Wednesday, February 19, 2014

FAIRYTALE GODS

   For more than fifty years, the minds of people have been saturated with fairytales:  from books, television, movies, music, and also from religion.
   People of all ages like fairytales because they always have happy endings.  They usually begin with Once upon a time, and conclude with:  And all the people lived happily ever after.
   Toddler minds are natural targets for fairytales, which can also be called bedtime stories.
   Is it possible that human minds can be conditioned to believe in fairytales for so many years that people will eventually believe that some people in real life are characters from fairytales?        
   Why is it that some people can arrive from seemingly out of nowhere and suddenly become national and even international stars, or celebrities?
   For example, Elvis Presley came from Tupelo, Mississippi, and, with little education and no musical training, he quickly became a household word, a national star, and an international celebrity.
   The Beatles came out of Liverpool, England, and, like Elvis, with little education and no musical training, they quickly became household names, national stars, and international celebrities.
   And suddenly, more and more people flooded the landscape from out of nowhere, and, with little education and with little or no musical training, quickly became household names, national stars, and international celebrities. 
   Barack Obama came from out of nowhere, and, with little attention given to his background, his biography, or his life's history, became President of the United States.
   What is there about some people who can grab the minds of people in a single day?  And how is it that many people---even millions---can suddenly be magnetized with strangers in a moment of time?
   Are fairytales a prelude to people and events that will come later, a type of psychological prophecy that mesmerizes the minds of people subconsciously, or subliminally? 
   Is it possible that images can be transferred to the minds of people through colorful characters and innocent stories, thus filling their imaginations with images that will be revealed to them, at a later time, in real people that they see with their eyes:  as if the character in a fairytale comes to life?
   Why did people weep and scream when they heard Elvis Presley and the Beatles sing on stage?
   Why have some people wept in the presence of a Barack Obama speech?
   Are these people fairytale gods, whom have come to life, and people identify with them as characters from previous knowledge from bedtime stories when they were children?
   Could there actually be a category of life that we could call living fairytales?  And people become the characters in fantasies? 
   We know that fairytales have happy endings; but the ending in living fairytales is always a tragedy.  For as a person becomes the leading player in a living fairytale, and people follow him as if he is an idol, or a god, he becomes the character; and the people, who follow him and adore him, also become characters in the same story.  The "star" player loses his own identity in exchange for the image that he is supposed to be:  then he becomes it.
   In religious fairytales, some men believe they are gods on earth and capable of forgiving sin; and the people who follow them believe they will go to heaven by keeping their eyes on these ministers and priests.
   Therefore in either situation, the "star" and the followers lose their souls because their eyes are fixated on people as their minds are believing in the illusions from living fairytales. 
   Is this what Jesus meant when He said:
      For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?  Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?  (Mark 8: 36-37)
  

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