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Uniquely
is man constructed as a self regulating creature;
all
others are entirely programmed,
thus
with no need for reflective awareness of their actions.
Man
though is born with a sense of freedom,
a
feeling of being able to choose from various courses of action,
and
with choice comes the apparent need to make right
choices --
--
ergo his self regulating structure.
All
of man’s multi faceted cultural, political, religious and educational life
can
be seen as this self regulating instinct in action;
even
as men say they are struggling to: “Know the truth,” “Build a better
society,”
“Eradicate
ignorance,” “Live by the laws of God,”
what
they are doing is regulating themselves.
Regulating
a piece of machinery requires there be a set standard
separate
from the machinery itself;
you
start up an engine and it automatically runs as determined by the laws
of physics inherent in its design;
beyond
that natural point, any regulating of it will and must come from a decision
made by an entity outside the engine, (the human operator),
based
on some extrinsic standard decided on by the outside force.
Regulating
the operation of any equipment implies that if left to its own nature
its
operation would be unsatisfactory --
unsatisfactory
to some outside force with the ostensible ability to
make
such a decision, and apparent potential to carry it out.
Inherent
in man’s instinct for self regulation is the belief that he needs such;
elephants
do not; eels do not; elms do not,
all
the rest of life goes on about their business with no fuss, no hesitation,
no
question of whether they are overdoing some particular thing;
whether
they are taking some certain action too far;
no
form of life feels that it must watch-what-it-does because of its
need to
regulate
what it does.
Elephants
elephant, and elms elm --
only
man feels that he may be overdoing the -- man-thing.
No
freedom -- no change;
no
freedom -- no growth;
tigers
are prisoners in the tiger cage and can never change their stripes,
only
a creature not totally programmed,
with
an ability to wander about in unexplored territories can expand itself
and change, - but also, (apparently):
no
regulation to freedom -- no controllable growth and change.
Thus
it be that man is born outside of a cage --
not
told what to do --
given
no restrictions on what he can do --
told
he is free to do whatever he wants yet has a message imprinted in
his brain
which
informs him that he is responsible for whatever he does
so
he had better -- watch
it! and
regulate what he does.
Everyone
feels the need to regulate their self -- but no one believes
they know how;
ordinary
men do not feel that they are at all capable of determining
which
of their actions need to be regulated, and by what standard;
they
automatically accept that it must be some outside standard,
(same
as the relationship between a piece of machinery and the human operator
who decides on its mode of operation) -- ergo culture.
“I
do not know how to regulate my self and live life so someone else must”
–
an
individual, (a guru), or humanity collectively, (society’s norms) –
that is how it goes.
Everyone
feels the need to regulate their self and everyone is annoyed by it;
ordinary
people (so to speak) -- learn-to-live-with-it
-- after all,
the
inherent annoyance is a
part of
the self regulation,
but
for the select, non ordinary with exotic neural tastes,
this
annoyance is a dinner killer;
the
feeling that you should regulate yourself is inescapable –
the
annoyance is not so certain;
the
need for self regulation can be understood, yet remain in tact,
but
understanding the annoyance releases its grip around your throat.
“Yes, I may inherently be a clumsy, forgetful, sometimes stupid person,
but now that I know what is going on and what life is really about
I am no longer needlessly concerned about such matters enough to even
make this comment;
do you get it?
--
do you know what I am talking about?”
well, do you?
-- do you understand what he is saying?
J