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Obsession Is The Same As Addiction....Examining The Habitual Life

If we live habitually - if we go through our day doing things and thinking things because "That's what we do" - we'll never be as healthy and happy as we could be.

Why would anyone want to do that anyway?

"The civilized people believe they have an obligation to bring primitive and underdeveloped people up to their level. Civilization, which is about to self-destruct, thinks of itself as the superior culture that has answers for all the world's people... The addict, truly, is a person who is emotionally dependent on things: television, substances, personality routines, other people, mental ideologies, total immersion in some cause or work. If the object of dependency is moved, addicts will experience insecurity, discomfort, distress, the symptoms of withdrawal." William H. Koetke, The Final Empire

The world is changing, whether we like it or not. There are forces working against normal everyday people and those forces count on us not to think out of the box. They count on us to live habitually and stay "Boxed In". There is no threat coming from a habitually boxed in person and when an entire population becomes dependent, the powers that be can basically do anything they like - with little or no opposition. If unchecked, this will end in the dissolution of freedom and put an end to the option of individual choice. The great addiction in the 21st century is dependence on government sponsorship.

What that means exactly is living a government approved lifestyle. The governments of the world today are the administrative arm for the policies of the powerful. Governments don't decide things - so why would anyone listen to them or consider them an authority on important issues - like what you should think, what to should eat, what type of medical care you "get to" choose or what is moral or ethical? If people aren't constantly questioning and reforming the way the world operates - They Are Living Habitually.

What was hidden is revealed. I have conversations with societally successful people all the time who are really not satisfied with life. That is Life in general. They aren't satisfied with what they do to earn a living. They aren't satisfied with the state of things, and the state of things always boils down to the things people are doing. They're not happy with the laws people have made, the way the social system operates and so on.

I can't imagine anyone in their right mind feeling good about "The State of Things Today". I guess some people have fooled themselves into believing that things will just work out on there own, but this is part of a habitual thinking process. There's certainly no evidence to support the notion that things will work out on there own. Nor is there any evidence to support a belief that "Someone" will fix things. Addiction to a belief is as serious as an addiction to alcohol. A belief could be defined as, "That for which sufficient evidence is not attainable". These beliefs can become obsessions and obsession is the same as addiction.

There is a large group of people addicted to the belief that the United States was established by God. Being Gods country - God will fix things. So far all evidence points to this being nothing more than a fairy tale. I've found that every problem known to man through out history ( which simply repeats itself) is a result of belief. To find out for yourself if this is true we might have to practice the principles used by addicts in recovery. These principles are open mindedness, willingness and honesty. These principles allow people to move outside there boxes. Out of habitual living.

Goofy Things Public Figures Have Said

I put this here so we can look at some of the things that people in positions of authority have said. This is just to point out that we ought never give credit to anyone simply because they hold a position or have a uniform. People are people...Some highly intelligent, some nutty as a fruitcake.

I hope I live to see the day when, as in the early days of our country, we won't have any public schools. The churches will have taken them over again and Christians will be running them. What a happy day that will be!
-- Rev. Jerry Falwell

Secular schools can never be tolerated because such a school has no religious instruction and a general moral instruction without a religious foundation is built on air; consequently, all character training and religion must be derived from faith.... We need believing people.
-- Adolf Hitler, April 26, 1933

"All for Jesus. All for Jesus. All for Jesus. All for Jesus,"
-- Republican Candidate Sam Brownback's stump speech in Iowa.

"Between science and God, I'll stick with God if the two are in conflict."
-- Republican Candidate Mike Huckabee

"Freedom requires religion."
-- Republican Candidate Mitt Romney

"I would probably have to say yes, that the Constitution established the United States of America as a Christian nation."
-- John McCain

"Just before us is a nuclear countdown with Iran, followed by the final battle: the battle of Armageddon . . . . The end of the world as we know it is rapidly approaching. Rejoice and be exceedingly glad. The best is yet to be."
-- Televangelist and McCain endorser John Hagee

"Americans must be 'Christocrats' -- citizens of both their country and the Kingdom of God"; "And that is not a democracy; that is a theocracy"; "That means God is in control, and you are not."
-- Televangelist and McCain supporter Rod Parsley

March 13, 2008 - Sam Brownback (R-KS) introduced S. Res. 483, a resolution "recognizing the first weekend of May 2008 as 'Ten Commandments Weekend,'" which has been referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee. The resolution has one co-sponsor -- Joe Lieberman.

"Our national leaders, are sending soldiers out on a task that is from God. That's what we have to make sure that we're praying for, that there is a plan and that that plan is God's plan."
--Sarah Palin, on the Iraq war

Our job is to reclaim America for Christ, whatever the cost. As the vice regents of God, we are to exercise godly dominion and influence over our neighborhoods, our schools, our government, our literature and arts, our sports arenas, our entertainment media, our news media, our scientific endeavors -- in short, over every aspect and institution of human society.
-- D. James Kennedy, Coral Ridge Ministries and Bush advisor.

"The really dangerous American fascist... is the man who wants to do in the United States in an American way what Hitler did in Germany in a Prussian way. The American fascist would prefer not to use violence. His method is to poison the channels of public information. With a fascist the problem is never how best to present the truth to the public but how best to use the news to deceive the public into giving the fascist and his group more money or more power... They claim to be super-patriots, but they would destroy every liberty guaranteed by the Constitution. They demand free enterprise, but are the spokesmen for monopoly and vested interest. Their final objective, toward which all their deceit is directed, is to capture political power so that, using the power of the state and the power of the market simultaneously, they may keep the common man in eternal subjection."
-- U.S. Vice President Henry A. Wallace, quoted in the New York Times, April 9, 1944

What did the Fascist regimes in Italy, Germany, and Spain have in common? They consisted of a highly militarized state, backed by corporation and a wealthy elite, that rose to power through a false populism that exploited the public's fear of foreigners and "moral degenerates".

This precisely defines the formula that Karl Rove designed to consolidate the Bush administration's power in the recent election.
--Sean Donahue, Nov. 2004

"When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag, carrying a cross."
- Sinclair Lewis

The World is divided into armed camps ready to commit genocide just because we can't agree on whose fairy tales to believe. In the end, Religion will kill us all.
-- Ed Krebs

With that I'd like to say, "Whoowee", there must be some sort of higher intelligent influence effecting the planet and somehow overriding the lunacy that seems to be rampant in the brains of politicians. Of course, they could all be lying; when aren't they?