THE GREAT SWINDLE
("The Cosmic Con Game")
CONTENTS
{ABSURDITY ALERT!}
Casing the Job
Introduction
The 'Set-Up'
The 'Shills'
-
The Grand Distractors
-
'I Am An Island'
[Oh Poor Me!]
Self-Pity
Inferiority / Superiority Complex
'Us' vs. 'Them'
[Nuclear Family = Nuclear War]
Basic Qualities
Nuclear Families
Extended Family
Welfare? / Therapy?
'Rugged' Pioneers
Good Neighbors
New Extended Families?
Nuclear War?
Arms Race
Hot Spots / Terrorism
Intra-National Contention
Class / Race / Religion
Acceptance of Theory as "fact"
[The Bible/Freud Tells Me So]
Introduction
Theories & Science in General
'Theory' Defined
'Science' Defined
Scientific Method
Scopes 'Monkey' Trial Revisited
Scientific Method as Systematic
Categorization / Classification
'Discovery' vs. Artificial Construct
Confusion?
So What?
'Infant' Hypotheses / 'Adult' Theories
Theory Senility
All
Theories
Tentative
Un vs Non-Scientific?
Specific Theories as Distractors
Evolution
[UpDate: Comet Shoemaker-Levy]
'Evolution' defined
Biological Evolution
Evolution Not Necessarily Darwinism
Darwinian 'Natural Selection'
Darwin Wrong!
'Species' Defined
The Function of Natural Selection
Breeding Competition
Resource Competition
Predation
The 'Missing Link'
Summary on 'Natural Selection'
Evidence Against Darwinism
No Evolution Today
Sudden Extinctions
Sudden Appearances
Mutation
Conclusion on Darwinism
Non - Darwinian Evolution
Geological Evolution
Uniformitarianism
Definition
Geological Uniformitarianism
Uniformitarianism & Natural Selection
Contradictory Approaches
Alternatives to Uniformitarian Evolution
Catastrophism
Velikovsky
Update
Biblical Creationism
'Big Bang'
The 'Red Shift'
Red Shift?
Need Red Shift = Doppler?
Red Shift & Relativity
Atoms & Nothingness
Gravity & Relativity
Geometry
Freud
Conclusion on Theories
The Need For Experts
[It's Not My Job]
The 'John Wayne' Syndrome
[I Am A Macho Island]
Vietnam War
Vietnam Vets' Double 'Whammy'
Distractors Combined = War
Gangs / Drunks / Wife-Beaters
Romantic "love"
[I Want You, Need You, Love You]
Occidental Mind-Set
Not the Only Mind-Set
Oriental Mind-Set
Earlier Occidental Mind-Set
'Falling' in "love"
Affair of the 'Heart'
Why Not Follow the Heart?
What is 'Love'?
LOVE
LOVE vs. "love"
"love"
Infatuation
Sex
Reproductive Drive
Pair Bonding
'Magnetism' / "love" at First Sight
Mind
is
The
Errogenous Zone
Romantic & Sexual Fantasies
Sexual Projection
Polarities
Gender a Matter of 'Plumbing'
Sexual 'Perversions'
Masturbation / Sex Education?
Romantic Attraction / Infatuation
FRIEND / friend
"lovers" & FRIENDS
Four Steps to FRIENDship
For the Children's Sake
FRIENDS & New Extended Families
Relationships
'Good' vs. 'Evil'
[The Devil Made Me Do It]
Polarities
Invincible Greed and Selfishness
[It's a 'Dog Eat Dog' World]
Deterrence by Force
Direct Force
Indirect Force
The Wrath of God
Cop of Conscience
Gambler's Odds
Enlightened Self-Restraint
Money/Power/Status
[Can't Buy Me LOVE]
Money
Basic Human Needs
Camel & Needle
Money & 'Evil'
Money & Wealth Defined
Value of Wealth
Price of Wealth
Seed of Happiness
Monetary System
Inflation
National Debt / Deficits
Economic Growth
Interest Rates
2003 Update
Summation on Money
Power / Status
Self Extrication
All a Matter of CHOICE
Economic Competition
[It's a 'Dog Eat Dog' world II]
Free Market Economy
Goal is Wealth - Not Production
Manipulation & Monopoly
Economic 'Phenomena'
Machiavelli
'Priming' The 'Mark'
Preface
Overview
IGNORANCE
Erroneous "knowing"
'Jumping' to Conclusions
BELIEFS vs.
