The Art of Explaining

It recently struck me. There is power in being allowed to explain something. I mean, I suppose I know because I've explained an aweful lot of things throughout my life, but it never really seemed to land anywhere. On the other hand we have people that seem to be able to get away with just in about any explanation.

I mean, back when I discovered the Eden thing, I was still using print-outs and sketch-tape. Or maybe even xerox copies. I don't know. But I so showed him/them (#2), and he responded saying "Everyone can do that", like, in a demeaning way. Like, "what's so special about it?". I believe that someone else came in and first was like "wow", then #2 insisted that everyone can do it, and so it was.


So, what's even the point then - of anything - if that's how it is? I mean, this is one good reason to off myself. If this is what life is. Well ... count me out.

And there's "an aweful lot" (it feels that way, anyway) of other things that can make me - or do make me - feel the same.


Then there's this ... they call him "the orange man". I don't konw. It's ... like ... more than just one guy. And I can see it now, their winning. I mean, they are ... in fact, doing an aweful lot of it. Like the Bible says "and the world marveled at the beast saying: Who can contend with it?". But, oh man. There's this orange guy throwing a tamper tantrum, essentially rolling around on the floor while aimlessly wailing around ... being like "nu uh" and "I say so" ... virtually shitting on the floor and calling it a victory because ... society doesn't know how to deal with a grown man behaving like that. It isn't built like that.


Or, well. It's not just one man.

And as for exceptions to rules, maybe sometimes one does want to throw the Baby out with the Bathwater.


I mean, there's the story of the boy who cried wolf. It doesn't really come to bear here, 1:1, but it's in the making. I mean, we know how it goes. Same story, on and on - and at what point ... is it like ... legally advisible to ignore them? Like ... from a medical standpoint, mental health perspective, there's a criminological angle ... like, they need to be quarantened at the very least.

And ... in some corner of my mind the story seems to be this: They try to be exactly as they need to be, in order for the Biblical behavior to be the right way. Like, say about forgiveness and mercy and all that what you will, that's like ... one thing and then there seems to be this weird counterculture that's like ... "no, I make my victory out of you being told not to just randomly stone people to death anymore". And I don't know. Is it like ... a statistical inevitability? Well, that would suck. And I don't know ... if I can or want to believe that this is a thing. I mean, I've played enough Destiny to see how these things play out. In the beginning every Raid is like ... pure chaos and noobs miss their queues constantly and things are a complete mess - but eventually things come together. Although, there was this one time where we were trying like the whole night and we just couldn't get it done. Until one guy left - another one hopped in and badabing badaboom, no problem.
By chance the one who was the loudest, complaining the most and eventually finding problems with my loadout. MY loadout.
Like, because I was using a hand cannon.


And - about parenting with the Rod one has to note, that once the parent gets too used to it, it might turn one sided. Even so on a cultural Level. Even in the infinity of the cosmos. For, where we are siblings ... we just can't ... assume a role like that. I mean, not inherently so. And if You're incapable of letting go of such ... "inherent issues" ... then yea, that's the problem right there.


Character is at the far end of a long list of "issues" - I feel like saying, randomly - so, uhm - is that so? I mean, I could just hold on to it ... and eventually some wisdom will come falling out of it. That's just an inherent property of things I suppose. I mean, I've seen incoherent garbage do that ... so, its an intrinsic property of information.
Or "stuff".
I mean, take a sudoku - any kind of difficulty Level. Not everyone may know or understand how to look at it - so, we can take an empty sudoku for comparison to see what I mean. It doesn't matter - in the first instance - if our "Love" (Daveithei) "solves the problem". Like, for all I care "there is no problem" and it's just funny lines.
If we care about doing things the right way however, "Magic Happens" - we can say.

But that's a story for another day.


The thing with Character is that ... we so implicitly regard it as flawed, that by that alone the concept of perfection comes in. But it is somewhat implicitly also this invocation which in turn yields the understanding that it is flawed. There's like ... no two ways about it. I mean, how to even define it? The attempt itself to go and define it - is like ... I mean, I guess there's two ways about it. There's the one and there's the way of being too full of yourself.

