tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30446592011-04-21T15:50:16.360-07:00Trouble in MindA weblog about big trouble ...Troublehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08693635168129106706noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3044659.post-39130982001-06-03T17:09:00.000-07:002001-06-03T17:09:33.030-07:00<h1>Trouble in Mind</h1>
<br /><p>The trouble is the fuckers, of course <symbol name="Em Dash"><!--begin!kadov{{-->—<!--}}end!kadov-->
<br /> the powers that be, in Walter
<br /> Wink's</a> phrase: wealth and power, separately and together. <!--kadov_tag{{<spaces>}}--> <!--kadov_tag{{</spaces>}}-->As
<br /> Wink points out, they're <span style="font-style: italic;">fallen,</span>
<br /> thus prone to all sorts of pernicious, evil, or simply annoying acts.
<br /> <!--kadov_tag{{<spaces>}}--> <!--kadov_tag{{</spaces>}}-->The main
<br /> trouble with the fuckers, however, is that they constantly distract us
<br /> (often in brutal ways) from the real trouble, which is that we live in
<br /> a world of material scarcity where we grow old and sick and die; and yet
<br /> have to try to live a decent life here. <!--kadov_tag{{<spaces>}}--> <!--kadov_tag{{</spaces>}}--></p>
<br /><p>The gnostic take is that the world is not only fallen but deprived of
<br /> spirit, that spirit exists only in fragments we must fine and nurture
<br /> so that things can be reincorporated in the divine. <!--kadov_tag{{<spaces>}}--> <!--kadov_tag{{</spaces>}}-->Or
<br /> something like that.
<br /><p>And meanwhile the fuckers distract us with brute force and lots of it.
<br /> <!--kadov_tag{{<spaces>}}--> <!--kadov_tag{{</spaces>}}-->Maybe they
<br /> can't help it, as Wink says, but I say the least we can do is point out
<br /> what they're up to, the fuckers.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3044659-3913098?l=troubleinmind.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Troublehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08693635168129106706noreply@blogger.com