Thinking for myself
I do not consider myself a conservative, liberal, Christian, Jew, Muslim, Hindu, Republican, Democrat, Communist, Socialist, Anarchist
, Racist, American, or
even free. I am simply an average Earthling. What I say below is the
result of spending 7 decades on this planet. Somehow through the years
I have come to the realization that all human reality is rigged to
favor only a few.
THE TRUE ENEMY OF HUMANKIND
There is no true Communism,
Socialism or Democracy on our planet. Why?
Since the days of the first pharaoh in Egypt the concept of money has corrupted all forms of government and is responsible for
crime, poverty, extortion, competition, wars, endless litigation and class distinction.
NO, I'm not perfect and I use money too,... because I am forced to. We
are the only life form on planet Earth that has adopted extortion as a
system for survival. What I don't do is make a profit on anything,
including my murals.
On planet Earth, living in a Democratic, Socialist or Communist
country means nothing to the "have nots" of this planet. The masses
are still abused, still extorted and still fodder for the rich and powerful.
Can everyone make a profit at the same time? No
Does human equality exist on Earth? No
Do all humans deserve to be treated equally? Yes.
Humans perpetuate
inequality.
A DECENT CIVILIZATION WOULD BE
REPULSED BY THE VIEW (BELOW).
THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR THIS.
On the illusion of power on Earth:
To quote from George Orwell's "1984",
“We know that no one ever seizes power
with the intention of relinquishing it.”
The Rise of 2 Despots and one "wanna be"
Vladimir Putin has extended his rule because he can.
Xi Jinping has extended his rule because he can.
See any similarity here?
Filled with hatred, like
the citizens in George Orwell's Oceania, Trump's followers wave their
flags and scream
their insults at any group of people he perceives as a threat. Even so
called religious people believe in him. Yeah, I'm sure any God would
support Trump.
Donald Trump is proof there are no
mental or moral standards for electing a president of the United States.
He and his followers are only concerned with their rights to have
parties and their
right to bear arms, yet they can't make simple sacrifices to protect
their fellow human beings.
THE PRESENT AND FUTURE
STATUE OF LIBERTY
INSCRIPTIONS
ORIGINAL INSCRIPTION
Give me your tired, your poor,
your huddled masses yearning to be free,
the wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me.
I lift my lamp beside the golden door.
"Now it
appears most Americans have determined that we can no longer afford
compassion or
tolerance. Oh well.....we all know that money Trumps compassion".
REVISED INSCRIPTION
Keep your tired, your poor,
your huddled masses yearning to be free,
keep the refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed elsewhere.
I lift my lamp beside the golden door,
and a sign reads "NO Vacancy".
QUESTIONS TO ANSWER
Now can you understand how Hitler gained power?
Can you see that ignorance is Democracy's weakest link?
Can you see that nothing is solved by two opposing Parties?
Can you see that a country divided by 50 is useless?
Humans are Polarized
 
Have
you ever witnessed any humans in an argument where the outcome results
in one or
the other
party conceding defeat? Their only interest is in winning at all
cost. Nose to nose they stand, sometimes to the point of physical confrontation,
without any evidence or intelligent debate. Blah blah blah, yada
yada yada.
Trump's reign displayed a level of incompetency equaling that of pre-school
children.
Black Lives Do Matter.
A look into the past reveals faces of hatred and ignorance.
Imagine the bravery of this young woman.
The above is an example of the type of crowd that president Trump used
as his political base. They are not stupid, they are ignorant.
Ignorance is the ONLY excuse.
From a Cosmic perspective
a Worthy Species...
Does not demand money for knowledge,
Does not care about human differences,
Does not demand money for aid of any kind,
Does not build homes that collapse in hurricanes,
Does not just give to those who have money,
Does not sell anything,
Does not have slums,
Does not evict anybody,
Does not care about opinion,
Does not believe jobs define a person,
Does not offer anything of lessor quality,
Does not distort knowledge to fit their beliefs,
Does not attack each other,
Does not let infrastructure fail,
Does not have borders,
Does not have rich or poor,
Does not cut corners or build on the lowest bid,
does not need money to exist.
