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meditation to mesmerize the poor desiccated Perceiver remains into
'believing' blatant lies—contradictions which no „living‟ Perceiver mode
would ever accept. And, as Western civilization „matures,‟ this Eastern
pseudo-thought finds footholds within our shores. We too are abandoning
logic. We also use our emotional status to suppress those who question our
„godness.‟
“But Lorin, how dare you criticize the religion of so many people.
Surely the comments you just made should be outlawed as hate literature.”
That reaction assumes that 'truth' is based in the opinions of people—if
enough individuals 'believe' something, then it must be 'true.' Meanwhile,
those who use Perceiver thought are eased gently and politely towards the
gas ovens.
The fundamental 'faith' of the western world today would probably be
tolerance: “Every person‟s beliefs must be accepted and respected.” In
other words, everyone is a god who defines his own Perceiver 'truth'—this
is certainly consistent with Buddhism. But, people can only define 'truth'
by mesmerizing their Perceiver observers. Therefore, tolerance is utterly
intolerant of an awake Perceiver observer. This means that, like Eastern
mysticism, tolerance hates me simply because I was born a Perceiver
person. That also is racist and genocidal.A
How should I as a Perceiver person respond? I cannot protect myself
with force, for then I would also attack Perceiver thought. Instead, I
respond with logic and understanding; I point out inconsistencies, and I
describe consequences. Hence, this book.
Learning Lessons ‘Fractally’
How then does one learn to „fly‟ without destroying Perceiver thought
through universal identification? I suggest that the answer lies in fractal
thinking and learning. In order to understand this, we will look first at what
it means to learn lessons fractally, and then I will show that this is
equivalent to Teacher „flying.‟
The normal way of living is to approach each situation as an isolated
event, unrelated to other experiences. For instance, I go to school among
other things to learn about mathematics, French and economics. Then I go
home and work on my car until it is time for me to take my piano lesson.
Once that is finished, I practice baseball with my friends. Each item is an
individual learning episode which does not impinge upon other events. As
a result, learning in one topic has little or no effect upon learning in any
other area.
A We will see later that the Perceiver person is not the only individual to
suffer under institutionalized emotional 'truth'; he is merely the first.
Eventually, everyone is mistreated.