I was going to write that I'm not sure I agree with you that this energy is 'hidden' because I find it so palpable, but then again I wonder if some people are just more sensitive to this energy than others? It seems there is a generation (at least) almost oblivious to it, happy to live in their spiritual version of Ikealand, unable or unwilling to connect with anything or anyone except through the most superficial and/or narcissistic of projections ('selfies' etc). I'm ashamed to admit that I have an almost physical reaction of repulsion to some of them because of their 'plasticity' and lack of connectivity. And yet I sense a hunger in some of them as though they know at some level something is missing, but they don't know how to articulate it or how to connect with it. Worse, I don't know how to connect with them to help them along the journey, assuming my help is in any way warranted.
When I use the word "hidden" I mean hidden from the physical senses. Although I suppose if a person is hypersensitive to it it may activate the physical senses. It is a "non material" "thing" so the physical senses would not pick it up typically. Therefore "hidden"...
Love this post (well, all your posts are great, actually!). I agree there is a hidden energy. I feel it everyday. Oddly (or maybe not?) technology doesn’t seem to work around me. I don’t like it and it doesn’t like me. Unfortunately, tech is truly almost everywhere and I feel like I’m fighting a battle for my children’s souls. Of course, I play a big role in bringing it in the house and allowing it, but it has got a grip on my babies that I don’t quite understand. I need to do better.
As long as you keep the soul, hold it close, and connect. Technology is just another "thing"...the problem, I think, comes when people are tricked into believing technology can replace soul.
I think we can actually be in a world filled with "things" regardless of how advanced they may be...but we cannot believe they are the same things they are meant to replace. If there is too much of it, we must counter it, we must push through and find love in it, play music, wrap ourselves up in art, look at faces, hold hands, embrace friends, walk amongst trees, BREATHE the air unrestricted. God bless...
Todd, paraphrasing your previous comment, "science" has become the new religion. I believe this is true and very unfortunate, because people have lost perspective of the actual purpose of science. Science is a terrific method and tool to observe and understand physical phenomena; we are fortunate to have made incredible advances as a result of scientific study. But, that is where it ends. The non-physical reality, call it spiritual, energetic... or whatever we want to call it, cannot be understood with scientific observations. For some reason, humanity has tried to validate everything with "scientific evidence". I say sorry: love, happiness, beauty... cannot be validated with science. We do not need "scientific evidence" to prove that having a loving relationship contributes toward our happiness.
There is also a great misconception, equating "standardization" with excellence. I say Da Vinci, Van Gogh, Mozart, Beethoven, Shakespeare... were certainly not "standard"; neither were The Beatles. It is great that we can standardize how they manufacture a car, or a TV set... but please do not try to standardize art, music, or medical education. We do not need "standard" doctors (I call them "guideline followers").
At the beginning of your article, you say: "...I have no proof of this, only a feeling...". I say you do not have to prove anything. We just know what you are saying is true.
Do you not think that part of our problem in today's culture is this standardization you speak of? (I don't mention this in the article, do I? Not this article at least.) I do remember being told when Janice, my wife, was sick that we could not pursue alternative treatments for her cancer because they were not within the "standard of care" that all doctors had to adhere to. I was so naive at the time, I thought that was really weird. Now I think it is criminal.
Oh yes. This idea of standardizing everything is a great problem. I believe some things should conform to standards: like manufacturing mechanical tools, and safety equipment... We do not want "standard" medical care; we want individualized, personal, and compassionate medical care. We do not want "standard" food, music, art, or literature either.
Agree 1000%. This is one of the reasons I left "health care"; so much time spent documenting compliance with the standardisation protocols and precious little spent on actual patient care. Justin Smith's latest documentary "In The Shadow of Flexner" explains a lot. https://vimeo.com/ondemand/flexnerfilm
Well said, Todd. A.I. and computers cannot cry, or laugh, or feel. All of these are missing in anything thus created. There is so much subtlety in the human face. And in the human voice. And, in anything created by a human. I hadn't thought about those sentimentalities being imbued into human creations (even hardwood floors or in homes), but you're right. It's there. And, anything created without that human conscious is just, kind of, dead.
I find it's very easy to recognize A.I.-written articles for that very reason. It's, as you put it, soul-less. I've even asked these A.I. bots (that purport to be human) right to their "faces" if they are A.I. Typically, the conversation ends there. On one occasion, "it" answered me, very unemotionally, and said, "I'm not A.I." Even that seemed telling, in that it lacked any emotion. As if "it" didn't know how to react.
