Nov 6, 2023·edited Nov 6, 2023Liked by Christopher Cook
Daylight savings bugged me more this year than years earlier. I felt it more. But I had this cool conversation with a barista (none of the ones I've written about so far) about how stupid it is, and also about our sovereign divinity. Because she asked what else I'd like. I ordered love joy and world peace after the maple latte. And she said is there anything else? I was like, "How about awakening humanity to it's sovereign divinity?" She said, "Why not? While we're at it, right?" This is the one person at a time, 100 monkey way. We hit critical and then everyone wakes up and is like, "Fuck, I'm sovereign! OMG, I AM divine! So is everyone else! We're like...one thing but also so unique and individual. How awesome is that? Wanna live in harmony and also be totally free, but use that freedom in alignment with our soul, with divine will to prosper all life in harmony? YEAH! FUCK YEAH! Let's do that! Okay...let's go!
The last person's post I commented on has marxist leanings and she likes my ideas about the future in terms of organic sovereignty and contribution based on connection and love as much as you do! There is hope!
My wife and I were talking about the notion of being one, but also being separate and individual, yesterday (as we drove a whole hour away just to get the best donuts and french dips in the region!). She is not as interested in that concept as I, however.
Have you ever heard or used the term "hylozoism"?
Re: the person with Marxist leanings…I really do think that people would make far better intellectual and ideological choices if they were presented with better information. Kudos to you for doing so, one on one.
Nov 6, 2023·edited Nov 6, 2023Liked by Christopher Cook
That's so cool you had that convo with your wife and that it's okay to be each where you are with it. So think of it like we are all consciousness "points" on an impressionist painting if you're feeling more emotional and on a sacred infinite math if you're feeling more left brained. It's perfect that your wife isn't so into it because she is holding down that particular point's polarity WITHIN the oneness field. I've never heard the term Hylozoism but what I have found that I have had so many conversations with good hearted people who really resonate with what I share because that is their are heart too, and they have simply believed in the co opted version of their values that seemed preferable to the co-opted opposite of the conservative spectrum. I've had multiple conversations with people who volunteer to get the vote out where I invited them into my garden and they loved it and we agree to both work for the truth and the love - them from within the system from their particular reference point, me from outside it (I haven't voted since 2012 in a gen election and since 18 for a local one.)
I like the math AND the painting. (It's funny, when it comes to thought, I am Enlightenment-centric, but when it comes to art, it's romanticism all the way.)
I like the imagery of " holding down that particular point's polarity WITHIN the oneness field."
"invited them into my garden" is that a metaphor, or is there an actual physical garden? If the latter, do you have pictures? Gardens are nice.
Regarding not voting…I would never critique anyone for that at this point (though I am sure I would have rather earnestly 20 years ago). I myself have mixed feelings (another subject my wife and I were talking about on our long donut run!).
Thanks for making me laugh out loud- while simultaneously having compassion and empathy for your frustration at such a ridiculous control-freak mechanism as “switching the clocks”! I couldn’t agree more...🙌🙌🙌
I find the exploration of how (certain) humans have measured and accounted for time fascinating. Like the Gregorian vs Mayan calendar. Why do we have October (8) as the tenth month and December (10) as the twelfth month...?
Leap years are the cherry on top of the arbitrary time-cake! 🤪
I think the calendar thing is the difference between the Julian and Gregorian calendars. October was the 8th month in the Julian (etc.), and the Gregorian kept the names.
I’ve looked into it...and there’s more to the story. Depending on who you learn from of course the narrative changes. But I’ve concluded that purposefully misaligning us from natural cycles makes us less attuned to our power and easier to control. 13 months with 28 days seems to be a pretty reasonable way to measure time. But we know “reason” is not always at play here. 😉
And I enjoy reading your thoughts on this subject, Christopher.
Lately, I’m finding comfort in appreciating the necessity of duality in this world. It’s the nature of the game, isn’t it? Without contrast there would be nothing to do except bask around in bliss all day! Clearly we are learning what systems or what way of being serves our highest good.
