08-13-2010, 12:06 AM
Hi Hawkeye,
I haven't read Amy Wallance's book...just heard about it from friends.
One thing to consider about the book is its from her POV. Just like any book is the POV of the authorship usually.
There's this great Japanese movie called Rashomon, great if you enjoy foreign films that is. It examines what is truth. Often times its the lens from which one views and so the distortion is in relation to the viewer's perception (where in life they currently stand). NLW talked about old world perceptions, I think thats apropo...old world perceptions distort the view. Old world perceptions are often contaminated with "narcissism, greed, lies, manipulations theft, informers." You know, all the social dogmas and the effects of employing them throughout the centuries and passed down from each generation.
So for relief of this we can consider "the NEW world directions". We can do this even though others aren't doing it. This is what I got out of reading Wolf's post. Evolving, new directions. We do it alone regardless of what others are doing (the lens from which they are seeing). We can consider all the angles from other people...but what is the one real truth? Does a real truth even exist, or is truth a changing conglomeration of different POV's plus energetic frameworks that help to define collective understanding?
Anyway, here's the synopsis of that movie: In ancient Japan, a woman is raped and her husband killed. The film gives us four viewpoints of the incident - one for each defendant - each revealing a little more detail. Which version, if any, is the real truth about what happened ?
Rashomon (1950)
And I want to say a bit more about POV...its an interesting topic, I think.
Lets say we took four people and put them in different places in Beijing. One is placed in Jingshan Park, another in The Forbidden City, another in the Hutong District and another in Olympic Park.
Then we ask each one...what is Beijing like? (and they have never been to the city before)
The one in Jingshan Park would probably say "Beijing is vast and expansive city of old and new." (Jingshan offers a bird's eye perspective).
The one in the Forbidden City would maybe say "Beijing is a place of emperial rule and great historic significance."
The person in the Hutong, which are old alleyways (quaint slum-like places, relatively unchanged from a century ago of which live government-supported residents), might reply "Beijing is a city that is struggling to modernize, while trying to hang on to the few refuges of previous life prior to moderization."
And the person at Olympic Park would likely say, "Beijing is on the cutting edge of architecturual breakthroughs (solar powered buildings for example) and a city of promise for aspiring artists, builders, technicians and so forth."
So which is the real Beijing? Which is the real Carlos Castaneda? Which is the real anyone or anything? And truly its not even about locating the real, but rather about evolving beyond the old world perceptions and ways of viewing things. So its about the NEW.
[last lines]
Neo:
I know you're out there. I can feel you now. I know that you're
afraid... you're afraid of us. You're afraid of change. I don't know the
future. I didn't come here to tell you how this is going to end. I came
here to tell you how it's going to begin. I'm going to hang up this
phone, and then I'm going to show these people what you don't want them
to see. I'm going to show them a world without you. A world without
rules and controls, without borders or boundaries. A world where
anything is possible. Where we go from there is a choice I leave to you.
A world without
rules and controls, without borders or boundaries....aka, social dogmas and collective inertia resulting from such mass intent.
a world where anything is possible...New Seers view
I haven't read Amy Wallance's book...just heard about it from friends.
One thing to consider about the book is its from her POV. Just like any book is the POV of the authorship usually.
There's this great Japanese movie called Rashomon, great if you enjoy foreign films that is. It examines what is truth. Often times its the lens from which one views and so the distortion is in relation to the viewer's perception (where in life they currently stand). NLW talked about old world perceptions, I think thats apropo...old world perceptions distort the view. Old world perceptions are often contaminated with "narcissism, greed, lies, manipulations theft, informers." You know, all the social dogmas and the effects of employing them throughout the centuries and passed down from each generation.
So for relief of this we can consider "the NEW world directions". We can do this even though others aren't doing it. This is what I got out of reading Wolf's post. Evolving, new directions. We do it alone regardless of what others are doing (the lens from which they are seeing). We can consider all the angles from other people...but what is the one real truth? Does a real truth even exist, or is truth a changing conglomeration of different POV's plus energetic frameworks that help to define collective understanding?
Anyway, here's the synopsis of that movie: In ancient Japan, a woman is raped and her husband killed. The film gives us four viewpoints of the incident - one for each defendant - each revealing a little more detail. Which version, if any, is the real truth about what happened ?
Rashomon (1950)
And I want to say a bit more about POV...its an interesting topic, I think.
Lets say we took four people and put them in different places in Beijing. One is placed in Jingshan Park, another in The Forbidden City, another in the Hutong District and another in Olympic Park.
Then we ask each one...what is Beijing like? (and they have never been to the city before)
The one in Jingshan Park would probably say "Beijing is vast and expansive city of old and new." (Jingshan offers a bird's eye perspective).
The one in the Forbidden City would maybe say "Beijing is a place of emperial rule and great historic significance."
The person in the Hutong, which are old alleyways (quaint slum-like places, relatively unchanged from a century ago of which live government-supported residents), might reply "Beijing is a city that is struggling to modernize, while trying to hang on to the few refuges of previous life prior to moderization."
And the person at Olympic Park would likely say, "Beijing is on the cutting edge of architecturual breakthroughs (solar powered buildings for example) and a city of promise for aspiring artists, builders, technicians and so forth."
So which is the real Beijing? Which is the real Carlos Castaneda? Which is the real anyone or anything? And truly its not even about locating the real, but rather about evolving beyond the old world perceptions and ways of viewing things. So its about the NEW.
[last lines]
Neo:
I know you're out there. I can feel you now. I know that you're
afraid... you're afraid of us. You're afraid of change. I don't know the
future. I didn't come here to tell you how this is going to end. I came
here to tell you how it's going to begin. I'm going to hang up this
phone, and then I'm going to show these people what you don't want them
to see. I'm going to show them a world without you. A world without
rules and controls, without borders or boundaries. A world where
anything is possible. Where we go from there is a choice I leave to you.
A world without
rules and controls, without borders or boundaries....aka, social dogmas and collective inertia resulting from such mass intent.
a world where anything is possible...New Seers view