There are many things I wonder about in an average day for example, why is it that I can not find a job but can make something that kills both cold sores and shingles yet I still have no money to live on? Why is it that even though I figured out how to cook all kinds of things that don't involve the almost 100 food allergies of mine, that no one else is interested in what I have learned.
Most recently I have been figuring out how to kill toenail fungus and Lyme disease I have been really successful but that is probably another avenue that will never net me any cash either. I have some really good ideas and herbal remedies that actually work but lack a distribution system. I have heard that people use blogs to gain followings in order to draw attention to their causes/products/etc so that will probably be my goal here. Hopefully I can be interesting enough in this. The gods know that I already spend enough time online as it is but what is another project if not something to kill the time between job searching and attempting to find herbal remedies that actually work. I think that today I shall close with some of my finer viewpoints on cults.
Joining a cult could very possibly be the best decision you could ever make. Once inside you won’t ever need to worry about making a decision again. Not to mention you would be free of the financial burden of everything you own, the reduction in stress, and how easy it would be to remember names.
The only decision you must make everyday is to do whatever your boss tells you to do. After you make that decision any decision you make can not be wrong. You will be told when to eat, sleep, and meditate. The decision of what to eat or where to sleep will often be made by someone else. The way you are treated will be quite similar to that of an infant. Only this time you are old enough to enjoy it.
Your new friends will quickly remove every material possession you might have. They will then give you items to use that are communally owned. This way you need not worry about things you could possibly own or that might exist. You will not receive or transfer money and not need to deal with cash whatsoever.
The sudden reduction of stress is the most likely thing to happen. Once all the major stressors are removed and the shock of not having this stress passes the person will be much happier. To make the transition easier your cult will put you on a low protein diet. This will make it harder to think and complete complicated tasks. When you are not required to think about the major issues in your life you will in tern be happier and under less stress.
Anyone who has trouble remembering names will love to join a cult because, typically, all the males have one name and the females have another. Ask your self how hard can it be to remember two names. They also typically have the same birthday so the day can never sneak up on you.
When people disobey the cult leader punishment is typically dealt through social humiliation. The individual will be singled out from the group. This may be done by putting them on a platform while their digressions are discussed in front of the group, or the person may simply be locked in a small dark room for several hours at a time.
There may be no personal incentive to work as hard as possible but the people who are slaking off should be singled out and punished. As long as each problematic person is taken care quickly the remainder of the group should continue to cooperate. The group will only have a major uprising if they all figure out that they are being manipulated. Individuals may figure this out but the entire group will not as long as people who stand out from the crowd are always punished. The large group will essentially learn how to act like sheep.
This may look like a bad thing but that kind of thinking is a mistake. The people in the cult will be quite happy that they joined and will not have major problems with the life choices they made. The pressure to make decisions will be given to the leader not the group. The leader must be a control freak or an over achiever who would actually like the pressures of leadership. The leader will receive a large number of workers that are simple to control. All around everyone in the cult would be happy.
You may truly speak openly about your opinions as long as they don’t inspire people to leave or find fault in the cult. Philosophical debates will always take place even though people will have weak arguments due to the low protein diet.
The only major differences between a cult and an organized religion are how many people are involved in the organization and how long the organization has been functioning.
The government may attempt at some point to shut down the cult and send you and your new friends to a nice house with padded walls. When this happens simply claim that they are interfering with your free practice of religion. Taking the government officials to court may be a requirement, but if the cards are played correctly your cult may even receive government funding. Then you may be able to stand back and laugh about how pathetic the government truly is and how any idiot can receive funding by claiming interference with the free practice of religion.
By the way, I am thinking seriously about starting my own cult. I am thinking of putting the doomsday prophecy out about 7.6 billion years. That would be about when the sun would make the earth uninhabitable so that would pretty much be the end of humans living on earth. As you can see I do like to hedge my bets but I am going out on a limb here and placing it on a Tuesday. I never did get the hang of Tuesdays.
Joining a cult could very possibly be the best decision you could ever make. Once inside you won’t ever need to worry about making a decision again. Not to mention you would be free of the financial burden of everything you own, the reduction in stress, and how easy it would be to remember names.
