[abigail2]

Because I never look at today through yesterday’s eyes, I perceive everything afresh, every day anew. It is as though I see everything and everyone for the very first time every day, as they are now. As I perceive things and people in each moment, I also do so without resentment—so that I discern without judging. There is love in such discernment. When you add resentment, however, you turn healthy discernment into unhealthy judgment, and you remain entangled with what is happening now, long after it has faded into the past and even from your conscious memory

This is such a great book. It was written by Roy Masters. He has been so demonized over the years. I believe that is because he understands how a whole nation can be duped...and has there ever been a better time to understand that than now...here in America? Read the preview linked above.

[abigail2]

I hope you like this book as well I do. The link above leads to a very good preview of the book... Roy has been demonized because the powers that are trying to take over the world, recognize that he has the key to breaking that worldly connection, that trance we are in that allows us to be intimidated, and seduced; and to reconnect us to that awake, aware and powerful connection with our creator. (Hope I explained myself ok...I feel kind of unqualified to talk like this. But I know its true)

[tedw]

Hmm. That is a very interesting preview you posted. I know that for much of my life I had resentment towards people for various things they had done to me. If that book helps people gain the ability to go thru life without resentment I am all for it. I am going to check out the link and read some more.

One thing for sure, there is not enough love in this world.

[tedw]

Hmm. That is a very interesting preview you posted. I know that for much of my life I had resentment towards people for various things they had done to me. If that book helps people gain the ability to go thru life without resentment I am all for it. I am going to check out the link and read some more.

One thing for sure, there is not enough love in this world.

[LearsFool]

How could an otherwise civilized society like Germany become so completely immersed in what appeared to be a madman leading a nation in a trance? This was no ordinary madness; trains ran on time, children went to school, the opera performed—the veneer of patriotic normalcy was everywhere

I believe "cognitive dissonance" explains much of this. Doing one thing and believing another creates a dissonance in the mind. The mind repels dissonance and seeks to harmonize action with belief. (Thus when the conscience bites, for instance, one has to choose between changing one's behavior or suppressing - and, over time, hardening - the conscience.)

Take our present situation: Our nation is being destroyed bit by bit, yet not all are suffering the effects. If you're living in the moment, not yet affected by the destruction, and still enjoying the prosperity that remains, then acknowledging that your country is being forcibly impoverished would create cognitive dissonance. How can you admit to yourself we're in a depression when you're driving a new car to a nice restaurant and having steak and lobster for dinner? The mind seeks to reconcile action and belief.

Or another example: Ever noticed that "preppers" and "survivalists" seem anxious for the poop to hit the prop? They've devoted a great deal of time, effort, and money to preparing for such an event, and now seek justification for it. And on the opposite side, those who have not prepared must argue that there is no need to do so.

Homer said, "The blade itself incites to violence." For, why have a blade (i.e. sword, knife, etc.) designed to do violence if you're not going to use it for its purpose? The mind demands justification for the purchase and possession of weapons.

The mind seeks harmony. It demands explanation, justification, rationalization for behavior. So (back to the original question) if you're not going to oppose the direction of the society around you, if you're going to go along as if everything is normal, your mind will tend to harmonize your beliefs with that action.

Salesmen, social manipulators, advertisers, self-help gurus, revolutionaries - they all know this: If you can get people to act, even just a little, you can change their beliefs. Why? Because the mind demands harmony between action and belief.

[andy58-in-nh]

I enjoyed reading that fascinating and compelling preview. Thanks for sharing it - I’m quite interested in reading the book.

[ConservativeDude]

Just reading this preview, and not yet the book, I must say that the problem any analysis of this sort that purports to be comprehensive, as it were, is that it sort of proves too much. The author’s system could also be yet another sort of hypnosis.

I suppose, for me, it comes back to this: only Jesus Christ can give us knowledge of the world, and ourselves, as it truly is. Only the Holy Spirit living inside us can allow us to discern anything beyond mundane truths. That would of course include living in love, and without resentment. But I think invoking “love” without Christ is another form of deception and self-worship, just more dog-chasing-tail.

All of the above hinges, of course, on the Bible being true since that is where we learn about Christ. It seems to me, personally, that the Bible IS true, and the more I experience of life, and the more I know about the world (through history, literature, and my own direct experience), the more that it seems to me that the Bible is the only thing that explains all of reality in a way that is satisfying.

All that said...I am very open to this book, and I might even buy it. There is almost nothing that I am not willing and eager to look at closely.

So thanks for posting. And I hope my comments above advance a good conversation, in the best traditions of FR....

[GOPJ]

Be mindful of resentment, because holding on to it deepens the programmed extremes of rebelling and conforming from which there is no way out other than letting go of the resentment that has always pulled you away from being poised in the present moment and instead locked you into emotional thinking about the past and the future. Letting go of resentment, then, would be as if you were saying quietly to yourself, without words, “Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.”

Powerful. There's wisdom in forgiveness that transcends it's simplicity.

[2bstill]

Thanks for posting this. I have heard so much about this book, its nice to know its available. I’ll read the preview now...

[all the best]

Thanks for the link. Appreciate it.

[geologist]

What is the title of this book? Roy Masters has written? ...

[geologist]

AH! The Hypnotic States of America. Sorry my bad. a bit slow this morning. Apologies ..

[ViLaLuz]

Thanks. I just happen to be at the library right now and will see if they have it.

[reformjoy]

Fantastic book! We are in a new age of manipulation, for sure!

Psychological Warfare is in full force: in our media,
in the schools, in our government.

It’s time to “Snap Out of It!” and return to God!!

Thanks to Roy for being a BRIGHT LIGHT!