Simply
put, money should never be a determining factor
in
any individual's life. We are wasting our most precious Earthly
resource which is the human mind. Imagine the millions of geniuses
around the Earth that never get a chance to flourish because of
Capitalism.
Humans
must evolve into a species worthy of surviving the physical universe like global warming and maintaining infrastructure. If we can't solve the obvious physical problems on this
planet, we will become extinct...and Earth doesn't care one way or the other.
Perhaps some day
we will evolve into a "Type One civilization" as described by the noted theoretical physicist Michio
Kaku. Look it up!
HUMAN FOLLY #1 " The concept of Class and Elitism"
Newton's Third Law of Inertia simply put: Every action (force) is met with an equal and opposite reaction (force).
Unfortunately
this law is ignored by humans. In a fair and just world, work should
be rewarded by
an equal measure of benefit. Keeping this in mind, how do we
justify the fact that only 2% of the humans on this planet are wealthy
and do very little work? How do we justify the poor and middle class
living
under the yoke of endless debt while suffering the
stress of constant extortion at the hands of the
rich?
HUMAN FOLLY #2 - "Conflicting ideologies"
Today
useless conflicts abound with Christians against Muslims, Democracy
against Communism, Jews against Palestinians, Republicans against
Democrats, Muslim against Hindu, blacks against whites, left against right, and the rich against the poor. All of
these conflicts are totally absurd on a cosmic level.
One
thing I do
know about the universe, IT DOESN'T
CARE. Ideology is a human construct that should reside in the mind and
heart but not imposed on the human race in the form of a government.
Always remember that compassion is most important for the preservation of the species.
HUMAN FOLLY #3 "SELF IMPORTANCE"
Self
importance is not the same as conceit. Self importance is a defense
mechanism to preserve an individual's perception of their preferred
reality. We spend too
much time in
measuring how things stack up to our own individual beliefs and
desires. If life doesn't measure up, we get the following results:
SYMPTOMS OF SELF IMPORTANCE:
Putting up walls,
terrorism,
mass shootings,
fighting over religious and ideological differences,
road rage,
anger,
bigotry,
xenophobia,
borders,
stubbornness,
jealousy,
lack of compassion,
wars,
not obeying traffic laws,
exclusivity,
patriotism,
bullying,
class distinctions of all kinds,
depression (sometimes),
and political polarization.
The truth is today's governments are corrupt and not needed for human
survival. Our species needs only one government that is focused of
equality and maintaining infrastructure.
Not dictating reality.
Ironically
the naive solution has always been the only solution. The phrase
"Oh, that is so naive" is the only argument against any hope of the ideal.
Why not the Ideal?
Humans
need a 2 decade reboot for the purpose of eliminating the weaknesses of
our
civilization. You can't do that until humans cooperate and share
knowledge rather that looking for profits and patents. Borders need to
vanish, science needs to advance and all humans must live a stress free
life without extortion or threat from any ideology. This may seem like
a naive view, yet in reality, only the naive view has provided the
answers to all human woes. It is the human folly of "belief and
opinion" that has prevented the advancement of humankind. For some
reason the physical world offers the only true solution to human suffering.
It would be a cooperative world worthy of cosmic scrutiny:
No more commercials,
No more positioning for power or wealth.
No reason to hoard gold or anything else,
No worrying about money,
No evictions,
No governments enforcing beliefs on others,
No homes blown away by hurricanes,
No Wars,
No governments ruling by extortion (bills),
No insurance of any kind (extortion),
No Dictatorships to oppress or brainwash the people,
No paying for knowledge,
No time limit on learning,
No paying for health care,
No working 8 hours a day,
No privileged information,
No hatred on the highways,
The list goes on and on and on.......
Funny thing is.... No matter how hard these challenges may seem to
humans, these challenges have all been
accomplished by any colony of Ants.
MAINTENANCE ONLY
The
function of any government should be limited to maintaining
infrastructure and providing laws that protect EVERY
individual's rights and freedoms equally. Government should not be
concerned
with the "human folly" of opinions, religious enforcement
or patriotism.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY"
- Look how low we've sunk regarding intellectual property. We develop
cures for diseases yet we are only interested in selling those cures for profit.
