The Usual
..."But what are you SAYING?! You are my sane friend, you're supposed to be my SANE friend. What are you talking about all this for? How come all of a sudden you switched? What, am I supposed to be - the only seemingly sane person in the Universe? Well it seems that way! No? So what is this all about? I saw it coming I have to admit. I should have done something, said something when you emailed me that fucking book - which took 10 minutes to download, remember? You know I hate that! I have limited time online remember and when people send me programs and BOOKS(!) without asking first, YOU know that pisses me off. I should have known then - I DID know then but I hesitated right, and now you're telling me this! You read that book didn't you? That's right and now you're telling me this!
...You read that book didn't you? That's why you sent it to me, it wasn't a joke like I thought it was! You read it and it touched you - had an effect. Why? Now your like all the others, I thought we were gonna be the sane ones, sane together. So, is it too late? Can you come back? ... You know all that channeling stuff's a load of crap! You know that really, don't you? It's just every tom, dick and harry channeling some one/thing and it's a fad, fashion, bandwagon type thing. Listen to me, you know this, being a purveyor of pop. and alt. culture, we talked about all this. What are they channeling for Christ's sake (yeah, and others) - yesterdays news babay! We TALKED about this; how it's a rehash of phils. in New Age lingo; "interfacing the matrix" indeed! Yeah right, fuck off! I can live without it! So can you. So can you! Remember - SANE, yeah SANE o.k!?
All you gotta do is Surf the Net for a little while - the littlest while, and you'll see what I mean... it comes from nowhere and 'just keeps on expanding', people are egging themselves on to go further in their insanity; making it public but keeping it anonymous. Everyone 'out there' is encouraging everyone else to go mad - "let it all hang out" etc, etc and so on, but some people get lost in that and don't divorce cyber life from physical life... like me... which is why all this 'Gunk' out there really annoys me. I'm continually, more and more (as people get modems for xmas and b/days!) having to STEP over (when I can connect!) the banal garbage that pollutes the bandwidth. ... Ok. Rave over, your turn."
"The great Earth and all of it inhabitants, both temporal and non-temporal, are expressions of consciousness in the Universe, which is different from the Human Realm but incorporates it. Whereas human beings have the innate capability to relate equally well with both the outer form and the inner Source, other sentient beings are not so well equipped to do so, that is why it is our duty to serve and protect all those under our province.
Animal consciousness, for example, relates almost exclusively to the outer form of expression unaware of the greater spirituality of the ethereal Universe; humanity is charged with the responsibility of governing all Consciousness to liberty through right thought and deed. Each kind of consciousness in Creation has its own innate characteristics and fulfills its own purposes according to its relationship to the great Earth and the Universe. However, it is the Awakening that brings liberty and unless you are Awakened you cannot grow and evolve into the Higher States of Consciousness that leads to true liberty. WE have a duty to honour those that have come before us and who will come after us, to continue to evolve spiritually as well as technologically, we are bound to the task of bringing morality back into the world after the darkness of the ages, which is ending now; you can tell by the amount of people that have turned to new spirituality, who are looking for answers to the vital questions. All of humanity will eventually join in this crusade, as the wheels pick up momentum and reveal more of the 'true order' of things..."
"What? What? What are you trying to tell me? I can hear you but what you're saying...It's incomprehensible. I don't speak that lingo. Where did you learn to carry on like that so quickly? What is it? That (subliminal) Neuro Linguistic Programming?"
Sounds like an argument being conducted in a mental asylum but in this day and age it will make sense to more and more people; the fecundity of the internet - 1001 adjectives to describe it.
