I don't think fasting is going to help anyone in this nightmare situation. How will fasting destroy or even "lessen" the Dark Triads inside all of the "Almighty Gods of Profit, Greed & Power" who control this world? Or the "lesser" Gods of Evil who crave blood lust, violence, domination, power & control over others? Where does the average person have "leverage" in demanding the end of wars, genocide, fighting...? I'm not saying to not engage with whatever tools we may have, but let's be realistic; we may have to use the very tools that the worldwide psychopaths in power use... Go ahead & fast-for-a-day but that is simply not going to have an impact on the Psychopaths in power...
Dr Lee, i am disappointed by intellectual dishonesty and/or intellectual cowardice of American experts. They (rightfully) revolted against Russia's aggression against Ukraine. But now they don't have courage to speak up against Israel's Genocide in Gaza which is also an attempt to start a big war in middle east. The plan is that Israel will mass murder Palestine population & start ethnic cleansing of Gaza, this will goad Iran & Lebanon into a conflict. Get the war going & drag US in it. Unfortunately, the warmonger elements in US have also approved this thing. Biden is mediocre incompetent leader on managing middle east policy. Though i still think that he doesn't want a war in middle east. But the warmonger factions in US are very powerful.
Earlier we had Russia's madness that was taking world towards WW3 but now Israel has joined the madness. What is this? Contagion of war psychosis? Is international aggression contagious? Looks like it. When one imperial power sees another flexing its muscles, it also produces itch in other imperial powers to try new adventures.
So now situation is this. We have Putin's war of aggression in Ukraine that is ongoing. Now we have Israel & US also trying to start a war in Middle east. And we are told that Xi is itching to get something started with Taiwan. Put together few more ingredients, we will have a combustible situation that may break out into a big war. I am still optimistic about sanity in superpowers (no matter how irrational they are) that they don't want a WW3. But who really wanted a WW1? Germany started the war thinking it would be a short simple war finished in few months. We know what happened next. Putin thought that Ukraine war would be won in matter of weeks. Recall the Russian frontline General who promised to deliver Ukraine in matter of days. He ate the bullet of Ukrainian sniper & departed the world. Now Ukraine inferno seems inextinguishable that's sucking Russian & Ukraine people into the furnace.
War contagion can spread rapidly despite the rational actors trying the containment with their best of strategies. Only thing to do when the war gets going is to shut it down.
"It is certainly not clear that we will manage to survive another one."
Without knowing it, we create feedback loops with communication networks that bring the inner, outer and the outer inner. We give the mentally imbalanced tools to gain social power by stoking fear until we become like an infuriated ball of alligators ripping everyone and thing apart. The more we get to know our neighbor the more fearful we become.
What's the endgame? Extinction? Perhaps.
After furious destruction comes the quiet. The exhaustion. Then a reassessment, if we still exist, which I imagine we will--and even if we don't, it's the comfort and healing we contribute to that's important.
I read Ravi Chandra's book recently where he describes the difference between cutting someone open with scathing insight versus helping feed them with nutritious food so they can grow from the inside out. Thank you for your post, Dr. Lee. Yes we are insane; a harsh truth where its our fortune every ending is a beginning. This is the work.
Any thoughts on the genocidal death cult, Hamas?
Thank you for your courage, leadership and scholarship Dr. Lee!
Thank you, Dr. Lee!
I don't think fasting is going to help anyone in this nightmare situation. How will fasting destroy or even "lessen" the Dark Triads inside all of the "Almighty Gods of Profit, Greed & Power" who control this world? Or the "lesser" Gods of Evil who crave blood lust, violence, domination, power & control over others? Where does the average person have "leverage" in demanding the end of wars, genocide, fighting...? I'm not saying to not engage with whatever tools we may have, but let's be realistic; we may have to use the very tools that the worldwide psychopaths in power use... Go ahead & fast-for-a-day but that is simply not going to have an impact on the Psychopaths in power...
Dr Lee, i am disappointed by intellectual dishonesty and/or intellectual cowardice of American experts. They (rightfully) revolted against Russia's aggression against Ukraine. But now they don't have courage to speak up against Israel's Genocide in Gaza which is also an attempt to start a big war in middle east. The plan is that Israel will mass murder Palestine population & start ethnic cleansing of Gaza, this will goad Iran & Lebanon into a conflict. Get the war going & drag US in it. Unfortunately, the warmonger elements in US have also approved this thing. Biden is mediocre incompetent leader on managing middle east policy. Though i still think that he doesn't want a war in middle east. But the warmonger factions in US are very powerful.
Earlier we had Russia's madness that was taking world towards WW3 but now Israel has joined the madness. What is this? Contagion of war psychosis? Is international aggression contagious? Looks like it. When one imperial power sees another flexing its muscles, it also produces itch in other imperial powers to try new adventures.
So now situation is this. We have Putin's war of aggression in Ukraine that is ongoing. Now we have Israel & US also trying to start a war in Middle east. And we are told that Xi is itching to get something started with Taiwan. Put together few more ingredients, we will have a combustible situation that may break out into a big war. I am still optimistic about sanity in superpowers (no matter how irrational they are) that they don't want a WW3. But who really wanted a WW1? Germany started the war thinking it would be a short simple war finished in few months. We know what happened next. Putin thought that Ukraine war would be won in matter of weeks. Recall the Russian frontline General who promised to deliver Ukraine in matter of days. He ate the bullet of Ukrainian sniper & departed the world. Now Ukraine inferno seems inextinguishable that's sucking Russian & Ukraine people into the furnace.
War contagion can spread rapidly despite the rational actors trying the containment with their best of strategies. Only thing to do when the war gets going is to shut it down.
"It is certainly not clear that we will manage to survive another one."
Without knowing it, we create feedback loops with communication networks that bring the inner, outer and the outer inner. We give the mentally imbalanced tools to gain social power by stoking fear until we become like an infuriated ball of alligators ripping everyone and thing apart. The more we get to know our neighbor the more fearful we become.
What's the endgame? Extinction? Perhaps.
After furious destruction comes the quiet. The exhaustion. Then a reassessment, if we still exist, which I imagine we will--and even if we don't, it's the comfort and healing we contribute to that's important.
I read Ravi Chandra's book recently where he describes the difference between cutting someone open with scathing insight versus helping feed them with nutritious food so they can grow from the inside out. Thank you for your post, Dr. Lee. Yes we are insane; a harsh truth where its our fortune every ending is a beginning. This is the work.