Aka Hinduism/Pealism redux.
In workshops and webinars offered around the globe, Davis [Rennie baby, of SDS fame] tells
listeners that the world is "not solid, objective or real, but a psychological construct" whose origin lies within each one of us... "We create
our own reality, right down to the last detail," he states. "So when
each of us changes our thoughts, we change the world we live in."...Davis says that it is time to move into a world where there is no blame
and no judgment. His vision is a world where there is nothing to fix,
because trying to fix something (or someone) implies it is wrong, and that
he reminds, is a judgment. (source)
So let me get this straight: as part of the world, Davis himself is nothing more than a psychological construct (or maybe it's his silly notions that are). But whose exactly? His own? Mine? Or those of the author of the article? Or of his parents? So what happens if his particular construct of the world clashes with mine? Does he simply wish me into oblivion? Further, how does he deal with hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, conflagrations, all those pesky little anonymous constructs that have a tendency to overwhelm us mortals?
And just think, the only thing the Jews had to do to escape Hitler and the gas chambers was "change their thoughts." Just decide that the round-ups and the shootings and, oh yeah, the gassings were nothing more than a psychological construct that the persecuted could---Presto-Changeo!---will away merely by thinking beautiful thoughts of being back home in the shtetl...or even better, being on some Tahitian island with 100's of virgins.
And the no-judgment thing: no doubt, the Nazis would love it, since it gets them off the hook for their massacres. Come to think of it, what if Davis is paid to evangelize the masses with this Baspel, the better to allow the scoundrels in Big Government and Big Business to continue all their outrages with cheerful impunity?
Oy, why am I such a cynic? After all, if this MTM (Magic Thoughts Method) really works, wouldn't it be a most wonderful way of getting rid of the Plague in the White House? What's not to like about that?
I think whoever designed this bumper sticker perfectly summed up the ludicrousy of that whole MTM mentality:
"He
was critical of textbook theory and the arrogance and lack of
imagination of 'experts' and refused to go to college, believing that he
would lose his intuitive gifts." (emphasis mine) source
Such was the insightful attitude of Viktor Schauberger, the man the Nazis forced to help build the Repulsine prototypical UFO. Like other famous inventors (Edison, Einstein, Wright Brothers), he didn't thrive in the collective body-warehouse environment cleverly euphemized as "school."
Brings to mind Rousseau's observation:
“Those whom nature destined to make her disciples have no need of
teachers. Bacon, Descartes, Newton — these tutors of the human race had
no need of tutors themselves, and what guides could have led them to
those places where their vast genius carried them? Ordinary teachers
could only have limited their understanding by confining it to their own
narrow capabilities."
Lime Disease 2: disorder accounting for a sourpuss
disposition
If someone fundamentally disbelieves in the existence of microbes, no amount of microscope gazings will convince him: "Ah, that's just made up, the same way stuff can be photoshopped in still images or videos." So, axiomatic for the believer in bacteria, viruses, etc. is the existence of those entities. Even the scientist has a type of faith.
It is intriguing to note in this connection that as early as the 6th century BC, the Jains already postulated the existence of unseen microbiological life. Just imagine if they had introduced that concept to, say, the average non-Jainist chieftain at that time: at best they'd have been laughed out of court, or at worst, put to death as some sort of blasphemers.
Now, supposing that there is another unseen realm, an unseen dimension, surpassing the scope of telescopes and microscopes---or any other "scopes" for that matter. The uniformitarian, entrenched in his metaphysical naturalism, scoffs at that concept in the same way as the above-mentioned disbelievers scoffed at the possibility of the microbiological realm. These scoffers are akin to the colorblind dolt who pshaws his neighbor's rapture at the blazing sunset, or to the tone-deaf wretch who has contempt for the man enthralled with the magnificence of Brahms' violin concerto.
Pity that metaphysical Philistinism prevails.
In the past 2-3 months, I have encountered about 6 examples of a fatuous spelling error: Islamist, religionist, atheist, altruist, analyst, anarchist all used with plural verbs (indicating that in each case, more than one whatever-ist was meant), yet lacking an "s" at the end. Now, it is true that a certain group can't for the life of them make certain sounds properly ("axe" instead of "ask"), and this group also has tremendous trouble pronouncing the plural of words ending in "st," but WHY on earth this has become a widespread accepted (?) spelling is beyond me.
I am fed up with idiotic memes taking hold and spreading thru the populace like the Black Plague.
