John Griogair Bell's Blog

Tag: illusion

  • A preliminary initial Thelemic analysis of Stalkers, Trolls and Antagonists

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    My observation is this: stalkers, trolls and antagonists refuse to mind their own business and stop interfering with other people. Of course, they will say it is their Will to do what they do, but what they are really is a slave to their deep-seated emotional and psychological need for validation; and are not pursuing…

  • collision course

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    Fell in love then fell in hell I never wanted to feel like this so I wanted to never feel just another illusion I fell for again as down now as I was up then on collision course crashing into planets like comets

  • Tyranny of choice and illusion of choice

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    Both the tyranny of choice and the illusion of choice are example extremes of strategic conclusions to an enclosure initiated by someone tactically claiming to offer a framework of freedom while actually implementing a rigid proscription designed to interfere with the actual function of that freedom. This enclosure is enacted by deliberately obfuscating the difference…

  • Pay for play

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    I happened to be browsing a site, reading about an ironically expensive fountain pen, where an ad for Major League Soccer in Portland appeared, and was struck by the amusing and unfortunate illusion in the graphic that causes the S in MLS to appear as a dollar sign. The good news is that it’s only…