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Who Hijacked Reality / #657 Oscar Wilde Vs Gary David Currie..!

Monday, June 4th, 2012

Journal Entry #657

June 4th, 2012

Manjit Singh posted this on his Face book page

Oscar Wilde Vs Gary David Currie..!

Said to me;

Manjit Singh….. If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they will kill you. -Oscar Wilde

My response;

Gary David Currie…. I don’t want to tell people the truth I just tell the truth whether they laugh or kill me is up to them..

 -Gary David Currie

George Carlin and other comedians were and are masters at telling people things that are true that they probably don’t want to hear and building it with comedy. The old hit them where they don’t know it trick, the Socratic Method and getting their attention before you give them attention. Well that it just not who I am.

Personally I just put out my observations on life, how I see the world and those that want to listen will listen. Really there is nothing more I can do. If someone is not willing to hear what you have to say you can sugar coat it all you want to, disguise it a million different ways but it will not make a difference.

We grab onto the thoughts or ideas of those that are where we are at in life and it appears where I am at very few others are as well. So do I want to tell people the truth? I really don’t see it any other way as I say there is only truth even if it is a lie it is still another truth. Now how they take it will be up to them.

So do I view myself as a one gunman walking the wastelands, a different path? Maybe or maybe not it is just my path, it is what I have chosen and yes I have lost many along the way. Is my path better or the right path? That will be up to others to decide but I cannot change my nature, which I am so why bother even pretending I can try. I just recognize that I am me and that I believe I have something of value to offer this world with the hope that others will see it as I have seen the value in others.

I hope they don’t kill me but if someone really wants to kill me there is probably very little I can do about it so why worry about it.

The point is this; you can’t offer anyone anything if they are not willing to listen. This is a foolish task. I have chosen to offer my thoughts knowing full well that few will listen right now but because I value the process of life of the universe I know this will change as reality always wins. There is no denying the process it will happen. What I try and do is recognize this process the best I can and work with it.

Oscar Wilde was a great man but I just happen to disagree on this one as many disagree with me on most of what I say as well.

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

Who Hijacked Reality / #485 Folks, Face Book and the internet are just tools not your identity.

Wednesday, June 29th, 2011

 

 

Journal Entry #485

June 28th, 2011

I have run into what I am about to present often but this particular comment strain demonstrated it very well.

Face book does not define who I am; it is a tool to be used. I see so many caught up in being the perfect person crafting their identity here and on the internet as this defines their existence. People get so caught up in what I think are ridiculous self imposed issues creating perceived  enemies that do  not exist.

The internet is a fantastic tool to be used. Instant information and connection with millions of people around the world, the opportunities to learn and grow from this are astounding  and yet people revert back to what I consider childish behaviour.

I call this “The Sandbox Junkie Syndrome“. I do what I do for me, if people get it and like what I am doing awesome if they don`t that is fine as well but so many need to just grow up, grow a thicker skin and quit being so  god damn judgemental of others. Judge the idea not the person. I personally owe nothing to anyone and some of the attitudes I see demonstrate an air of narcissism.

Also let me make this perfectly clear to people and this may burst many a bubble; unless you know the `friend and I use this term with complete hesitation the odds are incredibly high that you will never meet them. They are not truly your friends. Also when you sit behind you laptop and spout out whatever you are saying anyone can be brave as the repercussions for your actions are minimal at best.

I will let the post speak for itself and you take what you want from it:

Picture of The Day

Now of course I do not love Allah as Allah is not real.

‎”I Love Allah more than anything else” ♥

By: ILoveAllaah.com..

Gary David Currie………..To love Allah more than anything else is impossible for many reasons. First and foremost Allah is just a concept. One cannot love a concept but only what they think of the concept. What each person loves first more than anything else is themselves as all things for the individual originate from the brain. Allah like any other god has been created my humans.

I____…. Gary, you know I respect you and all, but this is totally inappropriate and surprising coming from a supposed family man.. you have no business coming on a virtual stranger’s page and trashing their beliefs, regardless of what you think.. …yes we are atheists but there is no need to parade the fact, especially when this is not part of a debate or anything like that. you should apologise to this girl for disrespecting her on her own wall, you don’t even know her! all this demonstrates even to those of us who agree with your non-belief is immaturity and simple-mindedness

I didn’t say any of this to attack you, but because I think it’s wrong. There is a time and place to argue and a way of doing it. What you have done here is only going to make the devout turn even further inward, it certainly won’t make them question or doubt their beliefs

C____….This illustrates well the difference between the idealist and materialist criticisms of theology. It also exposes the class position of those non-believers who sneer at the ordinary faithful.

