Posted on 05/19/2011 9:32:25 AM PDT by abigail2
Born in London in 1928 of Jewish heritage, I grew up during the Second World War and knew that members of my extended family were murdered in the Holocaust. The puzzlement at how this could happen affected me from my earliest years.
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 and yet the people fought to the death for the beast from the pit. Hitler might have enveloped the entire world had he and his minions not been conquered by force—and recall that beating him was very difficult even with the combined efforts of the most powerful countries in the world. How could the German people ignore or allow the atrocities taking place directly in front of them?
There just had to be some kind of counter-hypnotic system, I pondered as a young man, perhaps what religious people called faith, or listening to one’s conscience, necessitating no other lawgiver. Something common to all humanity just had to be the guiding light and the “lamp unto our feet.” However, this being so, how did we get lost and how might we be found again? It didn’t take me long to realize that there were powerful religious and political forces that never wanted us to find that kind of freedom from the power they have held for thousands of years. Most puzzling was that entangled people tended to be loyal to their corrupters. Like dope addicts with their pushers, most people held fast to their systems, stubbornly defending what they thought of as themselves, which was in reality........
(Excerpt) Read more at fhu.com ...
Well of course I am conservative. I was writing about the mad ones, the annoyed conservatives for which there are plenty.
Yes, but Jesus is represented in the holy spirit within us and it is it that cleans us and makes us sinless eventually. Takes time with most people.
Nice cover! He’s the man...that God sent to jump start our freedom from sin.
I am not the Meatloaf. My name was already taken when I registered and I’d been to a concert ... therefore meatloaf with a small m.
Ok good to hear that! I’m not sure I get the connection between meatloaf and a concert~ LOL Nice to meat you.
This book is going to help change America back to her greatness...
It was a Meatloaf concert.
I ordered three copies of this book a couple of days ago. One for hubby and I, and a copy each for our two daughters and our son-in-laws. I expect this book to be the best thing ever to come from Roy Masters. He’s more than “onto something” with it because it’s obvious to me that in this modern world we are all stressed into being on “auto pilot.”
Thanks for the link. Appreciate it.
Hi, that is great. Do you do his meditation exercise?
You’re welcome.
Americans are hypnotized to one degree or another and it is irritations that motivate, that is the fuel of that happiness robbing hypnosis.
What is the title of this book? Roy Masters has written? ...
AH! The Hypnotic States of America. Sorry my bad. a bit slow this morning. Apologies ..
Thats ok, good morning....I am going to start my vacation for real today! LOL
Molon Labe!
Yes, I do use the mental-observational, “meditation” at least twice a day, and have been committed to doing so for a couple of years, though shamefully I didn’t commit for a few decades of supporting the FHU financially! Pitiful example of hypocrisy, wasn’t it?
I hope to pick-up a copy of the Readers Digest to see how the full-page ad is worded and the book, presented. Have any of you seen it, yet?
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