From the mind of critic: “If there are so many violent people in prison, and so many non-violent people out of prison, how come so many people got let out for non-violent offenses, while many people on the outside commit violence with impunity? Have the private prison industry and the prison industrial complex become so rich and politically connected, that they have flipped the script, and the only people who go to jail, are the ones who …can’t fight back, which also are the ones that swell the CEO’S pocketbooks? While the people who deserve to be in jail, aren’t, because their power and influence have been woven so deep into our society, that if the CEO’S did jail them, they would be taking money out of their own wallets? I am all for regulated capitalism, it helps push people forward, and helps them make it on their own. However, there are some things in life that should never have a profit motive, prisons being chief among them. A corrupt and morally bankcrupt society is one where the few control the many, and subjugate them for as much financial gain as they can squeeze out. This is not to say there are no violent people in prison, because there definitely is. But, when poor and non-violent people are kept in prison, and rich, violent and well connected people will never see the inside of prison walls, both for financial gain, our priorities are totally backwards. How do we stop moving backwards, and instead stand up and move forward? We point out hypocrisy whenever we see it. It could save our lives one day” 🙂
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From The Mind Of Critic – 9/9/16
From the mind of critic: “If the secret to life is happiness, but happines comes in different forms for different people, are we still the same basic people? If we are all unique snowflakes, aren’t we all still snow? Do we divide ourselves up into groups, because it makes it easier to travel our path when the people around us are more like us? Or do we simply move forward consciously, and notice that we’re much more successful when we util…ize people when they come in and out of our lives at certain times, for certain reasons? We are sall truggling to find the light, that will illuminate our souls with pure joy. Sometimes we think we’re in it alone. Sometimes we see all the other people that are searching for joy, and think how can we find ours, if so many people are looking for theirs? How will there be any left for us? This is when we might divide up into us and them. We might think we have a better chance of finding what we’re looking for, if we prevent others from finding what their looking for, maybe because we think there is only a finite amount of joy out there. We must remember that the volume of joy in our world is as infinite as we allow it to be. And the more we find, the more we realize that our joy is linked to others joy. Division might serve short term happiness, but true inner joy is found through unification” 🙂
From The Mind Of Critic – 9/8/16
From the mind of critic: “If we can see clearly now because the rain is gone, does that guarantee we will journey along the right path? If we can see all the obstacles in our way, are we guaranteed to find a way around them as we journey that right path? If we are consciously trying to be better humans now by taking care of ourselves, each other and our planet, are we guaranteed that things will work to our benefit? No matter how clearly we s…ee our path, or the obstackes along that path, our success, fulfillment, love, satisfaction and importance to the breadth of humankind, are never guaranteed no matter how conscious we are. Granted, finding our way, and our impediments are the first step. But they are only the first step, which take conscious choice to continue moving forward. Since life is always and forever a journey, and never a destination, there doesn’t ever come a time when our work is done, when we can just sit back and relax because all our impediments are illuminated. We must continue making the right choices, because choice is the true determining factor in our direction. Nothing in life is guaranteed in life anymore, not even death and taxes. The more we’re aware of our roadblocks along the way, the much better chance we have at finding joy. And arent those the type of odds we should be betting on?” 🙂
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From the mind of critic: “If we have little pet peeves in life, do we allow them to get to us, and make us fly off the handle? Does something completely preventable, keep happening over and over and over and over again with us mentioning it every time, but nothing seems to change? Do we let this thing affect us, changing our personality from genuinely nice person into raving lunatic? Or do we take in this information that has flowed to us a million times before, but realize that the only thing that’s guaranteed to change is our reactions? Many things out in the world can piss us off something fierce, whether it be politics, religion, the media, something our lover did, or something our coworker did. These forces attempt on a 24-7 365 basis to throw us off track, sterering us away from the light and into the darkness. These dark forces will only get stronger the closer we get to the light, which means we have to be ready. We must allow pet peeves and darkness in for them to affect us, but it’s the exact same concept with the light. We just have to ask ourselves, what will bring us more inner joy and fulfillment?” 🙂