KNOWLEDGE
Conceit of Self
'
Who? Little Ole Me?
'
Presidents & Popes
Spouses and Bullys
POWER of CHOICE
Simple UnAwareness
FEAR
The Unkown
Erroneous "knowing"
Playing the 'Game'
'
Who? Little Ole Me?
'
Self Doubt
'Laziness'
Apathy
Workaholics
The 'Sting'
The Personal 'Sting'
The Institutional 'Sting'
Overview / Caveat
Basic Social Institutions Involved
'Victims' Aren't 'Innocent'
Both 'Good' and Bad Apples
Swindlers Are Also Victims
Pointing Finger of 'Guilt'
The Shaman
[The Originator of the 'Con']
Actual Psychic Breakthrough
'Faking' It
Potions & Talismans
Natural & Supernatural
Supernatural Means Not Understood
Connotations of 'Supernatural'
Supernatural Beings
Manipulation of Supernatural Beings
Beginnings of Religion
Shaman's Monopoly on 'Magic'
The Modern Shaman
Mystics / Faith Healers
Fragmentation of Monopoly
The 'Expert'
[The Shaman's Modern Cousin]
The 'Set-Up'
Mixing the Fuel
Caveat
The Physician
Physician as Shaman
High Costs
Monopoly
Government Regulation
Physicians Set State Policies
Medical Schools
Fragmentation of Monopoly
Allopaths
Homeopaths
Osteopaths
Chiropractors
Naturopaths
Specialized Healers
Surgeons
Dentists / Podiatrists
Emerging / Marginal Healers
Acupuncture
Hypnotherapists & Others
Mystics & Faith Healers
Summary on Healing Arts
Displacement by Co-Conspirators (Insurance)
Big-Businessman
Politician
Prescription Drugs / Equipment
Other Experts
The Politician/Big-Businessman
[The Co-Conspirators]
The Lawyer
Lawyer as Shaman?
Dispute Resolution
The Adversary System
Other Systems
Inquisitorial System
'Local Elder' System
'No-Fault' Concept
Insurance Companies
The Judicial System
The Federal Judiciary
The Politician
The Great American Experiment
Recent Elections & The Swindle
1994 - Tom Foley
2000 - McCain & Nader
A 'Godly' Nation
The Big-Businessman
Corporations
The Stock Market
Conclusion
The 'King-Pin'
Victim as King-Pin
Process of Self-Victimization
The Swindle's Fuel: Self-Deception
Cultural Conditioning
The Swindle & Social Institutions Intertwined
The Atheist
Atheist as Swindler
Atheist as victim: The Path to Atheism
The Arrest
Overview
Primary Questions Re: Swindle
Threshhold Litanny
Personal vs Institutional 'Sting'
The Personal 'Sting'
Credibility
Intellect vs. 'Spirit'
Polarities
How
to Arrest The Swindle
Four Fundamental Elements
Actual King-Pin': BELIEFS - Not People
POWER OF CHOICE Hindered by IGNORANCE
The Enemy: IGNORANCE - Not the Ignorant
Humility vs
Erroneous "knowing"
Differing Yet Equal Perceptions
Limitations of Vantage Point
The 'Mountain' of Reality
Defective Perceptors
Inadequate Language
Language as Allegory & Symbol
CHOOSING a Reality View
A Non-Swindlous Reality View
Tenets of The Circle
The Message In a Nutshell
Esse
SELF / "self"
Macrocosm / Microcosm
Nexus
The Message of Jesus
Jesus as a Healer
Jesus & 'Miracles'
Buddha & Others
False Prophets?
Just One More Brand of Mysticism?
The Approach of The Circle
Chicken & Egg?
Enhancing Nexus
POWER of CHOICE
The Institutional 'Sting'
Credibility
Previous Non-Swindlous Attempts
FEAR is IGNORANCE
Reduction in IGNORANCE is Key
Appropriate Institution for Arrest
Government / Law
Political Reform?
Education
Private Business
Religion
Existing Religious Organizations
Scientology?
Support for Social 'Morality'?
Circle of Esse
Description
A Cult?
Can The Circle Succeed?
Beyond The Swindle
- The Circle of Esse -
Bibliography