Whitacre - I think I'm on to something. Punk is true spirituality

Here me out as I rant

What is spirituality. It's the deconstruction of the self. Its the tearing down of the ultimate pre-conceived notion - I am I. Thats where separation comes in. I am CStheT not Whitacre D_WI, not bizarro CStheT (http://www.joshstrength.com), not that table, not God, not the absence of God, not anything other than CStheT. That's a phalacy derived by my phsyche to ensure I survive in the physical world. Well spirituality is the ultimate protest to that concept. That concept is the driving force behind so many of our most prominent issues - fear of death, violence, religious intolerance, etc. Its primal in our beings. The hindu asthetics and mystics of all stripes have been raging against this "ego problem" for millenia.

Punk is, as I said, a protest against authority - a "kiss my ass" to standards and conventions and anything that forces us to think, feel or do anything contrary to what deep inside we feel. Sure, it may manifest itself in socio/political/religio/whatever protest but in the end it is a smashing down of all barriers. Punk is a revolution in its entirity. Punk has reared its head in visual art/music/drama/politics/ethics/religion and every other construct where there were barriers. So when its distilled thge real barrier is within ourselves. The fact that we are clinging so hard to ourselves - man FUCK THAT!!!

It's time for me to deconstruct CStheT and build myself up from the ground up rejecting the fucking rules - THAT'S PUNK!!

And if everyone did it we'd be real creatures, not people operating on someone elses rules. Maybe I am equating punk with anarchy - I don't see that much distinction.


Thanks for letting me rant, but your question has played upon something I have been exploring for a while.

talk to me Asshat!

Take "punk" out of your statement, and I think I've found a new guru.

what we're all here for.

Dude - where are you from?

PM me - I am trying to coordinate our friend A coming up - seems you're an interesting terestrian - let's talk.

Come I from the City of Roses. Live I on the banks of the Little Fox.

Last I saw him was in the City of Big Shoulders. Once when he first moved up, later when I happened in to the "Hop's Leaf."

You visit him, perchance I shall come.

Mahap we meet when that doth go down!