Institutional Deception
A lifetime of learning is the basis of our existence. We are given the time necessary to get from innocence to full maturity with thousands of opportunities to make free will decisions that will determine the final outcome. Once we realize it’s up to us and nobody else we can make better and more informed decisions to reach a favorable conclusion.
Institutions lie to us our entire lives yet we still rely on them to tell us what’s good and what’s bad. When faced with the reality of the lies, we deny them and forget all about the progression of gaining wisdom. This is when we either reach our end or find the turning point into the next stage of our development. Do we take the step or slowly welcome our death and end it all before we’ve reached our ultimate purpose? It’s up to us, remember? Grow or die.
What’s it like to be stupid?
Before I can analyze myself and ponder what direction I need to take to reach my goal of exiting this realm of stupidity, I have to understand stupid people. How they came to be so stupid. How long one can function in this life as a stupid person. It’s more complex than I would have expected. There are many levels of stupid when you take the time to investigate it. Some are in early stages and not by their age but rather status in life at an advanced age. How are really stupid people still able to function when they’re in their 40s or 50s or even their 60s? How ridiculously stupid were they in their teens and 20s? Most interestingly what were the early signs that the stupidity would last an entire lifetime and no amount of age or experience or education would reduce the ultimate disaster from just expanding into deeper stupidity and poor decisions? They’re all around us and if you’re not aware of them there’s a good chance you’re one of them.
How stupid is stupid?
I call it functionally stupid. The people who are perceived successful but still lacking the ability to recognize their own shortcomings and tend to blame others for their minor misfortunes. If they can’t figure it out in time they’re doomed to have to try again. If the epiphany is late in arriving you may miss the boat. How can you know? What are the indicators? How do I know if I’m stupid and if I am, how stupid am I and how difficult will it be to advance beyond it? Since I’m smart enough to even recognize the possibilities I should digress to the pitifully stupid. The criminals, drug addicts, alcoholics, and other dregs of society. The stupidest of the stupid.
By no fault of their own
The pitifully stupid are those born to parents of limited means who also suffer from terminal stupidity. Part of the process of edging beyond their own stupidity is creating duplicates of themselves and actually observing the development. Is it a scientific operation or a system of genetic routine? Are the two different or the same? You can decide, but I subscribe to my own theory of the insignificance of science. I believe it’s a natural and sensible conclusion since these cycles are very common in the human scheme of environment. Born poor or of low moral compass usually leads to a familial line of evolution ever so gradually improving over generations. It’s not a very fast process. The lower you start the further behind you will be two or three generations into the future. It’s not science, it’s a sensible road map of life. If I sound like I’m contradicting myself then your definition of science contradicts my beliefs and you should move on without me. If you can at least follow my logic in spite of your disagreement we can move on to more familiar aspects of stupidity and the people who proudly stand by theirs. It’s hard to really gauge what level of stupidity is worse since lower grade stupidity is oblivious to the problem in the first place. Higher functioning idiots believe they’re the smart ones and the truly smart are the stupid ones. Here’s where it can get complicated and I must admit, I am writing this right off the top of my head so bear with me.
Educated Idiots
As I write this I accept that I too may be too stupid to have an opinion on the subject of this article. That withstanding, I continue basing my knowledge and wisdom on the age and experience I possess at this very minute. In the world of political discourse I find a great amount of resources to argue my points. The fact I am confident I have finally advanced beyond the point where politics are even worthy of argument, I feel my continuance of spiritual growth allows me a more balanced perspective of what is and isn’t too stupid to even address. In the past I have wondered how seemingly smart and educated people could possibly disagree with me politically. I always felt (and somewhat still believe) I was just one or two levels above the leftist ramblings of democrats regardless of their educations or achievements. It makes no sense to me that these people could possibly be so stupid yet here we are. If it doesn’t make sense then it probably just isn’t true. Even in this case, it doesn’t make sense until now when I have stepped into my next approach to figuring out stupidity and stupid people. The political arguments are the final stages of the life of stupidity. Once we can abandon the wasted energy of arguing with idiots we can be free to authentically label them as too stupid to matter and move another step closer to peace and serenity. I think the first sign is accepting that both sides or ALL sides are just as bad the other and there is no solution to the arguments. Just step back and accept they are ALL stupid and you’re now floating above them with a better clarity. You’ve defeated stupidity. Or at least I hope. Who knows what tomorrow will bring so stay tuned. Keep voting because it’s a civic duty and vote with your best interests in mind. Even if you were a stupid democrat, at least admit you were just as wrong as your counterparts and try to just enjoy what God has given you.
Charity for the Terminally Stupid
Since the natural born idiots are brand new souls we should always show them empathy and some indifference. Don’t encourage them, just don’t hate them for their stupidity. Stay in your own lane and shake off their displays of ignorance. Their inheritance will reach them in their own time and nothing you do for them will help them. Charity to causes that may claim to help them is probably the best way to serve your own heart but don’t put drug money into their own hands. Leave that to the stupid virtue seekers of the leftist idiots from your past. Your future now is an eternal paradise and by releasing your addiction to stupidity you become more prepared for your next stages. Whatever they may be. Remember, the lowest forms of original stupidity are formed from folks like us who graduated from the cycles and left it to the next generations of idiots. You know them when you see them and it’s a sign of what this life has been all about. A brief stage of human development that lasts who knows how many generations before it is cleansed for the next batch of students. Our days are coming and we need to be prepared. I don’t want to have to do this again. Neither do you.
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