tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-582617253106421949.post5742846872376780746..comments2023-06-11T15:37:18.397+02:00Comments on Buddha e lo Sciamano, a Trieste: Eightfold Path - Right Speech, Part.1Matthew O'Connellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05163005257599649046noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-582617253106421949.post-17547138465225983812012-05-05T22:38:06.191+02:002012-05-05T22:38:06.191+02:00Really! You want me to discuss this topic here? Pe...Really! You want me to discuss this topic here? Perhaps we should discuss this in person over a beer as It would require me going way off topic in order to attempt to give your question a decent answer. <br />Briefly then, I would say it is a non-reality as far as the current state of politics is concerned. This will become even clearer if I manage to express clearly some of the ides floating around my head in P.2. Politics is largely based on the manufacture of consent and the maintenance of an ideology. These two forces have very little interest in transparency and authenticity (unless it concerns their enemy's faults being revealed). The only way a political structure could include some degree of authentic and ethical communication would be in a very socially politically orientated and collaborative affair where the disparity in power levels would be extremely low.It seems that at best we have to force some degree of transparency on politicians through organisational integrity in oversight committees etc. The problem is that politicians are constantly working to undermine and subvert said organisations for their own ends. We need decent enough participation from the public as it seems that in a working democracy it is the only genuine counter-balance to the temptations of power and vice. Same old theme that's been running since Democracy turned up on the scene. Underneath the form the dynamic is the same though and although I'm not a Marxist, Marx outlined the basic problem very successfully.Matthew O'Connellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05163005257599649046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-582617253106421949.post-64210739775809453612012-05-05T22:27:42.432+02:002012-05-05T22:27:42.432+02:00It'll be up soon, once I get a decent night...It'll be up soon, once I get a decent night's sleep and reclaim the clarity and precision necessary to ensure at least a reasonably coherent piece. Yes, I will be exploring a more Mahayana approach, or better, extension, in P.2. It will take the form of a personal exploration though in my usual manner. I am actually fascinated by the perception of speech as pure energy in motion, a sort of denser version of the breath. It might sound a little odd as an initial idea, but once you view speech without conceptualizing it and layering it with assumptions, both personal and received socially, you realise it is simply energy moving. Accepting the meaning of words and their meaning is a social collaboration in a rather fine collective construction that has no inherent form. We'll see if I manage to go anywhere useful with this abstract insight :)Matthew O'Connellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05163005257599649046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-582617253106421949.post-85610291876975481282012-05-03T23:37:08.973+02:002012-05-03T23:37:08.973+02:00Hi there Matey,
This was a great post but I be hav...Hi there Matey,<br />This was a great post but I be havin a question. What are the ramifications of taking this approach to speech into politics? I mean how does all this fine and dandy relate to social justice? You mention the topic in the post but don't go so far with it. Please say more.<br />BlackbeardBlackbeardhttp://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002889052160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-582617253106421949.post-25323258196221936602012-05-03T23:26:42.813+02:002012-05-03T23:26:42.813+02:00Hi Matt,
haven't heard from you in ages. This ...Hi Matt,<br />haven't heard from you in ages. This is great by the way and really insightful. Looking forward to part two. Will it be by any chance a little more Mahayanan?<br />TonyTony Boxtonnoreply@blogger.com