You give me first, and I'll give you later: The oldest trick in the world ...
Posted: Fri May 17, 2019 7:58 pm
that we fall for again and again and again. Couple that with the authoritarian/corporate conditioning that everyone must keep their commitments, and pay their debts, and you have the neverending spectacle of people expressing loyalty toward situations that have clearly become bad, and where they have not gotten the benefit of their bargain.
Never give something first based on a promise to get later.
How many presidential candidates promise to deliver if you vote for them, and never do? Again and again we vote for people who have no record of delivering on the kind of promises they make. On the other hand, if people had voted for Ralph Nader any of the number of times he ran for President, we all could have been sure he would deliver, because he had a record of delivering a mile long.
But when you get to the realm of mystery and magic in Tibet or any other cult, what could they possibly deliver, even if they wanted to? Some mirage composed of some fancy words that have no substance or reality at all? Meanwhile, you made yourself a slave to this system, forever.
Never trust anybody. Didn't even Trungpa say that? There is a tradition among professional tricksters to tell you first what they are going to do to you. But people always think they're talking about someone else, not themselves.
Never give something first based on a promise to get later.
How many presidential candidates promise to deliver if you vote for them, and never do? Again and again we vote for people who have no record of delivering on the kind of promises they make. On the other hand, if people had voted for Ralph Nader any of the number of times he ran for President, we all could have been sure he would deliver, because he had a record of delivering a mile long.
But when you get to the realm of mystery and magic in Tibet or any other cult, what could they possibly deliver, even if they wanted to? Some mirage composed of some fancy words that have no substance or reality at all? Meanwhile, you made yourself a slave to this system, forever.
Never trust anybody. Didn't even Trungpa say that? There is a tradition among professional tricksters to tell you first what they are going to do to you. But people always think they're talking about someone else, not themselves.