Archive for May, 2012

Who Hijacked Reality / #653 Criticism of original music or any other art, my pet peeve.

Thursday, May 31st, 2012

Journal Entry #653

May 30th, 2012

Just a note to those who listen to our music or any music.

I spend hours trying to get a good mix on the songs we do and when played through great sound equipment you can hear all the work that went into it. Most computers and smaller devices never do the song justice as usually all the bass is lost for starters.

Also laptops have settings that most people don’t know about that enhance the sound they say but really it takes away from the natural sound and all of these should be turned off to get the true sound of the song as the artist intended.

So before you judge a song or think that maybe the drums are too loud as an example I urge you to listen to it through as good as sound equipment as you can get first, good headphones if you can on a smaller device with all the settings off and just the natural sound.

Imagine looking at a painting through stained glass. It will not be true..

I feel this song was one of the best mixes I have done. I am not the artist but I did the arranging, producing and mixing and mastering and yet those who listen to it often have comments about the recording. Truly it is not my fault your sound equipment sucks and if you have these same complaints after good equipment then I am all ears.

Just an open letter to all on this issue that is a little of a pet peeve to me.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eSIg1V_hU4

Now I am not saying there isn’t a lot of crap out there but still people have put there sweat and blood into creating most of it and this should at the very least be acknowledged.  If they have an attitude about it well different story.

The vast majority of artist will never make it in the industry but will still have put there soul into their work to be left behind for whoever wants to appreciate it and that is why we are artists.

Without artists there is no art so next time you are going to complain about a song or something else take a minute and really think about it as someone was willing to put themselves out there for all to appreciate or all to criticize and ripping something apart is easy but to find the beauty in something requires one to truly listen.

We bear our hearts and souls in the hopes that just once someone will relate and feel what we felt.

Above all share it if you can so others can listen as it might be just what they need to hear. This is where we drop the ball.

It took a lot for me to put my pain out there in fact my entire lifetime..

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dei4cF6mHFo&feature=plcp

“Avoid Me” unplugged by Gary David Currie of “The FREEMAN”.

Seek the truth always

Gary David Currie

Who Hijacked Reality / #652 One of the most ignorant quotes I have ever seen by Dusty Smith and I call bullshit on it.

Tuesday, May 29th, 2012

Journal Entry #652

May 28th, 2012 

Here is the quote and the person who said it. Now I have no problem with Dusty beyond this quote and I am strictly addressing this particular quote. I will link his website so you can see anything else he has written and made. Dusty is more than welcome to respond if he feels the need as I support his right to free speech and his views on life.

It pisses me off to no end when people say dumb shit like this but try and make it sound intelligent. This thought is truly not thought thru and leaves out so much that eludes to and I will address this as well as counter the stupidity disguised as intelligence in this quote.

“Nobody can “break your heart”. All that has happened is that the person who used to make your brain release pleasurable chemicals is no longer doing so and your brain is drug deprived. That person is not the only one capable of making your brain release those chemicals. Replace them and move on.”

Dusty Smith

http://www.cultofdusty.com

Now let us break this down and respond;

“Nobody can “break your heart”.

No shit it is a figure of speech representing an emotional connection that you have with another person.

 All that has happened is that the person who used to make your brain release pleasurable chemicals is no longer doing so and your brain is drug deprived.

I will agree with this but here is where we start to see problems. That is not all that has happened unless we are talking about a one night stand but of course this will not lead to heartbreak. You have now invested more than just a few chemical dependencies with this other person and based on the time frame that connection will deepen. When the connection is broken we know have many other chemicals released due to the feelings of betrayal rejection and other emotions beyond the feeling that love bring and I will go into this more later. SO really that is not all that has happened at all.

So if nobody can break your heart and it is completely up to you how you feel and what emotions you allow then when Dusty says that person who used to make your brain release chemicals is not true at all as you are the one who released those chemicals although it will be based on interaction with this other person., so a bit of a contradiction here.

That person is not the only one capable of making your brain release those chemicals.

That person did not do it at all you did it. So really you are the only one capable of releasing your chemicals as it is your choice.

Replace them and move on.”

Now this is the part that really pisses me off;

Replace them and move on, said as if it was easy as pie. You can never replace them as the relationship you had with them will be completely different than any other relationship. Now if we add to the mix children and all the other ripples that are created from this one relationship replacing them will be impossible. Of course if they are
not willing to be with you can’t force them but the process to move on will be intense as there is so much more involved than a few chemical reactions of pleasure as now we have so many other chemical reactions to deal with that are not pleasurable and they must be dealt with before one can feel pleasure again from another.