Ch____….Nor will it make someone willing to talk to non-believers or those of other beliefs. It is isolating and counterproductive on every level. Here is someone who reached out to you and us and she is slapped back?

Addressing Gary’s comments directly: Clearly *millions* of people love Allah – concept or not- and accept and believe that he’s great, good, and all the things that are claimed about him. To in effect call everyone who believes in any god selfish is quite an insult. Many people turn to god(s) as a way of bringing themselves *out* of themselves – as an attempt to expand into the universe and something greater. The universe itself is beautiful, and the world we have here is filled with people of such inherent potential. This is where my hope lies: this world, now.

Gary David Currie…………… Ok wait a minute here… First of all I do not attack. You can call it that if you like that is your right. I make no bones about my agenda. You can call it whatever you want to I simply seek truth. Believe me when I tell you this is not… an attack. Now if you are serious about what you just said I____ I can turn right around and say the same thing back to you for your comment to me but I wouldn’t because I realize that the internet is public. How did I get to this persona page, Now if she is upset then let her tell me. In telling me not to judge you also have judged.

Now I am not making what you said as an attack but I am responding.. I am not trying to change anyone’s mind here and people will do what they will. I just so my thing and I am confident I am very respectful when I do it.

If i put up a post that said “I love Pixies” and people responded it certainly would not bother me.

Gary David Currie……… Ch____ you are missing the point we are all selfish it is who we are now this is different than being self involved but all we do is selfish as it always comes from us for us even though it may appear we are doing for others. This concept actually frees us to be more aware and to understand why we do what we do. I have laid my case out clearly in several blog posts on this.

Gary David Currie………… Also people I am sorry but I am not one to worry about how people will feel about everything I say as I have no control over this nor do I want any. I am more respectful than the vast majority of people. If I hurt someone’s feelings I would… be surprised because this I cannot do they can only do this to themselves. It is a crap shoot and people get offended by the slightest thing. Thanks for your comments. You are more than welcome to feel how you will about me as I can do nothing about it.

Gary David Currie ………..So many want to hear the nice comforting things but life does not work that way. Judge me after you truly know me…I judge the concepts and ideals not the person holding them this is what I talk about.

(I said I would read an article he suggested a few days ago to further a discussion)

C____……It just took you five separate comments to say nothing, and as usual your spelling and grammar is atrocious. More importantly, you have barely addressed the criticisms of your self-important posts here and elsewhere. This is probably because you’re not intellectually capable of answering criticism. You’d prefer to wallow in your own hollow rhetoric and bathe in your narrow little prejudices as if they constituted some magnificent eye-opening truth. There is nothing new in your blogs or your worldview that cannot be easily and systematically countered by any one of us who has responded here – we have already begun doing so on the group page. Put simply, you are full of yourself, and there is not much to you. If you are deluded enough to believe that you are actually making people think, then you are no better than the faithful that you clearly *do* judge in quite unreasonable and spiteful terms – denying this only makes you look foolish to those of us who have bothered to read your blogs and other “work”.

Some people should probably think twice before procreating and thus furthering the seed of their own hateful poison into the future generations. Goodbye, bigot.

By the way, what happened to reading that article I recommended and getting back to me to discuss it? Skipped your mind? Or you’re not up for it? How typical of moral and intellectual cowards.

Gary David Currie…………………. C____ I said I would read it and get back to you and I will is that why you are letting off some steam here. Look FB is not my life. I run a business; I have a family and my writing and music plus other things.

Now to address your comments; when one stoops to pointing out spelling and grammar well what can I say? I don’t need to give you an excuse for that it is basically just hitting the wrong keys and no spell check, so what…

If you don’t like what I have to say don’t read my blog or respond but please and I see this a lot don’t make me the focus or the issue.

You have no idea how my thoughts and music has affected the life of others so your comment is ridiculous.

I am not doing what I do to please you or anyone else and no one is under any obligation to engage, read or listen to anything I do.

If you feel you must continue to judge, criticize or anything else that will make you feel better go right ahead. Like I said there is nothing you can say that will offend me and I do not get into pissing contests.

Also C____ just so you know the last few days after I said I would read the article we have had some major storms where I live. I have been working long days clearing trees from my neighbours and my own house. We had one lodge right in on our roof. Also and I keep my private life to myself but to make a point my youngest son has been violently ill and my family always is my priority.

