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i think i just figured out the master scheme on how to make this all into a cultural phenomenon which will give everyone i know a job doing something they love for the rest of their lives.

it all kind of goes back to JC saying:

“Wherever two or more are gathered in my name, there I am.”

[His name is Thank You Thank You: two people celebrating one another] and breaks down from there into:

gathertogetherin - cultural movement of “life is a musical”-type musical performance groups featuring networks of friends and some semi-professional performers and people living and/or working together in “shared creative respect and mutually inspired abundance”
gathertogetherins - grassroots community organization for social networking etc of people coming together to put on these performances and classes with skills associated to performances: body awareness, creative movement, performance, etc
gathertogetherinc - business corporate law tech etc division
gathertogethereens - fashion, clothes, costumes, accessories
gathertogetherinn - permanent performance space, farm, brewery, hostel, ranch

I just bought fifteen domain names to cover all of those. I know how all the pieces fit together now. One massive linguistic and organizational download.

>>COLLABORATORS: take note.

(A Duet, sung by {probably} leading male and female roles)

First Voice:

“I want to change
but you won’t let me!”

Second Voice:

“I need to change
just to keep up with you…”

Both, looking away from each other:

“But I can not change
and it’s all because of youuuuuuu” (note held, curtain draws closed - [end of first act?])

What is CYA thinking?

Lucky you. It’s better to not know some words. Cover Your Ass. “Who cares what really happened let’s get our lie together.” Only now you’re stuck with the logic behind the lie so no progress, nothing makes sense. I’m not trying to bash men here. When women do this it’s called cattyness, forming cliques, jealousy etc. When men do it’s called team building. From my perspective men seem more decisive because they take fewer facts into consideration when making a decision. No matter what you do your job is people, even if it’s only your coworkers. Men form a personality cult and when their boss stumbles it’s off with his head. Women’s friendships are stronger because they’re very tangled up with details from all areas of life. The strongest male friendships come from outside forces, war, sports etc. It’s sad to see, poor men.

All those tricks you mention require conscious effort — and once you do them consciously, you’re not doing them properly, if you know what I mean.

Not necessarily. It is simply a matter of building the muscle memory and habituating yourself to a new way of behaving. Then it becomes totally natural.

What is CYA thinking?

I would be curious to hear other perspectives on perceptual differences between men and women. I think the point about valuing different types of detail/information is an important one.

The women usually hate it if there are too many men because we think they leave out the most important details. The men think the women aren’t being realistic enough because we’re not focussed on CYA thinking first and foremost. It’s like if you even allow yourself to think about something that could be interpreted negatively you’re not a team player but they really don’t have enough information to make a decision. The women see this rah, rah, kind of thing as weakness. Sort of like “You can’t handle the truth”.

http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2007/07/24/monkey-v-dog-v-wikipedia/

As to modern perception — I think it is so heavily affected by mood, consciousness, state of mind, etc…I wonder how easy it is to just “turn on”, as you suggest. All those tricks you mention require conscious effort — and once you do them consciously, you’re not doing them properly, if you know what I mean. That’s the real trouble with mind-body stuff…Your thoughts travel slower than the speed of light (their electric signals, but in a biological medium). It all may seem instantaneous, but it isn’t.

I’m still going to a bar tonight to try a few experiment, though…

grenade > rifle, I think.

1.) Six beers and a long walk home through an interesting neighbourhood. Only your expanded peripheral senses will get you home in one piece! Fortunately the beer dims the conscious mind and the fear sharpens the senses.

2.) (More seriously) Somewhere quiet outdoors. Up a mountain, or in quiet woodland. I used to go looking for red squirrels in local woods. The trick is to find a spot and just stand. After a while it feels like a bubble of perception is expanding outwards through the woods, including more and more things in it, with less directed focus. You start to hear things you’d think are inaudible.

Up a mountain in fog and a rainstorm is another thing. You start to see different things. Things that are partly inside, partly outside. Feet in boots. Boots on scree. Breath in body, rain on face. The biting grey starts to eat the insulation from the soul; every internal feeling is heightened, and external focus fades to encompass the whole. This is the time for seeing different things, as the self fights against being sucked into the numbing greyness: glimpses of clarity, within and without…