Through millennia, human beings were organized to maximize the well-being of the community and the individual. Now, the ethos of efficiency, utilitarianism and materialism has replaced the vision of the person thriving under a Christian moral order that allows him to aim and achieve his perfected self as made in the image of God.
The goal now is to make use of people to fit the ends of the power and financial kings of the world. Humans are now mere widgets, the souls being an inconvenience to be erased by the powers that shouldn't be.
Anthropologists, and behavioral experts have been recruited and are important members of government and private agencies used to reshape society and the human being. This has been an intentional effort for a century and technology has greatly assisted this technocratic fever dream. Satan is laughing all the way to the central banks. The obsession with control, power and centralization requires that people be turned into zombies so that they may be herded as needed, no longer free and certainly no longer creative.
This is a wonderful bit. I love it when people try to express that which everyone intuitively has appreciation for, but no one can describe, define or limit through the use of language. It hearkens back to McLuhan's theories about media; it is as if the medium in which humans exist is being suborned or transformed into another form of media altogether, and, if the medium is the message, then we as humans will no longer be such. It is interesting how this theorist's work is never talked about anymore, despite its groundbreaking implications, because it suits the powers that be to completely distract us from the importance of framing or the overall character of context when considering content. We are only to look at content, in little bits and bites, because then we won't be able to formulate any kind of overarching theoretical platform from which to design a program of resistance. Thanks for pointing out this change.
People today have become too literal and objective thanks to the replacement of religion with science (now a religion). People used to rely on poetry, deep powerful heartfelt literature, music, and art for that subtle conveyance you are describing that can't be put into words. People better understood that some essential aspects of being a human being could not be explained with objective, logical, "words"...they needed all of the above to get some sort of "explanation" for many of the things they were experiencing...and "explanation" isn't even the right word—you can't explain life's wonderful mysteries, but you can feel a better understanding for them...you know what I mean...
What a wonderful piece , when synthetic music / synthesizers first came in the scene I found the “music “ irritating ….I felt agitated. I now understand why .
They've got it pretty well perfected, just like CGI in films. But I still believe we feel it in our gut. Even if we don't get annoyed or agitated (I think some of us always will feel that) it is a slow kill...
In order to stay connected to real things, my husband and I just bought a piano, an acoustic guitar and a banjo. This is in addition to his electric guitars and ukulele. Fifty years ago I played the flute in grade 9, and have decided to add flute and voice to the piano lessons. And the lessons are with real teachers in the flesh - both graduates of the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. We recently watched the 16 hour documentary on Country Music by Ken Burns, and just seeing families play and sing together was wonderful.
I agree 100%...I used to feel sad that humanity had organically drifted in this direction...maybe that is partially true (read Vonnegut's "Player Piano") but I think today the agenda has taken advantage of that and accelerated it...it is clear with transhumanism they have a hand in it.
Hi Todd: I have also felt this my entire life. When we use the term "empty" when describing people with deep depression or personality disorders in therapy I think the lack of life force energy is the cause. I think we breath energy into our patients and that is how they recover. The energy can be transmitted in many different ways.
It is so interesting that you write about this. I remember watching a film that used CGI in its production - Roald Dahl's Fantastic Mr Fox that I had taken my young son to see at the cinema. It was the first time I noticed the feeling, which was very distinct - that the film was soul-less; it had a dead feeling to it and I simply didn't like it at all. When I thought about it afterwards, I reflected that there was not enough 'human hand' in its creation, unlike the Aardman Animations Wallace & Gromit films where, if you looked carefully, you could sometimes see the edges of literal human fingerprints in the modelling material. I wholeheartedly agree with you that we can feel human energy in things created by humans, which we cannot in machine manufacture. They say that food is a good example of this - if made with love and positivity by a human being, it tastes way better than something made by a machine or by a human with bad grace!
Yep...you get it...and I would venture to say that you don't need a visual cue such as the fingerprints that your eye may pick up unconsciously (or in your example, consciously). The energy is invisible (in my opinion) and although there are often obvious (or even not so obvious) sensory clues, they are not necessary to "feel" this energy...or to feel its absence...
I was going to write that I'm not sure I agree with you that this energy is 'hidden' because I find it so palpable, but then again I wonder if some people are just more sensitive to this energy than others? It seems there is a generation (at least) almost oblivious to it, happy to live in their spiritual version of Ikealand, unable or unwilling to connect with anything or anyone except through the most superficial and/or narcissistic of projections ('selfies' etc). I'm ashamed to admit that I have an almost physical reaction of repulsion to some of them because of their 'plasticity' and lack of connectivity. And yet I sense a hunger in some of them as though they know at some level something is missing, but they don't know how to articulate it or how to connect with it. Worse, I don't know how to connect with them to help them along the journey, assuming my help is in any way warranted.
