Thanks for this Gwyneth, a much appreciated and obviously needed education. "No rule and no rulers..." Love that. And, this allows room for the same control that effortlessly guides the natural world to guide ours. But theory and the practice are always the thing. Even communism looks good on paper. The results depend on individuals and how they apply the theories.
I will be swamping the quantum field with positive, peaceful, and loving thoughts as I proudly attend (as a mature clear thinking adult and not as a rebellious teen ager in thought or actions!) a NO KINGS RALLY! Really, Will !?! Peace and Love to you!
While I agree with your take on this situation and your response, I think a note on the true, non-propagandized meaning of anarchy deserves a mention.
"So long as no force or aggression is used against any other or their property, and willing participation among peoples is evident, a better world is possible. This is the essence of freedom, and the definition of anarchy. No rule and no rulers..."
- Gary D. Barnett
anarchy(n.)
1530s, "absence of government," from French anarchie or directly from Medieval Latin anarchia, from Greek anarkhia "lack of a leader, the state of people without a government" (in Athens, used of the Year of Thirty Tyrants, 404 B.C., when there was no archon), abstract noun from anarkhos "rulerless," from an- "without" (see an- (1)) + arkhos "leader" (see archon).
From 1660s as "confusion or absence of authority in general;" by 1849 in reference to the social theory advocating "order without power," with associations and co-operatives taking the place of direct government, as formulated in the 1830s by French political philosopher Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809-1865).
And as Robert Higgs so eloquently wrote:
“Anarchists did not try to carry out genocide against the Armenians in Turkey; they did not deliberately starve millions of Ukrainians; they did not create a system of death camps to kill Jews, gypsies, and Slavs in Europe; they did not fire-bomb scores of large German and Japanese cities and drop nuclear bombs on two of them; they did not carry out a ‘Great Leap Forward’ that killed scores of millions of Chinese; they did not attempt to kill everybody with any appreciable education in Cambodia; they did not launch one aggressive war after another; they did not implement trade sanctions that killed perhaps 500,000 Iraqi children.
In debates between anarchists and statists, the burden of proof clearly should rest on those who place their trust in the state. Anarchy’s mayhem is wholly conjectural; the state’s mayhem is undeniably, factually horrendous.”
There is no world apart from what you wish, and herein lies your ultimate release. Change but your mind on what you want to see, and all the world must change accordingly. Ideas leave not their source. This central theme is often stated in the text, and must be borne in mind if you would understand the lesson for today. It is not pride which tells you that you made the world you see, and that it changes as you change your mind. But it is pride that argues you have come into a world quite separate from yourself, impervious to what you think, and quite apart from what you chance to think it is. There is no world! - A Course in Miracles
Thank you Will, I appreciate you. You always say the right thing at the right time. It is up to each of us to bring the light, especially on days that threaten to be darker. I like to believe that all this madness is serving a greater awakening, or at least speeding it up. Got to go through the muck before we can grow the beautiful lotus.
Thanks Lindsay. From muck to lotus, a beautiful metaphor!
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Thanks for this Gwyneth, a much appreciated and obviously needed education. "No rule and no rulers..." Love that. And, this allows room for the same control that effortlessly guides the natural world to guide ours. But theory and the practice are always the thing. Even communism looks good on paper. The results depend on individuals and how they apply the theories.
Amen! 🙏🙌
I will be swamping the quantum field with positive, peaceful, and loving thoughts as I proudly attend (as a mature clear thinking adult and not as a rebellious teen ager in thought or actions!) a NO KINGS RALLY! Really, Will !?! Peace and Love to you!
While I agree with your take on this situation and your response, I think a note on the true, non-propagandized meaning of anarchy deserves a mention.
"So long as no force or aggression is used against any other or their property, and willing participation among peoples is evident, a better world is possible. This is the essence of freedom, and the definition of anarchy. No rule and no rulers..."
- Gary D. Barnett
anarchy(n.)
1530s, "absence of government," from French anarchie or directly from Medieval Latin anarchia, from Greek anarkhia "lack of a leader, the state of people without a government" (in Athens, used of the Year of Thirty Tyrants, 404 B.C., when there was no archon), abstract noun from anarkhos "rulerless," from an- "without" (see an- (1)) + arkhos "leader" (see archon).
From 1660s as "confusion or absence of authority in general;" by 1849 in reference to the social theory advocating "order without power," with associations and co-operatives taking the place of direct government, as formulated in the 1830s by French political philosopher Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809-1865).
And as Robert Higgs so eloquently wrote:
“Anarchists did not try to carry out genocide against the Armenians in Turkey; they did not deliberately starve millions of Ukrainians; they did not create a system of death camps to kill Jews, gypsies, and Slavs in Europe; they did not fire-bomb scores of large German and Japanese cities and drop nuclear bombs on two of them; they did not carry out a ‘Great Leap Forward’ that killed scores of millions of Chinese; they did not attempt to kill everybody with any appreciable education in Cambodia; they did not launch one aggressive war after another; they did not implement trade sanctions that killed perhaps 500,000 Iraqi children.
In debates between anarchists and statists, the burden of proof clearly should rest on those who place their trust in the state. Anarchy’s mayhem is wholly conjectural; the state’s mayhem is undeniably, factually horrendous.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_for_Socialism_and_Liberation
I would like to know your source, if that’s possible.
Mahalo for this level-headed, heart open call to prayer🙏🏼
There is no world apart from what you wish, and herein lies your ultimate release. Change but your mind on what you want to see, and all the world must change accordingly. Ideas leave not their source. This central theme is often stated in the text, and must be borne in mind if you would understand the lesson for today. It is not pride which tells you that you made the world you see, and that it changes as you change your mind. But it is pride that argues you have come into a world quite separate from yourself, impervious to what you think, and quite apart from what you chance to think it is. There is no world! - A Course in Miracles
Thank you Will for, first doing the research about who’s behind these protests, and then sharing it. You are so dependable on this regard. 🙏
Thank you Will, I appreciate you. You always say the right thing at the right time. It is up to each of us to bring the light, especially on days that threaten to be darker. I like to believe that all this madness is serving a greater awakening, or at least speeding it up. Got to go through the muck before we can grow the beautiful lotus.