"Let them pay up or die", that's our motto!
I've got news for you, the reward is in the doing and not the Profit.
  Which
of these worlds (above) has the best chance to succeed? On the left we
have a world divided. The answer is the world on the right
side. A world without class distinctions, conflicts or borders. This is the only option
which guarantees our survival, the individual's right to achieve full potential and a road to the stars.
I know
there are millions of humans who would like to evolve.
Why
do humans
try to educate under the constraints of a stop watch? Why do we force
our
children to pass
through the eye of a needle at the end of every year? Why do we limit what they may
learn? But the most embarrassing thing we humans do is demand payment
for knowledge.
We
humans
must crystallize into a species with a cosmic perspective. Imagine how humans would benefit if all knowledge and
resources were freely shared. Imagine a world without
patents,
without hoarding, without nepotism, without the prejudice we call
patriotism, without corporate secrets,
government secrets or ignorance.
A COSMIC PERSPECTIVE
Our
galaxy "The Milky Way" has around 200 billion stars circling
a giant black hole. It is estimated that there are another 200 billion galaxies
in
the known universe (probably an absurdly low estimate).
Using the image below as a reference:
EARTH'S
first human radio broadcasts have traveled through space at the speed
of light since the
1920's. That
small circle (below) represents the distance
our radio broadcasts have traveled since then. Earth would be in
the center of that small circle and, as you can see, the vast majority
of our own galaxy is yet unaware of our existence. Now you see
why no one
has responded to our radio broadcasts. No doubt there are alien species
throughout most galaxies, yet the chance that they develop into a
civilization that advances beyond their star's life cycle would be
rare. The vast distances of the Universe are overwhelming, lonely and
yet beautiful.
BELOW IS A CROSS SECTION OF THE MILKY WAY WHICH DEMONSTRATES
THE PATH EARTH TAKES THROUGH THE PLANE OF THE MILKY WAY 
All
that we know, see, feel, hear and taste derives from coalescing gas and
exploding stars. Your gold jewelry comes from
an ancient exploding star, forged by intense fusion long before our
Earth existed. We are all made entirely of star stuff.
If
we really believed in our Earthly religions we would not allow a world, like the one above, to exist.
SLAVERY STILL EXISTS -
Slavery in modern times is driven by Inequality. Some humans work the majority
of their waking hours
for minimum wage. If humans must use money then,
to be fair, wages should be based on individual energy output. Those
who work the hardest in a physical sense should earn the most money.
Imagine the weight loss!!!
2 cups of Nationalism,
2 cups of religion (any will do)
3/4 cup of Ignorance (not stupidity just ignorance),
and a dash of bigotry, jealousy, envy and want.
Bake at 90 degrees
Interesting fact: WHERE DID THEY GO?
All the ancient peoples of
Earth still exist. The Maya, Inca, Greek, Anasazi, Roman, Egyptians,
Nubian, Mongols and natives of all kinds are still here. They simply
disperse amongst the rest. Yes even the DNA of Neanderthals is within
us. Anything that is physically possible can happen and is natural.
BLINDLY FOLLOW, REALLY?
I
will always question the sanity or motives of someone who speaks for
any God or country. I refuse to blindly follow any political party, any
religion or any law that seems constructed by prejudice or human folly. If
all people are equal, there is no threat of persecution. When there is
no threat of persecution there is nothing more to conquer except the
stars.
A beautiful moment in time near Bali 1968
We
were sailing the pacific on the USS Providence just off the coast of Bali in 1968. It was
a hot still summer night around 12:00 midnight and
I was sitting on the deck with a few of my friends in the navy band.
