Interesting ruminations by our philosopher-selves.

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The following is rumination by our Lucifer Davison:
The idea that there could be people born multiple instantly means that for a small minority, the system (no pun intended) is wrong. They are not matching the identity of the common person on the street. They are instead:

A subculture of bodies with multiple inhabitants. The ramifications of this are big, especially where religion is concerned. If people are born with more than one soul, then to them the Biblical proscription of "One soul, one mind, one body" is not accurate. If so, this means that there is a full-fledged option to be different from the common culture. Multiplicity, if divorced from the doctrine of mental disorder would potentially be far more upsetting than Homosexuality. If people can have experiences of living in a body and can be proud of that fact, then there is a consequence for society. The consequence is that simplicity, that panacea of Fundamentalism and Social conservatism, is thrown out with the bath-water. The same is true for the natural multiples that weren't caused by trauma. Psychiatry does not recognize them and tries to suppress them with all the power of the State. Multiplicity, specifically the natural and born versions, is a potential death-blow to the infantilizing notions of mental health and extremist religion. Multiples have the ability to grasp far more of human potential, if only they choose to reach for it. They can reach for their potential in ways denied Singletons. The Singleton seeks relief in religion, in alcohol, in fruitless activities that are harmful to him or her and cannot escape the grim realities of this world. People in systems can, and that is what causes members of systems to be regarded as coping mechanisms and arrested development. We who are united in the simple fact that we are people who reside not in houses of steel or brick but of flesh. If people can be born multiple, then the world is far more complex than the average Fundamentalist of any religion or creed can stomach. That is my view on why the Establishment fights to keep the knowledge of healthy, normal multiplicity from being known. Thanks for playing!

Comments, anyone?

Comments

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By my diatribe, I was referring to the atmosphere of the city I live in. As for one body, one mind, one soul, there is the notion in the Synoptic gospels where Jesus says "With all your heart, all your SOUL, and all your MIND." In the Biblical timeframe the notion of multiple souls equalled demonic possession. In modern times psychiatry classifies multiples as basket cases that suffer from DID.


My comment on multiples having the ability to grasp more of human potential refers to the idea that there are more human consciousnesses in the multiple mind, ergo more to grasp. Selves in systems can (this primarily is a reference to my own system) grasp far more of their potential than they do. That was me, Lucifer Davison, referring to my system's laziness and apathy. We have a rather large, still-growing system. There's a growing movement within our system to become what we're supposed to be instead of the lazy bums we act like.

As for the religion, alcohol and fruitless activities comment, I was referring to the people of my city of residence in the Earthworld. The city I live in has a very exasperating idea that "if I interfere in X's business, I can keep X from interfering in mine."

Finally, I was referring to the Christian Right of the city of residence that thinks it's their damned business to try to squelch any differences of opinion other than theirs. I have discussed the issue of multiplicity with these Fundamentalists and they have the gall to tell me my existence is a lie! They state that the issue of multiplicity is a lie and a product of diseased Post-Fall mentality. THAT is the establishment I am referring to. As a liberal, anti-Fundamentalist evolutionist, I can't discuss my existence or views without being told I am going to hell both for what I believe and the fact I exist.

As for the person who said the government doesn't care about multiplicity, you're right. I should have clarified what I meant by Establishment.

Lucifer "Liberal in Southern Neanderthal Land" Davison signing out.