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I stand by my view that this topic generates cognitive dissonance for you I-Eye. In other words, it makes you very uncomfortable. That's not an accusation by the way. Now let me reply as clear as I can, because perhaps my long answers have added to your confusion.
I cannot help getting the impression, however, that no matter how much the idea is discussed, its basis that people are different individually and as groups, it will still strike you as vulnerable to abuse. So if I am beginning on the right foot here I have the following observations to make:
1) There ARE different groups of people, just as different individuals. The Op/non-OP distinction addresses only one of many possible differences among people.
2) It is actually very difficult for this concept to be abused as physical or cultural distinctions can be abused. Identifying an OP or non-OP is a difficult task, possibly only applicable in prolonged personal relationships. You cannot sweep through a crowd and mark out the OP's to haul them to concentration camps.
3) No matter what sincere people discuss or how they organize their understanding of others, the danger of predjudice will most always come from psychopathic individuals and groups. These people and groups have an intent to be predjudiced and manipulative. It is in their direction that your concerns should be pointed.
4) ALL profound ideas are dangerous. Any truth can be distorted. It is like a scientific discovery that can benefit humanity. Chances are it can be also used for destructive purposes. Yet does this mean we must remain in the stone age? It seems to me you want guarantees that this idea cannot be distorted and misused. I do not think those guarantees can be provided. An idea that is scaled-down and "tamed" to be distortion-proof can only lose its power of benign application IMO.
In other words (at the risk of being overly simplistic): Ideas do not distort people, people distort ideas
First you are missing the point when you mention "Semitism" and "Jews" as examples. The words have been designed as triggers by Pathocrats using these people as scapegoats, while at the same time some of these pathocrats acted out of these groups.
On the other hand, Jews have lived peacefully for centuries in Muslim countries from Persia through the Ottoman Empire, and even in Rome and Byzantium (Roman persecutions were politically motivated, and would be the same for any other group that had revolted). For these cultures the Jew was not a trigger word. Psychopathic Pathocrats made it so. They can also do this with the OP concept, but that does not mean it is invalid.
Second, this word is a trigger for YOU, and you are generalizing your personal response to it. It can also be a trigger for others. Is this a problem of the word or the people being triggered? As one who is NOT triggered by this word I cannot help but believe that the latter possibility is what is going on. This would then shift the focus of discontent with the topic from the word itself to the personal psychology of the person(s) being triggered by it. What makes them different form those who are not triggered? I believe this is the question we should be asking. And it so happens that the discussion on "Organic Portals" addresses that question, without implying that discomfort with the topic necessitates that one is an OP, nor that if one IS an OP they are a second class citizen.
Before you say that my description "evolved beyond it" designates superiority, I need to note that for some people evolving beyond the OP state is part of who they are, and to them being an OP is not compatible with their true organically based being. We have made comparisons of OP's with animals, and if you forget this is an analogy you can be misled. However, I do not consider animals inferior to myself. I consider myself along a human evolutionary path. Within that path this discussion has posited that there are also sub-directions of evolution.
The point was made before that we all have the same rights and privelidges as humans, but we are not the same. What IS predjudicial, in other words, is to deny people their differences, and the right to evolve according to their inclinations.
I also believe you are not looking at the OP concept in an abstract manner, but are trying to associate definitive groups with it as if it was an obvious trait such as hair or skin color. I find it, furthermore, difficult to provide an explanation to prove to you that an abstract idea cannot be a trigger if kept at the abstract level. That is why we are having this discussion, to move into the abstract meaning behind the word, and in those meanings there is no triggering.
And I cannot explain (or maybe do not even think it would be constructive to try to explain) why abstraction does not mean that an idea cannot be observed in action and inspire applications in the real world. To me it is self-evident. So I acknowledge my limitation here.
The only thing I will say is that I believe you are literalizing the abstraction, and getting stuck on the letter of the word while neglecting its spirit.
You also seem to be saying that in order to avoid the Calvinist predjudice we must avoid all observations of human difference. You are comparing apples to oranges when saying that OP/non-OP distinctions imply some kind of doctrine of Predestination (which is not an abstract idea, by the way, but very simplistic).
Yet when I fall into the same traps time and again in refusing to aknowledge human differences at some point, stupid, dense and/or stubborn as I may be, I will get the message. So if you ask me if I am sure, I can only say: absolutely.
And that would be because they respond to words as "triggers" instead of exploring the abstract concepts behind those words.
Everyone thinks and expresses what they think, and the task for others is to think as well. There are no guaranteed revelations made to order here. If you have trouble finding the connectors within this complex framework, either point where connectors are needed, or address the problem as rooted in your own perception and thought potential.
