issuevoter wrote on Oct 17
th, 2017 at 4:41pm:
Veensteen is not unusual. I would not call him a monster. Nor would I suggest that he was all that "dark." He's just someone rich and powerful enough to get away with being an arsehole. And a very high achiever to boot, Scoot.
this is true that he was a "high achiever" in terms of economic and creative success.
but the ultimate success is what you become, not what you get.
you might get sex and $$$ and fame, but this is all part of the dopaminergic reward system. and the dopaminergic reward system is for short term pleasure, never for long term contentedness.
see you are your current personality but you are also the force behind your current personality which should be seeking to burn off the bits of your current personality that you dont like.
which bits.
anyone could probably sit down and write a list of 100 things they dont like and then get started on burning them off.
this is why we use the symbol of the pheonix..because success emerges from the ashes.
this is why we have used the symbol of the pyramid. because so few people are at the top of the pyramid and a lot at the bottom.
this is why "the eye' is so symbolic in egyptian and greek mythology...always 'watching". always watching yourself.
now the whole problem takes on a paradoxical nature because we must recognise that we need to love ourselves where we are but also want to improve ourselves where we are. this is a paradox.
jesus and the buddha may be 2 of the few people who are able to burn off all of the "bad stuff" and if you read their teachings. it is "pure paradox".
and winestein is a study in paradox. he is a 'cautionary tale".
if a man falls into 'taker' mentality , then he is screwed.
once you try to 'take" from the universe, you go down.
it is the paradox that the unenlightened right and the unenlightened left simply do not understand.
it is deep in modern social conditioning and it IS the cultural hypnosis.
the unionist who wants to "get more'
the victim group who thinks they will go up if they are given more
the middle class greek person who refuses to pay his taxes because he wants to keep more
the rich stockbroker who thinks he will be happy when he gets that porche.
the alcoholic who wants to 'take ' from the alcohol and feel good
fat steve who wants to 'take' from the internet by whacking off to porn
the politician who wants to 'take" the validation from the electorate by running a poll and then adjusting his policy accordingly.
the SJW who wants to take a little hit of moral superiority by talking the talk (rarely walking the walk)
whenever we take we go down.
doesnt matter, they are all participating in the same sh**t.
thats what they need to teach Mr Weinstein at the rehab centre for sex offenders.
but fat steve, the politician,the victim on welfare,the trade unionist, the mob with the pitchfork, the stockbroker, the alcoholic, the SJW, the arrogant cardinal pell, the members of ISIS...they all need to join him.
they need to find a way to interact with the world that stops the taking