Free Will and Mind Control - by Robert Ringer: Few disciplines are more difficult for modern man than silencing his noise machine. It’s a machine that continuously floods the mind with thoughts of guilt, anger, the latest injustices he has suffered, and endless trivia. It randomly engages in self-debate and senseless chatter, blocking out all attempts to bring forth a meaningful thought. Many people …
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The circus going on in Washington DC at the moment is a good example of the distractions that Ringer is talking about.
Of course, there are endless numbers of things that can distract you. This article caught my attention because I had the thought that either : events drive you, or you drive events. If events are driving you, it is because you are probably distracted. You are always reacting to events, as opposed to shaping them.
Anyway, that is my take.
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Of course I understand that this thought can be applied to my off-grid project. I spend way too much time on this junk.
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