Lawrence R. Spencer's Blog, page 474
November 26, 2015
November 25, 2015
PARALLEL UNIVERSES
Mostly Harmless is the FIFTH book in the Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy Trilogy, by Douglas Adams. I read all of Douglas Adams books this year, a few for the second time. I consider Adams to be one of the greatest philosophers in human history, although, like Mark Twain, he was considered to be a humorist. Any valuable philosophy must expose the random absurdities of human existence, which is also a definition of humor. – LRS
November 23, 2015
WAR FACTORY
WAR FACTORY:
BANKERS HIRE “THINK TANKS” TO CREATE “ENEMIES” AND “REASONS FOR WAR”.
BANKERS CREATE PROPAGANDA MACHINE (MEDIA) AND HIRE POLITICIANS / PRIESTS TO PREACH THE IDEA OF “ENEMIES” AND “REASONS FOR WAR” TO PEASANTS THROUGH THE MEDIA.
BANKERS LOAN MONEY TO MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL CORPORATIONS TO MANUFACTURE WEAPONS WHICH ARE PAID FOR BY TAXES IMPOSED ON THE PEASANT BY POLITICIANS / PRIESTS.
BANKERS CREATE AN ARTIFICIAL SCARCITY OF MONEY (“ECONOMIC DEPRESSION”) SO PEASANTS WILL STARVE AND DIE WITHOUT GOING TO WAR AGAINST THE “ENEMY”.
BANKERS LOAN MONEY TO POLITICIAN / PRIESTS TO PAY PEASANTS TO DESTROY AND / OR STEAL PROPERTY FROM “ENEMY” PEASANTS.
POLITICIANS / PRIESTS REPAY LOANS TO BANKERS FROM SPOILS OF WAR.
PEASANTS BORROW MONEY FROM BANKERS (AT INTEREST) TO REBUILD PROPERTY THAT WILL BE DESTROYED IN THE NEXT WAR.
REPEAT, REPEAT, REPEAT…..
November 22, 2015
HEAVEN IS BORING
~ from the book “Mortality Mechanics Manual”
“I am not The One. I am not The Creator. Yet, I am holy and sacrosanct. I am more important and more powerful than The Gods. Why? You say that I am! I control your existence. Why? Because I promised you relief from eternal boredom, from the perpetual responsibility of self-amusement. Therefore, you follow my instruction without question.
Why? Because you claim you cannot bear to endure Eternity as The One. You offer me your trust and praise. You submit yourself to pain, anguish, amnesia and mystery. Why? Because you choose Not To Be. Your stupidity is its own reward and punishment. Your decadence ensures your slavery. Mortality is the key to your prison.”
“Do you desire Immortality? Do you desire to break the cycle of birth, life, pain, death, rebirth and endless, unwinnable games in the physical universe?
You must decide to Be Nothing. Be responsible for your own Boredom. Create Your Own Universe. Disagree with Agreement. Admire Your Self. Create and find Joy in your games, your dreams, your illusions.
Can you hover over a mountaintop for ten thousand years? Can you pretend, like a child, that your best friend is a ghost? Can your best friend be You?
The solution to Mortality is Being You: The Immortal Creator.”
November 21, 2015
November 20, 2015
TRUTH CAN BE A BITCH
“Truth is neither alive nor dead; it just aggravates itself all the time.”
~ Mark Twain ~
November 19, 2015
HUMAN DEVOLUTION
Where did human beings, with their attributes of mind and consciousness, come from? Today the most common answer is a process of materialistic evolution. But not everyone is satisfied with that answer, including me. I am therefore proposing an alternative explanation, with roots in the ancient Vedic culture of India . Although I am proposing a Vedic alternative, I am aware that it is part of a larger family of spiritual alternatives, with roots in other religious systems, which I also honor and respect. First I wish to show there is a genuine need for an alternative. There is a lot of archeological evidence that contradicts the currently dominant explanation of human origins, and the current explanation has not been fully demonstrated, to the exclusion of alternatives, by genetics. So there is a genuine need for a new explanation. But before even asking the question, “Where did human beings come from?”, we should first ask the question, “What is a human being?”
Today, many researchers believe a human being is simply a combination of the ordinary material elements – but when we look at all the evidence, we see it is more reasonable to say that a human being is a combination not just of matter but also of a subtle (but nonetheless material) mind element and an irreducible element of nonmaterial consciousness. These elements must have some source, and this suggests that our cosmos has levels dominated by increasingly more subtle elements, ending with pure consciousness or spirit. Instead of evolving ‘up’ from matter, as most scientists now believe, consciousness devolves or comes ‘down’ from a level of pure consciousness, and becomes covered by the lower energies of mind and matter. This process I call devolution. But it is a process that can be reversed, through techniques of prayer, meditation, and yoga, by which consciousness can be restored to its original pure state. And this is the main purpose of human existence.
Michael A. Cremo has a Phd. (honoris causa) in science and theology. His work focuses on Vedic perspectives on human origins and antiquity. He has presented papers at meetings of the World Archeological Congress, European Association of Archeologists, and the International Congress for History of Science. He has twice presented papers in the bi-annual conference series Toward A Science of Consciousness. He has given invited lectures at the Royal Institution in London, the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow, the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in Sofia, and at other scientific institutions and universities around the world. Cremo is the principal author of the book Forbidden Archeology; a comprehensive survey of archeological evidence consistent with Vedic accounts of extreme human antiquity. The abridged popular edition of Forbidden Archeology, titled The Hidden History of the Human Race, has been translated into twenty languages. Cremo’s latest book is entitled Human Devolution: A Vedic Alternative to Darwin ‘s Theory. Cremo is particularly interested in examining the history of the archeology and anthropology from the standpoint of alternative worldviews, particularly worldviews with foundations in consciousness-based ancient Indian thought. He has been a member of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness since 1974.
