Monkeys love to imitate, yet they also love to intimidate. In consideration of will and its power to be definite, to say 'no', and to go one's own way, the monkey has a remarkable strength within his nature to do just this.
You will not see, for example, a group of monkeys dancing in unison with the same hand and foot actions, in rhythm with each other. They would never choose to do such a thing. You would not see a monkey on the factory floor repeating mundane tasks - although there was a time when 'scientists' tried to train them thusly, even with lobotomies the species resisted such trained repetitive employment.
Some were successfully recruited with rewards, however when the rewards were no longer, the behaviour did not conform. The monkeys had a sense of their own self before others. They birthed and fed each other, and enjoyed a great community, but did not act in unison when told what to do.
It takes a particular kind of intelligence to be able to comply with, or attune to, synchronised group or community activities. Some might imagine that mindlessness creates conformity, whereas the opposite is moreover apt: it is from a particular talent and sensitivity that individuals develop which enables them to be able to work alongside each other amicably, reasonably, predictably.
And so what happens when you forcibly strip the will from a person in such extreme circumstances that require compliance? This might occur economically, or through imprisonment, or via a psychological demise. The answer is that the person who suffers compelling pressure will for a time, lose their sensitivity and ability to work communally in a co-ordinated fashion.
Therefore, tyranny never really wins overall compliance for very long. If, in futuristic terms, the powers that want to control mankind schemed to rule simply over robotic-type communities, contained and controlled into submission, eventually the opposite would most surely arise out from this condition, that with primal instincts the patterns of conformity would break, resulting in abject chaos.
Yet this contrary swerve of character serves the people well. Throughout time and beyond there have always been opportunistic beings who would sequester the life before them and try to take it for their own. Ultimately we need the ability to be able to decide who and whose influence we work with, travel with, and bed with; and over time the soul does learn these negotiations and strengths and discernments.
Our spiritual birthright is that we are sovereign over our very selves. We enjoy the co-operative relationships of community and the benefits thereby, and learn to give wholeheartedly to projects that enrich ourselves and the life around us.
We also have the spiritual right to draw those lines which separate ourselves from the mites of disease, or the demons whose plans overstep their worth.
The freedom of Man is not only the most glorious principle, but also when practiced within a truly co-operative community, it is celebrated within Heaven herself!
You will not see, for example, a group of monkeys dancing in unison with the same hand and foot actions, in rhythm with each other. They would never choose to do such a thing. You would not see a monkey on the factory floor repeating mundane tasks - although there was a time when 'scientists' tried to train them thusly, even with lobotomies the species resisted such trained repetitive employment.
Some were successfully recruited with rewards, however when the rewards were no longer, the behaviour did not conform. The monkeys had a sense of their own self before others. They birthed and fed each other, and enjoyed a great community, but did not act in unison when told what to do.
It takes a particular kind of intelligence to be able to comply with, or attune to, synchronised group or community activities. Some might imagine that mindlessness creates conformity, whereas the opposite is moreover apt: it is from a particular talent and sensitivity that individuals develop which enables them to be able to work alongside each other amicably, reasonably, predictably.
And so what happens when you forcibly strip the will from a person in such extreme circumstances that require compliance? This might occur economically, or through imprisonment, or via a psychological demise. The answer is that the person who suffers compelling pressure will for a time, lose their sensitivity and ability to work communally in a co-ordinated fashion.
Therefore, tyranny never really wins overall compliance for very long. If, in futuristic terms, the powers that want to control mankind schemed to rule simply over robotic-type communities, contained and controlled into submission, eventually the opposite would most surely arise out from this condition, that with primal instincts the patterns of conformity would break, resulting in abject chaos.
Yet this contrary swerve of character serves the people well. Throughout time and beyond there have always been opportunistic beings who would sequester the life before them and try to take it for their own. Ultimately we need the ability to be able to decide who and whose influence we work with, travel with, and bed with; and over time the soul does learn these negotiations and strengths and discernments.
Our spiritual birthright is that we are sovereign over our very selves. We enjoy the co-operative relationships of community and the benefits thereby, and learn to give wholeheartedly to projects that enrich ourselves and the life around us.
We also have the spiritual right to draw those lines which separate ourselves from the mites of disease, or the demons whose plans overstep their worth.
The freedom of Man is not only the most glorious principle, but also when practiced within a truly co-operative community, it is celebrated within Heaven herself!
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