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"the privilege of a lifetime is being who you are." joseph campbell

i am very obedient to my own liberty and freedom. and i do "denial of the legitimacy of authority and behavioral defiance of it" “Our government teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.” brandells "Yes, anarchy is order, government is civil war" bellagarrigue

yes stosh, i consider you a fortunate person living in a fortunate universe. and seeing from another's perspective sometimes is useful for sure. and becoz i am upbeat and cheerful does not mean that i do not see horrific crimes and the effects of those crimes committed by our govt towards its own citizens. using all types of hideous tactics. when one lives in a geographical location that contains alot of mineral wealth, it can be a very bad situation. i can understand how 3rd world countries with resources must feel at times....they probably feel like some young fair beautiful maiden who has been found by a horde of ravaging drunken rapists that will have their way regardless. to be beautiful and unspoiled in this world can be a curse. please excuse me as i take leave for now to go celebrate halloween with fellow students. i hope it has some flavor of anarchy stosh, 9th, thelerner, marbles, it is always a pleasure and an honor to share ideas with ya'll

yes friend, i was addressing xor's question about working with the XYP school directly. and since the initiation i feel a different vibration, a different energy. ultimately, it is me that does the exercises but they are guided by FFS. and you are right that one can on their own potentially find spirit guides. and each of those instances can be truly remarkable and amazing experiences and progress can be made. but with FFS it is different thing and i like the way you explain it.

i consider godwin, rousseau, emerson, thoreau, myself as upbeat cheerful types. (even optimists) we just aint too much on waving the flag and bowing down to centrailized tightly held corrupt power. and when someone like me does wave the flag then red flags go up excitedly thinking danger danger revolution anarchy,,,i cannot speak to buddhist thought, seems it requires alot of intellectualizing. plato considered anarchy to be the higher form of democracy. he and aristotle did not see eye to eye often...... anarchy is obviously the opposite of criminality. that is my position. from the wise mick jagger " anarchy is the only slight glimmer of hope"

why would a witch want to fly on her broomstick higher than 150m? is there an advantage?

i didnt assume anything. and i am not saying that you are wrong about anything. i would like to live where my govt did not harass, spy,fleeced, expoited,hoaxed, robbed, put in serious harms way for nothing,,etc i am just suggesting that the american experience is very different where you and i live. and from my pov you are fortunate not to have these feelings towards the govt. it isnt anything negative towards your view.

wish i lived in your universe sometimes. Aristotle said "law is mind without reason" and he said some other stuff, as did plato, socrates. i admit i find socrates rather annoying at times, but he has his points, so does plato. even alexander and so forth http://www.reasonpapers.com/pdf/18/rp_18_13.pdf only becoz you mentioned woodstock,,,,,, all leave traces of athens.....

even if the 60's actually really happened? who can be sure? one november morning, the secrecy groups did take control quite violently. "and its hard to hold a candle in the cold november rain,,, and when your fears subside and the shadows still remain..so never mind the darknes..."

stosh here is a quote from proudhon, reflecting the absolutisme government of his time and that had been going on for centuries. ""To be GOVERNED is to be watched, inspected, spied upon, directed, law-driven, numbered, regulated, enrolled, indoctrinated, preached at, controlled, checked, estimated, valued, censured, commanded, by creatures who have neither the right nor the wisdom nor the virtue to do so. To be GOVERNED is to be at every operation, at every transaction noted, registered, counted, taxed, stamped, measured, numbered, assessed, licensed, authorized, admonished, prevented, forbidden, reformed, corrected, punished. It is, under pretext of public utility, and in the name of the general interest, to be place[d] under contribution, drilled, fleeced, exploited, monopolized, extorted from, squeezed, hoaxed, robbed; then, at the slightest resistance, the first word of complaint, to be repressed, fined, vilified, harassed, hunted down, abused, clubbed, disarmed, bound, choked, imprisoned, judged, condemned, shot, deported, sacrificed, sold, betrayed; and to crown all, mocked, ridiculed, derided, outraged, dishonored. That is government; that is its justice; that is its morality." anything ring familiar?

http://transcendentalism-legacy.tamu.edu/authors/thoreau/civiltext.html of course Thoreau was greatly influenced by Emerson and many consider Emerson to be anarchist, i consider Emerson Occultist, but i will place that idea in apech's sub forum. before Emerson and Thoreau there was Rousseau i am very much inline with the thoughts of Rousseau, Emerson, and Thoreau on the environment on on the view of governement was Aristotle an anarchist?

