"Free market" education

"Free market" education is 3 tiered:

Tier 1 are the introductory courses,
Tier 2 is intermediate level,
And Tier 3 is advanced.

Such education is student driven, based on their personal interests, with expert guidance available.

This is not a top-down control system based on the ideas of politically connected elites.

It's a truly democratic system of education, driven by the individual and respectful of their own free will.

The best markets

The best markets are the those that are sensitive to consumer demand and the worst ones are those driven by top-down control.

It's the free market v authoritarianism.

It's trust in the people v some kind of enforced slavery to a power elite.

That doesn't mean there's no use for laws and that anarchy should reign, but that the ideal is a consumer (i.e. civilian) driven society, not one driven by a political or economic elite.

Our responsibility for decision making

Doctors, lawyers, accountants, builders, mechanics, etc. provide a service.

They provide advice and conduct activities or procedures to help us achieve a goal.

They supply choices, but they don't make the final decision on what is to be done- the client who hires them does that.

We are the ultimate decision maker in our life, not those we hire to help us, although we can leave decision making in their hands, in certain cases, if we choose to.

But even then it is our responsibility, for we are the ones who have ceded our decision making to another. No one has forced us to do this, and we bare the consequences for our action. We can't blame another.

Bias and truth

Although they may deny it, on any contested issue, most people will believe whatever they want to believe.

It's easy to do, just accept the information that supports your view and deny the rest.

This is what the vast majority of people do, in my experience.

Some people will generally side with the majority or establishment view, which they associate with truth or with safety to believe, while others will choose what to believe based on more individual factors.

Even the genuine truth seeker will tend to engage in selective information input and acceptance, once they have reached a conclusion on a matter that is important to them.

Fear polarises the mind towards excessive thought with intent...

Adrenaline floods the system,
The mind is stimulated into problem solving mode, butvwith shallowness of thought, due to the effect of fear.

Hempcrete

Building materials used today seem based on simplicity of design and lightness of weight. They function poorly when it comes to dampening noise, conserving heat, being pleasant to touch and fire resistant. The qualities hempcrete has in abundance.

Hempcrete is also much lighter than concrete and bricks, and not as cold and unpleasant to the touch.

It's a good choice for those who have control over the building of their house.

The answer to most questions is no, but I ignore it.

Celebration or harrassment?

When someone doesn't grok what you say...

They can't affirm it!

Not with real emotion.

When your brand loses appeal...

And becomes irredeemable...

It must be abandoned.

But what if your brand is your name?

And what is that name holds appeal in other quarters?

Worry is behind many physical ailments

If we are struggling physically it is wise to ask ourselves: what is it I'm currently afraid of? What decision or expected experience is making me afraid?

The subtle senses

The mind can be brainwashed and led to believe all manner of falsehood but the subtle senses cannot.

That may be why our society places no emphasis on developing that element of our being, but only on developing our minds in a certain direction.

The development of the subtle senses would make us impossible to control and mislead. It creates an independent being.

Something of no interest to those who would control our world, if we allow it.

The big picture matters

Many people are not interested in the big picture of how power works in the world, but the thing is, even at the personal level, this understanding will change how we view things and the decisions we make.

This can effect our life in very powerful ways, and if we ignore the big picture we can put ourselves and our families in jeopardy unnecessarily, through our pure ignorance of how the world works.

I really do think such an understanding is worth the effort of gaining, so we don't fall into the many traps set all around us, by a very clever, but perverse, power elite!

Punishment

I have no interest in seeing anyone punished.

For the most evil transgressors, experiencing the suffering they have caused others is enough, and should lead to remorse and pleads for forgiveness.

But until this day comes, in this life or the next, there is no punishment that truly fits any crime, in my view.

Julian Assange

Am I wrong to stand up for Julian Assange when people say he is getting what he deserves?

After all, the only crime he has been found guilty of is breaching his bond conditions, which relate to sexual assault allegations in Sweden for which he has not yet been tried, due to his realistic fear of being extradited to the United States.

People seem to mistakingly believe he has been found guilty of all manner of things, when he hasn't been found guilty of anything of note at this point.

It disturbs me when people stand up for the deep state rather than for the whistleblowers attempting to expose it.

I see these folk as the problem, not the solution, to the various issues that plague the world.

In a world of deception people without a passion for truth...

Will never know it!

Cause and effect

I'm more interested in discovering the cause of a problem and removing it, rather than continually applying  "treatments".

For example, weeds grow in the garden because of uncovered soil. If we keep the soil bare but keep applying Roundup, for example, we will be forever "treating" the problem but never stopping it from happening in the first place.

The same goes for health.

I believe in cause and effect; remove the cause and the effect goes away.

That's why I would prefer to see fundraising to find the cause of the various illnesses that plague society, rather than always raising money for finding a "cure", which never seems to happen, anyway.

After all, even if a treatment is applied, the problem will always come back, if the cause isn't dealt with as well. That's simple logic that can't be denied.

Loss of control by the establishment

When the establishment loses control of a coveted narrative they scream "disaster!"

It's the end of the world as we know it, because people no longer believe what the establishment tells them to believe!

The establishment really is a jealous god!  They hate to lose control over the public's mind!  😂

Fearful societies create heretics

When we are confident in our views contrary opinions don't bother us. But when we are emotionally committed, but filled with doubt, they can be very disturbing!

When experienced on a wide scale these doubts can lead to mass panic, inquisitions, persecution, book burnings and such.

Free will, determinism and peace

The people who believe in determinism, or no free will, experience no mental anxiety because they realise the way things are is the only way they could be.

It's only those who believe in free will, i.e. those who believe they have decisions to make that could go either way, who experience stress.

The "no free will" crowd also do not worry about the future of the earth, for they realise that whatever is to happen is inevitable and cannot be changed.

The belief in determinism should therefore bring the ultimate peace that surpasses all understanding.

If we do not experience this peace then we are labouring under the belief in free will, which goes against the teachings of materialist science, the accepted belief system of the establishment.

Our root beliefs are indicated by our emotions, not by our thoughts.

The fact that most people do worry means they believe in dualism- a separation of body and mind. They believe they are free to make decisions, rather than just being an automaton  as materialistic science suggests, that acts as they are programmed to do.

So there is a disconnect between the academic world and its belief in materialism, and how most people view their lives, as we see very few people exhibiting the deep peace that a true belief in determinism would bring.