Perils of the 'American' Mind

Perils of the ‘American’ Mind

Oh Lord, give me the strength to reveal in words what an intricate and scary place is the mind of the American as 2006 draws to a close.

For one who seeks truth beyond all things and longs for their own connection to the Source, they will find America a chaotic wilderness of barren philosophy. Most make every decision from their Ego; in other words they are concerned with merely their own desires. Their reckoning doesn’t include any but the most immediate of relatives. This is what is perpetuated as ‘family values’. As long as they have what they need, they care not for anyone outside of their sphere. Rushing to get their presents from Wal-Mart (made in China which is about to sink the US economy), wars in a foreign land are barely on their radar.

If you are minding your own life in peace, it will be just a matter of time before one of the ‘Americans’ crashes into you and one way or another starts to put pressure on you either subtly or overtly to become more like them. Understanding not the ways of faith, they assure you that your life would be much better if filled with a million stresses like theirs. ‘How could you be right when you put Faith above the dollar? Don’t you realize that money makes the world go ‘round? How can you have the luxury of looking at the stars while we are all out rushing to get nowhere? You need saving and for your own good we will do it by force if we must!’

Another of the amazing things is that with absolutely no study of the human condition they put their opinion not only equal to, but above someone who has actually spent their life in meditation and the pursuit of knowing as opposed to belief. (If you are in another country, I can tell you for certain that most any American feels vastly superior to you. At best they feel that you will ‘get it’ about the great American way eventually.) A person of real understanding goes so far past the masses, that they have no connecting point. Tao is not a belief system it is a way of life. It does not accommodate Americanism, or any other ‘ism’ for that matter. It is the truth that is right in front of your eyes. It needs no convincing or spin to be sustained.

I have no doubt that the truth seekers among you have difficulties with the ‘Americans’. They will push you and then if you tell them to back off and respect your divine right as a human, they will attack you as if you committed the act of aggression. ‘How dare you suggest that they don’t have the right to invade your space and push you in the direction of their own mind control! And to express your feelings instead of repressing them like the rest… Sheer blasphemy!!!’ You will be scorned, shunned, and avoided like the plague if you have the tenacity and wherewithal to remain with the truth and keep professing it come what may. This leads us to another point about the ‘Americans’.

Even if they don’t externally claim this as the case, all but the fewest of the few are completely Christianized. This has been a process cranking away for so long that it is practically coded in their DNA. This is why spirits from the East have traveled or incarnated in the West, to get a foothold for the ideas that could cure this madness. You must understand that if 9 out of 10 people in the room are Christian, even the one who is not will begin to shape their values around those of the other people. Thus, Christianity once removed. All the TV shows and the default national conversation mistakenly takes this as a given.

One thing both Republicans and Democrats can agree on is the glory of their savior Jesus Christ! Maybe they put that aside for a moment when they are taking money from the Jewish lobby, but then the Good Book can be the blanket they all wrap themselves up in and parade around to the masses. Try being a Zen monk in America sometime. It takes great Will and determination not to let them corrupt you. Unfortunately all the time you spend holding them back is time not spent being creative. If you relate to these words, bless you for all you are trying to do for Life. When we are all back on the astral plane we can have a big party to say, “I told you so.”

~Christopher Moors

12/16/2006