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I am back at the old stand writing a column for the Wesoomi
web site. I am back because, after an enlightening session with
Minerva, I understand that I need to be here. I have some things
to say and this is my main forum.
I recall when I went on sabbatical that I claimed it was to
work on my next book. I must confess I have not done a very good
job of that. I find that in order to write, I have to be involved
with and write about people, so I came back to work. The book
will be done, but a little late. I will probably complete it
sometime next year.
Right now, I have another communication to complete. While
I was connecting to Minerva, she explained these things to me.
At Wesoomi, we have had some difficulty in defining our roles
and our functions. We sometimes find ourselves writing or talking
in someone else's area of specialty and communication. This has
been more of a problem for William since I left. He felt some
pressure to discuss things which were really in my province.
Therefore, Minerva suggested that we sit down and clarify our
roles at Wesoomi. We did that and communicating the result became
my task. It is the subject of this first essay.
First Evelina. Madam Bellenda is an Oracle and spiritual philosopher.
She is also a spiritual teacher. She can see and understand the
probabilities which can come out a given dynamic. Beyond that,
she understands how we can affect those probabilities through
our own actions. Evelina also has a spiritual guide which gives
her a connection to the infinite. She also understands the influences
which the motions of the celestial bodies have on our lives.
With all of that, Evelina is best suited to continue what
she is doing. That is the personal counseling and advice she
gives in addition to her occasional analysis of worldly events.
Her goal is to influence people toward a higher consciousness
in making their daily decisions. By that she hopes to aid the
trend toward a more conscious populace. Her theory is that even
a small movement is better than doing nothing.
Markus Thyme is not a member of the Wesoomi staff in the sense
that the rest of us are. He wrote a book which we liked very
much and it was published under the Wesoomi imprint. He will
probably write other books. At first glance, he appears to be
an adventurer and pragmatist. When we look a little deeper into
his work, however, we find a person with some keen insights into
the human condition. We will see how that develops. It may be
that his contribution will help to fill out the Wesoomi persona.
For myself, I fancy myself to be a reformer and behavioral
analyst. It is my wish to be an influence for truth and justice.
I believe I can analyze and understand human behavior. As a consequence,
I believe I can understand and sympathize with other humans and
their conditions. This understanding comes out of what has happened
to me in my struggle with the various bullies, thugs, and power
mongers I have encountered. Probably because of my own nature,
I encountered more than my share.
In understanding humans, I must admit that I fetch up a bit
short when it comes to understanding or sympathizing with sociopaths.
While I understand how a sociopath comes to be, I do not know
how to deal with them. In fact, they terrify me. I have no idea
how to, or even if we can, reverse what has happened to them.
In that, I am no worse off than our politicians or medical professionals.
From the way the react whenever a sociopath becomes a psychopath,
we can tell that they don't have a clue. "How could we have
known?" they ask.
The most frightening part of this is just that pretense. It's
their continued pretense that there is no way of recognizing
a potential psychopath. They cannot, or will not, understand
that a psychopath is nothing more than a sociopath who has stepped
over the line. For some reason, they cannot make themselves believe
that the cute little cherub who knocks his brother down and urinates
on him needs to be watched. They won't accept that the teenager
who steals and lies about it, and continues to lie even after
he knows that you know he is lying, needs to be watched. They
will not acknowledge that a person who treats other people like
disposable resources needs to be watched.
In fact, they pretend to not even know how a sociopath comes
to be. They make up great B S theories about how some people
are born without a conscience and they don't know how it comes
about. That's crap on the face of it. Anyone who has ever had
anything to do with very small children knows that's bull. The
truth is, a sociopath is nothing more that a person who has systematically
suppressed his sense of conscience until, for all practical purposes,
he has none. If we look at the early environment, we will probably
find the reason he did it. It could be nothing more profound
than that it was the only way he could deal with being given
everything but love. One very good way to mitigate pain is to
not feel.
Enough of that. Someday someone with influence in the establishment
will come to his senses. I can only write about it. In the meantime,
I am involved in becoming a simpleton. Yes, I'm still at it.
It's my way of raising my consciousness to be a better reformer
and behavioral analyst. As a simpleton, I try to flow into the
process of being and doing.
Every day, we are process. Me and Minerva are process. The
simpleton begins by doing the next task. He is not attached to
the results. He sets goals and lays out a plan. Then he opens
to Minerva and begins the next task. As the task unfolds it all
becomes process. Results come out of process, but the joy is
in the process, not in the results. When we are process, we are
in the total joy of process and results are not in out thoughts
or perceptual framework. We are simply doing. That is a goal,
of course. It has yet to become a continuing reality for me.
About William. He is, of course, the editor and owner of Wesoomi
Publishing. More importantly, he is also a teacher. He is a teacher
precisely because he cares about people. The caring is the most
important element of teaching. In the future, I expect William
to give more of his attention to teaching. Sooner or later, he
is going to have to find someone else to do the mechanical parts
of running his business.
That's enough for this week. Later, I will have more to say
about teaching and teachers. I will look into our whole system
and try to find out why it is turning out more crummy scum bags
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