The only decision you must make everyday is to do whatever your boss tells you to do. After you make that decision any decision you make can not be wrong. You will be told when to eat, sleep, and meditate. The decision of what to eat or where to sleep will often be made by someone else. The way you are treated will be quite similar to that of an infant. Only this time you are old enough to enjoy it.
Your new friends will quickly remove every material possession you might have. They will then give you items to use that are communally owned. This way you need not worry about things you could possibly own or that might exist. You will not receive or transfer money and not need to deal with cash whatsoever.
The sudden reduction of stress is the most likely thing to happen. Once all the major stressors are removed and the shock of not having this stress passes the person will be much happier. To make the transition easier your cult will put you on a low protein diet. This will make it harder to think and complete complicated tasks. When you are not required to think about the major issues in your life you will in tern be happier and under less stress.
Anyone who has trouble remembering names will love to join a cult because, typically, all the males have one name and the females have another. Ask your self how hard can it be to remember two names. They also typically have the same birthday so the day can never sneak up on you.
When people disobey the cult leader punishment is typically dealt through social humiliation. The individual will be singled out from the group. This may be done by putting them on a platform while their digressions are discussed in front of the group, or the person may simply be locked in a small dark room for several hours at a time.
There may be no personal incentive to work as hard as possible but the people who are slaking off should be singled out and punished. As long as each problematic person is taken care quickly the remainder of the group should continue to cooperate. The group will only have a major uprising if they all figure out that they are being manipulated. Individuals may figure this out but the entire group will not as long as people who stand out from the crowd are always punished. The large group will essentially learn how to act like sheep.
This may look like a bad thing but that kind of thinking is a mistake. The people in the cult will be quite happy that they joined and will not have major problems with the life choices they made. The pressure to make decisions will be given to the leader not the group. The leader must be a control freak or an over achiever who would actually like the pressures of leadership. The leader will receive a large number of workers that are simple to control. All around everyone in the cult would be happy.
You may truly speak openly about your opinions as long as they don’t inspire people to leave or find fault in the cult. Philosophical debates will always take place even though people will have weak arguments due to the low protein diet.
The only major differences between a cult and an organized religion are how many people are involved in the organization and how long the organization has been functioning.
The government may attempt at some point to shut down the cult and send you and your new friends to a nice house with padded walls. When this happens simply claim that they are interfering with your free practice of religion. Taking the government officials to court may be a requirement, but if the cards are played correctly your cult may even receive government funding. Then you may be able to stand back and laugh about how pathetic the government truly is and how any idiot can receive funding by claiming interference with the free practice of religion.
By the way, I am thinking seriously about starting my own cult. I am thinking of putting the doomsday prophecy out about 7.6 billion years. That would be about when the sun would make the earth uninhabitable so that would pretty much be the end of humans living on earth. As you can see I do like to hedge my bets but I am going out on a limb here and placing it on a Tuesday. I never did get the hang of Tuesdays.
Blind Men and the Elephant – A Poem by John Godfrey Saxe
Here is John Godfrey Saxe’s (1816-1887) version of Blind Men and the Elephant:
It was six men of Indostan,
To learning much inclined,
Who went to see the Elephant
(Though all of them were blind),
That each by observation
Might satisfy his mind.
The First approach'd the Elephant,
And happening to fall
Against his broad and sturdy side,
At once began to bawl:
"God bless me! but the Elephant
Is very like a wall!"
The Second, feeling of the tusk,
Cried, -"Ho! what have we here
So very round and smooth and sharp?
To me 'tis mighty clear,
This wonder of an Elephant
Is very like a spear!"
The Third approach'd the animal,
And happening to take
The squirming trunk within his hands,
Thus boldly up and spake:
"I see," -quoth he- "the Elephant
Is very like a snake!"
The Fourth reached out an eager hand,
And felt about the knee:
"What most this wondrous beast is like
Is mighty plain," -quoth he,-
"'Tis clear enough the Elephant
Is very like a tree!"
The Fifth, who chanced to touch the ear,
Said- "E'en the blindest man
Can tell what this resembles most;
Deny the fact who can,
This marvel of an Elephant
Is very like a fan!"
