And I have to question viewing Tom Petty's passing as of any more significance than that of many thousands of other musicians around the world who died today, or this year- regardless of the number of loving fans only one or two will have any lasting cultural, social, or historical import- and Petty isn't one of them (flame me all you like, I always liked his stuff, but a harbinger of some Earth Change, he definitely ISN'T).
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I think we might be misunderstanding each other a little here... I'm not suggesting Tom Petty's death "means" anything, nor that he died as the result of anything cosmic... my point was more that his death offered yet another point to feed a general background murmur of frustration/anger/sadness/grief.
Not sure why you'd think I'd flame you... that sounds more like something the sheeple over on Farcebook would do.
My point is the only reason his death could feed the background Badness of Shit Going Down is if his fame exerts some morphic resonance on reality due to so many focusing on it- you're really demonstrating a confirmation bias here; there are thousands of musicians dying every single day and scarcely a single one missing makes a difference to the world (and I should know, I've been a musician since I was a child), just wait a decade. Even now, already, very few really care that Prince has been gone for over a year-and while I liked Tom's music more than his, Prince was fundamentally a far more important figure in music AND the world (I could say the same for Bowie's significance); that's just recent history, but not that recent.
I got to this thread from a whole different place, but this has given me some focus to respond better on both topics.
We can focus on the rough parts of samsara, and that will become all we perceive with our faulty senses. The same with the smoother, more "pleasing" side of samsara. In either case, we'll be mistaken to at least some degree.
Also, NOT focusing on the rough or smooth, pleasing side doesn't mean we should or have to ignore it, simply place it in perspective. It seems to me that the really "evil" human factors are being constantly fanned by many who believe they stand to gain in power or wealth from this turbulence. Mass, nearly instantaneous, global communication everyone now has access to simply is the explosive accelerant to this turbulence- we just don't pay much attention to how effective this could be for redirecting towards the more positive. Steemit's growing explosively too, but I see far more positive than negative I can focus on, without ignoring the Badness of Shit...