Truth is one of many propositions used to hold together a system based on violence.
It is time to caution the reader—even the idea of individ- uality is a lie.
One day a middle class intellectual told me that the reli- gion I was born into was a fact. I asked myself, why did he say such a silly thing? Then I remembered that we were both born into the same religion. It served him to hold on to his traditions as it served me to let go of mine. He didn't like my attitude since it violated his notion of tradition. (Tradition is simply the metaphysics of bad habits.) He demanded that I believe in the sanctity of tradition since it gave him a sense of power over my irreverent attitude. More importantly it shored him up in his declining years. He is beginning to worry about how he lived his life.
Truths are simply fictions or metaphors created by trick- sters and illusionists to help control the interactions among animals who cannot overcome their desire to herd. Truth
can't exist for those who don't require lies.
Most herd animals do not even realize that they are herd animals. Most humans don't believe that they have ape bodies. Believing that they are not part of the herd, but individuals, is a "necessary" illusion, which keeps herd animals tame and quiet. This illusion was best served by the notion of democracy—the religion derived from the belief that people are "human" and because they are "human"
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they "think" rather than react. The only thing unique about most individuals are the statistics used to process them.
Some of you might be familiar with the story of how a Shepherd kept his flock of sheep from running away when they saw the butcher coming. He told each of them pri- vately that they were a lion. When they saw the butcher coming to slaughter a sheep none of them would panic or run. Instead, they would smile peacefully knowing that it wasn't them who the Shepherd would dine on tonight.
BE CAREFUL WHEN SEEKING HELP: A L L HEALERS ARE HERD ANIMALS
Any person seeking help is always helped back into the herd—although at the time he is being told he is becoming himself. Maybe he is?
Becoming yourself is a most frightening thing and there are few healers who can't be stopped in their tracks by something which truly offends them. When I was in prac- tice I sent devout Christians off to the Jungians. I could not stand their smell. I had a few who ran away as soon as they got a scent of me.
Even Gurus are not concerned with you. Most of them are concerned with supporting their system and expanding their influence and power.
Your worth or value is always determined by how you will benefit the herd. Thus, every society and every individ-
ual is always discriminating in its best interests—never yours. You will always lose even if the other person thinks
they are helping you. In the end you must be responsible for yourself even if you do not know who you are. Do not seek to know yourself because there is no self. If you observe yourself you will find this out. If what I said is true did Socrates lie when he said, 'Wo thy Self?"
Never be fooled by the herd-animal's mysticism or phi- losophy—they are always serving themselves first, but they are always disguising their interests by stating that they are
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serving you. Later they will punish you for what they are doing.
Being morally superior to the normal shepherd, I always serve myself as well as my herd. However, I love no one unconditionally. Those who require unconditional love should worship the dead. They want Zombie love.
The morality of the herd animal is always incomprehen- sible to a human being.
Now, think about what I just said: "The morality of the herd animal is always incomprehensible to a human being." Conversely, the "lack of morality," which means unmask- ing group fictions, horrifies the herd.
A herd animal requires consensus morality because he is not a master—nor can he be satisfied by anyone including himself. The herd animal is different in kind.
The danger the herd animal senses when he meets a true individual is real for him and the moralities he requires to contain his neighbor are necessary for him. But remember, necessity is never a virtue.
The herd animal is terrified—but he is horrifying in his pretense of being human. He can and will do anything to keep his safety—to pay the rent. Secretly he is proud of his cowardice—he believes he can survive at any cost—to you. This is the same behavior as the Nazis. The Nazi in the death camp was an ordinary man who was paying his rent and protecting his family. This fact alone horrifies the middle class since it uncovers who they really are—Nazis in the making. It doesn't take much to turn almost anyone into a Nazi.
Morality is nothing more than cocktail glasses clanking at a Christmas party. A l l "morality" is irresponsible and cow- ardly. It does not require independent thought or action or responsibility. Herd morality is for cowards.
The weaker we are the more we require someone to remind us that the present has been built on a logical devel- opment of "divine purposes" and "natural consequences."