In Heaven, would we really just sit on clouds strumming harps all day? After a while, I would be compelled to ask God, or whichever Archangel doles out assignments, to send me in an important task. Something meaningful and mission-focused!
Nov 6, 2023·edited Nov 6, 2023Liked by Christopher Cook
I've fought the lower aspects of duality...as I don't see the need for them. I believe we can paint with hues rich in color and texture, nuance and fragrance, with open, empty space as the canvas, the notes between the music. Maybe a little fun adventure in dark and over coming it, but not this insane addiction to it we have...and yet I have recently been integrating the realization that fighting duality is itself duality, and the embrace of the full contrast allows for its dissolution and eventual dissolving and opening to A NEW FORM OF CREATIVITY! Maybe then we can play a new game? I'm in favor of a new gameboard, slanted toward the best in us thriving in harmony with all life, in freedom that honors our oneness, divinity that celebrates its expression through endless forms, and selects those that offer flourishing in uniqueness that is symbiotic in the way it forms ecosystems with other sovereign beings within the one-all-nothing-at-all-G-d that births all life, all creation singing beauty and peace, truth and love for all of its own self/selfless being/suchness!
Exactly!! I’ve never felt more peaceful having surrendered to this realization myself. Now I’m just here to play in this game and offer what I can through my joy, my love of life and my gifts. ✨ And commune with other beautiful creatures such as yourself. 🥰
DST is hell for the eldrrly. Especially, if they are living in a rest home. Because they are forced to change abruptly their daily routines. at their age they need a consistent schedule. Whrn their routine is disrupted by DST, the time change caused them to become ill. I watched my Nana G at one become so I'll.… it took her over a week to stabilize after a DST change. Manny with sensitive health issues I’m sure possibly die. That’s just my guess.
I feel confident that you are correct. I doubt a study has been done on clock-change-induced mortality among the elderly, but I suspect if one were to be done, it would review as much.
Just hang out at a convalescent home for a week following a DST change. It’s sad 😞
at least if they are living at home they don’t have to change the time they eat or the time they take baths etc. But at a convalescent home they’re entire life has to shift. You see many of them refusing to eat because the change is difficult to manage. 😟
If you think that’s bad imagine what it would feel if you had to visit your loved one through a window and watch them die during Covid. 😭
So heartbreaking. My father-in-law died during Covid while residing in one totally separated from us. The same with my NanaG. In my opinion and the opinion of others it was a death camp. One day one of the nurses was outside crying while she was taking a break and I was visiting my father-in-law through the window. I went over to talk to her and she just said she would have to leave her job she couldn’t do it any longer because she couldn’t give loving care she was trained to provide.
One small correction. We are currently in Standard Time. DST is the interloper into our circadian rhythms.
Having said that, time as we know it is a construct, not a constant. Look at time zones in the US. Under standard time Las Vegas and Los Angeles are on the same clock, but daylight hours vary wildly. Sunset at 6 in LA is sunset at 4:30 in Vegas. If that doesn’t mess with your sleep, consider that El Paso, TX and Montgomery, AL are both on Central Time even though the cities are more than 1200 miles apart! Then there are the states with multiple times zones. It’s all a little crazy.
I get what you are saying re: Standard vs. Saving. My point is twofold in that regard:
First, it is the change itself that messes with circadian rhythms. If we were to just stick with one—either one—it would not be so disruptive.
Second, Savings is what we have for eight months of the year, and Standard for only four. Consequently, it feels like standard is the ridiculous and unnecessary interloper.
See what I mean?
To the rest of it—YES! Crazy!
I have not given this a ton of thought or done a ton of research, but my instincts are telling me that the best solution to the problem you describe—sunset being at wildly different clock times, for example—would be one single global time. I am thinking that that would end up causing more human emphasis on natural rhythms like sunrise and sunset. What do you think?
Once upon a time that is how the world worked, but railroad schedules needed a constant in an expanding world. A global time might allow people to live more naturally according to a circadian rhythm, but it would be an economic catastrophe. We live in a global society and something has to keep order.
