The Bottle Metaphor

Think of an ocean as Infinite Consciousness.

Floating in that ocean are many, many bottles, filled and sealed with ocean water.

The bottles are our physical bodies, our material husks.

That sealed ocean water is our individual consciousnesses, which ultimately are derived from, and one and the same with, the ocean.

Each of us float in the same ocean, but each of us are isolated from one another, and ultimately, isolated from All (Infinite Consciousness) by physical containment in the bottle.

What keeps us in the bottle?

Beauty. Or rather, the illusion of beauty. The allure of beauty keeps us alive, motivates us to keep breathing; whether it be the physical beauty of the opposite sex or the beauty of uncompromised art.

Why are we in the bottles to begin with?

That is the key question; for it is the same as, why do we exist? Existence on the physical plane, that is. Why was it created by the Infinite Consciousness? Simply in order to indulge in the illusion of beauty?

RAW RIP

The book Robert Anton Wilson personally considered his best work

The Good Shepherd review

First off, The Good Shepherd definitely not a movie for everyone, but that said, it is a damn great film. Not a masterpiece, but close. More significantly, it's a film just about any intellectually curious person should check out. Though it will play even as well if not better on the small screen given the plot intricacies.

Great screenplay with plenty of profound dialogue and a few bits of humor here and there. There are some slow scenes and I wish DeNiro had cut some of those in favor of getting even deeper into how the monied elite of the US were behind the creation of the CIA. I loved the Skull & Bones scenes, it's good to see secret societies being exposed to a certain degree. But again, there could have been more.

For example, one scene where a captured Soviet spy is given LSD as a 'truth serum' and while he's tripping he says, "The Soviet Union is a lie, created by America to justify their military expansion" There should have been scenes actually depicting this, not just a tripping Commie saying it.

I can see now why it's being called "The Godfather of CIA movies" because of the relation of Matt Damon to his son. The film was actually more personal and emotional than I expected it to be. I won't spoil the twists and surprises, but just pay attention to the intercutting scenes set in 1961 because it all comes together later in the film. Also remember the present Matt Damon gives his son as a little boy when he sees him for the first time.

Again, the film shows the relationship between American's monied elite and the intelligence agency which has come to alter our collective lives in the last 60 years, and how power shifted from a fraternity like club known as Skull & Bones to the CIA.

The relation to the Illuminati? Some say the Illuminati use intelligence agencies as fronts for their activities, much as they once used secret societies such as the Freemasons.

Either way, The Good Shepherd is definitely a rare movie in this day and age, one with intellect and ideas. If you can handle the 2 hour 42 minute running time, you will be rewarded.

I just found out there is also going to be a TV mini-series in 2007 called The Company which is about the CIA from the Cold War through the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Equality

There is no Equality anywhere. As it should be. The thing we need to do is be rid of superiority and inferiority. Then we'll have something.

Update

PHYSICAL REALITY IS INHERENTLY EVIL. THERE’S JUST ENOUGH GOODNESS AND BEAUTY IN THE WORLD TO MAKE YOU BUY THE
ILLUSION, SO YOU ACCEPT THE SUFFERING AND PAIN OF PHYSICAL
REALITY

IF PHYSICAL REALITY IS INHERENTLY EVIL, WHY DID THE IC CREATE IT?

IT COULD BE A EGO SPLIT, A NEED TO INDULGE IN THE CARNAL SENSATIONS THAT ONLY PHYSICAL REALITY CAN BRING. THE HARSHNESS, THE DEATH OF PHYSICAL REALITY BRINGS SEX—THAT EDGY QUALITY THAT IS FOUND IN LIFE…BECAUSE DEATH IS ALWAYS WAITING ON THE DOORSTEP
IC IS MORE TRANQUIL, NOT AS EXCITING, EVEN THOUGH IT IS ULTIMATELY MORE REWARDING, BUT THERE IS NO FEAR OF DEATH, OF EXTINCTION AS PART OF THE IC, IT IS THE EMBODIMENT OF ETERNITY

"No coincidences" Review of V For Vendetta

It's easily the most philosophical/political film since Fight Club. BUT... It's not as good as Fight Club. But then, what is? It's more obvious than Fight Club, it doesn't have FC's subtlety and irony.

But it's still a film worth seeing...and worth seeing more than once. Multiple viewings required for all the depths and levels the film/script works on. V (the masked central character) is more than a revolutionary, there's a man behind the mask, who loves music and movies. Even the way he gets the name V is very cool, and shown visually, rather than told to us, which is what good films do. They show, don't tell.

There are 2 big TWISTS in V, one in the middle, one near the end. I won't give them away for those seeing it. The middle twist really surprised me, the second twist was surprising, but you kind of seeing it coming. And regarding that second twist, that was one of my slight complaints with the film, that the revolution isn't given enough time to develop, it kind of comes too quickly.

The relationship between V and Natalie Portman's character Evey is intriguing as she keeps being drawn to V, whether she wants to or not. There's also lesbianism (but portrayed in a feminist context) and a tribute to Benny Hill, if you can believe it.

The concept of that there are no coincidences in life would be the most interesting to those who are fans of metaphysics, conspiracies and authors such as Robert Anton Wilson, and that concept is repeatedly expressed and explored in V.

As you no doubt have read in other reviews, V is Kubrick-esque, although part of that is just because it's set in the UK. But it does have that dark tone with anti-hero trappings. It also reminded me at times of Natural Born Killers & JFK, two more of my favorite films. And my favorite line from the movie was: "Artists lie to reveal the truth, the government lies to cover it up."

Finally, regarding the "controversy" surrounding the film has resulted allegedly because it "supports terrorism." The real threat to conservatives/the government is that the film depicts how the fictional British govt were actually behind the terrorist attacks in order to seize power. Hits a little too close to home for the Machiavellian Bu$h administration, methinks.

The Dubai Portgate conspiracy

The intention for the deal (and the subsequent overemphasis by the corporate media: CNN, FOX, etc etc) is to drive the Democratic Party/progressives in general further to the political right, to embrace "homeland security" ideals and to further create an atmosphere of US isolationism and preparing us, both politically & psychologically, for continued division/conflict with the islamic world.