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When you take life too seriously you start to wonder what the point of it all is. When you wonder what the point is in life, you fall into a trap of thinking there is one. When you think there is a point, you finally realize there is no point. And what point is there in living like that? Nowadays I skip the search for a point and find, instead, the punch lines.",4,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[29],{"id":30,"tag":31},5600538,{"id":32,"tag_name":33},3980,"fall",{"id":35,"quote_text":36,"author_id":5,"source_id":25,"has_image":18,"author":37,"source":38,"quote_tag":39,"commentary":9},2622434,"ZEN is MEDITATION. ARCHY is Social Order. ZENARCHY is the Social Order which springs from Meditation. As a doctrine, it holds Universal Enlightenment a prerequisite to abolition of the State, after which a State will inevitably vanish. 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Only a Pope may canonize a Saint, but every man, woman and child on this planet is a genuine and authorized Pope (genuine and authorized by the House of the Apostles of Eris). So you can ordain yourself - and anyone or anything else - a Saint.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[62],{"id":63,"tag":64},5600511,{"id":65,"tag_name":66},12821,"anyone",{"id":68,"quote_text":69,"author_id":5,"source_id":25,"has_image":18,"author":70,"source":71,"quote_tag":72,"commentary":9},2622410,"As for the Devil - that is somebody our religion tried to do without for a long time.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[73],{"id":74,"tag":75},5600498,{"id":76,"tag_name":77},51184,"long-time",{"id":79,"quote_text":80,"author_id":5,"source_id":25,"has_image":18,"author":81,"source":82,"quote_tag":83,"commentary":9},2622399,"Every few thousand years some shepard inhales smoke from a burning bush and has a vision or eats moldy rye bread in a cave and sees God.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[84],{"id":85,"tag":86},5600487,{"id":87,"tag_name":88},10338,"bread",{"id":90,"quote_text":91,"author_id":5,"source_id":25,"has_image":18,"author":92,"source":93,"quote_tag":94,"commentary":9},2622379,"Although a madman, Norton wrote letters to Abraham Lincoln and Queen Victoria which they took seriously.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[95],{"id":96,"tag":97},5600470,{"id":98,"tag_name":99},37734,"abraham",{"id":101,"quote_text":102,"author_id":5,"source_id":25,"has_image":18,"author":103,"source":104,"quote_tag":105,"commentary":9},2622361,"What we imagine is order is merely the prevailing form of chaos.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[106],{"id":107,"tag":108},5600451,{"id":109,"tag_name":110},357,"crazy",{"id":112,"quote_text":113,"author_id":5,"source_id":25,"has_image":18,"author":114,"source":115,"quote_tag":116,"commentary":117},2622340,"Organized religion preaches Order and Love but spawns Chaos and Fury. Why?",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],"**The Backstory**\nThis quote is attributed to Kerry Thornley, a friend and biographer of Lee Harvey Oswald, who later became a prominent figure in the counterculture movement of the 1960s. As a historian, I note that Thornley's life was marked by a deep-seated disillusionment with mainstream society, which he saw as hypocritical and oppressive. This quote likely reflects his experiences and observations during the tumultuous 1960s, a time of great social change and upheaval.\n\n**The Hidden Insight**\nThe quote reveals a profound paradox: that the very institutions and ideologies meant to promote order and love often produce chaos and fury instead. This is not a criticism of organized religion per se, but rather a commentary on the human tendency to project our darker impulses onto sacred texts and institutions, which then become instruments of control and oppression. Thornley is highlighting the tension between the idealized, spiritual goals of organized religion and its actual, often destructive, consequences.\n\n**How to Use This**\nTo apply this insight, consider the ways in which your own ideals and values may be compromised by the systems and institutions you create to serve them. Be aware of the unintended consequences of your actions, and be willing to challenge and adapt your approaches when they produce the opposite of their intended effects. By acknowledging and addressing these paradoxes, you can create more effective and humane solutions that align with your values.",{"currentPage":119,"totalPages":120,"totalItems":8,"itemsPerPage":121},1,2,10]