Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > Straight, Inc. and Derivatives
Chanting???
Antigen:
I think we make a mistake when we get to thinkin' we're cooler than dogs.
To say the drug war is a failure is like saying the Hindenburg was short a few fire extinguishers.
Carl Hiassen
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starry-eyed pirate:
Nice post Woof-a-Doof.
Sometimes though, as a prisoner, you just accept where you are and time has no meaning and you are way more free than anywhere else, like no-one even wants your meditations anymore. I mean I felt that way a few times when I was locked up. It's almost like when the body is in jail the mind ranges freer than ever, as a prisoner I was totally relaxed. I had my own cell to think in by myself. But I wasn't free, I was a prisoner of Monmouth County, N.J. and Fairfax County, VA and just thinkin' in a freer way, because I had nothin left to do and nothin' to distract me and plenty of time completely to myself in my monastic cell.
I had this idea to throw a set of childrens' trainin' wheels into some wet cement. ::hatter:: ::dove::
Trip. "P"
Anonymous:
--- Quote ---On 2006-01-13 12:59:00, starry-eyed pirate wrote:
"Nice post Woof-a-Doof.
Sometimes though, as a prisoner, you just accept where you are and time has no meaning and you are way more free than anywhere else, like no-one even wants your meditations anymore. I mean I felt that way a few times when I was locked up. It's almost like when the body is in jail the mind ranges freer than ever, as a prisoner I was totally relaxed. I had my own cell to think in by myself. But I wasn't free, I was a prisoner of Monmouth County, N.J. and Fairfax County, VA and just thinkin' in a freer way, because I had nothin left to do and nothin' to distract me and plenty of time completely to myself in my monastic cell.
I had this idea to throw a set of childrens' trainin' wheels into some wet cement. ::hatter:: ::dove::
Trip. "P"
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I recently ran across an old thread in which people debated which was worse, prison or Straight. You may have posted there. Since you are a person with experience in both settings, I'm curious to know your take on this issue.
starry-eyed pirate:
--- Quote ---On 2006-01-06 07:36:00, ex-prisoner wrote:
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On 2006-01-06 04:54:00, dragonfly wrote:
"Straight WAS like a monastery in a lot of ways.
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Since the tactics came from the Chinese originally, this should not be surprising.
The intent of the Chinese monasteries was to provide a SAFE place for monks to let go of their delusions of self.
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And to provide HEALTHY impetus to let go of those delusions. Those impetus work, and monks go happily about the day doing monkish things, for the purpose of monk hood.
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The Chinese Communists saw the power in this and developed it's flip side, brainwashing.
And then of course, the CIA saw the power in this and our tax dollars funded the development of a powerful machine capable of changing the minds of teenage pot smokers.
Every aspect of straight has a counterpart that can be found in a Buddhist monastery. Behavioral counterparts of course, not ideological.
The chanting you describe is just one example of the monastic roots of straight. [ This Message was edited by: dragonfly on 2006-01-06 05:09 ]"
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letting go of delusions of self sounds more ideological rather than behavioral. ::bandit:: ::hatter:: ::dove:: [ This Message was edited by: starry-eyed pirate on 2006-01-13 14:30 ]
starry-eyed pirate:
--- Quote ---On 2006-01-13 13:35:00, Anonymous wrote:
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On 2006-01-13 12:59:00, starry-eyed pirate wrote:
"Nice post Woof-a-Doof.
Sometimes though, as a prisoner, you just accept where you are and time has no meaning and you are way more free than anywhere else, like no-one even wants your meditations anymore. I mean I felt that way a few times when I was locked up. It's almost like when the body is in jail the mind ranges freer than ever, as a prisoner I was totally relaxed. I had my own cell to think in by myself. But I wasn't free, I was a prisoner of Monmouth County, N.J. and Fairfax County, VA and just thinkin' in a freer way, because I had nothin left to do and nothin' to distract me and plenty of time completely to myself in my monastic cell.
I had this idea to throw a set of childrens' trainin' wheels into some wet cement. ::hatter:: ::dove::
Trip. "P"
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I recently ran across an old thread in which people debated which was worse, prison or Straight. You may have posted there. Since you are a person with experience in both settings, I'm curious to know your take on this issue.
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I've never done time in the adult system so I can't really speak to that. All my time was served in the juvenile system...well besides that one drunken night where I stood in the middle of the road and made traffic go around me and when the cops rolled up to my knee caps and wanted my name I tol' em it was Jesus Christ... :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Yeah I spent the night in jail that night, but that was no big deal. Although I got a heck of a story about that whole night but I can only tell it in person under certain conditions, see ??
Still, I have been a prisoner in 2 state correctional systems and I did plenty of time in $tr8. It wasn't like I was doin' serious time with 35 year old bad-ass muther fuckin' killers, although I was in with juvenile bad-ass killers. My total time in these 2 juvenile systems combined was all of about a month. There are people far more qualified than I to answer your question, which is why I never posted on that thread.
I personally regret having chosen $tr8 over prison/jail(and I did have a choice, as soon as I turned 18 I could 'a' signed myself out and gone and served my year) I don't think prison/jail is near the mind-fuck that $tr8 was, at least not back in 1986, although I've heard that, that is changin'. Of course a lot depends on the circumstances too, like where ya gotta serve your time and how long ya gotto do.
(This one's for my bro Woof-a-Doof :lol: )FUCK AUTHORITY. FUCK $TR8. FUCK ALL THE INSTITUTIONS. GOD IS IN YOU.
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