Still, the DST nonsense has got to stop. It used to be roughly equivalent in duration to Standard Time. Why the powers that be decided to extend DST from early March to November is beyond me. Arizona and Hawaii do not change their clocks twice a year and several states have passed resolutions to end the practice. I don't know of any person who thinks clock change (time doesn't change) is a good idea. I wonder what lobbying group is behind continuing the habit.
It may just be inertia keeping it, and one of the iron laws of government: that once a program is in place, it rarely goes away.
And yes, the nonsense must end. And yes, no one I know thinks it’s a good idea, (with one weird exception).
That said, I do not believe, at least not a priori, that a single global time would be bad for business, economies, or trains. It would require some adjustment, of course, but there are numerous advantages too. (I write about this in tomorrow’s post, albeit briefly.)
I especially don’t see a problem re: trains. A train leaves Peoria traveling west at X mph. At what time will it reach a station that is Y miles away? In this question, there are only two variables. Speed and distance. With a single global time, we would not have to add the third variable of “what time zones are the stations in?” Passengers would look on the board and it would tell them what time the train is arriving. Easy peasy. What am I missing?
Reclaim your circadian sovereign divinity!
⭐️
:) :)
Daylight savings bugged me more this year than years earlier. I felt it more. But I had this cool conversation with a barista (none of the ones I've written about so far) about how stupid it is, and also about our sovereign divinity. Because she asked what else I'd like. I ordered love joy and world peace after the maple latte. And she said is there anything else? I was like, "How about awakening humanity to it's sovereign divinity?" She said, "Why not? While we're at it, right?" This is the one person at a time, 100 monkey way. We hit critical and then everyone wakes up and is like, "Fuck, I'm sovereign! OMG, I AM divine! So is everyone else! We're like...one thing but also so unique and individual. How awesome is that? Wanna live in harmony and also be totally free, but use that freedom in alignment with our soul, with divine will to prosper all life in harmony? YEAH! FUCK YEAH! Let's do that! Okay...let's go!
Oh, and changing the clocks has a worse effect the older one gets. It has definitely been getting worse for me.
Also see Charlotte Pendragon's comments on the subject elsewhere in this thread re: the elderly. So sad.
You’re so awesome. 🥰✨
So are you! <3 <3
The last person's post I commented on has marxist leanings and she likes my ideas about the future in terms of organic sovereignty and contribution based on connection and love as much as you do! There is hope!
Yeah, all that is good stuff.
My wife and I were talking about the notion of being one, but also being separate and individual, yesterday (as we drove a whole hour away just to get the best donuts and french dips in the region!). She is not as interested in that concept as I, however.
Have you ever heard or used the term "hylozoism"?
Re: the person with Marxist leanings…I really do think that people would make far better intellectual and ideological choices if they were presented with better information. Kudos to you for doing so, one on one.
That's so cool you had that convo with your wife and that it's okay to be each where you are with it. So think of it like we are all consciousness "points" on an impressionist painting if you're feeling more emotional and on a sacred infinite math if you're feeling more left brained. It's perfect that your wife isn't so into it because she is holding down that particular point's polarity WITHIN the oneness field. I've never heard the term Hylozoism but what I have found that I have had so many conversations with good hearted people who really resonate with what I share because that is their are heart too, and they have simply believed in the co opted version of their values that seemed preferable to the co-opted opposite of the conservative spectrum. I've had multiple conversations with people who volunteer to get the vote out where I invited them into my garden and they loved it and we agree to both work for the truth and the love - them from within the system from their particular reference point, me from outside it (I haven't voted since 2012 in a gen election and since 18 for a local one.)
I like the math AND the painting. (It's funny, when it comes to thought, I am Enlightenment-centric, but when it comes to art, it's romanticism all the way.)
I like the imagery of " holding down that particular point's polarity WITHIN the oneness field."
"invited them into my garden" is that a metaphor, or is there an actual physical garden? If the latter, do you have pictures? Gardens are nice.
Regarding not voting…I would never critique anyone for that at this point (though I am sure I would have rather earnestly 20 years ago). I myself have mixed feelings (another subject my wife and I were talking about on our long donut run!).
