The Devilish Dictionary: E

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ECOCIDE. The great historical Shadow of Homo sapiens, now culminating as the industrial growth- and overpopulation-chickens come home to roost.
ECOLOGY. The way the world works. Suicidally ignored by most civilizations, including ours.
EDUCATION. Job training for wage slaves. Literally and originally the wise facilitation of the expression of a person’s inherent potential.
EGO. Third-person concept and delusion misidentified with the first-person, non-conceptual I-Am. Aka self, persona, habitual response pattern, painbody (Eckhart Tolle).
EMPTINESS. Since they are all totally interdependent and have no independent identity, essence or ‘substance’, the true nature of all phenomena.
ENERGY, NUCLEAR. 20th century dark satanic mills also aiding nuclear weapons proliferation. Obsolesced by Chernobyl, Fukushima, and cheaper renewables.
ENLIGHTENMENT. In-sight, realisation of who you aren’t (your persona). Inherent state of all sentient beings overlain by various veils and impediments. Hiding in plain sight.
ETYMOLOGY. Treasure trove of ancient, originary wisdom embedded in words. Of great value to poets and philosophers.
EVOLUTION. The seemingly ascending cosmic dance of matter. Beautiful visible form of the necessary space-time delusion.
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~ by Peter Lach-Newinsky on November 7, 2022.
Posted in aphorisms, climate change, climate emergency, critical theory, eco-social theory, ecology, epistemology, philosophy, radical mysticism, social change, social ecology, social theory, theory of evolution, zen
Tags: ecocide, ecology, education, ego, emptiness, enlightenment, etymology, evolution, nuclear energy
