Evil Magician
Recently, I overheard on the TV news that the search for WMD has been called off but that the administration was still committed to the cause. Well there it was the closest admission we will hear that they were lying. And they are committed... to continue the lies.
My first reaction was frustration, but not for the fact that we were lied to, for I felt we were lied to from the very beginning and continue to be, but for the people who continue to believe the lie. I find that even when presented with the objective truth it seems they refuse or cant see it. Maybe such conversations are wasted on them, maybe not. Ultimately it is free will that reigns.
Maybe the following story told to P.D. Ouspensky by Georges Gurdjieff, about an evil magician, can shed some light on this issue.
"There is an Eastern tale which speaks about a very rich magician who had a great many sheep. But at the same time this magician was very mean. He did not want to hire shepherds, nor did he want to erect a fence about the pasture where his sheep were grazing. The sheep consequently often wandered into the forest, fell into ravines, and so on, and above all they ran away, for they knew that the magician wanted their flesh and skins and this they did not like.
At last the magician found a remedy. He hypnotized his sheep and suggested to them first of all that they were immortal and that no harm was being done to them when they were skinned, that, on the contrary, it would be very good for them and even pleasant; secondly he suggestedthat the magician was a good master who loved his flock so much that he was ready to do anything in the world forthem; and in the third place he suggested to them that if anything at all were going to happen to them it was not going to happen just then, at any rate not that day, and therefore they had no need to think about it. Further the magician suggested to his sheep that they were not sheep at all; to some of them he suggested that they were lions, to others that they were eagles, to others that they were men, and to others that they were magicians. And after this all his cares and worries about the sheep came to an end. They never ran away again but quietly Awaited the time when the magician would require their flesh and skins.”
Ouspensky (Uspenskii), P.D., In Search of the Miraculous
Is this the true nature of our reality? Is it all an illusion? Are we all asleep?
I thought I would ask someone who's perspective of the world is viewed from about four feet off the ground. It happens to be someone who has no problem offering an opinion or two, or three, my 7 year old daughter. Her answers and questions will be the bases for future posts. So lets see where that takes us.
My first reaction was frustration, but not for the fact that we were lied to, for I felt we were lied to from the very beginning and continue to be, but for the people who continue to believe the lie. I find that even when presented with the objective truth it seems they refuse or cant see it. Maybe such conversations are wasted on them, maybe not. Ultimately it is free will that reigns.
Maybe the following story told to P.D. Ouspensky by Georges Gurdjieff, about an evil magician, can shed some light on this issue.
"There is an Eastern tale which speaks about a very rich magician who had a great many sheep. But at the same time this magician was very mean. He did not want to hire shepherds, nor did he want to erect a fence about the pasture where his sheep were grazing. The sheep consequently often wandered into the forest, fell into ravines, and so on, and above all they ran away, for they knew that the magician wanted their flesh and skins and this they did not like.
At last the magician found a remedy. He hypnotized his sheep and suggested to them first of all that they were immortal and that no harm was being done to them when they were skinned, that, on the contrary, it would be very good for them and even pleasant; secondly he suggestedthat the magician was a good master who loved his flock so much that he was ready to do anything in the world forthem; and in the third place he suggested to them that if anything at all were going to happen to them it was not going to happen just then, at any rate not that day, and therefore they had no need to think about it. Further the magician suggested to his sheep that they were not sheep at all; to some of them he suggested that they were lions, to others that they were eagles, to others that they were men, and to others that they were magicians. And after this all his cares and worries about the sheep came to an end. They never ran away again but quietly Awaited the time when the magician would require their flesh and skins.”
Ouspensky (Uspenskii), P.D., In Search of the Miraculous
Is this the true nature of our reality? Is it all an illusion? Are we all asleep?
I thought I would ask someone who's perspective of the world is viewed from about four feet off the ground. It happens to be someone who has no problem offering an opinion or two, or three, my 7 year old daughter. Her answers and questions will be the bases for future posts. So lets see where that takes us.
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