[Sosfbay-discuss] The Great Turning

[Duende]

A year and a half ago Gerry mentioned the web site  www.thegreatturning.net 
  . This is based on the book, The Great Turning. Have others here  
read this book? I'm just doing so now and find it to be one of the  
most eye opening pieces I've ever read on the human condition and how  
we got here. In the last decade or two I've been fighting the  
conditioning of empire and though I knew I had been brainwashed my  
whole life I wasn't aware how total this was and still blamed some of  
my aggressive tendencies on a character defect of some sort. Thins  
book has in a short time helped release the death grip I've had on  
beating myself up.

Even though I'm only on chapter 7 it's been an amazing journey so far  
and even more exciting for me it's the first time in tears (freudian  
slip for sure.. shoulda been years but I left it) I've felt reasonably  
optimistic about things getting better before total devastation makes  
us change.

He alludes to Riane Eislers work, the Chalice and the Blade, in  
describing the split we took about 5000 years ago when the male  
dominator model came to the fore and subjugated the feminine community  
based aspect of the human society. I saw this as a problem in modern  
times and once again thought  of the repression of the feminine as  
some macho character defect. Now I have a grace in understanding the  
why of it in others as well as my self. I find this quite healing.

Unless I've been totally duped by the powers that be, I honestly see  
Barak Obama as a communicator as opposed to a dominator.. at least he  
uses the language and most certainly shows less of the dominator  
model. Whether he's empires shill or not the future will tell  
(hopefully) but after reading his book and watching him, he most  
certainly i the best I've seen come from the main stream in a long  
time. He's not the fire brand I'd like to see and up to the Reverend  
Wright comments I was voting for Cynthia McKinney. When I heard what  
Wright said I figured a man who went to the good reverends church had  
to be worth looking into. (and then I read his book). The election's a  
way off and I haven't decided for sure where I'll put my vote, but I  
do know where I'll put my heart.

Peace

Duende