CXC

181. It is possible to process onself to complete honesty, but one will normally maintain belief in the prevailing “norm of experience,” (151) thus seldom if ever contradicting what the rest of us believe. It becomes a rare exception, then, that a person is ignorant/innocent of the prevailing norm. When it occurs, the word of that person wields nearly unlimited power and he may eat stones simply because he says they are bread.

182. We limit our perception of the universe and reduce it to simplest form. It is as if we sat listening to an orchestra playing a symphony and heard only the violins. Someone sitting next to us may hear only the drums. A third person hears only the horns. Each hears a true and honest portion of the symphony. But only a few people hear the complete composition.

183. While pulling the words we hear from other people apart to catch each individual strain of the music, we care not lose sight, or sound, of the entire symphony. (92, 131-133)

184. While each hears an honest portion of the symphony (182) none would be able to agree that the others were equally as valid in their interpretations. This creates political parties.

185. The obvious seldom is.

186. That the principles of coincidence are always in operation is not a reason to assume that every event is a significant coincidence. Significance is the key.

187. Science has indicated that a gaseous substance will expand to fill a vacuum. The same is true of networks and coincidence and relationships. To reduce it to practical terms, the trivial will expand to fill an empty relationship. Suddenly the speck of dust, the time of dinner, the pattern of the china, all loom up as being incredibly significant.

188. Another viable legal alternative to obedience (17) is malicious obedience. Unlike obedience, malicious obedience obeys the letter of the law and ignores its spirit. This is the foundation of the legal profession as it is not concerned with proving a person did or did not break the law, but is focused on finding a law that makes the behavior legal.

189. Malicious obedience is the most common form of civil disobedience in the modern world. It results in longer more defined and therefore narrower laws and in page upon volumes of written interpretations. This is as true in religion as it is in governance.

190. Malicious obedience is at least as old as the Bible (or rather its legendary sources).