The Sixth no sooner had begun
About the beast to grope,
Then, seizing on the swinging tail
That fell within his scope,
"I see," -quoth he,- "the Elephant
Is very like a rope!"
And so these men of Indostan
Disputed loud and long,
Each in his own opinion
Exceeding stiff and strong,
Though each was partly in the right,
And all were in the wrong!
- See more at: http://www.allaboutphilosophy.org/blind-men-and-the-elephant.htm#sthash.aWwnvUJt.dpuf
Here is John Godfrey Saxe’s (1816-1887) version of Blind Men and the Elephant:
It was six men of Indostan,
To learning much inclined,
Who went to see the Elephant
(Though all of them were blind),
That each by observation
Might satisfy his mind.
The First approach'd the Elephant,
And happening to fall
Against his broad and sturdy side,
At once began to bawl:
"God bless me! but the Elephant
Is very like a wall!"
The Second, feeling of the tusk,
Cried, -"Ho! what have we here
So very round and smooth and sharp?
To me 'tis mighty clear,
This wonder of an Elephant
Is very like a spear!"
The Third approach'd the animal,
And happening to take
The squirming trunk within his hands,
Thus boldly up and spake:
"I see," -quoth he- "the Elephant
Is very like a snake!"
The Fourth reached out an eager hand,
And felt about the knee:
"What most this wondrous beast is like
Is mighty plain," -quoth he,-
"'Tis clear enough the Elephant
Is very like a tree!"
The Fifth, who chanced to touch the ear,
Said- "E'en the blindest man
Can tell what this resembles most;
Deny the fact who can,
This marvel of an Elephant
Is very like a fan!"
The Sixth no sooner had begun
About the beast to grope,
Then, seizing on the swinging tail
That fell within his scope,
"I see," -quoth he,- "the Elephant
Is very like a rope!"
And so these men of Indostan
Disputed loud and long,
Each in his own opinion
Exceeding stiff and strong,
Though each was partly in the right,
And all were in the wrong!
- See more at: http://www.allaboutphilosophy.org/blind-men-and-the-elephant.htm#sthash.aWwnvUJt.dpuf
Blind Men and the Elephant – A Poem by John Godfrey Saxe
Here is John Godfrey Saxe’s (1816-1887) version of Blind Men and the Elephant:
It was six men of Indostan,
To learning much inclined,
Who went to see the Elephant
(Though all of them were blind),
That each by observation
Might satisfy his mind.
The First approach'd the Elephant,
And happening to fall
Against his broad and sturdy side,
At once began to bawl:
"God bless me! but the Elephant
Is very like a wall!"
The Second, feeling of the tusk,
Cried, -"Ho! what have we here
So very round and smooth and sharp?
To me 'tis mighty clear,
This wonder of an Elephant
Is very like a spear!"
The Third approach'd the animal,
And happening to take
The squirming trunk within his hands,
Thus boldly up and spake:
"I see," -quoth he- "the Elephant
Is very like a snake!"
The Fourth reached out an eager hand,
And felt about the knee:
"What most this wondrous beast is like
Is mighty plain," -quoth he,-
"'Tis clear enough the Elephant
Is very like a tree!"
The Fifth, who chanced to touch the ear,
Said- "E'en the blindest man
Can tell what this resembles most;
Deny the fact who can,
This marvel of an Elephant
Is very like a fan!"
The Sixth no sooner had begun
About the beast to grope,
Then, seizing on the swinging tail
That fell within his scope,
"I see," -quoth he,- "the Elephant
Is very like a rope!"
And so these men of Indostan
Disputed loud and long,
Each in his own opinion
Exceeding stiff and strong,
Though each was partly in the right,
And all were in the wrong!
- See more at: http://www.allaboutphilosophy.org/blind-men-and-the-elephant.htm#sthash.aWwnvUJt.dpuf
Here is John Godfrey Saxe’s (1816-1887) version of Blind Men and the Elephant:
It was six men of Indostan,
To learning much inclined,
Who went to see the Elephant
(Though all of them were blind),
That each by observation
Might satisfy his mind.
The First approach'd the Elephant,
And happening to fall
Against his broad and sturdy side,
At once began to bawl:
"God bless me! but the Elephant
Is very like a wall!"
