Lethos wrote:Having said that, I find the material on OPs deeply disturbing, and it would seem conducive to fear, paranoia, isolation and discrimination, all of which are very negative.
Well I don't see it that way at all. My knowledge of these types of people hasn't made me fearful or paranoid, and, I don't discriminate. Instead, I have the knowledge -- as well as personal proof from personal experience -- that there happen to be sociopaths and "empty shells" walking around in the world, and I use that knowledge to navigate my way through social interactions.
Example:
I find myself being sucked into a nonsensical argument with someone who isn't acting right. I recognize the situation for what it is - a nonsensical argument with someone who isn't right, and it's going to drain my energy and waste my time - and then I sidestep it. Bye bye! I don't play along, or get sucked in, as most people would who are uninformed. Most people are half asleep at the wheel and don't think before emotionally reacting to the world around them. Knowledge of "OP's", sociopaths, empty shells, whatever you choose to call them, causes one to hopefully be more alert to these things. You don't have to go around labeling everybody. Just learn to recognize screwball behavior which sucks your energy, time and resources.
And on the discrimination note, I personally don't go around labeling anybody an "OP". I helped write an article about it but personally don't like the term and never use it. If someone is acting like a nutty screwball, or is cold and manipulative, or emotionally unstable, there could be any number of reasons for this, one of which might be "OP". But we have no way to know for certain, and all we *do* know is that it's not someone we should be interacting with. Bye bye! That's not "discrimination." That's being smart. To continue to interact with negative, manipulative, sociopathic people is foolish, period.
Lethos wrote: the very idea of a manipulative self-serving human machine that uses the energy of others to mirror their higher functions seems completely untestable.
Untestable? All you have to do is open your eyes and look around at the world. If you've never met anybody, ever, at any point in your life who fits your above description then I think we must be living on two different planets. Can I come to your planet?? It sounds nicer than mine!
Lethos wrote: Not only that, but there are other apparent contradictions to the idea, such as sacrifice, which no such 'machine' would likely exhibit, unless it were to bring them a greater return at a later time. Yet I see people making sacrifices for others almost every day, and consider the financial and social sacrifices my own family made so that I could be educated and materially comfortable. These were significant sacrifies from which they gained nothing.
First off, I'm not sure in what context you mean by "machines"/OPs" sacrificing. Could you give an example for clarification? An example of an OP sacrificing something?
Secondly, yes people make sacrifices every day, including your family......but who said that those people are "OP's" ? Nobody said your family members were OPs. You're basically saying that the Montalk material has claimed that everybody on the planet is an OP, which the articles have never done, and then, are challenging this by finding exceptions to the "rule", such as your family, etc. So your statement is bad logic, incorrect and makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.
Lethos wrote: To imagine everyone, including aforementioned family as possible vampiric shells would send me into utter psychological collapse.
Nobody has ever said that "EVERYONE", including your family, is an OP. Where did you come up with that? Have you actually read any of the material on OPs? It doesn't sound like it.
Lethos wrote:There is also the fact that I have never encountered anyone incapable of discussing spriritual matters, even if they only claim that they can not know of such things, but do not deny their possibility.
And.....What does this have to do with anything? Again, nobody said that "everybody in the world is incapable of discussing spiritual matters." But I can say that for me personally, I *have* encountered people who were incapable of discussing such stuff. But to clarify, this doesn't mean they're an "OP", and the Montalk material has never tried to hint at such a thing.
Lethos wrote: How do those of you who have this belief justify it?
"Justify" is a loaded word implying that we're in the wrong and have to continually find ways to prove something which is false. Fact: There are people walking around in the world who act in ways so as to drain my personal energy and my valuable time. It has happened, and probably will continue to happen, as long as I'm alive. This doesn't need "justification", it just IS.
Lethos wrote:Also on a lighter note, is there any way of embiggening the forum font? I almost have to squint to make it out.
Eyeglasses?
By the way, there have already been several threads devoted to the topic of "Organic Portals" here at NR. You should probably do a search on the forum using the "Search" function to find the relevant threads which might be of help.
"Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "Holy shit ... what a ride!" - Anonymous
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