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This year, 1997, a couple of colleagues are opening a new
center in the alpine wonderland of Austria (Mountain Organization). As is
normally the case with such a religious quest, they have received
undiplomatic scurrying visits from unwelcomed quarters, such as I
and my co-counseling partner (Dynamism) have
experienced. I have exhorted Ralph and Heidrun to "blast
them into shining little bits of protoplasmic
understanding", and Brother Alan (Knowledgism) joined
immediately in support because we (Alan, Enid and I, among
countless others) have, (oh god) BEEN THERE, DONE THAT, BOUGHT
THE T-SHIRT etc.
It is not easy to reconcile the idea that a xhurch (no typo, just
refuse to recognize a gang of crooks as a church) would resort to
such dastardly and deadly activity, such that a new group must
arm and defend themselves. For my colleagues, however, it is
simply a matter of matching positions on the Emotional Tone
Spectrum. Confront aggression with aggression, one or two notches
higher is valid processing in that it helps to raise the other
guys' emotional tone level.
History tells many such tales, most prominent of which might be
the "Holy Crusades" of the eleventh century.
Currently, in our New Era-Enlightened-Kinder, Gentler-Information
Highway Society, American radical "Christian" racists
burn black Christian churches, "Christian" Serbs rape
Moslem women, Palestinian Moslems and Christians hurl rock at
their cousins in dive-bombing, strafing Israeli aircraft, while
Moslem Eritreans kill Christian Eritreans, Moslem Iraqis steal
from their brother Moslems anywhere they get the chance, and
Protestant Irishmen blow up Catholic Irishmen, English
Protestants, English Catholics and ocassionally, your everyday
run-of-the-mill tourist.
All done in the light of "nearer my God to thee..."
But as we seek the pure light of truth, and desire widening
knowledge for the betterment of all mankind, perhaps this analogy
from another dynamic principle of existence, one not quite so
chafing, might, I say, might bring clarity:
CONSIDER THE KANGAROO RAT
In the study of the application of philosophy to this thing
called life one deals with all aspects of existence. A simple
case in point:
In the fringe-desert areas around the world, one finds
exceedingly intense struggles for existence. Here in Southern
California, far away from the lion-gnu universe, the struggle of
a prey animal, fleet of foot versus a predator who culls and
thins the herd, there is a life dance which the US Government (!)
has gotten itself involved in - the kangaroo rat vs. the rattle
snake.
Because this is an "endangered" species, the Feds tell
home owners and ranchers in Riverside County California and
adjoining areas what they may or may not do with their property,
which is the habitat of the furry little jumping rodent.
So this little rat flourishes.
It's natural predator (read CHECKS and BALANCES, instead of some
soft-hearted, dim-witted concern for a cute little creature) is
the rattlesnake - a gentleman who warns one of their peril,
before applying the coup de grace. Of course, rowdies (which
include those troglodytes who otherwise call themselves
Washington bureaucrats) and kids (read beer guzzling dolts),
unaware of the perfect balance these two species afford this
delicate near-desert land, kill the rattlers.
Now, creation-god-serendipity-cosmic dice-infinity has this
system: postulated particles in space, cosmic dust, gravity,
fusion, stars, planets, volcanic and tectonic activity,
mountains, rain, erosion, decomposing granite, wild rices and
grasses, kangaroo rat, (holes and burrows), rattlesnake (holes
and burrows), then every now and then an eagle to handle the
snakes.
Well, they've killed off the eagle, so the snake flourishes. So
they kill off the snake and the rat flourishes, so the delicate
grass and wild rice vanishes and voila, MUD SLIDES.
Not simple encroaching desert over time.
So, people get REASONABLE about the kangaroo rat. Voila, MORE
MUDSLIDES.
Understand the concept of balance (read Pan-Determinism).
Consider REASONABLENESS as a disease which encroaches upon and
lulls the consciousness into somnolence, by tilting the balance
of an objective observation of what IS through the use of syrupy,
cloying emotional sympathy. Ugh.
"Being Reasonable" is what's causes one to hunt for
idllyic escape, when one becomes cognizant of the circling
hordes, out for one's blood.
There are dead bodies left in the wake of one current monolithic
organization which would be hailed as church. It wasn't always
that way - but it sure is now.
What one perhaps doesn't see is the in-fighting here in the US,
between the Mormon-held Media Ops vs The "Fundamental
Christian" Media Ops vs the B'Nai Brith Media Ops vs the
Xcientologist Media Ops, all in the "holy" quest of the
"capture of souls".
It's worse than a real WWF3.
It's a big picture. If one would call self philosopher, then one
is required to get off and away from one's delicate unwillingness
to confront life and begin, now, to observe it AS IT IS.
This is said for good reason:
"Viewing AS IS any condition brings about VANISHMENT by
actual experiment."
You don't like something. OK, view it AS IT IS.
But euphemism, mollification, "sweetness and light"
when used to delicately lay some lace over the congealing blood
stains is an insidious, creeping virus more deat-dealing than
full blown AIDS or Ebola could ever hope to be.
One immobilizes, defeats and ultimately destroys LIFE with that
kind of "three monkey-shines".
Those folks in Austria are valiant. They are working for liberty,
in the pursuit of their religious-philosophic beliefs. They
better darn well view things as they are, confront and match tone
levels, while busily out creating the miscreants who would
destroy their bid for freedom. They had better do so. Not ominous
- just what it Tee-Aye-Izz.
Most Americans have dozed off to tv induced unconsciousness
dreamily believing that this is the "home of the free"
while the erosion of their blood-bought constitutionally
guaranteed civil rights and liberties continues, causing those
rights to drip away, like the Grand Canyon slowly being carved
out by the Colorado, drip by drip - right by right. And all in
the name of a "better society".
Comes now, the Marcabian, and he ain't no cute E.T., trust me.
THE PRICE OF LIBERTY IS VIGILANCE.
I didn't say it, but that is a mighty powerful statement.
And, I guaran-bleeping-tee you that it is the truth.