The Second, feeling of the tusk,
Cried, -"Ho! what have we here
So very round and smooth and sharp?
To me 'tis mighty clear,
This wonder of an Elephant
Is very like a spear!"
The Third approach'd the animal,
And happening to take
The squirming trunk within his hands,
Thus boldly up and spake:
"I see," -quoth he- "the Elephant
Is very like a snake!"
The Fourth reached out an eager hand,
And felt about the knee:
"What most this wondrous beast is like
Is mighty plain," -quoth he,-
"'Tis clear enough the Elephant
Is very like a tree!"
The Fifth, who chanced to touch the ear,
Said- "E'en the blindest man
Can tell what this resembles most;
Deny the fact who can,
This marvel of an Elephant
Is very like a fan!"
The Sixth no sooner had begun
About the beast to grope,
Then, seizing on the swinging tail
That fell within his scope,
"I see," -quoth he,- "the Elephant
Is very like a rope!"
And so these men of Indostan
Disputed loud and long,
Each in his own opinion
Exceeding stiff and strong,
Though each was partly in the right,
And all were in the wrong!
- See more at: http://www.allaboutphilosophy.org/blind-men-and-the-elephant.htm#sthash.aWwnvUJt.dpuf
Blind Men and the Elephant – A Poem by John Godfrey Saxe
Here is John Godfrey Saxe’s (1816-1887) version of Blind Men and the Elephant:
It was six men of Indostan,
To learning much inclined,
Who went to see the Elephant
(Though all of them were blind),
That each by observation
Might satisfy his mind.
The First approach'd the Elephant,
And happening to fall
Against his broad and sturdy side,
At once began to bawl:
"God bless me! but the Elephant
Is very like a wall!"
The Second, feeling of the tusk,
Cried, -"Ho! what have we here
So very round and smooth and sharp?
To me 'tis mighty clear,
This wonder of an Elephant
Is very like a spear!"
The Third approach'd the animal,
And happening to take
The squirming trunk within his hands,
Thus boldly up and spake:
"I see," -quoth he- "the Elephant
Is very like a snake!"
The Fourth reached out an eager hand,
And felt about the knee:
"What most this wondrous beast is like
Is mighty plain," -quoth he,-
"'Tis clear enough the Elephant
Is very like a tree!"
The Fifth, who chanced to touch the ear,
Said- "E'en the blindest man
Can tell what this resembles most;
Deny the fact who can,
This marvel of an Elephant
Is very like a fan!"
The Sixth no sooner had begun
About the beast to grope,
Then, seizing on the swinging tail
That fell within his scope,
"I see," -quoth he,- "the Elephant
Is very like a rope!"
And so these men of Indostan
Disputed loud and long,
Each in his own opinion
Exceeding stiff and strong,
Though each was partly in the right,
And all were in the wrong!
- See more at: http://www.allaboutphilosophy.org/blind-men-and-the-elephant.htm#sthash.aWwnvUJt.dpuf
Here is John Godfrey Saxe’s (1816-1887) version of Blind Men and the Elephant:
It was six men of Indostan,
To learning much inclined,
Who went to see the Elephant
(Though all of them were blind),
That each by observation
Might satisfy his mind.
The First approach'd the Elephant,
And happening to fall
Against his broad and sturdy side,
At once began to bawl:
"God bless me! but the Elephant
Is very like a wall!"
The Second, feeling of the tusk,
Cried, -"Ho! what have we here
So very round and smooth and sharp?
To me 'tis mighty clear,
This wonder of an Elephant
Is very like a spear!"
The Third approach'd the animal,
And happening to take
The squirming trunk within his hands,
Thus boldly up and spake:
"I see," -quoth he- "the Elephant
Is very like a snake!"
The Fourth reached out an eager hand,
And felt about the knee:
"What most this wondrous beast is like
Is mighty plain," -quoth he,-
"'Tis clear enough the Elephant
Is very like a tree!"
The Fifth, who chanced to touch the ear,
Said- "E'en the blindest man
Can tell what this resembles most;
Deny the fact who can,
This marvel of an Elephant
Is very like a fan!"
The Sixth no sooner had begun
About the beast to grope,
Then, seizing on the swinging tail
That fell within his scope,
"I see," -quoth he,- "the Elephant
Is very like a rope!"