Thanks for making me laugh out loud- while simultaneously having compassion and empathy for your frustration at such a ridiculous control-freak mechanism as “switching the clocks”! I couldn’t agree more...🙌🙌🙌
I find the exploration of how (certain) humans have measured and accounted for time fascinating. Like the Gregorian vs Mayan calendar. Why do we have October (8) as the tenth month and December (10) as the twelfth month...?
Leap years are the cherry on top of the arbitrary time-cake! 🤪
I think the calendar thing is the difference between the Julian and Gregorian calendars. October was the 8th month in the Julian (etc.), and the Gregorian kept the names.
I’ve looked into it...and there’s more to the story. Depending on who you learn from of course the narrative changes. But I’ve concluded that purposefully misaligning us from natural cycles makes us less attuned to our power and easier to control. 13 months with 28 days seems to be a pretty reasonable way to measure time. But we know “reason” is not always at play here. 😉
It’s funny how true reason and organic intuition align, isn’t it!
And yes, if we were more aligned to the natural, we would be stronger and less easily controlled.
Once again, centralized, involuntary authority makes freedom and authentic, organic living much harder to achieve.
Absolutely!!
And I enjoy reading your thoughts on this subject, Christopher.
Lately, I’m finding comfort in appreciating the necessity of duality in this world. It’s the nature of the game, isn’t it? Without contrast there would be nothing to do except bask around in bliss all day! Clearly we are learning what systems or what way of being serves our highest good.
I have had similar thoughts. Among them…
In Heaven, would we really just sit on clouds strumming harps all day? After a while, I would be compelled to ask God, or whichever Archangel doles out assignments, to send me in an important task. Something meaningful and mission-focused!
Why you're here, I imagine :)
And here you are on a mission....imagine that!! ✨
I've fought the lower aspects of duality...as I don't see the need for them. I believe we can paint with hues rich in color and texture, nuance and fragrance, with open, empty space as the canvas, the notes between the music. Maybe a little fun adventure in dark and over coming it, but not this insane addiction to it we have...and yet I have recently been integrating the realization that fighting duality is itself duality, and the embrace of the full contrast allows for its dissolution and eventual dissolving and opening to A NEW FORM OF CREATIVITY! Maybe then we can play a new game? I'm in favor of a new gameboard, slanted toward the best in us thriving in harmony with all life, in freedom that honors our oneness, divinity that celebrates its expression through endless forms, and selects those that offer flourishing in uniqueness that is symbiotic in the way it forms ecosystems with other sovereign beings within the one-all-nothing-at-all-G-d that births all life, all creation singing beauty and peace, truth and love for all of its own self/selfless being/suchness!
Personally I do believe the game board IS slanted in our favour- we create our own reality! It doesn’t get much more favourable than that!
“Fighting duality is itself duality”.
Exactly!! I’ve never felt more peaceful having surrendered to this realization myself. Now I’m just here to play in this game and offer what I can through my joy, my love of life and my gifts. ✨ And commune with other beautiful creatures such as yourself. 🥰
<3 <3 Hugs and hearts out to you, beautiful Creator
I had a time-cake last night for desert. It was delicious!
Food for thought 💭 🍱
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnjAfhPBg3I
My favorite comment in the thread: "At least the birds know when the day begins."
That sums up how I feel. We start our day when the sun rises. We know that is when it actually begins.
💯 Beautiful and perfect. Gods such a wonderful poet. 🤗
Here where we live there are hundreds of birds who remind of the morning. All day they sing to us, the tell us when to rest. 🐦
The birds are singing especially delightfully here today! :)
Chirp, chirp 🐣
I love it! :) I wish I could mimic birdsong...bird reminds me of dolphin, in a way. It feels like a whole language that I can't understand!!!!
Thank you, Charlotte! ✨
🥰
DST is hell for the eldrrly. Especially, if they are living in a rest home. Because they are forced to change abruptly their daily routines. at their age they need a consistent schedule. Whrn their routine is disrupted by DST, the time change caused them to become ill. I watched my Nana G at one become so I'll.… it took her over a week to stabilize after a DST change. Manny with sensitive health issues I’m sure possibly die. That’s just my guess.
