Heavenly Earth

ANARCHY ...

"Anarchy means without dominance. It is a state of freedom or the ultimate liberatory experience. Simply put, it means living free, working together cooperatively, practicing mutual aid, and not being exploitative or authoritative


It is not a economic system or a political platform. Anarchy is thinking for yourself. It is an individual orientation towards yourself and others - a personal approach to life. Anarchy is the decision to think for yourself rather than following blindly. It is the rejection of hierarchy, a refusal to accept the "god given" authority of any nation, law, or other force as being more significant than your own authority over yourself. It would be an instinctive distrust of those who claim to have some sort of rank or status above the others around them, and an unwillingness to claim such status over others for yourself. Most of all, it would be a refusal to place responsibility for yourself in the hands of others: it would be the demand that each of us be able to choose our own destiny.


According to this definition, there are a great deal more anarchists than it seemed, though most wouldn't refer to themselves as such. For most people, when they think about it, want to have the right to live their own lives, to think and act as they see fit. Most people trust themselves to figure out what they should do more than they trust any authority to dictate it to them. Almost everyone is frustrated when they find themselves pushing against faceless, impersonal power.


You don't want to be at the mercy of governments, bureaucracies, police, or other outside forces, do you? Surely you don't let them dictate your entire life. Don't you do what you want to, what you believe in, at least whenever you can get away with it? In our everyday lives, we all are anarchists. Whenever we make decisions for ourselves, whenever we take responsibility for our own actions rather than deferring to some higher power, we are putting anarchy into practice. So if we are all anarchists by nature, why do we always end up accepting the domination of others, even creating forces to rule over us? Wouldn't you rather figure out how to coexist with your fellow human beings by working it out directly between yourselves, rather than depending on some external set of rules? Remember, the system they accept is the one you must live under: if you want your freedom, you can't afford to not be concerned about whether those around you demand control of their lives or not.


Of course, even if a world entirely without hierarchy is possible, we should not have any illusions that any of us will live to see it realized. That should not even be our concern: for it is foolish to arrange your life so that it revolves around something that you will never be able to experience. We should, rather, recognize the patterns of submission and domination in our own lives, and, to the best of our ability, break free of them. We should put the anarchist "ideal" (no masters, no slaves) into effect in our daily lives however we can. Every time one of us remembers not to accept the authority of the powers that be at face value, each time one of us is able to escape the system of domination for a moment (whether it is by getting away with something forbidden by a teacher or boss, relating to a member of a different social stratum as an equal, etc.), that is a victory for the individual and a blow against hierarchy.


Do you still believe that a hierarchy-free society is impossible? There are plenty of examples throughout human history: the bushmen of the Kalahari desert still live together without authorities, never trying to force or command each other to do things, but working together and granting each other freedom and autonomy. Sure, their society is being destroyed by our more warlike onebut that isn't to say that an egalitarian society could not exist that was extremely hostile to, and well-defended against, the encroachments of external power! William Burroughs writes about an anarchist pirates' stronghold a hundred years ago that was just that.


If you need an example closer to your daily life, remember the last time you gathered with your friends to relax on a Friday night. Some of you brought food, some of you brought entertainment, some provided other things, but nobody kept track of who owed what to whom. You did things as a group and enjoyed yourselves; things actually got done, but nobody was forced to do anything, and nobody assumed the position of chief. We have these moments of non-capitalist, non-coercive, non-hierarchical interaction in our lives constantly, and these are the times when we most enjoy the company of others, when we get the most out of other people; but somehow it doesn't occur to us to demand that our society work this way, as well as our friendships and love affairs. Sure, it's a lofty goal to ask that it doesbut let's dare to reach for high goals, let's not fucking settle for anything less than the best in our lives! Each of us only gets a few years on this planet to enjoy life; let's try to work together to do it, rather than fighting amongst each other for miserable prizes like status and power.


Anarchy is the revolutionary idea that no one is more qualified than you are to decide what your life will be.


It means trying to figure out how to work together to meet our individual needs, how to work with each other rather than "for" or against each other. And when this is impossible, it means preferring strife to submission and domination.


It means not valuing any system or ideology above the people it purports to serve, not valuing anything theoretical above the real things in this world. It means being faithful to real human beings (and animals, etc.), fighting for ourselves and for each other, not out of "responsibility," not for "causes" or other intangible concepts.


It means not forcing your desires into a hierarchical order, either, but accepting and embracing all of them, accepting yourself. It means not trying to force the self to abide by any external laws, not trying to restrict your emotions to the predictable or the practical, not pushing your instincts and desires into boxes: for there is no cage large enough to accommodate the human soul in all its flights, all its heights and depths.


It means refusing to put the responsibility for your happiness in anyone else's hands, whether that be parents, lovers, employers, or society itself. It means taking the pursuit of meaning and joy in your life upon your own shoulders.


For what else should we pursue, if not happiness? If something isn't valuable because we find meaning and joy in it, then what could possibly make it important? How could abstractions like "responsibility," "order," or "propriety" possibly be more important than the real needs of the people who invented them? Should we serve employers, parents, the State, God,capitalism, moral law before ourselves? " ...

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To the Mommy/Daddy of this wonderful piece! : THANK YOU, Thank You!... Iiii love it !

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Heavenly Earth

Heaven & Earth. That is what you see here, in a pale Sunset -or is it indeed in SunRISE?

Now it's time for us do decide what we will put into this picture of our own Future, 'coz that's what this is all about! Our own Future. And we "paint" it on Life's Canvas with what we DECIDE we want to be/come in our lives... each of us, individually and hence also collectively.

As you are reading these words, you can discern the Paradise Flowers in the outer Periferie, of the pic. reminding us that we can dream about Paradise on Earth, if we so choose.

How do we do it? At least I do it by listening to my own Common Sense and following my Inner Promptings, regardless "how much they go against by the Mainstream's "Accepted NORM" !.... To hell with that! If we don't "throw" it there, it will take US there!....'coz that's its "home"

Inner Promptings; also known as "Priorities" . When you notice that your Priorities in Life are changing , pay careful attention...and follow them, to the best of your ability -regardless how "off the wall" they seem, -as long as they are Life supportive/ protecting / promoting, without judgement to anyone because of family, race, creed and such and supporting also all of Nature, in short what is called "Sustainable Life/style". Then you're on the right track!

...and besides; to hell with "religious tolerance" . What a phony, stupid justification for evil; to make it OK to hurt others by dressing up one's SELFISHNESS in some fancy religious Dress ( = written down as Dogma and spoken as Rhetorics!) Doesn't cut it anymore!

There's so much for us to UN-learn and indeed very little to learn! One of the biggest things to UN-learn is that Taxes & Death are both inevitalbe , un-avoidable, mandated by God.

Nonsense!

Just remember that death really is / will become very soon / totally OPIONAL ! and eventually fully forgotten as if it never existed!

And the ones before that, are phony monetary system and taxes and all kinds of destructive elements like corruption, poverty, struggle , illness etc. Whatever we decide on, we will have -eventually

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