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Contractor
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CA
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Topic Author's Original Post - Oct 1, 2016 - 11:02am PT
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This is not politard topic. It's about the Cyclical Theory and the Arc of Time relative to society and personal relationships.
Can we disconnect from our short view and "emotion of the moment" long enough to examine the long steady rise of social advancement, justice and the personal growth of those around us? Are we currently spiraling into the abyss of partisan warfare where one side seeks to destroy the other side thus erasing the Arc of Justice and jeopardizing our achievements?
Both history and life are fraught with the occasional setback- these are the teaching moments. Reflective and allpplied analysis of these moments, free of dogma and prejudice can benefit one's personal relationships and engender general optimism. This can be applied to parenting, marriage, friendship and citizenry.
Never in my lifetime has America's addiction to media and "self" created such a penchant for the short view and the associated negative emotions. A pronounced swing to "Private Interest" over "Public Purpose" has cast a dark cloud and stifled constructive discourse.
The Cyclical Theory is driven by public discontent and opposing views yet, the balance and trajectory is maintained by our laws and the gravity of moderation. The contributions of the Left, Right and extremist cannot be discounted.
I find it more important than ever to believe in our system and hope that the segment of our public that is currently so deeply dissatisfied, will find patience and stamp a constructive adaptation to our collective journey and not give in to nuclear options.
"We cannot understand the moral Universe. The arc is a long one, and our eyes reach but a little way; we cannot calculate the curve and complete the figure by the experience of sight; but we can divine it by conscience, and we surely know that it bends toward justice. Justice will not fail, though wickedness appears strong, and has on its side the armies and thrones of power, the riches and the glory of the world, and though poor men crouch down in despair. Justice will not fail and perish out from the world of men, nor will what is really wrong and contrary to God’s real law of justice continually endure".
From- Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry
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Sula
Trad climber
Pennsylvania
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I think you may mean Arthur Schlesinger (Jr ?).
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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 1, 2016 - 11:21am PT
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Correct
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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I find it more important than ever to believe in our system...
Except that one of the two parties has left the system for the fringe right and has redefined its brand as being opposed to the system. The death of moderate republicans has left us in a state where it's very hard to resolve with such extremists as they go out of their way at every turn to insure compromise is essentially impossible.
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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 1, 2016 - 01:52pm PT
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healyje-
Except that one of the two parties has left the system for the fringe right and has redefined its brand as being opposed to the system.
This is so true; so I guess one point of the post (and where the battleground lies) is for those, right leaning moderates to reflect and act as the center gravity that keeps the helix together and not tilt it out of existence, just to satiate your dark angeles.
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Volney Stefflre taught a class on this @ UCI in the early seventies.
I wonder if I still have the syllabus!
It was not so much about ideas as the cyclical nature of social phenomena (like wars).
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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it would seem that the world goes on without us after we are gone.
that's the long view.
or does it simply end?
nature seems to care not for the individual so much as for the community, for one person cannot create life without the aid of another.
there is no reason for hermits to out-holy anyone, being curmudgeons at heart.
here is a story, make of it what you will.
[Click to View YouTube Video]
i recall having a similar feeling when i first heard Eleanor Rigby.
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Contractor
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CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 1, 2016 - 04:21pm PT
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Rampant Capitalistic Darwinism, the destruction of our planet and the proliferation of advanced weaponry may accelerate the colonization of space. This could result in human diversification and new species, perhaps benevolent- but end, it will.
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