2001-9-27 13:19:00
The Dark Brothers had a meeting at the cusp of the New Age.
The Head Dark Brother spoke: We are leaving the age of superstition, devils with pitchforks and boogieman and entering an age of science, reason and technology. It seems to me that our approach at controlling the masses must take a new more sophisticated approach. Any suggestions?
Dark Brother #1: Perhaps we need to use more logic and reason then.
Dark Brother #2: But logic and reason leads to a true vision of reality and this could destroy our power.
Dark Brother #1: What are we to do then? This coming age of science and reason surely will not accept the fearful boogieman of the past.
Dark Brother #3: Yes, it is true that humanity is casting off some superstitions, but their attachment to illusion is sound. I propose that we have perhaps a greater opportunity today than any time in the past. We can just cut through the chase, avoid the fearful devil with the pitchfork, and flat out present our controlling philosophies to the people.
Dark Brother #1: That is a bold move, but do you think it will work?
Dark Brother #3: What have we got to lose? We have depended on the stupidity of humans before and succeeded, let's do it again.
Head Dark Brother: Our brother has a point. What have we got to lose? Let us make a list of the items we desire humanity to swallow and go for it. Any suggestions?
Dark Brother #1: How about: "There is no good or evil"?
Dark Brother #3: I don't know about that. The existence of good and evil is pretty obvious.
Dark Brother #2: No problem. I can present some sophistry so people will actually feel superior for believing this backward belief.
Head Dark Brother: That ought to be interesting. Any more suggestions?
Dark Brother #4: How about the idea that salvation is to escape from duality, or good and evil?
Dark Brother #1: That makes sense. If there is no good and evil then salvation could be equated with realizing this.
Dark Brother #3: If they swallow this let us present the doctrine that all people are good and are agents of love and God, even if one like Nero should arise again.
Head Dark Brother: I don't think we could have gotten by with that one even during the Middle Ages. The only way to get them to swallow something this outlandish is to convince them to suspend their power of discernment to the extent they will deny perception itself.
Dark Brother #2: I can handle this. We will mix judgment and discernment all in one idea and condemn the whole concept as evil before the people even though they do not believe in evil. (Laughter) Many already see judgment as evil so if we can alter or extend the meaning a bit then we can convince the people not to discern evil even in the most destructive tyrant.
Head Dark Brother: If you can do that then yes, we do have a chance of convincing at least some of humanity that all of our agents are really agents of love working on their behalf.
Dark Brother #4: I can help by popularizing the phrase that "Everything is as it should be." That way when we get our man in charge the people will not seek to remove him because they do not judge him.
Dark Brother #3: And if we can pull that off, we can then attack the forces of light and the people will just lie down and let us walk over them.
Dark Brother #2: And when we are walking over them they will think we are agents of love who are actually helping them.
(Laughter for about a minute)
Head Dark Brother (still chuckling): This is too much to hope for, but let's try it anyway. Even I don't think that people who have indoor plumbing can be so gullible, but I've been pleasantly surprised before.
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