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By: Occult Investigator » Zen Disinformation Agents

Occult Investigator » Zen Disinformation Agents — Thu, 04 Aug 2005 07:57:09 +0000

[...] itude. Conspiracy. Be a part of it. He also tacked on a really awesome addendum to this elsewhere: so now iâ€™m thinking: a mythical, decentralised, [...]

By: alistair

alistair — Thu, 04 Aug 2005 02:58:08 +0000

people don`t like thier insides. no fucking shit. that`s what causes the anger and frustration. all the running and hiding and winning pyrric arguements does nothing when you put your head down on the pillow and there you are not liking your insides. how did we get this way? we did it to ourselves. the program may have been set externally but we keep running it…………….all the blaming george bush isn`t going to take the pain away. all the gnostic parameterising isn`t going to ease the load. turning and facing the fight is the start. not with the system but with the self.

By: Occult Investigator

Occult Investigator — Thu, 04 Aug 2005 02:41:30 +0000

so now iâ€™m thinking: a mythical, decentralised, open source story system that uses anomaly research as the driving force of personal transformation. anomalies are identified by archetype, digested, repackaged and manifest as symbolic entities that trick dominant systems (which by their nature attempt to supress the anomalies that are the source of your enlightenment) into destroying themselves.

can that be said in five words or less?

Fuck, I know it can somehow. Try applying this to the essential human brand….

By: carlos

carlos — Thu, 04 Aug 2005 02:33:59 +0000

i like the anomaly idea even more than following the connections, because it allows you to filter out the connections that are the least novel (not that these are not valid, but they are the least interesting) and get to the good stuff.

so now i’m thinking: a mythical, decentralised, open source story system that uses anomaly research as the driving force of personal transformation. anomalies are identified by archetype, digested, repackaged and manifest as symbolic entities that trick dominant systems (which by their nature attempt to supress the anomalies that are the source of your enlightenment) into destroying themselves.

can that be said in five words or less?

At the same time, I want to build new belief systems and social systems, but these should be based on what we are doing, not what our enemies are doing.

right on, then we become history’s actors.

By: Occult Investigator

Occult Investigator — Wed, 03 Aug 2005 23:26:30 +0000

What do we want from CT? Personal transformation, which extends into external transformation. Thatâ€™s my answer, and it works for me.

I couldn’t agree more. I don’t think there are as many who see it that way though. For most people, it seems more like they cling to that which gave them freedom, rather than freedom itself. It just becomes one ideology/religion transposed with another. If it’s more positive, then that may not matter. In some ways though, it actually seems less positive. People get paranoid, feel like they have less control, etc.

By: james

james — Wed, 03 Aug 2005 23:05:38 +0000

People should pursue personal transformation through CT.

Example: Watching “Annie Hall”, the bit where Woody goes on about JFK’s assassination while in bed with a girl… that moment, for me, was not only funny, but opened up my eyes to other possibilities.

A throwaway joke from an Academy Award-winning comedy intrigued me enough to follow up on it. Scoff if you must (I know I would) but that was the beginning of my fascination with CT.

My view of life changed, and many events that happened to me later on in my life were viewed through this lens. It all “made sense”… to me and only me.

Because I acknowledge the absurd source of my interest in CT, I take it less seriously… which alos happens to be in line with my approach to life.

People want to change their insides: with CT, drugs, religion, sex, politics, New Age jargon, self-help books, art, music, whatever… People don’t like their insides, so they try to change what is outside in order to get that effect.

What do we want from CT? Personal transformation, which extends into external transformation. That’s my answer, and it works for me.