When There Are No Solutions: The Politics Of Navigating Bullshit... (Part ONE)

Ah, this playground called "Earth..."

T'is quite a perplexing dimension at times, full of people doing and saying things that defy sense and logic. The chaos they create, the disorder they sustain through immature games that should have been left behind in elementary school, the pain and suffering they cause others through the projection of their own insecurities and ego complexes... really, so much bullshit backing up in the psyches of so many people that happens to leak its way out into their lives, and ours.

Yep. We've all encountered people and situations along the way whose unresolved baggage just infects your vibe like a sneaky, stinky virus - invisible and working on subtle levels, so covertly concealed that you wouldn't even recognize it if it were' for the sickness that creeps up from your insides the longer you sit with it infiltrating its way deeper into your system.

"Positive vibes" aren't the answer.

Removing yourself from the situation might and could be.

Though walking away still doesn't really accomplish anything. Yet, neither does engaging.

These may be kind of vague, conceptual, broadly-sweeping statements. However, there is an infinite amount of ways these dynamics could play themselves out. Thus, the open-ended nature of this conceptual presentation - from which you may imbed this analyses into experiences in which you may recognize them at play in your own encounters, upgrading the perspective through which you see and understand them.

People are odd creatures.

Beneath the masks and facades we put on to present to the world, there often lurks conflicts hiding in shadows which disable the potential of living from our highest integrity. We all have blind spots. And often, it's what lies in those blind spots that sabotages our maturation and success.

And sometimes, those unknown dilemmas buried deep in the subconscious come to play out in interactions with others, such that the conflict is externalized - and the source is manipulatively framed to put others at blame, projecting our darkness upon others, in order to maintain the illusion of control and self-righteousness with which we may continue propping up our facades in order to appear the "good guy/girl" to the world.

Such intricately-designed & controlled frames.

Sometimes, these psychological dynamics are the individual's. Sometimes, they're cultural - playing out through the individual. Either way, the result is frequently the same: problems.

Hangups in friendships. Clashes in social circles. Headbutting in relationships. Political battles in the corporate world. Wars between nations.

The human experience comes with an abundant supply of problems. Some, solvable. Others, not.

Sometimes, we can witness a conflict playing out between two individuals, groups, or in a scenario involving multiple players. There are times where the dynamics are clear, and the solutions are rather apparent.

Sometimes, with an elevated perspective, it is obvious that there is actually not even any "problem" in the first place. More often that not, a "problem" is actually just a label we put on a situation that fails to live up to our ideals, which we fail to see the broader scope and timeline in which the counterpart of a "solution" is self-evident as part of a natural process of the situation's evolution.

Or in other words, "problem" is the definition we give upon giving into the desire to make sense of a situation we don't have a broad enough understanding of to have already clearly seen what is required to evolve the matter to a higher state of order.

Often, it's easier to see solutions from an objective point of view.

Being personally immersed in a "problem" or conflict tends to distort perception. Emotion gets in the way. Cognitive biases kick in. The limits of our knowledge and awareness restrict access to information required to make full sense of the complete dynamics in play. Etc.

From the outside - looking upon others' conflicts from above - we tend to see larger patterns at work.

We can see what others may not. We may perceive depths of detail that become blurry to those who are too closely involved. From the elevated altitude, we may have a 360 degree view and understand what's going on in ways those enmeshed in the dynamics on the ground cannot.

And yet, even despite the clarity of vision - sometimes, regardless of how obvious the details of the scenario may seem, there still is no "solution."

Not even because the whole sense of a "problem" is a mere construct of perception within a restricted timeframe and scope. But just because there is nothing that really can be done other than sit it out, observe, and let the program unfold according to its course.

Maybe we can see the futility of our "world leaders" and corporate directors playing out their "who's got the biggest dick" games, fully aware of how ridiculously fucking simple the path to world peace could be. But, it's not our time or place to intervene.

Maybe we could see a clear, straightforward, workable plan to solving world hunger and assuring every person on earth has clean, healthy water to drink. But, it's not our role or responsibility to take on.

Maybe we can see conflicts playing out in the lives of those around us and see the astounding stupidity of childish behavior driven by repulsive bullshit psychological dynamics causing chaos. But there is no solution. Other than to just let it fucking be, take a step back, and practice that wise art of not giving a fuck.

And sometimes, maybe the "problem" is in essence, our own impatience.

Perhaps we've given mankind too much credit, expecting far too much of others' capacity for maturing to embody wise choices and actions that might seem apparent to us on our timelines.

Perhaps our vision is highly refined and we can see the futility of others' patterns and responses. Yet, perhaps our understanding has nothing whatsoever to do with the rate at which others are to grow and come to their own conclusions in their own time.

Maybe others need to fuck up, cause a shitload of chaos in the process, and beat their heads against the wall making asses of themselves - even when we could hand them simple solutions to their problems on a silver platter if they'd simply ask for them and be open to receiving and implementing them.

Or, maybe we don't know shit.

Maybe for all the clarity we feel we might have from looking at the scenario objectively from a distance, we're still missing vital details in the matter that can only be seen or understood from being right down there in the middle of the mess.

Maybe we haven't been looking at it all as objectivey as we thought, and our own bullshit lurking in our blind spots have been clouding our perspective, distorting what we see with the idea that solutions could be as simple as we'd like to believe.

The story continues... but not yet.

Given many here on Steemit have short attention spans, this writing has been split into two part. Thus, if you've been enjoying this so far, carry on HERE for Part TWO...