They were sitting in The Vicious Fish Caf�; multi hair-colour, dreds on one side and partly shaved on the other, ears, nose, brow pierced with almost invisible strands of fishing line threaded through skin with shiny silver medallions that tinkled when either of them moved their heads, which was almost constantly because they were scoping everything that moved- looking like war victims who have sustained wounds but are being brave about it. The pair, who are not a couple, are drinking Lattes and trying to lounge on wrought iron stools
No make up. Baggy jeans with Redbacks(tm), soles thick as an inch, white T-shirt that'd been through the washer a few too many times giving it that delicate almost see through look that wins points in wet T-shirt competitions, completing the androgynous, amorphous look that Sheila wanted to convey... at least for the time being, while she wasn't trapped in the 'straight world'. Buddy was in similar garb but with a slightly more masculine yet geeky look. He seemed to have more angles and seams protruding from his clothes, vaguely calling to mind the 'straw-man' from THAT movie. Their ages were fuzzy, somewhere in their mid 20's to early 30's you might have guessed and you would have been right. It's the 90's - you can be who you wanna be, up to a point, you can pretend. Everyone knows that nobody is anybody these days anyway, you get to invent yourself over and over again. People move: States, Countries, Continents, just in their own heads - circumstances - Everything changes. Mutability makes things easier in some ways - you can abide by yer morals less coz there's no long term commitment. It can be lonely too, in between the parting and the greeting can be quietness, can be aloneness, some people can't handle that; it's where you can pick up bad habits if you don't have the inner resources to keep yourself occupied.
Nowadays you've either got to have a strong imagination and a good constitution to duck and dive with the changes or no imagination at all... that's why we got television; multi-media entertainment these days. Keep the masses entertained so they don't have to think - Usual story.
"You gotta have something to believe in girl, I'm beginning to believe that, you know, as I get older and less and less seems to make sense it's startin' to look like a good idea to have something to lean on - a crutch - yeah big deal but if it keeps me upright and able to 'evolve' then whats wrong with that. I want to move forward."
"Sounds like approaching death; the ticket out of the asylum. Whatya gonna do when it gets here, run?
What you're getting into here buddy is a lottery! You're putting your money on a ticket in the lottery and of course it's rigged! I don't care if what you say is right or even proven, it's still not the answer. Besides, can you tell me how, suddenly, you put so much faith in what you are being told by someone else, let alone a 'spirit being'. How does that happen? She told you things that no one else could possibly know? So what!? So she read your Arcarshic Record or whatever it's called - doesn't mean she knows the future for certain and it doesn't mean there was some kind of mystical intervention... It's all just quantum physics Buddy, you know? EVERYONE knows it's all out there these days, that's no secret. Like I said "so what?!".
Look I don't wanna contradict you, necessarily, but all this kind of reminds me of a story I was told once by a friend of mine; my friend told me about this guy he knew who called himself a clairvoyant, this guy apparently was a total DECEIVER on every level. Anyhow, this guy used to hand out business cards all over town - made a fortune with the direct sell approach. So some guy goes to him to have his palm read, or tarot or whatever, and in the course of the 'reading' (you know he tells the sucker generalizations; "you had an unhappy childhood, you have a certain amount of mystic ability yourself but you are unaware of it, you have traveled and will travel more"... the usual) and in the process fishes out more info regarding this suckers life, girlfriend, work, family, etc. He guesses Sucker is having women problems and that's kinda why he's there, Sucker is amazed at the Deceivers 'ability' and reveals a lot more than he would have otherwise, then he goes off happy with the newage pap he's been fed. The next week Deceiver goes to the girlfriends workplace and spins her a yarn - "I just saw you and had an overwhelming sense that I should speak to you... Your name is Becky, you are such and such age, you live in such and such a suburb... My Guides have told me you are in an unfulfilling relationship with Sucker, they have told me to tell you that this should end so that you can embrace your freedom and live to your full potential..." and this that and the other. Of course the girl is totally taken in and "Oh Wow! You're amazing! Can I tell my friends about you? Etc." Deceiver says "Sure, here's my business card, feel free to recommend me to your friends but don't tell Sucker, I don't want to associate with someone like that, and by the way, although I had an overwhelming urge to talk to you and my consultation with you is free of charge, I normally ask for $100 for an hour as a donation so that I can continue to serve benevolently whenever I can."
Good scam huh Buddy? Should get into it!
Hey, don't get upset, I'm just telling you a story that I heard. It's an illustration if ya like, of what I'm talking about...
Maintain your sanity buddy, that's all I can say. Maintain OBJECTIVITY, it's the only way to survive. In my opinion for what it's worth, after being out there so long. ... I don't need anything more in my life than the truth."
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