ZetaTalk: Being Human

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ZetaTalk: Commitments

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ZetaTalk: Commitments

Note: written on Mar 15, 1996

For the human animal, the question of commitment has a long history, as mammals by their nature commit to mates,

offspring, kin and kindred. But being by nature emotionally complex and having been granted increased intelligence

makes for painful dilemmas. Where an ape makes the call based almost entirely on emotions, essentially driven by

their hormones, the naked ape weights in with possibilities. Feeling protective of a woman he is bedding, a man does

not simply accept this as a concomitant of sexual desire, he starts to worry about how to put the kids they may have

through college. Sharing vegetables from their garden, neighbors may not accept this as simple bonding but begin to

worry about future intrusions. Might the neighbor show up for dinner one day, uninvited, or perhaps park himself on

the doorstep and demand to be taken in? The ape shares food without these worries, as a simple life without

possessions doesn't complicate the picture.

At the base of a fear of involvement is the inability to say no. If every contact melts all the borders then conquest

cannot be resisted. It's all or nothing. Those who fear involvement are either fearful of losing this fight to retain their individuality, or desire this consumption and would start on a slide with no stop. The desire to be possessed, to lose oneself in another, is a form of hero worship but also a sign that the individual thinks little of himself and wishes to

augment the package he represents. In either case, a stronger self image is the answer, as when reaching across

borders, one must have a country to extend a hand from.

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ZetaTalk: Scapegoats

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ZetaTalk: Scapegoats

Note: written by Jul 15, 1995

Hatred and scapegoating are rift throughout humanity, and in truth, throughout all intelligent species everywhere. Why

is it that emotions can ramp up and focus, like a laser light, at innocents? What could cause men to deliberately harm

innocent children? Although others can see that the cause is not just, and the victims not guilty, the perpetrators are

sternly convinced they are doing the right thing. What is going on here, and what is going wrong!

In society many emotions must be hidden, and in many families this is learned young. The babe senses that certain

postures get applause, and other postures illicit rage. Does this eliminate the emotion? It does not. These emotions

simply go underground, where they cause many problems as they are not recognized for what they are. What are these

emotions, and why are they unwelcome. In families, cohesive emotions are applauded, and discord is punished. As the

father, or father figure in most cases, is most powerful and dominant, this is the fulcrum where discord is determined.

In short, if the dominant father figure makes a statement or a determination, any challenge to this is deemed discord

and is punished. The frustration this genders, particularly in young boys, is buried, but like fires in the underbrush, the sparks and coals glow with life, waiting to spring up at a later point.

By what logic does a young man, now grown, turn with savagery against innocents simply because decisions in their

youth were arbitrary? This is not a decision made in the heart, as those who scapegoat and form the core of hate

groups are not in touch with their feelings toward others. They are in the process of learning how to suppress feelings

toward others, and moving in the direction, if not already arrived, of the Service-to-Self orientation. What then is the

motive? It is to relieve rage, which cannot be directed toward the actual source, perhaps long dead or at least buried in the subconscious, but in any direction that results in an emotional catharsis. The scapegoat, screaming and bloody or

perhaps pleading for mercy and life, is viewed, at least subconsciously, as the father figure or whomever was dominant

and arbitrary in the past. As the true cause of the rage is in fact not addressed, this catharsis is short lived and yet

another scapegoat is sought.

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ZetaTalk: Holocaust Denial

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ZetaTalk: Holocaust Denial

Note: written on May 15, 1997

The many scenes of the holocaust are vivid and compelling, and continue to appear afresh in print, the horror

undiminished over time. The holocaust horrors are likewise well documented, as where millions of neighbors are

dragged off there are likewise millions of neighbors left behind to remember the circumstances. And where numerous

gas chambers and concentration camps have train loads of hollow eyed and stick starved Jews moving toward the gas

chambers and only the smoky smell of death and piles of gold fillings jerked from the teeth of the dead emerging from

the camps, there can scarcely be any doubt as to the activity going on. However, the fact that the holocaust is vivid and well documented is one of the reasons for a holocaust denial.

In short, the more horrible the event, the more guilt one bears toward this or similar situations, the more