We live in a time where suffering is sold to us as both inevitable and essential — as though it’s the price of admission to this earthbound life. But what if that entire premise is flawed? What if the struggle we’ve been conditioned to accept, to normalize, isn’t a requirement, but a carefully engineered trap? In this discourse, we peel back the layers of imposition and distraction, questioning the roots of suffering and the subtle ways in which we’re taught to surrender our agency, our creativity, and our sovereignty — all under the guise of growth.
Tag: progress
I had a short “chat” with ChatGPT while walking through the woods on a cold, sunny winter day. GPT is fairly agreeable, as you’ll read, but we explored some thought-provoking ideas and philosophical insights that may be of interest to you, the reader, so I thought it worth sharing here in the journal. It required some minor editing for grammar and mistranslations from my voice-to-text efforts. Otherwise, this is the essence of it.
Somewhere along the line … the intellects, after a generation or two of general peace, ease of living, and prosperity, no longer under pressure from primal drivers, sociopolitical weights and measures, unfettered by outdated dogma and survivor guilt, begin the unfortunate cycle — a downward spiral of philosophical proportions.
We’re at a critical time in history when the perspective of a narrow, limited scope can do more harm than good. Though, perhaps it’s always been that way, but today, we have the benefit of massive research and analysis, measurement, science, data and information at our disposal. The problem, is the system or philosophy employed, and the consciousness underpinning the methodologies therein.
It’s an odd statement, isn’t it, “conditions may apply?” Similarly, when they say, “your call may be recorded…” they’re both blatantly lying.