The fact remains that many here have observed that elements of this thread do come together toward some kind of overall meaning. Your opinion continues to be your own. If there is a gap, can you bridge it from your end, because I do not see the gap in the material itself?
I am a little confused by the rest of your comments. Do you or do you not believe that a constructive discussion is going on here? You are saying that all information is open to distortion. Yes, and it will always be that way. That is why abstraction (where associations, analogies and comparisons are taken loosly) is necessary. Abstraction means that both sides of your brain are participating in your thought process. It entails analytic logic as well as holistic intuition. Distortion occurs when we rely exclusively on the left brain functions, as you seem to be doing.
This IS a potentially confusing topic, and I would like to stick to my point that the best way to approach it is with both sides of your brain. The same holds true for the other ideas of the C's material you presented in your appendix.
In general, you are concerned IMO that an idea that identifies groups of people can be easily misunderstood and misapplied. I gather you are not trying to say outright (at least not anymore) that the ideal itself should be abandoned, but that in a format of discussion it can be explored.I-Eye said:The 'roots at the underside' in your words I interprete as the teaching that there are two distinguished groups of human beings.
My question dealt with a lexical problem (mixed indeed with a backslash).
But to elaborate the problem: May I give examples how vocabulary affects us on the 'branches' of our reality?
I cannot help getting the impression, however, that no matter how much the idea is discussed, its basis that people are different individually and as groups, it will still strike you as vulnerable to abuse. So if I am beginning on the right foot here I have the following observations to make:
1) There ARE different groups of people, just as different individuals. The Op/non-OP distinction addresses only one of many possible differences among people.
2) It is actually very difficult for this concept to be abused as physical or cultural distinctions can be abused. Identifying an OP or non-OP is a difficult task, possibly only applicable in prolonged personal relationships. You cannot sweep through a crowd and mark out the OP's to haul them to concentration camps.
3) No matter what sincere people discuss or how they organize their understanding of others, the danger of predjudice will most always come from psychopathic individuals and groups. These people and groups have an intent to be predjudiced and manipulative. It is in their direction that your concerns should be pointed.
4) ALL profound ideas are dangerous. Any truth can be distorted. It is like a scientific discovery that can benefit humanity. Chances are it can be also used for destructive purposes. Yet does this mean we must remain in the stone age? It seems to me you want guarantees that this idea cannot be distorted and misused. I do not think those guarantees can be provided. An idea that is scaled-down and "tamed" to be distortion-proof can only lose its power of benign application IMO.
In other words (at the risk of being overly simplistic): Ideas do not distort people, people distort ideas
Two points here:I-Eye said:Key words exist. They are like buttons. Semitism is a trigger, Jew is a trigger and obviously 'OP' is a trigger too.
First you are missing the point when you mention "Semitism" and "Jews" as examples. The words have been designed as triggers by Pathocrats using these people as scapegoats, while at the same time some of these pathocrats acted out of these groups.
On the other hand, Jews have lived peacefully for centuries in Muslim countries from Persia through the Ottoman Empire, and even in Rome and Byzantium (Roman persecutions were politically motivated, and would be the same for any other group that had revolted). For these cultures the Jew was not a trigger word. Psychopathic Pathocrats made it so. They can also do this with the OP concept, but that does not mean it is invalid.
Second, this word is a trigger for YOU, and you are generalizing your personal response to it. It can also be a trigger for others. Is this a problem of the word or the people being triggered? As one who is NOT triggered by this word I cannot help but believe that the latter possibility is what is going on. This would then shift the focus of discontent with the topic from the word itself to the personal psychology of the person(s) being triggered by it. What makes them different form those who are not triggered? I believe this is the question we should be asking. And it so happens that the discussion on "Organic Portals" addresses that question, without implying that discomfort with the topic necessitates that one is an OP, nor that if one IS an OP they are a second class citizen.
I believe, as I mentioned, you are going down a false path with your designation of the word OP as a trigger. You are depersonalizing the personal and objectifying the subjective. We have already noted in this discussion that OP addresses an effect to which certain people can be inclined. Some people can be hardwired to this effect, and others can be soft-wired to it because they can evolve beyond it, but have not yet done so.I-Eye said:The contrversial point is:
- Is it 'the' reality and the word OP does indeed somehow designate that group?
- Or is it another trial to install or reinstall triggers.
Before you say that my description "evolved beyond it" designates superiority, I need to note that for some people evolving beyond the OP state is part of who they are, and to them being an OP is not compatible with their true organically based being. We have made comparisons of OP's with animals, and if you forget this is an analogy you can be misled. However, I do not consider animals inferior to myself. I consider myself along a human evolutionary path. Within that path this discussion has posited that there are also sub-directions of evolution.
