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(the silhouettes of people are visible against the mid-distance skyline of a hill, backed by a dawn sky and a path of clouds going from the hidden Sun to the upper right)
Descriptors based on size are fairly common in our world - some, a disturbingly low proportion, are based on actual physical characteristics (although there may be some relative considerations, such as the person who describes a lake as “big”, but then comes across an ocean for the first time).
The characteristics has also been used to describe nonphysical attributes, such as someone who forgives something (being something that is not an example of toxic forgiveness) being described as “big”, rather than, say, generous, foresighted, community-focused, etc.
It’s a shorthand notation that speaks to the tendency of many humans to think “bigger is better, biggest is best” - which error can be well illustrated by a smaller martial arts expert defeating a “bigger” expert in a contest: “size isn’t everything”.
One of the worst afflictions of that error in the current world condition is what is termed “big man politics” - which is a derogatory term, different to the equally misogynistic term “great man (of history)”, and very different to the only such term I consider to be valid, which is the spiritual term “authentic presence”, which I came across through Tibetan Buddhism.
In my view, those - men and other genders - who consider themselves “big men” are so lacking in (to the point of being almost utterly devoid of) authentic (spiritual) presence that they will accoutrement themselves with the acts, harms, and outcomes of evil in an attempt to have enough “metaphysical mass” (a term I came across in Jim Butcher’s novel “Turn Coat”) to be noticeable.
To phrase that a little more cleanly:
In my view, those - men and other genders - who consider themselves “big men” are so lacking in authentic (spiritual) presence that they will accoutrement themselves with the acts, harms, and outcomes of evil in an attempt to have enough “metaphysical mass” to be noticeable.
To use a (violent) physical analogy, it would be like someone who is short of stature killing people and stacking their bodies to create a platform for the short statured person to appear to be above everyone else in height.
Such evil can also be done in the nonphysical realm, using things such as negative psychic control and psychic attack and the other tools of abusers.
And, in whatever realm (the realm of everyday life being of particular significance) such evil is done, it must, IMO, be BPM opposed with acts of BPM anti-evil, including the work of this blog.
Possible flaws
Where I can, I will try to highlight possible flaws / issues you should consider:
- there may be flawed logical arguments in the above: to find out more about such flaws and thinking generally, I recommend Brendan Myers’ free online course “Clear and Present Thinking”;
- I could be wrong - so keep your thinking caps on, and make up your own minds for yourself.
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Remember: we generally need to be more human being rather than human doing, to mind our Mӕgan, and to acknowledge that all misgendering is an act of active transphobia/transmisia that puts trans+ lives at risk & accept that all insistence on the use of “trans” as a descriptor comes with commensurate use of “cis” as a descriptor to prevent “othering” (just as binary gendered [men’s and women’s] sporting teams are either both given the gender descriptor, or neither).
#PsychicABetterWorld and may all that I do be of value and actively BPM used for and by the nonphysical BPM because #KindnessIsThePoint
Note that I am cutting back on aspects of my posts - see here, and Gnwmythr is pronounced new-MYTH-ear
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