If I might suggest don’t be so quick to judge.

Person……. It’s funny how, with all that going on, you managed to find the time to come here and disrespect this girl’s beliefs on her own page for no good reason at all – more than once I might add. Where do you get off judging everyone else just because you despise religion and apparently (wrongly) see it as the root of all evil, yet when responded to you turn around and play innocent as though your pointless comments are somehow justifiable? And then have the hide to continue preaching to the rest of us not to judge, as if that is not precisely what you have done and in fact do in many of your writings. I think everyone has the right to let off a little steam at you, and I have no idea why this girl has chosen to keep you as a friend after your pathetic display of intolerance here. I suppose it is a demonstration of the boundless compassion of some of the faithful, perhaps something you ought to consider and thereby broaden your own narrow perspective.

Gary David Currie ………..Thanks for continuing on judging me as you are condemning me for judgment. Feel free to carry on.. I judge ideals in my writings I made no judgement about this particular girl. But you are certainly focusing on me personally why this is?

People love to point out the perceived flaws they see in others and they are more than welcome to. I personally do my very best to stay away from this..

CE____….. Because you’re self-important. You have no learning curve. You think you know it all and you come here to show it all off, but it’s all nothing, just fancy idealistic jizz. Enough.

Gary David Currie …….Thanks again for defining who you think I am. get it all out I can take it..

 

In a different post as a result of a separate comment on my page;

A____

Hahaha. Gary David Currie just lost the entire posse’s friendship, one by one, and he actually believes it is because we “lost” an argument with him and his moronic friends. What a jerk off.

D____…. Where did this take place ?

A___… On his wall, and on that girl’s wall…

D____….. his friends are far worse than he is…dobbs actually tried to add us whilst making nonsensical comments at the same time…needs a head check, that kid

Gary David Currie …………….So this a gang effort when I do not conform to your way of doing things, Is that it? I think if you go back and look at the post I was the one who was thoroughly insulted by people. Is this an example of public shaming? Do what you will? Eventually we all rub someone the wrong way but the measure of a person will be in how they deal with the disagreement.

This continued on into a public shaming of me. Amazing how people joined in…. Publicity for me either way..

When one does not follow the trend one will always be condemned..

Seek the truth always

Gary David Currie

Who Hijacked Reality / #459 What would you do?

Wednesday, June 1st, 2011

 

 

Journal Entry #459

June 1st, 2011

This was posted on Face Book. I have also included a few of the comments;

What would you do if you knew you were going to die tomorrow? Who would you visit? What would you eat? What amends would you make?

- I would spend my last day laughing with the people I love.

- I would eat tons of chocolate…..drink wine……spend time with all of my loved ones….and reveal my heart to a few people who don’t know it.

- So since I dont know when my last day is I do that everyday:)

- It would depend on whether others in my groups were going to die as well.

- My children wouldn’t leave my side. I would spend the whole day enjoying them. :)

- In reality, I would probably do what every other person in that situation opts to do, get whacked out on opiates.

- tomorrow huh? doesn’t leave a whole lot of time to clean things up… but… i suppose the last day would be a total of – a Tim Horton’s coffee, a hill in the park under a tree… and my dog.

- I would shit myself and whimper for the next 24 hours. So would all of you; I’m just honest.

- I would not whimper if I had a lot of opiates.

- I would be upset but 24 hours of whimpering would be too extreme…gotta get things done :) honestly it might be a nice release

- I don’t think I would do anything but cry as I looked back over my life and tried to find as much to cherish as I could. Either that or I would hire a bunch of prostitutes and buy a bunch of crack and just go crazy.

- Gary David Currie….. If I knew I was going to die tomorrow I would be god as things can always change.

- I would try to find someone who seriously needed killing and kill them. That’s who I would visit and that would be my amends. Eat? Shrimp.

 

Is this the important question? I posted this after;

The real question should be;

What would you do if you knew you were going to live tomorrow because that is what counts.”

We never know if we are going to live or die and yet we take it all for granted.

Only a few people commented on this, why?

We don’t realize that waking up each day is what is special, that each moment we breathe and have the opportunity to engage in this life is what we should value. We only see this when we are feel we are going to die. The business of surviving takes up so much of our time and energy that we forget to value each moment we are alive.

We only have this moment so don’t waste it.

