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A Disturbance in the Force
I would agree. As far as this 'love is all you need' nonsense, I will quote Henry from an earlier thread on which a person who is no longer allowed on this forum repeated ad-nauseam certain 'newage ideas about 'love and light' and gurus and such.hoangmphung said:This thread has evolved into something else. I smell something fishy. Can I say trolls...?
Thus, if Tellytell is sincere about staying on this forum as a member and not just as Christophera's backup - then he needs to do some research on what we do here and what we are about.Henry said:There are certain questions where we have more or less made up our minds. It would take some substantial new data to have us rethink our positions. But if that data were shown to us, we would look at it. Trouble is, most people don't come here with data, they come here with their opinions. Opinions aren't worth a damn. If you want to know why, you can search on the subject in the forum.
There are certain teachings and ideas that we have, through our many, many years of research, been able to put in the box of disinformation. If someone comes here and starts putting forward those ideas, they will be asked to do the research necessary to understand why we have moved beyond those topics and why we don't talk about them any longer. They need to do the reading and research to understand what we have to say about it. Then, if they have some new data that we are not aware of, they are welcome to contribute, but if they want to rehash old topics that we have already been through, we don't have the time.
This is a forum for active and ongoing research. It isn't a debating society.
As far as this is concerned -
These people are not 'practicing ways that are fulfilling' - they are hypnotized - they are asleep -they are cogs in the machine - they are not creative, they are not alive in any real sense when their behavior is being determined by post-hypnotic suggestion. Some serious study of Gurdjieff's work is in order if you are to contribute sincerely to this forum. If you are not here to contribute sincerely then you are making noise.Christophera said:The interaction for them is practice with thinking in ways that are fulfilling and basing the feeling on successsful, functional interactions.
You are replacing one programming with another and here you admit it openly - thank you for at least doing that. Do not, however, attempt to convince us that these people are any more 'functional or fulfilled' after you are through with them then they were before - they are machines, they are asleep, they are programmed - period.Christophera said:I can't speak for anyone else but what I find objectionable is the fact that people are being programmed into murdering like machines rather than programmed to careful, compassionate and function in life. This is after living an addiction thinking their own free was in control and not semiotics taught for corporate profit through media mind control and conditioning.
It strikes me that this may be the fundamental difference in this conversation, between you and the majority of this forum - the majority of this forum is working VERY hard to wake up and remove ALL programming and you spend your life instilling more programming that you consider, subjectively, to be positive. You have hypnotized the sheep to think they are lions, kings, fulfilled or even 'in love' - yet they are still sheep and still food for the moon, as we all are until we remove ALL programming and wake up. Again, some serious study of Gurdjieff seems necessary if you are even vaguely sincere about contributing to this forum. If not, it is probably best you go elsewhere - which is actually fine, there are many forums on which your research and your work will be supported and valued, there is nothing wrong with that - but it is not the purpose of this forum.