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Re: love songs

abraxas said Jul 17, 2007, 6:12 AM:

i agree. i have long thought that there is something unnatural about the way that people commonly think of love. many people dont think that they can live without “love” and yet seek superficial relationships that give the impression of love, they seem to think that if i hit this formula life will be great and that formula is the “american dream” which includes these and more: education(in the form of a peice of paper not in the sense of being educated), love (in the form of a relationship leading to marraige or a similar form of bondage), property ownership (having a house and lots of pretty crap to fill it with), and career success (being a slave to a source of money, to support the previous conditions) all this goes together to make us slaves to our desires nad to the desire of society which now is run by commercialism :P
to one who subscribes to that view of the world it is downright strange that anyone would not jump at the opportunity to do these things for themselves, to be that way too. i personally have no desire to be married for its own sake nor for that matter to chase a career or property ownership, i dont want a house or a car for thier own sake. i dont want a bunch of crap to have and i dont want to sell myself to some company to work me 40+ hours a week to get all of that crap.

sigh
good day

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Re: love songs

maverick said Jul 20, 2007, 11:33 AM:

while this has gone abit of subject i wanted to comment on what you said about the american dream bullshit template we're given. From what i can tell it seems that some of the most natural societies were tribal. I long to leave this social arena and start my own culture. But alas, i was born into the manipulated masses and i feel that i must rise from it to be free of it. I once had the notion to walk along the beach south until reaching some south/central american 3rd world paridise but then i would only be running from what i hate. Seeing so many others suffering, i want to start a new way. I am currently working and researching in effort to create a proposal for a business grant. If all goes well, i will use the profits to buy an island or acrage and start my own society. I may be crazy but thats what they say about all inventive thinkers. what do you think.

Re: love songs

abraxas said Jul 22, 2007, 7:34 AM:

many people feel the same urge, my best friend and i have since 7th grade had and thought about the same idea. we considered though an island always sounds good that the sea levels are rising and you will lose land before long. we thought that an aircraft carrier covered in soil might be a good idea but that is very exspensive sounding. we would really like to get some land in mountains somewhere far from civilization and dig into the mountains to build a self sustaining community, but that too is a pipe dream compared to now. in my plan, the first thing that you need to do is to manage yourself,now stick with me for this metaphor, develop yourself until there is a bubble around you, and you will collect around you what seems to be dirt but as they develop around you they too will be bubbles. as the foam builds it creates a unified mass. that is how you break free to form a new style of community, start where you are.
its one of my goals here on zaadz, its called Plan A.
i have thought a lot about it and the functions and possibilites are mapped out in my head and on paper. i just need diligence and patience.

Re: love songs

maverick said Jul 23, 2007, 10:33 AM:

Thank you for that metaphor, i really like it! You have a good point about the sea level rising! Mountains were my other favorite idea too. I know this goal seems hard to reach but i believe anything is possible. Starting where i am is not quite as simple though. My parents were military, I have been traveling all my life and have no home town. I have traveled on my own in search for home and now find myself in florida which i have grown to dislike emminsly. It is mush too hot in the summer and instects thrive rampantly. Besides florida will probably be under water soon too and its no place to invest my future. I have thought about going back to california the state i was born in and perhaps finding two friends that moved there years ago. I lived in ohio for many years, texas, alaska, north carolina. A friend visiting oregon said eugene is a free spirited place! i'll soon be 25 and still i know not where i belong and i am restless yet .

Re: love songs

abraxas said Jul 23, 2007, 12:56 PM:

well the term 'start where you are' is more in application to yourself, your inner condition and it can expand to the conditions around you. go where you would like i have long wanted to go to new mexico. since you have a sampling you have a better idea of how places are and maybe you might try and travel around to find the right place for you.
if you want to start a new way first make yourself alight unto the world then people will come to you. there will people who want to feed on you and there will be those who want to idolize you. the ones you will want to know are the ones who will learn not from, but with you. if you choose to join another group in thier endeavor make sure it is respectful, make sure it feels right, they should let you think and allow you to question and reword thier philosophy in order to make it your own.
if you find something good let me know. and when i pull myself from the mire that has enveloped my life as of now and engage life in a communal way i will let you know.
until then you know where i can be found. :)
i certainly enjoy talking with you,
good day