Anarchistbanjo's World

This is the first point to understand about chaos theory. There is a place for everything. All viewpoints and all beliefs are valid and must be treated as such. Conflicting beliefs and data do not really conflict, they only seem to.

When any conflict occurs the viewpoint is not broad enough to see the entire picture. We must be able to affirm everything!

Here are a few examples:

“I agree with everything that you just said.”

“I agree that you know what you are talking about.”

“I’m sure that you believe what you are saying”

“I hear what you are saying to me.”

“Oh, were you talking to me?”

As you can see there are very many levels of credibility at which one can affirm something. This may seem like wordplay or stupidity but it is very important. If you can believe that all inputs are valid you will automatically be more tolerant of others and strive to understand their own unique perspective. You will begin the process of unification

You will begin to mentally order things according to levels of credibility and start to think for yourself. As you look around the self-evident truths will stand out screaming for your attention while superstitions and absurdities will take the lower levels where they belong.

With the discovery of each new self-evident truth, a strong feeling of freedom and excitement builds within us. Each shackle we loosen gives us new power and energy. Each concept we are exposed to stretches our minds and once stretched it can never go back to a smaller view.

This is particularly true in the area of parapsychology and metaphysics where everything is so subjective. How is it possible to know what is true and what is wishful thinking? Does magic work? Are miracles possible? Do ghosts really exist and if they do can they hurt me?

These and other questions make our head spin and lead us often to the very doors of chaos itself, not to mention possible hallucinations and psychotic breaks. Let’s be honest here. Many magical traditions make a point that such study is not for the emotionally or mentally troubled. In fact, they encourage counseling and therapy as a supplement to their own studies.

Relax! This trip is not going to be an acid trip. The whole purpose is to merge these subjective areas to hard science and hopefully gain a more realistic perspective that allows us to live the kind of life that we want to live.