Episode 1307: Outwitting the Devil

Full Metal Ox Day 1242
Wednesday 24, July 2024
Apocalypse Year Episode 1307

Outwitting the Devil
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I've learned a lot from Alan Watts, who was dead before I'd ever heard of him. I can't even remember how I came across his recordings. Certainly it was this century as they began appearing on YouTube. Watts lectured a lot on Zen Philosophy. I liked the concept, adopted what worked, and weaved it into what I call Vagabond Philosophy. Friends familiar with eastern philosophies have told me, back before I knew what it was, that I had a little bit of Zen in me.
It's an acquired behavior.
Outwitting the Devil actually comes from Napoleon Hill, who's the father of what he called, the Philosophy of Success. He wrote a book by that title. No telling whether Hill was familiar with Goethe's "Faust" (who sold his soul to the devil) or not.
Anyway, in one of Alan Watts' lectures he warned against letting the devil know what your plans are, because he'll surely try to disrupt them. The imagery is, if you have a bad habit, you're surely in the devil's clutches. If you warn him that you intend to break away, he'll be prepared and make it difficult for you. Where as, when you make an instant spontaneous move, your chances of success are better.
I don't often make long range plans to change. I decide... then do, or don't do moments later. This series grew out of such spontaneous actions, somewhere in... could be as early as 2006? (I made my first digital video in 2003 before there was anywhere to post it.)
We have some simulation strategies for controlling perception & reaction in the simulation if you're so inclined.
It's Workout Wednesday and we're in the park. We're tracking and checking our weight again as usual. That should wrap things up. No politrix today. I was thinking of something like Hoe's & Hillbillies, because I know Kamala's party-past and Willie Brown will catch up with her and be on display. It's unnecessary, but it will happen because some people can only communicate on that level.
Joy "fake assassination attempt" Reed, is going down the AJ conspiracy road, but isn't likely to get hit with a $1 billion truth tax. Anyway, I hear she's dedicating "her show" (not like the propagandists at MSNBC have anything to do with it) on "exposing" Project 2025 to her flock.
Looks like Kamala and Hillary are BFFs now. We fully expect Kamala to be President by the time of the Democratic Convention, and Hillary will be Veep because it will make herstory [sic]. The six months that America was ruled by women.
Nope. No politrixs in the episode, but you can find some forecasting right here.
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