The ease at which Dusty eludes in doing this is ignorant.

 

Can you so easily replace a mother or a father of your children and now you must deal with children if you have any from this relationship. You relationship becomes so much more than a few chemical reactions as it becomes your identity, your life and the reason you live. You are a family and this can never be replaced so moving on is not just moving on as so many seem to think it is  when they tell others to just move on.

You have to go through the process of grieve the 5 steps of denial, bargaining, anger depression and acceptance as you are dealing with a loss in your life. This process will not be easy if you have any type of deep connection with this person and that is what your heart feels broken. You emotions have been twisted and turned around and this is no easy fix. Many do not get past the stages of grieve and stay in anger or denial and other combinations of these so replacing them and moving on is not an easy task in fact you will never replace them but you can move on with time.

Also along with this heartbreak will often com with physical and financial difficulties as well as the emotional component forcing one to completely start again and re-examine their life. Friends are often part of the couple and this all changes as well.

So it is not just a life that is affected but many life’s and their chemical reactions as well.

If we look at this from the point of view as a drug addict going cold turkey on their drug how can they replace this particular drug and why would they want to? They will have to go through the withdrawals and then deal with what happened before they can get off the drug or else they are just trading one addiction with another.

So it is not just replace them and move on at all and this is the ignorant part.  Id we want to break IT down to chemical reactions then we now have a huge mine field to get through as we know very little about the chemicals involved and their reactions with our emotions. So to try and equate this to science at this point is just a really bad guess. Hence the mixing of intelligence with stupidity in other words trying to sound smart when the smart person would not have said this at all. A little bit of information in
this case is a dangerous cocktail of ignorance.

I call complete bullshit on this quote by Dusty and if Dusty has broken up from a long-term relationship of say 25 years I doubt he would be saying this at all. I am sure the kids would love to hear that they are all part of a chemical reaction that can easily be replaced. I could be wrong and maybe he has and this is how he handled it but if he did he is in denial.

Breaking our lives down to be drugged or drug deprived is stupid as we know so little about the drugs that are our emotions. If he was following science as he eludes to he
would admit he knows very little on this one and would see the ignorance in his quote..

Moving on is a very difficult task and that person can never be replaced and that is reality.

Seek the truth always

Gary David Currie

Who Hijacked Reality / #651 Jacqueline Merritt (Jackie), People who make a difference in the world.

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012

Journal Entry #651

May 22nd, 2012

Jackie

Back in February as I had left Ontario and was in Kamloops B.C. with no job and no place to call home I ws staying at my sons place where he rented a room with some other students. Their kindness was overwhelming and it is there that I met Jackie.

Jackie hails from Nemaiah Valley in BC. and was in Kamloops going to University.

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemaiah_Valley,_British_Columbia

She is First Nation and it shows in her beauty and personality. She welcomed my youngest son and I with open arms and a huge smile that made my day every time I saw it. As I got to know Jackie a little better she demonstrated an open heart and open mind as she listened to me and talked about her life as well. She is proud of her heritage with an attitude of honouring the past and looking to the future with a hint of defiance running through her blood.

I learned about the area she was born and raised in and could see both the beauty and isolation of it. Jackie is very intelligent which accompanies her beauty and she has a deep desire to make this world a better place for all but especially for those she is close to.

She was studying to be a teacher but as many students do in their first year of schooling awakened to a new course in life. After much discussion not only with me but others she decided to be a guidance counsellor instead and felt a calling to pursue this to help others. I agreed and thought she would excel at this path.

Besides this Jackie is also an artist and expresses herself well in her chosen medium. You can feel the passion in her artwork and a zest for life which is rare in one so young. The discussions I had with her were thought provoking and I was educated on native issues in this area. I found her approach to be not only practical but passionate at the same time as she felt a great desire to stay true to her ancestors and loved ones but to look towards a more united future. This is an approach I truly admired.

She appeared shy about her artwork as many young artists are but she has nothing to be shy about, as her work is amazing both in form and content.

I see Jackie doing great things in the world and making her time her count for all it will be worth. Those that have the pleasure of meeting her will be all the richer for it and those that are part of her life will be truly thankful to spend time with such an amazing human being. I know her parents are proud of the woman she is and will become.

She also told me she is ready to give hip hop a shot, well one step at a time but who knows…

Jackie’s art and her words as an intro, I think you will be amazed as I was………….

Here’s some of my art that I have with me right now!

