Life.  Life is not special, but what is is the awareness of it.  We are aware that we are alive and we are capable of understanding, of thinking about that awareness.  This is what is special.

We are caught up in the evil of the world, and there is much evil in the world.  In order to change this evil, however, we must become aware of what we are doing with our lives.  This evil has power over us as long as we give it power; as long as we live a life of routine, of acceptance of our own routines, evil wins.

It really is that simple.  There is no secret here; change does not come from the top, it does not trickle down.  Change comes from individuals deciding to break from routine, deciding to break from the ritual of work, buy, fuck, sleep.

We do not have to be born, work, and die.  We can be born, live and become exhausted with a smile on our face and memories in our heads.

To live life, we must break the routine.

Sometimes it helps to be honest.

(writing coming back soon)

Sometimes philosophy offers answers, not just questions.

Impossible obsolesence.

Sometimes it’s just time for a nap.

Sometimes, to save the world, the answers how are right over our noses.

Sometimes one must simply listen to the other voice.

Sometimes music speaks louder than words.

Morning after morning, after morning the coffee is brewed and we sit on our couches and drink it often in silence.  Getting dressed for work and a bite to eat, and perhaps out the door or over to the home office to start work.

Work with some breaks, perhaps a bit more coffee and the work day comes to an end.  Back home, sometimes with anticipation.  Dinner, maybe a walk, and of course the ubiquitous T.V.  And then bed.  Hmmm.

Lying hurts.  It hurts us as individuals and it hurts us as communities; it hurts us as a country and even as a species.  There are many lies that are accepted and in doing so we are accepting pain and anti-progress.  We become numb to it, but not immune to it.

Lying is killing us.  It is killing us as just as cancer kills its host; just as a gun kills its victim.  Lying kills by a million cuts and with atom bomb generality.  Death is natural; murder is not.  Lies only grow in fertile ground; death grows in desert plains.

Lying is easy.  Lying is easy for individuals and communities; it is easy for governments.  Lying pays off and it works.  Lying provides comfort and security or the feeling of superiority and the power of revenge.  All of it is false just as an untrue statement; just as an untrue belief.

We can say:

“Don’t lie to anyone for any reason.”  But, we will.

Perhaps we should revise the statement to align with Kant’s proposition:

“Don’t lie, but if you do know that it is never justified.”