Anyway, thank you for a thought-provoking post.
When I use the word "hidden" I mean hidden from the physical senses. Although I suppose if a person is hypersensitive to it it may activate the physical senses. It is a "non material" "thing" so the physical senses would not pick it up typically. Therefore "hidden"...
This is interesting. Interview with a psychologist down under-
https://youtu.be/4Iqa4CoMciU?si=QdfsFukXYgxCvCBs
Love this post (well, all your posts are great, actually!). I agree there is a hidden energy. I feel it everyday. Oddly (or maybe not?) technology doesn’t seem to work around me. I don’t like it and it doesn’t like me. Unfortunately, tech is truly almost everywhere and I feel like I’m fighting a battle for my children’s souls. Of course, I play a big role in bringing it in the house and allowing it, but it has got a grip on my babies that I don’t quite understand. I need to do better.
As long as you keep the soul, hold it close, and connect. Technology is just another "thing"...the problem, I think, comes when people are tricked into believing technology can replace soul.
I think we can actually be in a world filled with "things" regardless of how advanced they may be...but we cannot believe they are the same things they are meant to replace. If there is too much of it, we must counter it, we must push through and find love in it, play music, wrap ourselves up in art, look at faces, hold hands, embrace friends, walk amongst trees, BREATHE the air unrestricted. God bless...
A beautiful message. Thanks Todd!
Amen
Todd, paraphrasing your previous comment, "science" has become the new religion. I believe this is true and very unfortunate, because people have lost perspective of the actual purpose of science. Science is a terrific method and tool to observe and understand physical phenomena; we are fortunate to have made incredible advances as a result of scientific study. But, that is where it ends. The non-physical reality, call it spiritual, energetic... or whatever we want to call it, cannot be understood with scientific observations. For some reason, humanity has tried to validate everything with "scientific evidence". I say sorry: love, happiness, beauty... cannot be validated with science. We do not need "scientific evidence" to prove that having a loving relationship contributes toward our happiness.
There is also a great misconception, equating "standardization" with excellence. I say Da Vinci, Van Gogh, Mozart, Beethoven, Shakespeare... were certainly not "standard"; neither were The Beatles. It is great that we can standardize how they manufacture a car, or a TV set... but please do not try to standardize art, music, or medical education. We do not need "standard" doctors (I call them "guideline followers").
At the beginning of your article, you say: "...I have no proof of this, only a feeling...". I say you do not have to prove anything. We just know what you are saying is true.
Thank you, as usual, for your insight.
Do you not think that part of our problem in today's culture is this standardization you speak of? (I don't mention this in the article, do I? Not this article at least.) I do remember being told when Janice, my wife, was sick that we could not pursue alternative treatments for her cancer because they were not within the "standard of care" that all doctors had to adhere to. I was so naive at the time, I thought that was really weird. Now I think it is criminal.
Oh yes. This idea of standardizing everything is a great problem. I believe some things should conform to standards: like manufacturing mechanical tools, and safety equipment... We do not want "standard" medical care; we want individualized, personal, and compassionate medical care. We do not want "standard" food, music, art, or literature either.
Agree 1000%. This is one of the reasons I left "health care"; so much time spent documenting compliance with the standardisation protocols and precious little spent on actual patient care. Justin Smith's latest documentary "In The Shadow of Flexner" explains a lot. https://vimeo.com/ondemand/flexnerfilm
Well said, Todd. A.I. and computers cannot cry, or laugh, or feel. All of these are missing in anything thus created. There is so much subtlety in the human face. And in the human voice. And, in anything created by a human. I hadn't thought about those sentimentalities being imbued into human creations (even hardwood floors or in homes), but you're right. It's there. And, anything created without that human conscious is just, kind of, dead.
I find it's very easy to recognize A.I.-written articles for that very reason. It's, as you put it, soul-less. I've even asked these A.I. bots (that purport to be human) right to their "faces" if they are A.I. Typically, the conversation ends there. On one occasion, "it" answered me, very unemotionally, and said, "I'm not A.I." Even that seemed telling, in that it lacked any emotion. As if "it" didn't know how to react.
It's good to be alive, hey? ;^) LOL
Its good to be human! I can't say there will be many left of us after everyone else is vaxxed.
