A continuation of the Onion

It's almost like a game. More and more things are coming at us faster and faster. The pace of everything is increasing yet the more that comes the less there actually is. What if all these things are just amusements that are meant to keep us off the track?

Let's compare it to a tree.

The trunk of the tree is the meaning of life. It is thick and grounded in the earth. But as we break down our experience into branches they get thinner and thinner, Sports, entertainment, recreation, hobbies, literature, music on and on.

these brancches break out further and get thinner and thinner, football, television, camping, needlepoint, fantasy, classical on and on.

of course these branch out even further and get thinner and thinner and it is to the point now that we are so very far away from the trunk that we can't see it anymore. We don't even remember where it was or even that it was there. We just hop from twig to twig at a furious pace chasing nothing. Someday we will fall.

The Unreality Onion

What if the force of corruption had a plan to separate us as far as possible from the reality?
What if the way to do that was to get us to buy into other realities?

Heres the layers: The first onion layer is the get us into a system that is off kilter. This is the fish in water syndrome. You don't see the system you are born into.

Then take this layer and wrap another layer around it. This is the layer we are building with technology. We go further and further from the truth of what our lives are supposed to be.

Now wrap another layer around that. that is the layer of a world within the technology. We can now get engrossed in worlds that don't exist. Spend hours, days months of our lives living and interacting in these worlds. Many people do it. It's become an epidemic but it can't be seen for what it is - There is water within the water - and if the fish can't see the water how can he see the water within the water?

The Danger in Blogging

The danger in blogging is the same as the danger in everything else.

If you have a blog and you water it daily it begins to change the way you think. YOur internal dialogue changes. When you watch a movie, read a book, do something new you start to ask yourself questions like. How should I phrase my opinion? What can i point out to my blog readers? What unique way can I look at and comment on this?

YOur blog becomes a filter through which your thoughts run. Is this a good thing? Does a little part of you get lost in the becoming of the blog monster mind?