I think that maybe I cheated fairly when I was so very young.
I found something before I was taught what it was.
I found it very simplistic and obvious.
However, I was to learn that nothing is permitted
which is simplistic and obvious.
Everything has a myriad of explanations
and reasons and rationales and justifications and … –
well, the list is as long as the number of books
and treatises about everything in the world.
Ah yes, the need for control is quite incredible.
As I knew the back eighty, I knew great simplicity.
I found the obvious.
External control did not exist.
Balance was everywhere and throughout everything.
I knew of the inner being without having to get permission
from the parent-teacher-preacher complex.
I knew of the inner being without having to present great explanations
for how I arrived at any given point – I was just there.
And if someone asked about this great simplistic place,
I could easily answer with
“if it is not obvious to you,
then I can not begin to explain it
in the voluminous logic you so require.”
The back eighty was dynamic.
The back eighty was dynamic because it was of the earth and the universe.
While the back eighty might provide a glimpse, the reality was dynamic.
The glimpse was always subject to interpretation for fun but not for real.
The back eighty was dynamic because no one had yet told me that it wasn’t.
The back eighty was the epitome of continuity because no one said it wasn’t.
The back eighty was the essence of spirituality because nothing external was involved.
The back eighty included because no one had told me I was not part of it.
The parent-teacher-preacher complex inducted me
as quickly as possible into the external world.
Country boys are sometimes hard to catch and tag.
The city kids already knew how to play basketball and compete,
and they already knew a lot of indoctrination.
There was no back eighty in the city so the only reference source
was that manufactured by the parent-teacher-preacher complex.
Because of my own experience, I thought everyone
had begun their lives in the back eighty.
The parent-teacher-preacher complex did not have to deal
with the back eighty in the city kids’ lifestyle
because it didn’t exist.
And as for me – well, let’s just say that every attempt was made
to deprogram me out of the back eighty.
All deprogramming or reprogramming is based upon lines of logic.
Logic is an absolute part of the Activities of Daily Living (ADL)
for societies, religion, and interpersonal relationships.
Intense logic is instilled in the individual very early on
for logic is the baseline of all control.
And so what do you believe??????
That would seem to depend entirely upon one’s indoctrination.
Those with a strong indoctrination are quick to respond in great depth.
Those who have changed from one belief to another
will still spew forth an equally strong indoctrination.
Those who know that their indoctrination is not working for them
will search for other answers
but only with things with a strong indoctrination.
It does become incredibly apparent
that a major part of the original indoctrination
is to insure that complicated indoctrination
is the only kind of acceptable indoctrination.
A thousand times over I have seen the simplistic concepts rejected.
And it is not truly that they are rejected,
but we are taught that only complicated logic can be accepted.
And so what do you believe??
The logic master’s of the world are great sales people.
Many of them do not realize that fact.
However, probably the single, most ridiculous aspect of the logic master’s game
is the fact that almost all of them
are trying to convince themselves – not you!!!!!
Logic masters are very external since logic is external.
In a world based upon power, money, politics, greed, and competition,
it does not take a schoolmarm from Devonshire
to see the obvious.
Or maybe it does.
And so what do you believe??
I have never found a religion that believes
in the simplistic principles of the back eighty.
There is always an agenda.
Control is such a major part of it all.
I have visited with my thesaurus friends
and any other word simply carries the same connotation.
Guilt and fear and duality and choices and the future and the past
and thousands of other parameters are everywhere.
Who’s to know?? Even science is taught the same way.
So what do you believe??
Well, shucky darns.
I like science simple.
No matter the intent of PhD logic,
the light bulb does go out
when the connection is broken on either side of the battery.
I like my philosophy simple – my writings attest to that.
My belief in a Higher Power is so very simple.
My belief in love involves loving, giving, caring, and sharing
and is so simple and straight forward
that most can not handle it.
I find that most of the world is deeply involved
in power, money, politics, greed, and competition
which reflects the need for control and complexity.
Even more interesting is that they hang on at all cost
even when it is so obvious
that it is not working in any way.
I tell people that I am just an old country boy walking the prairie.
People scoff at that remark.
They scoff because I am willing to stand tall
for that which I do believe.
The assumption is that anyone who walks tall
must have some great insight into great philosophies
and complex religions with a societal orientation.
And of course, that immediately means
power, money, politics, greed and competition.
And I will admit that every now and then
I do throw out a power bone to see
who gets instantly impressed – and then I walk away.
The back eighty was a simple place overwhelmed
with incredible intensity and such very deep spirituality
I know what I believe.
So what do you believe? Yup, that’s what I thought.
I wouldn’t normally ask, but your actions don’t match your words.