Beret' Thursday night. and I will be posting it right after we put a few finishing touches on it. I am very satisfied with this version of BB, and if you know anything about the song's history, you probably know and have heard one or two of the previous versions, the first sung by Lulu Lite, with Casio keyboard arrangement by myself, Dennis C. Lee. That was 1983. Then, about a year later, Berkeley trio Wingfinger recorded BB with Lou Buckingham singing lead. Both of these versions are based and spectacular, IMO. They are both available on our Bandcamp page;
blue beret (lulu lite) | Dennis C. Lee and BLISSCRAFT | Dennis C. Lee (bandcamp.com)
blue beret (wingfinger) | Dennis C. Lee and BLISSCRAFT | Dennis C. Lee (bandcamp.com)
The album by the Doors called The Soft Parade is perhaps the least popular album and most misunderstood album by them. At the very beginning, on track one, Jim Morrison declares something I, at age 17, found startling and puzzling. He shouts, "You cannot petition the Lord with prayer!" I had thought I'd bought a rock album, not a sermon (though I was not disappointed - the Doors were, as always, brilliant). Still, I misunderstood the premise of both the singer and the band. Until now.
The deals you CAN petition Time with are different than those for which you might petition a Christian God, because we are on equal footing with Time. The degree to which Time controls us is always equal to the amount we control Time. Even the thought of this puts us outside the inside of Time.
Life is organic memory.
Having no memory is the sweetest of all, even though it is akin to death. No memory is the lure of opioids, even as it is impossible and a lie. No memory is life without the 'f'.
Sex and society are natural opposites. When they overlap we have an imaginative story. If it's not too graphic with genitalia, if it's in the form of a fairy tale, we can even tell it to our children. We can make movies about it. Yet all the movies will have the same story, thematically. The theme, at its core, will be love, even, and perhaps especially, if the end is sad.
How about you?
Those moments between awake and asleep,... as a dream explorer since I was about 17, I have had experiences within that state of consciousness worth paying good mind to, And I've kept a dream journal from time to time, once continuously for about 6 months. I called it 'The Third', pertaining to the approximate degree of time we spend asleep.
Lately, which is to say the last few years, my hypnogogic state has become more focused, clear and perhaps more 'realistic' than my dream life. So much so that at times I've wondered if that direction may be dangerous, leading perhaps to delusion or madness.
About a year ago I started seeing environments in the HS, inside of my closed eyes. It was very much like I was present, often in a field, and at other times on a country road, or in a well-lived in house, usually a place strange to me. but sometimes with a feeling of nostalgia.
Then it began that people, or maybe they were people-ish beings, were standing in front of me, silent. Clear as if I saw it when woke. Sometimes alien-like with what seemed to be helmets or masks. This graphic is as close as I could describe the feeling of their presence.
People coming into an Eternalist organization have a choice; They can keep their names in the group or take the names Gemma or Docti. These two names are symbols of feminine and masculine identities. This can seem like a game, or you could always take the identity with you if you wish.
You've fixed some goals in your head. You haven't told anyone. Because these goals are precious to you, you don't want to be bothered by others' opinions or input. Yet. You feel there's still planning to do before you are prepared to talk about it.
In your mind you may build a timeline for yourself, to be aware of how much time it would take to succeed. Two months? Two years? You'll be surprised at how much time it would take, so you vow to accomplish it sooner. With many things, quality takes time.
And you also want to have time with your friends. When Eternalists think of the future, we think of unlimited time. Just not with the same body. So we seek to know our body's restrictions; how far can we go without killing it,
The Eternalists think about the compromises they must take for their friends.
Family is different.
ETERNALIST MEDITATION (How To)
As you may be aware, the night sky above and near cities and towns reflects the lights' glare, making the stars less visible, so you may want to travel to some remote location. Again though, it can be done in a snowstorm, tornado or crowded bus.
Sit, and allow your mind to be unfocused gently from any tensions or worries you have had recently. Dismiss them for your time of contemplating Eternity. Then address deeper worries and anxieties; traits within yourself that have become habitual – dismiss them – they do not define you. Find yourself floating up, freely into the sky. As you feel it your eyes close.
What happens next is very personal. You think about Eternity, at first in a clear, very conscious way, but then soon your mind wonders. Your mind is allowed to move in many directions at once. Deep inside your unconscious mind is running through Time and Space, casually shooting ideas and thoughts at you, through you as if it were smoke and your body was made of air. Snapshots of the past, recent and ancient, snippets of conversations,...
You allow yourself to be on a mental journey. You may follow your meditation for at least 20 minutes. At least once a day.
I leave you at this moment – you are on your own.
You will notice changes within two weeks. You will become calmer, more empathetic, and more accepting of the goodwill in others and yourself. I don't say this merely to be altruistic, I say it because it is the natural path that all Time, which is Eternal Time, takes.
Life recreates itself, and it uses Time to do it.
When I was 27, I must have thought a lot about life and death. Because that was the year I decided I would do whatever I could to get to age 74. 74 seemed to be a good age to get to, I surmised, although it would also be a struggle.
I am now 72 and am happy I made that decision. Because it looks as if I will make my goal. I've had some rough times, but obviously nothing I couldn't handle, or I wouldn't be here. You're probably reading this after I've gone.
Because it's also that I have no intention of continuing my life after 74 years.
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Spanking, I believe, is an ancient tradition. There, I got your attention..
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intro:
This book has not been written with AI, though it may seem as much.
41. The conscious use of routine is a powerful educator when used in an Eternalist manner. It's the definition of how things get accomplished in multiples.
42. We have HARDCORE routines and SOFTCORE routines that stress Eternalist values. Both can be very successful, especially when a TIME LIMITATION VALUE is applied to it.
This is an unedited intro. It may well change before the publication of the book this summer.
I just want you to know what I envision.
At the Time of this writing, Eternalism in the form I've proposed is a relatively new religion, though throughout Time there have been like minded intellectuals who shared the philosophy with the world as it was. To my knowledge none addressed these ideas in a social manner, as in 'let's join hands and sing about this', Eternalism, when it becomes part of a social gathering, instilling a social nature among devotees, becomes a religion by all definitions.
I write this not because I want to avoid paying taxes. I firmly believe that religious organizations should pay taxes. No matter how firmly they believe in their business's mindset, they are businesses. Of course, all religions are mindsets. You pay them to keep you in their mindset, which, believe me, is a full-time job.
I had a conversation last night with my editor/publisher Shoshana Mahrohn. We talked about the book's proposed layout. A book that's been very influential to the Eternalist movement is James P. Carse's FINITE AND INFINITE GAMES. I strongly advise anyone interested in Eternalism to read it. The format is somewhat like the Christian Bible, with short, numbered pieces running consecutively through seven chapters. The contend mixes fact and fiction so well that it puts the reader in a state of oversight, as if flying above the ideas, picking and choosing them when and where they are needed in the reader's lives.
We'll be using a similar format, so that the reader can get as much out of it but reading randomly as reading linearly. My content is somewhat different from Carse's, there's a broadening of genre once again. You'll find autobiographic paragraphs, nicely scattered throughout. And the use of trance language, that is, the ability to draw a reader in using techniques like Seductive Phrasing and Rhyme Rhythms. Have you noticed how many commercials use these techniques?