Most of my recent finished art is back home! I haven’t done any new pieces so this is what I got!! Some of the art were for class assignments,

So I haven’t really done any other kind of art work except doodling inmy notebook !! So all these pieces are a first for me!!

I tend to find that I don’t really know what I’m drawing or going to the end of the doodle and I figure out what it looks to me!!

Jackie I salute you and look forward to hearing of the great and little things you will do in your lifetime. I believe Jackie will truly make a difference in this world and is an example to us all.

Seek the truth always

Gary David Currie

Who Hijacked Reality / #650 ” Avoid me”

Monday, May 21st, 2012

Journal entry #650

May 21st, 2012

I wrote this song to deal with a recent event in my life to help me move on. I hope it touches you somehow as we have all dealt with the loss of someone we loved at some point.

I am posting it here so my mom can listen…

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dei4cF6mHFo&feature=channel&list=UL

“Avoid Me” unplugged by Gary David Currie of “The FREEMAN”. 

“Avoid me”  

by Gary David Currie

Lyrics

She don’t look me in the eyes no more

Doesn’t walk beyond this crowded door

She dreads coming home at night

Even though I will not fight

Is she seeing someone new?

Is she still the girl I knew  anymore

 

Well I don’t want to lose her

But it’s just not up to me

She thinks that I’m a loser

Why did she marry me?

    Corus

Her eyes they avoid me

Her touch so cold

She looks at me with anger

As if I didn’t know

Her eyes avoid me

 

Would have gone to hell and back for her

Worked my fingers to the bone

But she can’t see beyond her feelings

To run away from our home

 

Break

Is the way life’s supposed to be?

Is this the way it ends

Is she lost or just afraid

Is she still the girl I knew  anymore.

Corus

Seek the truth always

Gary David Currie

Who Hijacked Reality / #649 I am just the messenger but many make me the devil they need when they don’t like the message..

Sunday, May 20th, 2012

Journal Entry #649

May 20th, 2012

Gary David Currie

“I am just the messenger. The universe sets the rules and I try and understand it but people always like to shoot the messenger.”

We all have a unique way of looking at life, our world view as it will be specific to each of us. There will be commonalities if we want there to be and this is how we function in what we deem reality by finding those commonalities but there will be those who see things far different from others, who see the rules of the universe we live in that others do not see. I am not saying I am one of those and I am not saying I am not I am just saying what I see and sharing it with those who want to listen.

I do not force others to see what I see or tell them what to do I just offer my thoughts and world view as I am just a messenger.

It appears that many like to shoot the messenger if they don’t like the message and especially if they feel threatened by the message which they often do. They will take it as a personal rejection of their message and their fears will take over.

I can only talk about my experinces in this and I have been made the devil by many including people I deeply loved. I am not one who is willing to just stand by and not speak out in life on what I see. If I feel I have something to offer I will offer it as to keep it to myself for me accomplishes nothing.

I then become whatever label and demon they need at the moment if they are threatened. No matter what I say they will find a way to demonize me and you may be doing this now. This makes no sense as I cannot control what they think or how they see the world only they can and why even respond or read what I have to say if you do not want to hear it.

If I made the rules in life and you did not like them that may be good reason to challenge me to this point but I do not.

Here is something worthy to think about. If you feel that threatened then maybe what you believe in the first place is not the truth and you know it but are afraid to acknowledge it. Maybe you are letting your fears guide you and are running from them which is never a good thing in my opinion.

You will see me and others how you want to see them but is it how they truly are?

This may sound like a pity party for me and so be it but I do get tired at times of being the devil for others. I realize this will be part of the process if I speak out but to me it just seems like a waste of the precious time we have here to be so afraid of things in life that are not worthy of your fear.

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Gary
David Currie

Life is conflict simple as that but how we handle this conflict is the important part. If we only react instead of acting then we will always be defending instead of dealing with the conflict moving towards a positive outcome.

 

An example; I was in a group where I was invited. I told them I would not follow their rules as they limited the discussion to me but this did not mean I would not be respectful. I told them eventually they would not like what I said and probably want to kick me out. They did and then talked about me when I could not respond. So I messaged the main person who has a huge problem with me…

The discussion that followed as an example. It is a bit lengthy as I really must have touched a nerve with him. Also this original discussion was based on my definition of truth which they posted to refute and then did not like my rebuttals.

 

Gary David Currie……….so easy to talk about someone who is not there to defend themselves. You are a piece of work Simon.

 

Simon McWaters…………After the amount of disruption that you caused to the forum, it is desirable to go through your many self-aggrandising posts and provide links to the original thread where you caused problems, so that no-one will be deceived by your false allegations that you had been victimised.

