Greetings from the UK where we've been playing The Great Election Game. Except those of us who haven't - it's the first time in my adult life that I haven't voted. You could call it conscious electoral dissent, or something
"Everywhere I look, people are heartbroken, defeated, spiritually desolate, wandering aimlessly in the wasteland of dispelled illusions." May I offer a different take on this? I wish MORE people would get like this. I've come to the conclusion that dis-illusion - the getting free from illusions that limit and entrap you - is a necessary and productive step. And in the secular, literal-minded West, some of the old texts such as The Pilgrim's Progress have wisdom on this.
I appreciated your article on British politics Alex, thank you for sharing! Interesting that you also wrote about disillusionment in yours. Yes, I had heard about the dramatic lack of turnout in the UK election just recently. It's the first election I can remember hearing about in which the prevailing party achieved a landslide as a result of losing substantially fewer votes than everyone else, and yet also still losing votes!
I'm not sure if you made it to the end of my article in which I expressed solidarity with your sentiment in favor of disillusionment - how we need to be dispelled of our illusions in order to take action and live in accordance with what is really true. So yes, I'm with you on this!
Greetings from the UK where we've been playing The Great Election Game. Except those of us who haven't - it's the first time in my adult life that I haven't voted. You could call it conscious electoral dissent, or something
"Everywhere I look, people are heartbroken, defeated, spiritually desolate, wandering aimlessly in the wasteland of dispelled illusions." May I offer a different take on this? I wish MORE people would get like this. I've come to the conclusion that dis-illusion - the getting free from illusions that limit and entrap you - is a necessary and productive step. And in the secular, literal-minded West, some of the old texts such as The Pilgrim's Progress have wisdom on this.
https://www.mercatornet.com/only_dismal_choices_are_on_offer_in_britain_s_general_election
I appreciated your article on British politics Alex, thank you for sharing! Interesting that you also wrote about disillusionment in yours. Yes, I had heard about the dramatic lack of turnout in the UK election just recently. It's the first election I can remember hearing about in which the prevailing party achieved a landslide as a result of losing substantially fewer votes than everyone else, and yet also still losing votes!
I'm not sure if you made it to the end of my article in which I expressed solidarity with your sentiment in favor of disillusionment - how we need to be dispelled of our illusions in order to take action and live in accordance with what is really true. So yes, I'm with you on this!
Yes, I did although it was late here and I wasn't reading closely. Wanted to share on the common theme really.