Credit Cards ...Continued

Let us get back to the credit cards.

In the present context the Monster proceeds like this:

A new TV. Oh, that is nice. And of course I can pay for it. I have a good job. My car payment is only so much and the mortgage is the same amount. The school expenses will be less later on. So I can afford this.......

 

You see, all is made to look so easy for you before the problem or crime, or the purchase.

By the way when you are planning a crime (buying or taking on payments is no different) the monster debilitates your mind and brain power so that everything appears easy (in the wrong direction, of course) and plannable and avoidable and thwartable and you thingk you can do the perfect crime. It is only after the crime that the Monster runs away  and your sanity comes back and tells you what a mess you are in. So it looks easy to get the TV and then it is the new furniture and then the new rug and the list goes on... So basically the crime and charging on credit cards is essentially the same. When you see something, your mind is already made up for you. After that point you are merely a pawn and you energetically justify what you are going to do and have already decided. But the best part is that YOU think that you have decided something wheras the fact is that the Monster gained control of you and it has already decided that particular destruction for you since you are in its clutches and do not even know it. You may be a good Christian or Muslim or a Bhuddist or Jewish or whatever. It does not mattter, the Monster is neutral and it is going to get anybody and everybody as long as they are human and destroyable! If you doubt this analysis, you can test it next time you are buying something or any other activity and see how you convince yourself that you can do something when you really cannot. See the struggle inside you and see who is winning it. The Monster and not You! To defeat the Monster you need a different kind of fire power (and it is not will power or anyhitng the expersts are going to tell you), see infra.

I did warn you that this may be disturbing. By the way, it is the same Monster that also gets you to do other things like smoking and other addictions (eating disorders!). It creates the same struggle and soothes your danger sensibilites by consoling that it is not that bad. it will be alright and so on and then gets you to do what it wants you to do... Destruction! It does not know anyhting else and has no mercy! The 3 forces are all pervasive and at war ceaselessly! There is no exception to their rule and no matter what and who, everyhting is under their sway and they are ancient and modern and everything and very subtle. Let's give you some proof, if you need some.

Do you think you know what is happening when you are hungry? You claim authorship of the fact that you are hungry. But you see you are not in control of it. Your hunger is beyond your control just as your heart beat is. The Preserver wants you to eat and so the proper feeling is created within. You think that  your stomach is empty and you "feel" like eating. Think of a bad neighbourhood in your area. You feel "safe" during the day and not so safe at night. That is because the Preserver want s to save you but the Destroyer taunts you to be brave so you get hurt. This is what is going on in all of the subtleties all day and everyday and everywhere and it is timeless.

I coluld devote a whole volume to this since there are actually more than just the Destructive, Preserative and the Balancing Forces working within you. Of course all religions have some smattering of this and differ in their understanding of the nathre of forces we are caught up with. But his way of looking at things genrealizes the theories of religion and infact makes them more scientific since the 3 forces are identifieble whearas other religions are a matter of belief and faith. Of course we are not implyig that there is anything wrong with having a faith or belief. That is very controversial we would not want to ba part of that.

But a full discussion of forces at work in nature and in us is beyond the scope of what we are discussing here.

By now you can see why we get into debt and credit problems and infact any problem. This has to do with our very fundamental nature and the nature of Existence.

Let us not get into that at this point. At this point we will be satisfied with the analyses of the examples that we mentioned earlier.So what does this suggest? Just armed with the knowledge about how our "feelings" and propensities are impacted by external "forces" , we can have a better action plan and pay proper attenstion to all the forces that are impacting us. You can test it this way. Have you noticed how you felt about food when you were only thinking about going to lunch as opposed to actually seeing the food? Your seeing something has a major change in the onsloght of 'feelings' that you get when you actually see it. That is why there are so many video ads out there to impact you. That is how the Destroyer works! Now that you know how you are manipulated into your own problems let us consider examples and cases to steel ourseleves against any inroasds against us and also see what we could easily avoid. We will also look at many arguments that will show how we are better off without taking on problems. But remember the arguments are destroyed by the Monster very easily and are infact powerless against the arsenls that the Monster commands. In passing, if arguments and cost-benefit analyses were any weapons at all we would not have any smokers or substance abusers. These last know full well it is bad what they are addicted to but that is totally ineffective against the Monster. You need totally different weapons to fight the Monster. We differ in the degree of weaponry at our command to fight this Monster. Some have a lot, others have nothing. As you can see what we call an alcoholic is simply a person who has a very limited repertoire agains the Monster. How can you develop this repertore against the Monster? That I will need to devote another article to.

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