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To: Knighty Tin who wrote (245608)	6/14/2003 1:03:16 PM
From: Jeff Jordan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

(my book reviews) <g>APOCALYPSE NOW and Then? or Later?(jj) PRONOIA. The opposite of paranoia, pronoia is defined as the sneaking suspicion that the whole world is conspiring to shower you with blessings. (Terence McKenna had a slightly different angle on it: "I believe reality is a marvelous joke staged for my edification and amusement, and everybody is working very hard to make me happy.") The Book: the ultimate self- help book on pronoiac living. It's titled, "EXTREME PRONOIA: 888 Steps to Becoming an Aggressively Sensitive, Wildly Disciplined, Lyrically Logical, Ironically Sincere, Insanely Poised, Lustfully Compassionate Master of Rowdy Bliss." Here is how it begins. Beauty and truth fans, you don't have to struggle and slave for 15 years, as I did, to throw off your addiction to pop- nihilism. You can launch the first phase of the cold turkey cure right now. Simply carry out the following 13-step crash course in pronoiac reprogramming. Report on your adventures and results here. PRONOIA THERAPY FOR BEGINNERS 1. During an intense half-hour rant, complain and whine about everything that pains you. Get a sympathetic listener to be your receptacle if possible, or simply deliver your blast straight into the mirror. Having emptied all your psychic toxins in one neat ritual spew, you'll be able to luxuriate in rosy moods and relaxed visions for a while. 2. Locate or create a symbol of your own pain. Mail it to us at the Angst Incineration Crew, P.O. Box 150628, San Rafael, CA 94915, USA. We will then conduct a sacred ritual of purification during which we will burn that symbol to ash. While this may not banish your suffering entirely, it will provide a substantial amelioration which you will be able to feel the benefits of within a month. 3. Eat a pinch of dirt while affirming that you are ready to kill off one of your outworn shticks -- some idea or formula that has worked for you in the past but has now become a parody of itself. <g>4. Using crayons, paints, scissors, glue, collage materials or any other materials, create a piece of large-denomination paper money, good for making a payment on your karmic debt. (LOL, Look out F.O.M.C. Allen Greedspan-jj) 5. Kick your own ass 22 times. 6. Brag about yourself nonstop for 10 minutes. Record it so you can listen back to it later. 7. Perform a senseless act of altruism, for instance by giving an anonymous gift or providing some beauty or healing to a person who cannot do you any favors in return.( ? I do this all-the time?<g> And I'm a Republican) 8. Deliver a concentrated stream of praise about someone, either to that person herself or to anyone who will listen. Extra credit: Force yourself to think a kind and loving thought about someone you don't like or from whom you feel alienated. 9. Conjure up an imaginary friend and have an intimate conversation with him and her for at least 15 minutes. 10. Build an altar devoted to beauty, truth, and love in one of the ugliest places you know. 11. With a companion, watch a blank TV while making up a pronoiac story featuring plot twists that are rife with happiness, redemption, and good times -- yet not boring. You may either speak this tale aloud or write it down. 12. Compose and perform a ceremony in which you get married to yourself. 13. While making love, imagine that your physical pleasure is a carrier wave for a spiritual blessing which you beam in the direction of some person you know who needs a supercharged boost.(Replace OM with; O'God<g>-jj) <g> -=-=-=-=-=- If you fear change don't do anything.<g> I should write my own books<g> I don't see what you can learn from this book than you just learned from the outline? I think "mind control" by Jose silva may be a better read? BWTFDIK, I've only read the latter.<g> ~j -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Farmland Prices still rising, production costs up 4-5% I think I would like to get out of stocks and trade commodities but I don't have enough money. 2003 shows promise for U.S. agriculture ers.usda.gov

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (245608)	6/14/2003 2:44:50 PM
From: Oblomov	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

Insofar as Buffett or Gates actually create jobs and stimulate economic output, it would seem that they contribute a great deal more to the general social welfare than J6P, J3P, or J40oz. So why shouldn't their breaks be proportionally greater? Likewise, why should payroll taxes be levied at all on the lower middle class, and why should the affluent be allowed to collect Social Security benefits? We should be honest enough to admit that SS is just another transfer program, and there is nothing special about it, or Medicare for that matter.