Spirituality, to an atheist, is probably limited to a sense of it. Some folks consider a sense of well being to be spiritual, to others a state of temperate sadness better fits the frame. A secular sense of grace deserves some status. But that can be hard to achieve. People are either selling eternal salvation in exchange for co-operation, or else informing everyone they are living in a fairy tale. Maybe metaphor is the spiritual equivalent of the Word from On High.
I am a damp paper napkin on a yet uncleared formica table in the Wood Street McDonald's. Fluid drips from the ceiling, first clear water, then droplets of India Ink, which spread, nebulize and gray the napkin. Darkness pervades the soul. But an atheist doesn't believe in such a thing as the soul.
If inner peace is spirituality, people are the leading antagonist to it. Maybe it's in the doing. Maybe there is such a thing as a mission in life. I'm kicking off a temporary, maybe permanent attempt at conflict resolution. People who despise 45 could try to separate the person from the courses of action. People have been sabotaging peace initiatives, such as the one with North Korea. Closing the boarder was fine with Democrats until Trump got in. All racism appeared by magic soon as the last election results came in. He is being blamed for an infinity of pre-existing human conditions.
The Democratic Party has become grotesque. Childish. Greedy. And angry at everyone else for being anything but another useful idiot in a fool's paradise. I don't think a third party will better enable inner peace. Get off polarity. Be centrist, logical and inclusive. The radical politics of the 1960s/70s morphed into radicalized greed and entitlement. People are still trying to be the radicals that made headlines way back when. This is now. Years ago I was fond of the concept of human spirit. Now it seems like a steaming crock of shit.
I am a damp paper napkin on a yet uncleared formica table in the Wood Street McDonald's. Fluid drips from the ceiling, first clear water, then droplets of India Ink, which spread, nebulize and gray the napkin. Darkness pervades the soul. But an atheist doesn't believe in such a thing as the soul.
If inner peace is spirituality, people are the leading antagonist to it. Maybe it's in the doing. Maybe there is such a thing as a mission in life. I'm kicking off a temporary, maybe permanent attempt at conflict resolution. People who despise 45 could try to separate the person from the courses of action. People have been sabotaging peace initiatives, such as the one with North Korea. Closing the boarder was fine with Democrats until Trump got in. All racism appeared by magic soon as the last election results came in. He is being blamed for an infinity of pre-existing human conditions.
The Democratic Party has become grotesque. Childish. Greedy. And angry at everyone else for being anything but another useful idiot in a fool's paradise. I don't think a third party will better enable inner peace. Get off polarity. Be centrist, logical and inclusive. The radical politics of the 1960s/70s morphed into radicalized greed and entitlement. People are still trying to be the radicals that made headlines way back when. This is now. Years ago I was fond of the concept of human spirit. Now it seems like a steaming crock of shit.
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