September 1, 2009

  • Picture Worth 1000 Words

    When writing recently about my reading experiences with Ian Kershaw's Hitler biography, I commented to someone that what stood out most to me was the complete and absurd banality of the whole thing, and the fact that quite clearly Hitler had absolutely nothing to offer, but always managed to manipulate people into all or nothing choices, in which he bamboozled them into thinking there was actually something in his empty hand, not to mention the fact that really both his hands were empty. All of this came into real focus for me in how he managed to completely manipulate the army, which had been quite an independent institution, with a certain pride and professionalism, but he managed again and again to get them on his side to an almost incredible degree, or at least not object, even while his choices at times were bereft of common sense from the professional military standpoint.

    Today friend sent me this picture, which kind of says it all.

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  • ·         A Course In Miracles, Workbook, Part 1 Lesson 1: 'Nothing I see in this room [on this street, from this window, in this place] means anything': This cat does not mean anything.

     

  • Your article is herewith edited for you, with apologies (  ): "When looking yet once again at the ego thought system with Jesus, I commented to him that what stood out most to me was the complete and absurd banality of the whole thing, and the fact that quite clearly the ego had absolutely nothing to offer God’s Son, but managed to manipulate us into an all-or-nothing choice, in which it bamboozled us into thinking there was actually something in its empty hand, not to mention the fact that really both its hands were empty. All of this came into real focus for me in how the ego manages time and time again to completely manipulate us (whose home had been a perfectly joyous and blissful state of oneness and wholeness) with a certain pride and arrogance, but it manages again and again to get us on its side to an almost incredible degree, or at least not object, even while the ego’s choices are completely bereft of common sense from the Holy Spirit’s standpoint." With the addition: "Its case seemed to be fool-proof there for a while, but fortunately, as it turns out, it’s not God-proof."  

  • Amen. I was visualizing the old trick of letting a child guess in which hand you have something, and I suddenly saw the ego's proposition as being that not only was the empty hand empty, but the "something" in the other hand was worthless too. So we're not looking for "another way" until we start seeing through that.

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