Thanks for the comment...yes, AI cannot laugh, cry, or feel...but I guess they can synthesize that just like everything else...
Thank you, T.H. Every living thing in nature has it, senses it and lives through it. Ineffable.
Yep
Through millennia, human beings were organized to maximize the well-being of the community and the individual. Now, the ethos of efficiency, utilitarianism and materialism has replaced the vision of the person thriving under a Christian moral order that allows him to aim and achieve his perfected self as made in the image of God.
The goal now is to make use of people to fit the ends of the power and financial kings of the world. Humans are now mere widgets, the souls being an inconvenience to be erased by the powers that shouldn't be.
Anthropologists, and behavioral experts have been recruited and are important members of government and private agencies used to reshape society and the human being. This has been an intentional effort for a century and technology has greatly assisted this technocratic fever dream. Satan is laughing all the way to the central banks. The obsession with control, power and centralization requires that people be turned into zombies so that they may be herded as needed, no longer free and certainly no longer creative.
Perfectly said...
So well expressed, explained and from your personal experience!
Thank you...miss you!
This is a wonderful bit. I love it when people try to express that which everyone intuitively has appreciation for, but no one can describe, define or limit through the use of language. It hearkens back to McLuhan's theories about media; it is as if the medium in which humans exist is being suborned or transformed into another form of media altogether, and, if the medium is the message, then we as humans will no longer be such. It is interesting how this theorist's work is never talked about anymore, despite its groundbreaking implications, because it suits the powers that be to completely distract us from the importance of framing or the overall character of context when considering content. We are only to look at content, in little bits and bites, because then we won't be able to formulate any kind of overarching theoretical platform from which to design a program of resistance. Thanks for pointing out this change.
People today have become too literal and objective thanks to the replacement of religion with science (now a religion). People used to rely on poetry, deep powerful heartfelt literature, music, and art for that subtle conveyance you are describing that can't be put into words. People better understood that some essential aspects of being a human being could not be explained with objective, logical, "words"...they needed all of the above to get some sort of "explanation" for many of the things they were experiencing...and "explanation" isn't even the right word—you can't explain life's wonderful mysteries, but you can feel a better understanding for them...you know what I mean...
What a wonderful piece , when synthetic music / synthesizers first came in the scene I found the “music “ irritating ….I felt agitated. I now understand why .
They've got it pretty well perfected, just like CGI in films. But I still believe we feel it in our gut. Even if we don't get annoyed or agitated (I think some of us always will feel that) it is a slow kill...
In order to stay connected to real things, my husband and I just bought a piano, an acoustic guitar and a banjo. This is in addition to his electric guitars and ukulele. Fifty years ago I played the flute in grade 9, and have decided to add flute and voice to the piano lessons. And the lessons are with real teachers in the flesh - both graduates of the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. We recently watched the 16 hour documentary on Country Music by Ken Burns, and just seeing families play and sing together was wonderful.
OMG, this is beautiful!!! Wow!!!
Removing energy is the goal of the masters because empty people buy shit and follow along.
I agree 100%...I used to feel sad that humanity had organically drifted in this direction...maybe that is partially true (read Vonnegut's "Player Piano") but I think today the agenda has taken advantage of that and accelerated it...it is clear with transhumanism they have a hand in it.
Hi Todd: I have also felt this my entire life. When we use the term "empty" when describing people with deep depression or personality disorders in therapy I think the lack of life force energy is the cause. I think we breath energy into our patients and that is how they recover. The energy can be transmitted in many different ways.
Perfectly said...perfect.
It is so interesting that you write about this. I remember watching a film that used CGI in its production - Roald Dahl's Fantastic Mr Fox that I had taken my young son to see at the cinema. It was the first time I noticed the feeling, which was very distinct - that the film was soul-less; it had a dead feeling to it and I simply didn't like it at all. When I thought about it afterwards, I reflected that there was not enough 'human hand' in its creation, unlike the Aardman Animations Wallace & Gromit films where, if you looked carefully, you could sometimes see the edges of literal human fingerprints in the modelling material. I wholeheartedly agree with you that we can feel human energy in things created by humans, which we cannot in machine manufacture. They say that food is a good example of this - if made with love and positivity by a human being, it tastes way better than something made by a machine or by a human with bad grace!
Yep...you get it...and I would venture to say that you don't need a visual cue such as the fingerprints that your eye may pick up unconsciously (or in your example, consciously). The energy is invisible (in my opinion) and although there are often obvious (or even not so obvious) sensory clues, they are not necessary to "feel" this energy...or to feel its absence...
Nailed.