I find Dr. Godwin's idea of "mind parasites," how they "work," and their pernicious effects on persons and societies extraordinarily illuminating.
I concur with Diamond's assessment: "When people like Alan Colmes spew out their insane accusations they are really just revealing what [is] in their own hearts."
RE: Mr. Colmes, the following observations come to mind:
People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character. We can only see what we are; if we misbehave, we suspect others. — Ralph Waldo EmersonPlus —
It will be generally found that those who sneer habitually at human nature are among its worst and least pleasant examples. — Charles DickensThank you ever so much, dear Matchett-PI, for the link to "Gagdad Bob's" outstanding article.
Cordially,
Thank you. I agree.
Here's more:
"....... anything that doesn't have its roots aloft in the divine life is essentially dead -- or undead is more like it, since it is the negation of Life, not its opposite. Our undead self consists of identification with various mind parasites, and it is from this pseudo-self "that we have to be rescued, or saved." Deliverance from this state is a kind of resurrection in this life.
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The local ego is "exteriority" as such. When you think about it, it's the only thing that is "outside" the cosmos. It is merely a kind of Darwinian adaptation to external circumstances, and is therefore largely a mirror of the environment. It is more or less exiled from spirit, and in need of deliverance, or salvation. This is why various cultures are so crazy, because they have no living relationship to the truth that transcends the quasi-animal ego. Ultimately they are just neurotic or psychotic collective adaptations to the ubiquitous problem of having a mind.
For example........"