And so these men of Indostan
Disputed loud and long,
Each in his own opinion
Exceeding stiff and strong,
Though each was partly in the right,
And all were in the wrong!
- See more at: http://www.allaboutphilosophy.org/blind-men-and-the-elephant.htm#sthash.aWwnvUJt.dpuf
Blind Men and the Elephant – A Poem by John Godfrey Saxe
Here is John Godfrey Saxe’s (1816-1887) version of Blind Men and the Elephant:
It was six men of Indostan,
To learning much inclined,
Who went to see the Elephant
(Though all of them were blind),
That each by observation
Might satisfy his mind.
The First approach'd the Elephant,
And happening to fall
Against his broad and sturdy side,
At once began to bawl:
"God bless me! but the Elephant
Is very like a wall!"
The Second, feeling of the tusk,
Cried, -"Ho! what have we here
So very round and smooth and sharp?
To me 'tis mighty clear,
This wonder of an Elephant
Is very like a spear!"
The Third approach'd the animal,
And happening to take
The squirming trunk within his hands,
Thus boldly up and spake:
"I see," -quoth he- "the Elephant
Is very like a snake!"
The Fourth reached out an eager hand,
And felt about the knee:
"What most this wondrous beast is like
Is mighty plain," -quoth he,-
"'Tis clear enough the Elephant
Is very like a tree!"
The Fifth, who chanced to touch the ear,
Said- "E'en the blindest man
Can tell what this resembles most;
Deny the fact who can,
This marvel of an Elephant
Is very like a fan!"
The Sixth no sooner had begun
About the beast to grope,
Then, seizing on the swinging tail
That fell within his scope,
"I see," -quoth he,- "the Elephant
Is very like a rope!"
And so these men of Indostan
Disputed loud and long,
Each in his own opinion
Exceeding stiff and strong,
Though each was partly in the right,
And all were in the wrong!
- See more at: http://www.allaboutphilosophy.org/blind-men-and-the-elephant.htm#sthash.aWwnvUJt.dpuf
Here is John Godfrey Saxe’s (1816-1887) version of Blind Men and the Elephant:
It was six men of Indostan,
To learning much inclined,
Who went to see the Elephant
(Though all of them were blind),
That each by observation
Might satisfy his mind.
The First approach'd the Elephant,
And happening to fall
Against his broad and sturdy side,
At once began to bawl:
"God bless me! but the Elephant
Is very like a wall!"
The Second, feeling of the tusk,
Cried, -"Ho! what have we here
So very round and smooth and sharp?
To me 'tis mighty clear,
This wonder of an Elephant
Is very like a spear!"
The Third approach'd the animal,
And happening to take
The squirming trunk within his hands,
Thus boldly up and spake:
"I see," -quoth he- "the Elephant
Is very like a snake!"
The Fourth reached out an eager hand,
And felt about the knee:
"What most this wondrous beast is like
Is mighty plain," -quoth he,-
"'Tis clear enough the Elephant
Is very like a tree!"
The Fifth, who chanced to touch the ear,
Said- "E'en the blindest man
Can tell what this resembles most;
Deny the fact who can,
This marvel of an Elephant
Is very like a fan!"
The Sixth no sooner had begun
About the beast to grope,
Then, seizing on the swinging tail
That fell within his scope,
"I see," -quoth he,- "the Elephant
Is very like a rope!"
And so these men of Indostan
Disputed loud and long,
Each in his own opinion
Exceeding stiff and strong,
Though each was partly in the right,
And all were in the wrong!
- See more at: http://www.allaboutphilosophy.org/blind-men-and-the-elephant.htm#sthash.aWwnvUJt.dpuf
Please accept me as your first disciple! I only wish to give up all personal responsibility and live in the glow of your radiant life condition! What must I do to prove my devotion to your theology?
ReplyDeletep.s. I wrote a paper on the post-hippy communal life styles I would like to give you for your amusement and viewing pleasure as my first offering!
ReplyDeleteI suppose that will placate me for the time being.
DeleteHaunting imagery and sense of a greater purpose and meaning to our lives. Important to never settle and stay true to your quest, the hero's journey, our personal Gilgamesh!
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