Like - Loyalty is fine, but what about those that demand it? Isn't there a better way to hide illoyality?

And how is there a way around this ... insight?
Once someone like ... proves themselves or whatever ... once trust begets trust ... then we call that a friendship.

And I suppose I get to say that because at long last ... I feel like that's the problem. Like, somehow my Character isn't good enough. And ultimately ... sure, I guess ... there's issues. Like, if you're a treacherous liar. But then - is that really a "Character Flaw", like ... what are we talking about?
I mean ... there is the concept of separating church and state for instance. And from a Christian perspective it makes sense to have it that way, because, otherwise ... what's our legal system going to look like? Or, justice system? Uhm, ignore that question. Whatever the truth of what is and isn't may be - it very well ... I'd say that it does matter.
"Justice is blind" ... the idea goes. Like, how would one come to the idea of using the concept of Christian Forgiveness as a shield to cover up their crime? Would that be some kind of remarkable thing?
Anyway, what's the reality? Like, YOU don't see ME following the teachings of Christ - going by this or that metric - like, sure, am I pointing fingers here? So, let's point fingers for the heck of it. Have you been doing Crimes in Service of Christ? Well, what about the first rule of it? Don't get caught? I mean, is that what I'm looking at? At the end it's just ... well, I'm Christian so what am I going to do but to forgive? And this isn't so much me - that's just how I feel like the whole situation is playing out right now.

But, then to what end? Doesn't "Crimes in Service of Christ" mean that You ... serve Christ? And what's even the problem here?
Am I making it up? Is it just me?

I mean - if I'm not causing the problem then someone else is - but if there is nobody else, then it must be me I guess.


Is that right? I mean ... I guess there's nobody else in that there's nobody here. But if I turn on my TV there's an aweful lot of 'other people' that are also like, people on this planet. And in that regard ... I guess the only question is how the various problems I have, all things considered, come together.


I mean - it reminds me of projection. Maybe that's exactly what it is. Maybe there is only one way to find out.


Well - a slippery slope. I guess. Am I failing to explain something here? And what is that?
Why I'm like advocating for "not forgiving them"? Well - so, we want to take it to court? Of whether or not ... this is legit?

Here's a thing: If You are to tell me that it's inevitable ... that people are going to die, that blood will be spilled (well, it may be too late for that, but ... well, unless You want to tell me that that was the end of it. Not "it depends". I mean, it does, ... ugh, let's ...) ... then I suppose we're entitled to have a say in who that will be. Right? I mean, that's what a good old fashioned war is all about, isn't it?

So, separation of church and state. Good or bad?
Well, 'state' in this sense encompasses justice - to say ... well, what is it?

Is it just me, but aren't the "Law and Order" people supposed to be the ones to explain this to us?


I mean, what's the 'Christian' end-game here? Like ... "American Patriotism" might work for people that 'call themselves' American but are in fact just citizens of the U.S.A. - where You want to just come in and call Your version of Christianity right without even having had a talk about it? What if I say NO!?

Well, I guess I know how I'd react to someone who would come up like that to ME ... but then again, I'm not the one holding everybody at gunpoint here. And doesn't like You being my enemy already ... disqualify You from the whole Christian shtick to begin with? So, what's ... it all about. Forgiveness? Sure, and then? You just want to go on like before?


Like, I guess ... for what it counts ... - little me, I can forgive them, like ... for my own soul's sake. And then? I mean - what's the point? If the point is for me to shut up and say: "Well, that's just how it is ..." - then why are we talking about forgiveness and the fortune of my soul? So, is it good virtue then to just look the other way? Because, that's ... what this seems to come down to.

Nonono. Eventually the sword is going to point the other way ... I'm compelled to say.
No?
Like, Diplomacy is fine ... if there's ... Diplomacy to be had.


Hmm ... I didn't watch the news but I feel like something's up.
Maybe that's it.

But yea. I want something different. Something else. Can we like, go back a little? To a time where we all kind of knew what we were talking about and had some kind of sense of the social contract? Sure, something has to change. I suppose - looking at now we have an idea of what, looking back, was wrong ... how. Uhm ...