As I was walking back from the Supermoon, and spring equinox, woods visit, I had a load of thoughts about a load of things. They seemed like revelations to me at the time but then I saw this enormous pine cone on the side of the road and all I could think about was how brilliant they are at getting the fire going! I carried that pine cone back to the Casita and then decided it was too special to burn.

I was wondering why we do what we do and whether we are really in control of our "Choices" I was speaking with a traveller this week-end who was reading "Punk Science" a book called "Inside the mind of God" and it started me thinking again about the same things I thought about when I was 17-22ish. I had decided long ago to "Stop" thinking about "Big questions" and try (many ways) to get into the main picture, I obviously never managed that and so here I am, 30 odd years later, back to "Thnking" about the same questions!
When i say "in control of our choices" I am referring to the choices we make about how we are going to "Fit in/Contribute" to society. what options are we really given? does anyone remember being taught "Metaphysics" at school? i seem to remember RE consisting of "The One God"! (ok, i missed a load of school so maybe THAT lesson was one of those days!)

When we had "Careers advice" where was "Philosopher" or "Great thinker"? Vagabond Tramp Bum Cad Bounder adventurer Astrologer Healer? in fact, ANY of the Jobs/professions statuses that go to make up our society as a whole! "you don't think the BUM is important"? how about how good he makes you feel when you give him a bit of change? or the feeling of smug superiority you get from knowing you are "OK" ! Everything is interconected and we leave it to "Chance"! no, I don't think so.
Everything we think we know has been taught us by people who also, think they know. In 35 years I have seen a whole bunch of crap I "Thought I knew"  proven to be bollocks! we have not been "Thinking" much at all really, we just accepted the spoonfed bullshit and swallowed it along with the "Job" we ended up doing.
I "Know" why I am where I am right now, I didn't believe a bloody word of what I was being told.
BTW. Einstein got a very "poor" Degree and Michael Faraday left school at 14 and had little formal education. if they had managed to get "Processed" we may never have got "Them".