Everything was eerily quiet and even the sound of a nuclear
cruiser
cutting the water was lost in the absolute quiet of a mirror
smooth ocean. The surface of the water was completely hidden below by a 2
foot high fog layer. It was as if we were sailing on a
cloud and when you looked
over the side you saw only white. Above us the Milky Way was
crystal clear. Out of the cloudy mist below emerged flying fish. They would glide about 20 yards
before diving back into the white silence. The whole experience was
like living in a Dali painting. The flying fish, the silence and the
fog were all components of a beautiful moment that I would never again
experience. It wasn't over yet!! Gary Marcus, a 1st class petty officer who
was a phenomenal tenor sax player, appeared on deck dressed only in his
underwear and with his tenor sax hanging from his neck. He was following an
officer up to the bridge. My friends looked at each other
and agreed
that he was fuming mad. Not five minutes later we heard "Bali Hai"
played over the loud speaker so the whole ship could hear it. Once the
melody was over he finished it off with a mad flurry of notes as if
pissing all over what he had just played. Ahhh, the wonderful language
of music. A beautiful evening in so many ways. I
was recently told by Mike Burns (a fine musician and one who knows
about sacrifice) that Gary Marcus was married and needed to stay in the
Navy to pay for his child's medical problems. Inspiration comes from
those around us.
Any
government that murders its own people is corrupt and paranoid. Above:
These ignorant Chinese soldiers think they are doing the right thing,
just like Americans at Kent State or Egyptian soldiers in Cairo.
The girl above is a
Tibetan demonstrator who
eventually ends up with half her head blown off. How noble is Humankind?
The U. S. government would do the same thing to it's own citizens if the wealthy felt threatened.
It's
amazing how humans have accepted the fact that
our brave leaders have the right to send our sons and daughters
to their deaths. WHY?
"MEDICAL
INSURANCE"
- Medical insurance is extortion paid by individuals to stay
alive and backed by our government.
Asking for money in return for medical care is embarrassing on a
cosmic level. My apologies to any intelligent life out there.
TWO IMPORTANT SURVIVAL REQUIREMENTS INFRASTRUCTURE - For
humans to survive it is necessary that we maintain and develop a
consistent and improved infrastructure (communications, water, power,
transportation, education and housing) at all times. STANDARDIZATION
- One of the most important aspects of accelerated evolution would be global
standardization, thus allowing all people access to the same
products
for a specified length of time (example: ten
years) without suffering incompatibility problems.
What is memory?
I remember my childhood in West Virginia was flavored with days of
bare feet, lightning bugs, watermelon and homemade pineapple ice cream.
Life was full of mystery and the burden of responsibility was non
existent.
I do however remember moments that serve as everlasting beacons in my life. For example:
Each summer my brother and I
declared war on sand hornets. We would spy a hornet and take turns
swatting them like baseballs. With branches or sticks we sent them
flying at least twenty yards in every direction. Each hornet had a designated area to patrol and when we removed
one hornet another would replace it. I new
there was order in nature that I respected even at seven.
I remember memorizing the books of the old testament
in Sunday school in the basement of the Methodist church on 6th avenue.
I remember the smell in the science lab
at Marshall University when my brother and I would walk the empty halls
on the weekend without ever being noticed. There were fossils, insects
and skulls displayed in cases just for us.
I remember walking to the movie
theaters in Huntington to see all the latest monster movies of the
50's. All we needed was a can of food donated at the ticket office and we could see 2 full
length movies and a cartoon.
Now that I'm old..................
The
universe is full of matter that is moving. Matter in motion leaves a
trail. That trail
is Memory. We only need to open our eyes,
smell a scent, hear a sound, taste or touch to witness memory.
Everything that
you
perceive is memory.
Craters
on all planetary bodies are memory.
Scarred
rocks from receding glaciers are memory,
A snail's trail is memory,
Ripples in the sand,
or a sticky
dollar bill are memory,
A bruise, a cruise or a short fuse are memory,
The scar, a book or a pink slip is memory,
Everything
that moves or is moved upon is memory........
Now,
hypothetically, if there
is an awareness of all memory in the cosmos then that would suggest a singular
universal consciousness. A glimmer of hope for all the religious out
there.
"Speaking of memory, I can't tell you how many times I've stood in a room wondering what I was doing there."
"EVERY CIVILIZATION NEEDS
IT'S DIOGENES."
Nothing for now,
but I'll use this spot to rant and rave.
h Palm Beach,
Jupiter, Stuart, Boca Raton, Palm Beach Gardens and Juno Beach. Murals
of Florida, Murals of U. S. A.
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