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”

Mahatma Gandhi

Seek the truth always

Gary David Currie

Who Hijacked Reality / #437 What would you do if your children lied to you?

Tuesday, May 10th, 2011

 

 

Journal Entry #437

May 10th, 2011

The foundation of any relationship is trust. We feel betrayed and cheated if the ones we love lie to us. What would you do if your children lied to you about something?

Let’s say you told them to be home by 11:00 p.m. and they did not get home until 2:00 a.m. What would you do? Would you accept whatever reason they give you? What if that reason just didn’t feel right? Would you start to ask them questions to make sure it was true? What method would you use? Would you try and find verifiable evidence to either discount or confirm their story? Would you use reason and logic to confirm the story? I would suspect the answer would be yes you would use reason and logic.

So why when it comes to god if you are a believer do you not apply the same reason and logic you would use in trying to determine if your child was telling the truth?

Let’s be honest here if your child said to you just have faith that I am telling you the truth if you suspected they were not you would not accept this as an answer and yet again if you believe in god you accept it all the time.

My point is that there really is no verifiable evidence for the existence of god and yet believers still believe. They apply reason, logic and the scientific process in all other areas of their lives but when it comes to their lie they suspend all reason and logic. This makes absolutely no sense to me.

People will try and break the natural laws in acceptance of their god. They will believe they are chosen and special and all who do not follow their version of god are doomed. Does this fit in with the way the world actually works? Of course not so this makes it a lie and if you will not accept a lie from others why do you accept one from yourself.

Over 400 articles I have attempted to explain this basic concept in as many ways as I can and yet people will still not listen. They will continue to live in reality until it comes to anything that surrounds their god and I must tell you this is very silly at best.

There is no evidence that is credible to even verify in any way that god any god is real. Heaven is a fantasy and all the concepts that are derived from god and what one must do to get the rewards of their gods re based on a lie. One lie builds on another lie and then on another until the pile is so big you can’t even see the bottom where the foundation is so unsound that the pile will fall down any minute.

I must say that the lie of religion has been finally crafted and fine tuned over 2,000 years but this will not save it as it is still a lie. Any dose of reason injected at any point and the lie falls apart and then you have to create another lie to cover the previous lie. It just gets sillier and sillier with every lie.  This is why the validity of god would not even stand up for an initial challenge in any civil court. Courts are based on evidence and this evidence must be credible. So if it wouldn’t stand up in any court why do people still believe it as true?

It really is time that humanity started to let go of this childhood fantasy that once examined is not a good fantasy at all. We actually have much better fantasies so at least let’s go with one of them if we want to be delusional.

Imagine a world where we all could actually trust each other and remember trust is built on a foundation of truth not lies.

I will leave you with a passage I wrote in an article in a local paper a few years back. My articles were directly opposite a local pastor’s message.

Here is the link to the articles I published in the paper.

http://thefreeman.net/journal/?p=167  Who Hijacked Reality / #15 Published Articles.

http://www.apsleyvoice.com/archives/2009_issues/sept_09/20.htm Be Carful what you wish for full article.

Excerpt;

I don’t know why I sleep. Habit I guess. It’s not necessary.  So many things we used to do, all useless. The year is 2030. Eighteen years into the countdown towards eternity. Why do I even keep this journal? So I don’t go insane to early. December 21st 2012 was the day to remember. The Mayans were the only ones who had it right. Life as we had known did end. This was the day that God finally revealed himself. Everyone was given 1 hour to decide. Follow him or die. No Hell just erased from existence. I wanted to live. Turns out the other choice was the right one. There is no more violence, hatred, injustice and all the things we thought were wrong with our way of life but there is also no more mystery, love as we knew it, pleasures, struggles and all the things that made being human worthwhile. I miss the taste of an ice cold beer. You see we had to follow Gods’ rules. Once you accepted the deal, there was no turning back. All we do is worship and praise God it seems. God decided that the perfect age for everyone was 29. It is weird seeing my mom the same age as me. The boredom is relentless and there is no escape. After a short time you lose who you were. There were many who thought that this was what they had always wanted but that didn’t last long. You can’t even kill yourself here. Believe me I have tried. I have managed to remember who I was longer than most but I fear that will not last. Heaven was supposed to be this wonderful place where you could spend eternity with the ones you loved. That grew old very fast. Each day I slip further and further away from a life I thought was terrible. All I can think of now is what my father said to me, “Be careful what you wish for you just might get it.” Journal entry #2,036.

Seek the truth always

Gary David Currie