The point was made before that we all have the same rights and privelidges as humans, but we are not the same. What IS predjudicial, in other words, is to deny people their differences, and the right to evolve according to their inclinations.
I also believe you are not looking at the OP concept in an abstract manner, but are trying to associate definitive groups with it as if it was an obvious trait such as hair or skin color. I find it, furthermore, difficult to provide an explanation to prove to you that an abstract idea cannot be a trigger if kept at the abstract level. That is why we are having this discussion, to move into the abstract meaning behind the word, and in those meanings there is no triggering.
And I cannot explain (or maybe do not even think it would be constructive to try to explain) why abstraction does not mean that an idea cannot be observed in action and inspire applications in the real world. To me it is self-evident. So I acknowledge my limitation here.
The only thing I will say is that I believe you are literalizing the abstraction, and getting stuck on the letter of the word while neglecting its spirit.
You seem to be saying once again that observing differences should be something to be avoided. I did not make my observations because I was out to prove something. Experience unavoidably led to the observations. Like you, I resisted the idea of differences at first because of this fear of separating humans into "the blessed" and the "damned". I believe the Calvinists call it the Doctrine of Predestination.I-Eye said:WHAT is not real? Did you observe that it IS absolutely so but did not have a word for it? Or is it that the systems explains your observation?
we should not forget that the idea of a division is not new. Calvin thought it is predetermined who is from god and who is from the devil.
You also seem to be saying that in order to avoid the Calvinist predjudice we must avoid all observations of human difference. You are comparing apples to oranges when saying that OP/non-OP distinctions imply some kind of doctrine of Predestination (which is not an abstract idea, by the way, but very simplistic).
Yet when I fall into the same traps time and again in refusing to aknowledge human differences at some point, stupid, dense and/or stubborn as I may be, I will get the message. So if you ask me if I am sure, I can only say: absolutely.
Here you are inadvertantly affirming the views on OP's, and your ideas that words have multiple connectors are valid from the standpoint of Organic Portal-like behaviour. I would not want this thread published in the mass media because the level of misunderstanding would result in persecution of the members of this forum just like it did for the early Christians.I-Eye said:It is the discussion which gives words a meaning. Any given word has multiple connectors. But they often lay hidden and it depends completely upon how and where a word is used.
Let me give you an example. Would you use 'organic portals' in a newspaper?
That is a master trigger.
And that would be because they respond to words as "triggers" instead of exploring the abstract concepts behind those words.
You are sticking on the word "humanize" and then expanding through definitions of the word, while missing what I was trying to say. Humanize is really nothing more than respectful of human beings as individuals, groups and humanity as a whole. Creating confusion does not necessarily mean one is addressing the complexity of the issue. And I think we are truly discussing things and explaining them within a broader scheme here.I-Eye said:But discussing a word where conflicting aproaches may broaden or enlighten the sense is completely different. While i would not say it is a process to 'humanize' a word I'd rather think it is the process to explain it within a broader scheme where. Considering the C transcriptions the word has much more connectors as you say.
You are essentially asking the forum to make all the predigested connections for you and give you a regurgitated meaning for the word that solves your doubts and dissonances. My comments are not the forum, and I cannot be a forum unto myself.I-Eye said:There are two things: A concept and a word. Imagine one (me) who read Lauras material which starts using that word. The reader is left with the newspaper view. (A newspaper gives a dayly progress of political processes. It is up to the reader to collect all parts).
In this approach the word is not explained within a broader context. One is left to collect the data of the material and somehow find a way through it and he may end missunderstanding a concept. This is the danger to simplify a word and it then may function as a trigger.
But a forum is different. It helps finding the connectors within a rather complex framework. Then at least the meaning of the word might be acuratly understood.
Everyone thinks and expresses what they think, and the task for others is to think as well. There are no guaranteed revelations made to order here. If you have trouble finding the connectors within this complex framework, either point where connectors are needed, or address the problem as rooted in your own perception and thought potential.
The fact remains that many here have observed that elements of this thread do come together toward some kind of overall meaning. Your opinion continues to be your own. If there is a gap, can you bridge it from your end, because I do not see the gap in the material itself?
I am a little confused by the rest of your comments. Do you or do you not believe that a constructive discussion is going on here? You are saying that all information is open to distortion. Yes, and it will always be that way. That is why abstraction (where associations, analogies and comparisons are taken loosly) is necessary. Abstraction means that both sides of your brain are participating in your thought process. It entails analytic logic as well as holistic intuition. Distortion occurs when we rely exclusively on the left brain functions, as you seem to be doing.
This IS a potentially confusing topic, and I would like to stick to my point that the best way to approach it is with both sides of your brain. The same holds true for the other ideas of the C's material you presented in your appendix.