As you know, I've said repeatedly that flow changes the way terms and vocabulary are used. Things like "fear" and "decision" no longer exist or are redefined.
Well, here's a business example of how this is working as well:
Rental car agencies are going through a huge crisis as they are unable to meet the demand for economical cars. People asking for fuel efficient vehicles are being given gas guzzling SUVs instead because there simply are not that many economical cars to go around.
What does this have to do with flow?
Because, for roughly the past 18 years, it was always considered an "upgrade' to get a bigger, more gas guzzling car. Even six months ago you would pay a premium to upgrade to an SUV.
Now that definition is being turned on its ear, and the rental car agencies can't give away their "upgrades" of gas guzzlers.
So in the future the term "upgrade" will apply to the most fuel efficient cars, with premiums going for gas sippers like the Prius and even the Ford Escape hybrid.
It's just more proof that the world is changing and what was thought to be set in stone never was since it was never based on flow to begin with.
David Weber channeling The Rishis 
This question hits right at the core of flow. Why? Because even though literally the world is being crushed under the high cost of gas, no one seems to know why. So each entity involved with finding (or offering) a solution comes up with their own story.
OPEC says it's because of speculators and has nothing really to do with them. The oil companies say that is a lie and that infrastructure is to blame - they need MORE money to build more refineries and such to keep up with demand. The Republicans say just use ethanol and start drilling for oil anywhere in the US (and on the coasts) and everything will be fine. The Democrats side with the speculator argument.
This is where flow comes in. You may never know the real reasons, but through flow you can sort out propaganda and hidden agendas. The oil company argument is easy to see through, especially since you don't see them truly advancing alternative fuels (contrary to their public relations campaigns). OPEC's argument is slightly more believable as they risk people not consuming gas in the quantities they used to - OPEC can't raise gas to prices people truly can't afford. And so on.
Of course, through all this you seldom read of anyone asking the consumer to cut back in any way. The US consumes more than 1/3 of the world's energy resources, and unbridled consumption is seen as a right, not a privilege.
Yes, it will ultimately sort itself out. But in the meantime, make sure you follow flow rather than simply by the spin put out by public relations companies and their clients with agendas.
David Weber channeling The Rishis 
With all the events happening in the world (1,200 fires in California, floods in the midwest, gas reaching ever-higher prices) it's tempting to wish you lived in another era. My roommate in college was this way. He was from a small town where he had friends, everyone went to the same church, and everyone essentially thought alike. When it got to college he encountered people from different cultures and belief systems, and it was jarring. Couple that with the fact he was struggling in his classes and was trying to get into ROTC for a scholarship, and he was stressed.
His stress lead him to repeatedly state he wished he lived during WWII. He loved the music from the era as well as everything else about it. But what he really liked was the fact that you had to focus on a war rather than your own problems - it was true escapism as you had to put your life on hold to go fight in Europe or Asia.
But the reality was, even with my roommate's hero George S. Patton, that the war eventually ended. Patton said he wanted to be killed with the last bullet of the war but lived after it was over and became very depressed (ultimately dying in a car accident).
So even if my roommate had lived back then, he still would have had to face himself and his problems. The good news is by senior year he had "found his place" and was much more confident and happy, and seldom talked about living in a different era.
The moral of the story? His "deep" desire to live in another time was merely another flow blockage. He was avoiding all the issues that needed to be dealt with. I was much in the same boat, although with me my flow began to emerge stronger and stronger as my college years progressed.
I recently read about a documentary concerning Iranian transexuals. This sounds like a very obscure topic but it points out how perverted flow blockages can make things.
As you probably know, it is illegal to be gay in Iran and you can be executed for it. But since the Koran says nothing about transexuals (who are ultimately seen as not being gay per se), they are actually accepted in society, so much so that the government will pay for sex change operations (with endless bureaucracy required, of course).
Yes, there is still a lot of prejudice against transexuals, but they are not seen as sinning against God like gays are.
So here you have, yet again, people interpreting a piece of literature based on what they think it says, exactly like many Christians do with the Bible. And it is an interpretation, as both Islamic terrorists and Islamic peace workers both claim to be following the Koran to the letter.
I also briefly saw a special on gays and Hinduism. Apparently, and I'll admit ignorance of the Hindu religion, there is no reference to homosexuality in any context. Yet, thanks to prejudice, Hindus still frown upon it. More flow blockages.
As I've mentioned many times before, the most interesting part about all this is how these "set in stones' directives change over time. Just look at America, where you could be arrested and sent to jail for being gay in the 1940's, Trent Lott equates homosexuality with cleptomania in the 1990's, and now we have gay marriages becoming legal.
The latest twist is that British brain researchers have recently proven beyond a doubt that homosexuality is a genetic trait delivered in the womb. It will be interesting to see what flow blockage twist the anti-gay crowd puts on that one.
David Weber channeling The Rishis 
Here I go talking about cars again but this news is truly significant.
A recent study by General Motors, that bastion of large, gas guzzling vehicles, found that 88% of women would rather date a guy who owns a fuel efficient car vs. one who drives a sports car or the latest SUV. Moreover, 45%, nearly half, of 18 - 43 year olds (the prime car buying market) state that it's a "fashion faux pas" not to drive a green car.
By now you're thinking this is just a reaction to the gas crisis, so what's the big deal? Well, the big deal is that such a survey has never happened before. Never. Even during the bad old days of oil shortages in the 1970's the "cool" cars and their drivers were the ones with Camaros or Porsches or even Cadillacs. Small cars were always seen as some sort of compromise and not a vehicle of choice.
This proves the world is changing, and that all the traditional 'values' of past years are fading away. Automakers and society in general better be ready for this huge shift, because it's coming and nothing is going to stop it. Greed, consumerism, and the rest are ultimately going to seem like relics.
Of course, all this means that flow is stronger than ever in people!
David Weber channelling The Rishis 
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