Guest guest Posted June 10, 2004 Report Share Posted June 10, 2004 Magical Thinking Most people are endoctrinated with magical thinking. We haven't progressed as much as we think we have from the cave man days of atributting ills of ourselves and other things to " unknown " forces. We then try this " magic " thing or that " magic " thing trying to cure it or make it go away. We try and " think " it away. We try " magic pills " . We plea to our Gods to take it away. We go to " shamans " of various type for them to do whatever they do in the hope that they will take it away. We fall under the spell of claims of " easy " treatment put out by various allopathic commercial products. Many " alternative " people and their " knowledge " are also based on what someone else wants you to believe and think and buy their product. Most of our knowledge is based upon someone else's sales points. We have been taught to think that way. " Have we got a simple fix for you, just step a little closer and let me show you " . Works like Magic! We can spend a lifetime of searching and learning to eventually unlearn most of that which we thought that we knew, because it was " sold " as knowledge to us by our societies, by our schools, governments, media, millions of businesses, and " common knowledge " around us, up until the age of to possibly start questioning it. It is simple, We believe what we were told to believe. That would be fine if we had a system based on the seeking of the common good or the common truth. To pass on common lore was a way to store knowledge and for a society to pass it on and progress from generation to generation. Sadly we say that we seek the common good of things in our societies but more and more that is corrupted and debased because our overriding system is usually controlled by the seeking of the common dollar instead, without any limits or regulation. That skews everything. Lies pass as " truths " to get us to spend our money, time, effort, votes, lives, intent, etc. Most of us are in one stage or another of the following areas of delusion thinking, misinformation, exagerated expectations, or some other warped thought process so we are very susceptable to someone who comes along with an easy " magic " answer. About this time most readers are saying.. " what the hell does that have to do with healing my itus? " This guy must be nuts! Just tell which god damned pill to take so I can move on! Hey, it is your misinformation not mine, so deal with it. " Lies pass as " truths " to get us to spend our money, time, effort, votes, lives, intent, etc. " This is especially true of " health care " . It is one of the most lucrative areas of our societies. We have palaces and shrines built to accomodate the " magic " of the world of the next " miracle " drug or procedure that is here or just around the corner. We are so conditioned that we run to the doctor to find out how we should eat, sleep, have sex, think, and be. To put it bluntly. This great font of knowledge is bullshitting you, but it is certainly your prerogative to continue to be bullshitted if you want to. It is very hard to try and NOT think in the only terms that we have ever used and which we have been taught by our socities. Everyone else " knows " these things and our society " knows " these things, so it is very hard to change and not accept " knowing " these things too. I can hear it now. " Hey, I don't want to change my thinking, I just want to know what god damned pill to take " . Answer: Try the " green " one. It is probably as good as any if you want a quick fix short term don't want to think about it answer. Or just turn on your television. ( more later) Frank Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Messenger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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