tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4813593340286342074.post3161483570446145881..comments2024-01-05T16:45:18.317-06:00Comments on Diary of a Psychic Healer: A Lesson in Humility Reginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00204961273185324720noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4813593340286342074.post-38331634927294195682013-02-05T09:30:26.671-06:002013-02-05T09:30:26.671-06:00Hello! You're right; this is a slippery slope....Hello! You're right; this is a slippery slope. =)<br /><br />The point you make about emotional walls is very interesting. You are right. We would all have to check our egos and try to think "constructively.” <br /><br />There are lots of elements that you could potentially blame but pointing fingers won't solve anything. If it were up to me, I'd ask the gun lobby to draft a reform bill that is effective, and one that they can live with. I imagine they know the stats better than anyone else and they are well versed on the topic. <br /><br />Violent video games and movies are another subject of discussion; I do think they glorify violence while feeding the collective unconscious with a sense of awe and dread. You could also argue that they are made because they have an audience. There's a quote in the new Hitchcock trailer: "All of us harbor dark recesses of violence, I'm just the man hiding in the corner with a camera." <br /><br />That’s a tough hold to break. Bringing consciousness into the movie-watching experience would help. Over the holidays I was watching the new Batman movie on my flight home. I had to switch it off because I couldn’t watch the bad guys shoot up a public workplace after what had just happened. As a filmgoer, thinking of the real life experience made the movie version unappealing. <br /><br />They can make violent movies but I don’t have to watch them =)<br /><br />Just my thoughts … <br /><br /><br /><br />Reginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00175897694664410965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4813593340286342074.post-6325833866509879052013-02-04T14:04:29.718-06:002013-02-04T14:04:29.718-06:00Wow, what a slippery slope! You're a brave sou...Wow, what a slippery slope! You're a brave soul. Whenever anyone asked my opinion about Sandy Hook, I just reply "There is no right answer." There are very few common threads between these incidents and those threads aren't solely responsible. Sounds like you ran into those artificial emotional "walls" that people put up to protect themselves. These walls are even higher nowadays with what I call "cultural attacks." Those attacks start with the media, TV programs and what is covered on the local news. In the states we've suffered through the mid 1990s Columbia University created "political correctness" which chastises people who speak (and really THINK) outside of a predetermined publicly accepted (media) norm. These attacks on thoughts have created those higher emotional walls, and before you know it, you don't know what you're protecting, except your ego. We live in a global 1984 society where the people in power are "herding" the masses into mental corrals. I applaud your attempt to open a dialog, but you can see those subjects get very deep very fast. Yes, I agree we need a dialog, but everyone has to check their egos at the door. That won't happen until people stop feeling attacked. That won't happen until the media driven world stops creating the us vs. them extremes they've developed for their ratings. It's all a vicious circle. As always thanks for your post.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com