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In Limbic Lockstep

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As warnings come in all sizes and shapes of expression, might an emotional reset never come to be? “Fascism is a brand of authoritarianism in which a dictator and his government control all aspects of citizenry widely squelching disagreement and opposing points of view.” (Image and quote John Kenneth Muir)

Friday, July 22, 2016


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In Limbic Lockstep
by Odin Roark

Where has the cerebrum-essential gone?
Is it merely MIA, or has it committed suicide?

Suddenly, millions have rendered themselves
void of the prefrontal, temporal, and parietal cortex intelligence.

Hungrily many with all their senses essentially intact
have either voluntarily or involuntarily adopted a brain dead persona.

For many, when did the brain communication between their left hemisphere
and their right choose to relinquish all control to limbic enslavement?

Is this a consciousness-slumber,
or are we to assume millions are adrift in limbic lockstep,
slowly drowning in their own emotions,
never becoming whole again,
but instead some day realizing they’ve
become enslaved by authoritarian control?




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Reviewed by James Bourey
Reviewed on July 23, 2016
Hi Odin, Still trying to jog folks into thinking clearly and with the whole brain I see. Saw an article a few days ago the purported that the problem isn't with education or logic but with the perception of being locked into an economic and status state that can't be altered with the current set of power brokers. Consequently folks are making a choice for the most drastic of change knowing full well that they are taking a huge risk. Their mantra might be "any change is good change" and a follow up might be "we can always change again" not realizing that some changes are more permanent (and not for the better) than others. I liked this poem for its reasoned approach and quiet yet forceful tone. Good to be catching up on your work.

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on July 23, 2016
All that longing of having parental guidance from people thought of as being wealthy or famous is finally coming to roost after skirting with actors and failed businessmen before. I don't know if you noticed, but there is an ongoing TV series called Brain Dead, that pretty much matches the gist of your poem. It seems that every so often, like the people that joined the American Nazi party in the 1930s, quietly became part of the KKK throughout the South during Jim Crow, and fervently followed Joe McCarthy's faulty rampage seeking out Communists, much of the American public loves to be brainwashed.

Ron

Reviewed on July 23, 2016
the mentioned 'authoritarian control' today is not as it started to be in 30s of the last century because of the technologies they have possessed now. It looks like the world goes mad but in fact everything is under control to be styled 'catching fish in the mud water.' And the driving motive which is the answer to all the put above questions is the superprofit and super-superprofit above all. . . Good to hearing from you, Odin, with your call of consciousness. Cheers, alex
P.S. I like the image which reminds me Njiqahdda -- the path of liberation from birth and death.

Reviewed by Richard Cederberg
Reviewed on July 23, 2016
There are far more questions [now] than answers. What we're seeing globally is the ramping-up of an age old spiritual war that has ravaged humanity since the beginning. And no one, as yet, has been able to resolve it. Even Christ Jesus said in Matthew 10:34, NIV, "Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the Earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword." That declaration, taken in historical, and eschatological, context, sheds much light on what is culminating now. Does it boil down to Allah vs. Christ? I believe we are experiencing the birth pangs of a far-reaching paradigm shift on Earth. There will be much death, (human, flora, and fauna) destruction, insanity, and depletion in an ever-violent ideological collision of nations and feral tribes. The stage is being set, militarily, for global upheaval. Honestly: there is no way the demagogue Trump is going to save America. Neither is the prevaricating Clinton.

Ever wonder why the Vatican and Washington DC have the same Dome and Obelisk constructions? What do they really represent? And what do they portend spiritually? Are inter-dimensional portals/gates being opened now? Is CERN instrumental in this? What's coming through the portals/gates? What does the Floating Eye above the pyramid on the back of the dollar bill really foreshadow? 'Novus Ordo Seclorum'... does it really prognosticate a 'New Order of the Ages'? Is that time almost upon us? I think so. And its being engineered. The questions are endless aren't they? Thinking and creating doesn't seem the problem really. Finding absolute answers and correctly interpreting what's happening around us is. You are one of the few anymore who encourage thought. Thank you much. Enjoyed. Peace to you...

Reviewed by Jansen Estrup
Reviewed on July 23, 2016
Il Duce himself defined Fascism as 'Corporatism' ... time for a modern slave revolt? O what chaos it will be ... it has been just about 500 years since the phoenix last rose out of ashes ...

So good to see your name again!

Reviewed by E Phillips
Reviewed on July 22, 2016
Conversely, there is nothing is exhilarating as a mind in motion that explores every nuance of human understanding, that illuminates contradictions and avenues to extinction with clarity and purpose and does it free from bias, yet it speaks without rancor or degradation. What a joy to hear from you again. Welcome back!

Reviewed by Jerry Bolton
Reviewed on July 22, 2016
We were already witnessing the signs of the end, I'm banking on soon-to-be President Trump will be the catalyst to stop the damn madness!

"Limbic" Cute.

Reviewed by John Herlihy
Reviewed on July 22, 2016
We are witnessing the signs of the times, the signs of the end. You have captured that spirit in the poem. John


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