I feel confident that you are correct. I doubt a study has been done on clock-change-induced mortality among the elderly, but I suspect if one were to be done, it would review as much.
Just hang out at a convalescent home for a week following a DST change. It’s sad 😞
at least if they are living at home they don’t have to change the time they eat or the time they take baths etc. But at a convalescent home they’re entire life has to shift. You see many of them refusing to eat because the change is difficult to manage. 😟
That is just awful. If I were to witness it in person, I would be overwhelmed with both pathos and rage.
If you think that’s bad imagine what it would feel if you had to visit your loved one through a window and watch them die during Covid. 😭
So heartbreaking. My father-in-law died during Covid while residing in one totally separated from us. The same with my NanaG. In my opinion and the opinion of others it was a death camp. One day one of the nurses was outside crying while she was taking a break and I was visiting my father-in-law through the window. I went over to talk to her and she just said she would have to leave her job she couldn’t do it any longer because she couldn’t give loving care she was trained to provide.
I cannot even imagine what punishment the architects of this monstrosity ought to suffer.
Or perhaps I can imagine it…
Hells not going to be kind. The Bible says they will want to take their lives but can’t. They will be begging to die. Karma
Eesh...this is sad. Such needless harm being inflicted for no good reason at all.
I think they know this is their last stop and push them along towards that fate 😔
One small correction. We are currently in Standard Time. DST is the interloper into our circadian rhythms.
Having said that, time as we know it is a construct, not a constant. Look at time zones in the US. Under standard time Las Vegas and Los Angeles are on the same clock, but daylight hours vary wildly. Sunset at 6 in LA is sunset at 4:30 in Vegas. If that doesn’t mess with your sleep, consider that El Paso, TX and Montgomery, AL are both on Central Time even though the cities are more than 1200 miles apart! Then there are the states with multiple times zones. It’s all a little crazy.
I get what you are saying re: Standard vs. Saving. My point is twofold in that regard:
First, it is the change itself that messes with circadian rhythms. If we were to just stick with one—either one—it would not be so disruptive.
Second, Savings is what we have for eight months of the year, and Standard for only four. Consequently, it feels like standard is the ridiculous and unnecessary interloper.
See what I mean?
To the rest of it—YES! Crazy!
I have not given this a ton of thought or done a ton of research, but my instincts are telling me that the best solution to the problem you describe—sunset being at wildly different clock times, for example—would be one single global time. I am thinking that that would end up causing more human emphasis on natural rhythms like sunrise and sunset. What do you think?
Once upon a time that is how the world worked, but railroad schedules needed a constant in an expanding world. A global time might allow people to live more naturally according to a circadian rhythm, but it would be an economic catastrophe. We live in a global society and something has to keep order.
Still, the DST nonsense has got to stop. It used to be roughly equivalent in duration to Standard Time. Why the powers that be decided to extend DST from early March to November is beyond me. Arizona and Hawaii do not change their clocks twice a year and several states have passed resolutions to end the practice. I don't know of any person who thinks clock change (time doesn't change) is a good idea. I wonder what lobbying group is behind continuing the habit.
It may just be inertia keeping it, and one of the iron laws of government: that once a program is in place, it rarely goes away.
And yes, the nonsense must end. And yes, no one I know thinks it’s a good idea, (with one weird exception).
That said, I do not believe, at least not a priori, that a single global time would be bad for business, economies, or trains. It would require some adjustment, of course, but there are numerous advantages too. (I write about this in tomorrow’s post, albeit briefly.)
I especially don’t see a problem re: trains. A train leaves Peoria traveling west at X mph. At what time will it reach a station that is Y miles away? In this question, there are only two variables. Speed and distance. With a single global time, we would not have to add the third variable of “what time zones are the stations in?” Passengers would look on the board and it would tell them what time the train is arriving. Easy peasy. What am I missing?