Justice versus conscience

Powerful stuff Tom – keep yourself strong going through all this stuff !

Beautiful place! Looks like rough trekking though. Yes, guilting for the sins of others is a manipulation tool out of the psychopath’s trick bag.

What a lovely video! Thank you for taking us on this walk with you, Thomas!

My ancestor’s ( Scots-Irish ) were instrumental in the destruction of the native American culture in Appalachia a couple hundred years ago. It was a tragedy & I am horrified by it, but I don’t feel guilty because I had exactly nothing to do with it.

YES – “Only YOU did that”…………..as “HUMANS”, we have free will………..YOU choose evil, or YOU choose what is right. That simple, eh? So many people are mind-controlled from infancy to be evil………..but even those victims have been given the greatest gift of free will. Thank-you, Thomas.

Thank you Thomas. Someone once told me that the most beautiful place to live is Ireland. Would you agree?

My grandfather used to always talk about how people seem to just walk out of chapel like they are invincible and would probably walk out in front of a bus in a daze.

This is reproduced in other areas of Irish life-the financial crisis was dismissed with the words: “we all partied”.

I have a special place that I love to go to that looks and feels similar to your spot here ,I enjoyed this sunday walk on the stony shore with the misty mountain ,and I would love to have some of that naturally tumbled quartz. being in nature and just having its simple company is the most spiritual thing I can feel, I’m glad you have that kinship with you in your heart too

understand the story,..pleased you explained in your angry,.sad words ,Eire is a beautiful land [I lived their as a young child i the late 60;s ] may the Irish find their heart and love for the country again and always take care of yourself too Thomas x

reminds me of a teacher who told 10 students to carry “each” a backpack of rocks for a hike. “There is One for each of you” Each student put on their backpack of rocks and it didn’t take long for the weight to have each student huffing, sweating and moaning. Finally, one stopped and proclaimed a “water break”. The teacher stopped and the students looked at his face to see if teacher approved. He said nothing but took out his own water bottle as a gesture of approval. So everyone sat down and made a few statements of “how heavy their rocks were feeling, and they were getting heavier with each step” The teacher smiled and agreed but spoke little. When water Break ended, the students put their backpacks on and resumed their hike. One of the students complained of a serious shoulder cramp and his lower back ached and complained he didn’t understand *why they were carrying rocks anyway*. The teacher smiled and said: I dont know why you are carrying those rocks either. You would enjoy the walk so much more if you didnt have so much extra weight on your back” Suddenly it dawned on the students. The teacher never actually told them they had to carry the backpacks weighted with rocks; they assumed that because “The Teacher” said “there were 10 backpacks of rocks” and that they were “going on a hike” that they “should not question”_ Lesson was valuable. TRUE STORY.

Well done ~

An amazingly beautiful landscape—then I’m partial to seascapes.

I believe we are a very powerful species but ” the powers that be” want you to think otherwise while they thrive in their power.

The issue of shared guilt is interesting and important but that is not what I am writing about here. I look at it from a psychological point of view, my interest in the subject being rekindled about eight years ago when I read a couple of books by the Australian psychologist, Dorothy Rowe, who has tremendous insights about extraverts and introverts. I noticed that extraverts have certain kinds of behaviour in common and seem to be particulary prone to conventional wisdom. I class your own views as conventional wisdom though you may disagree. I then came across the precocious 1969 book, The Neophiliacs, by the English journalist Christopher Booker, which traces the rise of the Swinging Sixties from 1955 onwards in terms of five-stage fantasy cycles inspired by Carl Jung. (Jung of course also popularized the terms introvert and extravert, if he didn’t even invent them, although the idea has of course long been known, if not always known.) The senselessness of those years can only be understood in terms of a huge mass fantasy. While he identified two cycles covering 1955-69 (and I found it hard to see them) I am convinced that the world, or the western part of it, is still in the grip of this fantasy, and it is not getting any weaker. You could say that the meta-fantasy, which I call political correctness for want of a better word, contains many smaller fantasies and indeed everyone has his own fantasy world. Booker argued (and I find it hard to disagree) that we should all as individuals identify our own fantasies and reject them. He equates fantasy with evil, which may be overstating the case, but it is an unsettling idea and probably not all that far from the truth. The problem in Ireland is that it has been in the grip of a powerful anticlerical fantasy for decades now. (In other countries it has not been directed so much against the Church and is often aimed at retired entertainers and singers, politicians or the care workers working in residential homes (eg Bryn Estyn in North Wales).) It is not easy for people to recognize it and it is hard to blame them because the first victim of witch hunts is the truth and the media have a proven track record (everywhere, not just here) of caving into the fantasy. An article in today’s Independent, for example, states that large numbers of bodies were found in a septic tank. This is quite untrue: the investigators talk of ‘significant’ remains and of two structures, one a disused septic tank and the other an underground structure containing twenty chambers which may have been connected at some time with the drainage system. This may appear to be splitting hairs but I use it (it merely being the most recent article I have read on  subject) to illustrate a general rule. A misleading narrative is constructed from an assembly of such half-truths, exaggerations and downright lies. If you dig into any of these stories you will see what I mean. The power of the fantasy is shown by how few will do this, and will usually deny it. While conditions in these institutions were not easy the caricature of Pure Evil is utterly false. I won’t say any more about this but would urge the interested reader to look at the website of the late English journalist Richard Webster (Scptical Essays) and Irish Salem, website of the former middle-ranking civil servant Rory Connor. I notice that extraverts respond in particular with emotion. They have to try to make sure that they are properly informed, that the emotion is justified. In the Irish case they are not and indeed you should be sympathizing with the clergy (on the whole, very much so). Just one small detail to conclude with. You may remember the secret filming by RTE of St Attracta’s home for disabled people in Roscommon, where a small number of care staff were recorded as shouting at, forcibly restraining or being unpleasant (and unprofessional) towards their charges. Leo Varadker, then as now a government minister, made this extraordinary statement: “So long as there are evil people out there evil things will happen.” The worrying thing is that I have not heard of anyone remark on it, so used are we to the rhetoric and the fantasy. It is very dangerous.

I consider myself Christian, but I am non denominational. Far too many religious organizations such as the Catholic Church have become “for profit” organizations. They set up power structures, financial departments, media coverage, etc. They are not there for individual spiritual growth. In fact they are quite the opposite. Peace be with you Thomas. We all have an amazing journey ahead of us. Our own individual journeys can never be fully understood by another, but they can be constructively enhanced by others.

Im sure you are familiar with The Saw Doctors. Yes? Love their music!

Love the sea ! what a beautiful place !

Cheers Thomas. Quality.

Beautiful.

Thomas, I am trying to find a video on your views of meditation, did you make any on meditation?

Great video.

Bang on we are responsible for our own actions.

Beautiful place Thomas x

yes, guilt has become a virtue with the Catholics

I agree completely, the earth and the God with in is the foundation of all religions . why not go directly back to the source instead of some pre-packaged product.

what a beautiful spot

Was that a skylark I heard whistling

Buy or standards Thomas 99% fail

Nature is my church also. When you heading to the states? I’ll ask ya via FB.

cheers Thomas

spot on

riverrunn Past Eve and Adams, by swerve of shore and bende of baye brings us by a commodius Vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs.

all good and sad and care to you too