For all those about to die
Mood:  sharp
Now Playing: Souvenir - Korn
Is it just me, or have the number of people thinkin death is a release exponentially multiplied or something?

Where does this idea come from that death is a realease, a way out? No one stops to contemplate teh fact that it might just nto be a release, it could be a sentence for eternity to endure the mental pain brought upon he individual in life. With no chance to rectify the inbalance in thier minds.

A frightening prospect? In the age of Gil does it really matter? Of course, its made more poingant in the age of Gil, the effect this simple statement has on those with suicidal tendancies, in the cases i have experienced, has been profound. Sometimes even causing a reversal of mood.

Why is it that this option remains hidden in the minds of those who look for death, could it be that they block out the power being alive gives a conciousness? The mere fact that the individual is alive gives them an infinatly undescribably amount of control over their state of mind.

Maybe it is that they dont realise how malleable perception is, that by force of will alone losing can become winning, failure, success. Sadness, happiness, or any number of binary oppositions, it is not limited to these alone critically aproaching your own perception can seem like a strange unusal and unnatural way to look at life, but the power it offers towards understanding the nature of your own urges and intern others urges is nigh on unbelievable.

Im often asked how i can know so much about somone after speaking to them for 5 minutes or less. Just listening to someone recount what happened in thier day offers insights into that person, thier state of mind, the way they think, and perhaps more importantly what they leave out, skirt around, or hint at shows whats really on thier minds.

When i am asked, i cant help but smile and tell them people are like patterns, pick up the pattern, know its twists, its turns, its colours and then you know how they will react to the stimuli they face in thier lives, it also gives insight to thier pasts. Something, someone shapped this patten, someone caused this irregularity or that colour change. Then comparing peoples patterns together you can see how interactions with certain types of people give certain results. Anyalysing this, using the critically honed tool that is your preception you can recreate these events in your head. Thus understanding the motivations of the person.

Yet still, its is impossible to truly "know" how people work, just have a table of stimuli and responses. At anytime contact with someone who approces thier perception critically can change the pattern of the person.

There is then, no absolute observer in life, as each node of perception, as each person observes and interacts with others thier patterns subtally change. For those who abuse thier power, thier ability to influnce the uncritical perception, controlling people comes naturally as is displayed in the cults and religions of history and today.

In this respect critical percievers can become "Programmers" of people. This is a gross misuse of critical perception, it violates the independance of the individual. Critical percievers should always limit thier influence on the individuals they interact with. "Switiching off" is an appropriate term i think, learning when it is time to critically percieve and when its time to put down the magnifying glass and join the masses.

Percievers who can do this can function properly within the masses, without seeming cold, distant, painfully direct. This also prevents them from misusing thier perception and becoming a programmer.

Overall those who see release in death, while not wrong for some there may be a release: such as the terminally ill, those who seek death to escape from the "troubles of life" or the "social, political ect injustices inflicted on them" cast off thier ability as individuals to change thier circumstances. Thus those who become critical percievers should, if it is appropriate, try to show those who have forotten thier power as an individual that the only certain thing is right now. You, sitting there reading this, can only be sure of this moment, because your future is clouded with possibilities, just as your past is manipulated by the present, how you feel, how you think, how you react to your memories changes moment to moment and so cannot be relied upon.