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       Blood Is Thicker Than Water But Spirit Is Stronger Than Blood
       By: davidwilliammusic Date: March 26, 2021, 2:24 pm
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       During these times of extreme measures of control from
       governments around the world I have observed how many people
       seem to be pushing the idea of family. So many people are
       emphasising the importance of family, advertising how wonderful
       and close their family is, trying to make everything be about
       family even when its clearly not. What is more absurd is many
       pushing this seem to be blinding themselves to the fact that
       there is no true unity within their own family dynamic. Even
       people from the most miserable family background are pretending
       everything about family is wonderful.
       To me I've always sensed a great amount of fear in these people.
       I'm not saying there aren't loving, balanced, harmonious
       families out there... but I've yet to meet one! It seems to me
       they are so desperately clinging to this idea of family no
       matter how bad the reality of their own family situation is.
       On the otherhand, it seems governments and the state is actively
       trying to break up families so they can gain control of the
       children. Teachers seem to be getting more rights to condition
       the children than parents. The state's message seems to be "hand
       them over to us".
       But what about looking at this from the perspective that they
       may be one and the same force? In both cases it seems to be a
       power grab of free beings, free souls. A free being or free soul
       can never be controlled. It is not in their nature. Their nature
       is to be wild and free and yet not reckless. To such a being
       both of these forces - your personal family dynamic and the
       state represent the same kind of control which goes against the
       core of a free being.
       Your family wants you to be something, cannot see you clearly
       for what you are, but wants to mould you into some shape which
       it understands. Something it is familiar with, something which
       has been before. Everything with family is to do with reminding
       you how much you are like them, how you have their DNA, and so
       even though they may say they want the best for you, what the
       family structure wants is a continuation of what has been
       before. This is really no different to governments - always
       talking about change but in reality their only interest is to
       maintain the status quo.
       So to me, the family structure and dynamic is just a smaller
       representation of government and outside authority. I am not
       against family at all and to me if you could exist alongside
       your family harmoniously and STILL be free to live how you wish,
       pursue the things you want to in life without resistance then
       that would obviously be the best outcome. Can it happen?
       I wrote this because I have personal experience of it but I've
       also met quite a few people from different family backgrounds
       who have expressed the same frustrations, restrictions and
       battles within their own family dynamic. Sometimes you meet
       people who feel more like family than your blood family because
       they share the same core values. Are they any less "family" than
       your blood family? In a lot of cases, your blood family is
       seeing an "image" of you, not the real you. Its a relationship
       build on the amount of history between you and not really on
       what is there here and now. What happens if your blood family
       drop their roles? Does anything that truly matter change? So
       attached are humans to labels we often give more importance to
       the label than to the reality. This conflict is perhaps more
       extreme when you are an artist because artists must push
       boundaries, be vulnerable, take risks, etc... all things which
       require breaking free from all moulds and patterns otherwise
       they can't truly create and yet they were born to create and
       express.
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