hahaha i am just presenting some historical references. and time and place needs to be considered for context. http://zenstoic.wordpress.com/2008/05/20/gradual-anarchism/ and were the stoics anarchists? can any ideal ever be fully realized?

its gettin kinda close to the all hallows eve thing here and this one for all our UK bums

happy halloween bums the costumes here are campus are simply delightful and partyin tonite i know its festive where you bums are as well http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2avhzmmWQM0

as i mentioned, i am a peaceful anarchist, and here i present the original peaceful anarchist, or even the original anarchist if you will, as he coined the term anarchist. altho the idea of rejecting authority probably occurred the moment someone mentioned anything about authority hehehe and apparently as soon as the word anarchy was uttered negative conotations were attached to it ! " In 1840, in his controversial "What Is Property", French political writer and socialist Pierre-Joseph Proudhon became the first person to call himself an Anarchist. In this book, Proudhon stated that the real laws of society have nothing to do with authority, but stem instead from the nature of society itself. He also predicted the eventual dissolve of authority and the appearence of a natural social order. "As man seeks justice in equality, so society seeks justice in anarchy. Anarchy - the absence of a sovereign - such is the form of government to which we are every day approximating." He was a 'peaceful anarchist'; he believed that within existing society, the organizations could be created that would eventually replace it. Proudhon was born in 1809, originally a peasant, the son of a brewer. His "What Is Property"and "System of Economic Contradictions" established him in the socialist community. Later he went on to write "The Federal Principle" and "The Political Capability of the Working Class". Although he declared in "What Is Property" that "property is theft", he did not support communism, and regarded the right of workers to control the means of production as an important part of freedom. He never considered himself the originator of a movement, but he did propose a federal system of autonomous communes. He had many followers, but they preferred the title 'Mutualists' to 'Anarchists'; Anarchism still bore a negative connotation. Proudhon and the Mutualists, along with British tradeunionists and socialists, formed the First International Workingmen's Association."

cool, another anarchy thread i am as peaceful as they come (with cooperation from others) i think the pure anarchist understands that pure anarchists are misunderstood, probably due to propaganda from the 'authorities' who dont care much for the anarchy concept and will try to villify it by telling lies etc here is an anarchist from the past that i resonate with http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/236959/William-Godwin

xor, i dont see how one could work with the system without the initiation. the initiation is where you connect with Shen Xian FFS

no comment about the 'bagua cops' (glad i am anarchist) but i digress alot,,,,,,,,,

so there is this new bill introduced called the American Freedom Act. supposed to do away with the spying nsa activities. is this just window dressing? or due to political double speak tendencies i.e. > patriot act etc and the long history of us politicians speaking with forked tongues,,, should we be utterly terrified by a bill named the american freedom act?

why cant we just have the bureaucratic one corporate state that we all dream of? that would watch our every action and thought? (for our own protection) (and not necessarily just for marketing purposes) monsanto!, its not just for breakfast anymore,,,, i dream of a daring new corporation that has self funded its own research, peer reviewed itself too, that comes up with the next biggest best thing, a body fluid that will allow humans to operate (minimially and without questioning) almost half-way alive, this new corporate body fluid would replace that outdated concept of blood. the supreme court would rule in favor of the required 'fluid change' for all us citizens. the corporation of course will self regulate all safety, environmental, health concerns (as corporations do now) the new advanced 'fluid of life tm' will be available in cold weather only warmer climate variety( becoz that is all we need now) and it is able to absorb trace levels of CO2, actually it operates better on CO2 additives, each month or every 3,000 miles there will need to be 'fluid of life tm' change and check up. this will only cost 33% of your disposable income. but there will be the add on tax to support corporations that have gone multi-national and no longer hire us citizens. beginning in the year 2017 all citizens will be required to have their old outdated (not to be trusted) blood removed at authorized corporate blood drainers tm further good news is that while republicans argue for a blood draining credit voucher to cover this procedure for impoverished citizens (yes! the govt corporate state will even accept(demand) poverty blood) and the democrats actaully want this procedure included in the new entittlements package. (actually this will be the main entitlement) so, however bureaucratic corporate state (red, white, and blue) (altho this new entitlement also will take the red out of the red white and blue.) but isnt some dullish industrial gray a better color? and gives us a nostalgic rememberance when there was industry in america. its the world we always dreamed of and coming soon

" but reading about contemporary, non mythical practitioners and they're not exactly showing signs of immortality.' longevity wise , there is that Lu Zijian baguazhang player........

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