I’ve no doubt you are crying to the world that you have been unfairly discriminated against in every other forum you have access to, Gary, but tell me this: do you provide links to the thread on which your behaviour was so poor as to get you expelled?

Just in case you do have a shred of intellectual integrity, here is the link for you to provide, so people can see the evidence and judge for themselves whether your claims are justified.

 https://www.facebook.com/groups/onemankind/permalink/324346880968246

ONEMANKIND

Onemankind is a forum devoted to discussion of issues of politics, religion, economics and anything else, that are of concern to all humans. New members are requested to
browse through the Rules of E…..

 

Gary David Currie……………Actually I put it out for all to make their own judgements Simon. I don’t really care as this is just an exercise in free speech and group dynamics. People will see what they want to see Simon as both you and I do.. Do as you will. Disruption is part of life and how we deal with it is the measure of our integrity.

it is only disruption because you were not able to handle it with the integrity you expect from others…

 I hide nothing and was upfront on who I am..

 Bottom line you acted like a child thinking you were the adult…

 I am the gadfly you could not handle…

 

Simon McWaters….

“I don’t really care as this is just an exercise in free speech and group dynamics”

Would that would explain why you are pursuing the subject so obsessively with me then?

I am only responding because I want you to see the reality of your behaviour, instead of the mythological version you have constructed in your own mind, a narrative in which you are some kind of hero.

The kind of ‘free speech’ you indulged yourself in has added nothing and subtracted much from the value of the forum. You simply refused to engage with reasonable objections to your definition, and had a tantrum when some substantive response was demanded.

You seem to have a delusional belief that you actually *did* respond, but I’d like you to go over the thread again. Actually look for where you provided a response to my
pointing out of the contradictions in your definition. Try to find a quote from yourself that I did not point out obvious problems with.

I know I’ve asked you to do this many times already, but actually *do* it. It’s the only way for you to realise the truth, and perhaps learn something about yourself that could
lead to personal development.

“Disruption is part of life and how we deal with it is the measure of our integrity.”

Indeed; people with integrity act to stop the disruption; those who lack it allow the disruption to continue – or contribute to it.

Of course, that relies on the assumption that the people involved have similar goals. My goal is reasonable discussion, leading to factually and logically sound conclusions,
and that goal is shared by the Onemankind forum, as embodied in the ‘Rules of Engagement’.

As you have just admitted, reasonable discussion was not your goal; it was “just an exercise in free speech and group dynamics”. Because you were uninterested in a reasonable discussion, you were disruptive to the goals of the Onemankind forum. You only wanted to prove that any restriction on free speech was unnecessary – but in fact proved the opposite.

Your efforts to ‘trash’ the forum were deliberately disruptive – and they failed, precisely because of the application of the ‘Rules of Engagement’. You have only proved that the Rules have served their purpose; a person who was uninterested in reasonable discussion, who added nothing of value, and who subtracted much of value, was removed from the forum, thus increasing its quality.

“it is only disruption because you were not able to handle it with the integrity you expect from others”

What I expect from others is reasonable discussion. You failed to show this quality, repeatedly acting in such a way as to block or divert the progress of the discussion, and were therefore expelled.

I gave you alternatives: move on to another point, provide quotes of your claimed responses, provide some new response, or admit a flaw in your ‘definition’. You took none of these reasonable routes, instead throwing a disruptive tantrum, and continuing with your histrionic self-aggrandising irrelevant posts.

On the agreement of all the Admins, you were expelled, as you had refused to add anything positive, and were adding much that was negative.

At no point did I behave unreasonably, and you have failed to provide any evidence that I did so. Continuing these claims only reinforces the conclusion that you are not
interested in reasonable discussion, only with supporting your erroneously inflated ego.

“you acted like a child thinking you were the adult.”

More claims without a shed of evidence to support them. I asked you repeatedly to show such evidence, and you failed to do so – obviously because such evidence does not exist.

“I am the gadfly you could not handle”

You have delusions of grandeur that your character and intellect are incapable of supporting.

 

Gary David Currie……..Don’t we all…..

 

For someone to take this much time out of their life to tell me all the things he has I will say they must have felt very threatened.

I see it time and time again as I just offer my thoughts and the reactions will either be defensive which will lead to attacks and labeling me their devil or people will be open to listen.

When they are attacks it certainly can be painful if it is someone you truly care about but nevertheless it will still be the same process.

It will all be based on their fears……

“FACE YOUR FEARS OR THEY WILL FACE YOU”

Seek the truth always

Gary David Currie