Lawrence R. Spencer's Blog, page 555
June 4, 2013
ART FOR ART’S SAKE
Pin It"Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to possess internal order, and that is why, though I don't believe that only art matters, I do believe in Art for Art's sake."
-- E. M. Forster, British novelist (1879 - 1970)
English novelist, short story writer, essayist and librettist. He is known best for his ironic and well-plotted novels examining class difference and hypocrisy in early 20th-century British society. Forster's humanistic impulse toward understanding and sympathy may be aptly summed up in the epigraph to his 1910 novel Howards End: "Only connect … ". His 1908 novel, A Room with a View, is his most optimistic work, while A Passage to India (1924) brought him his greatest success.
June 3, 2013
June 2, 2013
IS-BE
"Personally, it is my conviction that all sentient beings are immortal spiritual beings. This includes human beings. For the sake of accuracy and simplicity I will use a made-up word: "IS-BE". Because the primary nature of an immortal being is that they live in a timeless state of "is", and the only reason for their existence is that they decide to "be".
-- Excerpt from the interview transcripts published in the book Alien Interview.
June 1, 2013
OVER AND OVER AGAIN
"Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."
Albert Einstein (attributed)
May 31, 2013
May 30, 2013
DIVINE DISOBEDIENCE
Pin ItDIVINE DISOBEDIENCE CREATES FREEDOM!
obe·di·ent
adjective \-ənt\
: submissive to the restraint or command of authority : willing to obey
di·vine
adjective
: possessing the characteristics, or creative abilities of a god or immortal spiritual being.
free
adjective
: exempt from external authority, interference, restriction, etc., as a person or one's will, thought, choice, action, etc.; independent; unrestricted.
cre·ate
verb (used with object)
: to cause to come into being, as something unique that would not naturally evolve or that is not made by ordinary processes.
May 28, 2013
May 26, 2013
SHARE WATER
Stranger in a Strange Land is a 1961 satirical science fiction novel by American author Robert A. Heinlein. It tells the story of Valentine Michael Smith, a human who comes to Earth in early adulthood after being born on the planet Mars and raised by Martians. The novel explores his interaction with—and eventual transformation of—terrestrial culture. The title is an allusion to the phrase in Exodus 2:22. According to Heinlein, the novel's working title was The Heretic. Several later editions of the book have promoted it as "The most famous Science Fiction Novel ever written". Heinlein got the idea for the novel when he and his wife had some brainstorming one evening in 1948, and she suggested a new version of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book, where a human child is raised by Martians instead of wolves. He decided to go further with the idea, and worked on the story on and off for more than a decade before it was complete. In 1962, this version received the Hugo Award for Best Novel. The book was a success from the start. Eventually Stranger in a Strange Land became a cult classic.
May 24, 2013
THE BIG BLEEP! New Audiobook
Pin ItUse this link to Download your copy of THE BIG BLEEP Audiobook:
http://www.audible.com/pd/ref=sr_1_1?asin=B00CX71I1S&qid=1369380157&sr=1-1
May 23, 2013
START YOUR OWN CULT IN 7 EASY STEPS
Pin ItIt can be easily observed throughout the Entire History Earth that ALL religions or cults (same thing) are a very BIG and Basic part of the planetary prison system we call Earth! Religions ensures that the “parishioners” or “prisoners” (same thing) remain INSIDE the prison, and do not KNOW that they ARE inside a prison.
There have been many, many THOUSANDS of deities and religions in the short history of human civilization on Earth. Religions and cults have similar fundamental characteristics. So, if you are thinking about starting your OWN religion or cult (same thing), as so many really weird, self-appointed "prophets" have done before, here are the basic things you will need provide for your "followers" or sheep with a realistic religious cult experience:
1) Invent a “deity” or “divine principle” that is ineffable, intangible and improvable. Don't use your own name or face...it's too easy to prove you are NOT divine.
2) Write some Dogma. A system of beliefs, superstitions, mythologies, rituals, trials, recitals, indoctrination, secret rites or “acceptable behaviors” you must agree to swallow and follow. Write a The Book of Your Dogma , or, you can just make it up as you go along, or both.
3) Recruit some Priests. You must have a bunch of Priests who tell what the "followers" what they CAN think and what they CAN NOT think.
4) Start an organization that demands money, (lots of money) obedience, faith, loyalty to the Dogma and to the Priests or to the deity, or both.
5) Set up a “toll both” or “gate” (cashier or collection agent, or bag man, or sales team, etc.) through which the “faithful” must pass in order to enter into a state or place variously called heaven, nirvana, immortality, paradise, the "afterlife", the promised land, shangri-la, blah, blah, blah, blah.... (You can make up a name for your own place or state of being.) However, the "followers" must PAY AND OBEY the Priests to get there!
(Of course, you know that NONE of the Priests have ever actually BEEN to heaven, nirvana, etc.. So, they must become good liars and keep a straight face when they claim that such a place exists! Just ask any Priest this question: "HAVE YOU EVER PERSONALLY BEEN TO HEAVEN, etc..? You already know the answer.....
6) ONLY the Priests may communicate directly to this unknowable deity on behalf of the followers, and only AFTER they PAY to do so!
7) If the "followers" do not PAY AND OBEY the priests or do not BELIEVE in the deity or dogma, the priests must attack them, tell all the other "prisoners" to attack , excommunicate them, punish them, and/or kill them... or ALL of the above.
There are a few religions that are nothing more than social clubs for poor people that organize sing-a longs, and charity fund-raising pot-luck dinners and bake sales. I recommend these if you like to sing and if you want to eat a lot of free or cheap, home-cooked, high-carbohydrate foods and sugary deserts! And, they are easy to get started on a part-time basis and to maintain on a small budget. Most small towns in American has dozens of them!
