EPISODE 216
The text is from a leading Presidential candidate, but it applies to two of them — two persons who are ideologically apart but have one main thing in common.
That main thing is: They are exposing the Cook’d Book of life, which is designed — “Signed, Sealed and Delivered” (S. Wonder) — to sign, seal and deliver YOU over to utter captivity and soullessness.
The New Testament is not a world-affirming document. On the contrary, it pits the human being against the world. Or rather, it posits the world as being against us. Our task, an impossible one without Help — “Help!” – The Beatles, 1965 — is to dodge the world. Kerouac wrote that we are born into this world in order to be saved from it.
The Cook’d Book of the world is not only true of political parties. It is true of institutions generally, job environments generally, schools and universities generally (which is why youth is eternally looking for the ‘Mr. Chips’-type altruist — one in a million), you name it.
I’m glad that Bernie and the other one are cutting to the nerve. Je repete: this is not about ideology, it’s about control. And this world’s control is not — I repeat, not — designed to enable and deliver. It is designed to suppress and captivate. LUV U!
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I loved this episode. “Cook’d books” crept into my vocabulary the rest of the weekend, though I couldn’t quite manage to say it with The Very Reverands tenor.
Paul:
This line stopped me in mid-stride while grass cutting this weekend: “The purpose of life is escaping from it with a soul that is free and not entirely and completely co-opted and ultimately destroyed and smashed by the malicious and actually aggressive powers of this world that attempt to destroy the creature that God has made, that is, you and me.” Had to stop/pause several times while typing it into my phone.
Would love to catch up next time you’re in town visiting David (who learned well from his father how to craft and deliver a powerful sermon). Our love to Mary.
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