Theos-Talk Archives (August 1999 Message tt00087)

Oh lordy, I can't resist this.

<< What exactly are the entities of darkness (evil)?
 
My in-laws.

 Where did they come from?
 
some rock which they slithered out from under.

 Do they have freewill, and therefor the ability to turn toward the
 divine?
 
The wouldn't know will of any kind if it fell on them.

 What is it, in me or anyone else, that opted to turn my life from bad
 to good?
 
Why would you want to?  Sounds boring.  I've never performed a good act that 
I did not ultimately regret nor an evil act that I did not enjoy.

 What is the will?

A combination of desire and ability to act.
 
 Is it bad to undergo past-life regression hypnotherapy?
 
nothing is bad.

 Is sex outside of lifelong commitment wrong?

no.  I waited until I was near 50 to get married and you may be reasonably 
certain that I wasn't playing tiddly-winks all that time.  I never had an 
affair that I regretted.  They were all great fun.
 
 Love (human) has its joys and sorrows, the Love of the Adept seems to
 be objectional and painless.  Is the first to be embraced or shunned? 
 The general love for someone else, without personal attachment, is this
 the closest I have come to the love of the Adept?  If not, then give me
 a real life, laymen incarnation example of something similair.
 
The Adepts are in serious need of professional counseling.  No one in his or 
her right mind worries about such things.

 If the universe gives us knowledge only when we are ready for it, then
 why even try to understand?  The information and processing will take
 place when it's time.

If we waited for the universe we would still be living in caves.  Knowledge 
is there to be taken and if the universe doesn't like it, too bad for the 
universe.

 
 Does anyone feel like they almost have a grasp of what's happening,
 like you are just barely able to look over the wall of the secret
 garden, and you've even seen some little peeks, but not the whole thing
 at once?

Lots of people feel it.  They are, of course, all wrong.

 
 Are any of you actually helping anyone in this life?
 
I don't know.  I really don't care.

 Do you do your best to only think good thoughts?

I NEVER try to think good thoughts.  Goodness is boring.

 
 Are you real with yourself, or is this just another thing you do to try
 and prove meaning and position in a mixed-up world?
 
I never waste my time with such things.

 How many of us are wealthy?

Not yet.  Still working on it.

 
 Do you spend more time with your computer than with actual people
 (outside of work)?
 
Unfortunately no.

 Do you have mood swings, and have you ever been a religious zealot, and
 what does that mean about you?
 
Everyone has mood swings.  Nope, never had a religious bone in my body.  It 
means I have never been afflicted with temporal lobe epilepsy, which is the 
cause of religious experience.

 Do you really know anything?

Oh, lots of things.  I know that worrying if I really know what I'm worrying 
about knowing will give me a bad headache.


 Chuck the Heretic

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