THE RADIANT CHILD

I was thinking about this subject a couple of days ago and it is still LINGERING.


What is this persistant need we have as people to be noticed, to be validated, to be admired?


I personally hate it and all of its implications. It feels very ROBOTIC.


I realize that to some degree it is bread into us in UTERO.

Then we have the PRIVILEGE to be slowly DOMESTICATED systematically by our trusted elders. (Squashing our innate feelings of creativity, freedom and connection)


Do something "good" and you will be rewarded.
(Paint a pretty picture and it will magically appear on Mom's proverbial refrigerator)

Do something "bad" and we are reprimanded, criticized, scorned or taught a lesson.
(We might end up a Missionary man)

To this end, we grow up trying to "fit in" and become PEOPLE PLEASERS.
(Is it really that important to fit in? Into what?)


We live by the rules that have been passed down from generation to generation, slightly shifting but seldom evaluated across the board.


True "individuality" in expression and life is often mislabelled as MENTAL DISORDER.

Mental disorders like "ADHD", "SCHIZOPHRENIC", "BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER", "PSYCHOTIC" or "GIFTED"

True "genius" usually makes people very angry at first.


Obviously on some level there has to be a fair, honoured and nurturing system for the 6 million plus followers to pass on.

Apparently it has now been proven that we
are all connected in energy. So now what?


I have a few facile imaginings about possible solutions, however I will spare you any of my pedantic rants at this point.


We have all heard Pink Floyds "Another brick in the wall" or Supertramps "The logical song" enough times to get the message on some level.

We might even have identified with Tom Cruise when in the name of his religion, this "Risky Business" star decreed that Psychiatry was an ABERRATION and analogous to Nazi Brain Washing.


In this day and age I think most of us don't really give a TOSS about big issues, just as long as we are surrounded by our phones, computers, consumer goods, credit cards and lots of food and pills.

Maybe that's not completely true. We as a people agree on three issues.

Saving the Environment for future generations.
Feeding the Hungry.
Stopping the proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and WAR.

This however maybe a simple social facade on many peoples parts in order to appease the neighbours. Ego and Selfishness knows no borders.


I DON'T THINK THAT THERE IS ANY SUCH THING AS A "VACILLATING EGO."


I suppose I also just proved that you don't need a PHD from Harvard in PHILOSOPHY to put in your two cents on this topic. Technology can be useful taken in doses.


Back to my original thoughts.

This concept that we don't do anything without expecting some sort of validation in return from our peers.

Most of us simply don't recognize this I am sure, and they believe that they are "free thinkers" exercising their "free will."


In alignment with this concept is the guy who tells his friend over a beer.......

"I don't usually give to the panhandlers, but there is this guy who stands outside my subway stop who is really persistent. I stopped the other day and gave him 10 dollars, I couldn't take it anymore. I hope he didn't just spend it on booze."

The question is.....What is the purpose in telling that story to a friend?
(Wouldn't there be a bigger spiritual payoff if you kept this type of sharing
to yourself?) Or do you need to be thought in a certain light for your own ego.

I am guilty of this myself at times.

I would like to get to the point however where I don't do it because I need someone to say "way to go Rick, you really are quite a guy"


Here is an idea.

How about trying to take your experiences in directly without a filter, without, preconceptions, without judgement or the need to be validated.


How about it? It's very difficult because to some extent WE ARE ALL PROGRAMMED.


HERE IS A POSSIBLE SOLUTION:


TRY MEDITATION, A RAW FOOD DIET, QI GONG and KABBALAH


OR


MOTHER NATURE, MUSHROOMS and ORGASMS (IF YOU LEAN MORE IN THIS DIRECTION) Smile.



Just a thought.


In the words of EMILY HAINES........"IS IT EVER GOING TO BE ENOUGH?"


RL November 13/2010