How much has entertainment and the draw of commercialization taken us away from the reality of life? Have our lives been over taken by the realities of unreality?

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Being this way really sucks!

two and three

The Secondary Life is not something that comes over time through experience. It is not something we get from reading a good book; that requires an investment in time and energy. No, The Secondary Life is based in mult-media transmissions. Through television, movies, and the internet we find our minds traveling off to the ficticious distance. The immediacy of media influence does much more than entertain us and influence us to buy things. It takes us to the place where we walk among the stars in situations they portray. We make comparisons to the fiction and feel either better or worse as a result. Some of us prefer to feel worse than others dictated by the kinds of programming they prefer. In time, this type of preference overrides the primary life that is based in reality. LLc 98.2

Advertisements are the unreality that exists within the reality frame of our social world. The influence of advertising is vast and limitless.

the range

The Range

It is early morning and sunshine is in the forecast. I have nothing going on today except a long practice session on the range. I do not have to talk with anyone, I only need to stand there and swing the club and let the sun beat down on me. The only sounds I want to hear are the crispy shots that are whizzing off my clubface one after the other. Those sounds, the way it feels, is much better than anything else I can think of. LLc 98.2