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Ask the Swami
by Swami
Beyondananda
Dear
Swami,
Here’s something I find puzzling. Why is it that when
we already have a glut of unoccupied office space in
most cities, developers insist on building more
regardless of environmental impact? It seems like some
kind of dysfunctional obsession, if you ask me. What’s
your take on this, Swami?
Norma
Lee Mild
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Dear
Norma,
Yes, you’re definitely on target. Quite often, people
– particularly men – will end up building beyond
what is needed. They think that if they keep building
and building, they will overcome their feeling of not
being enough, and that what they construct will become
their living monument. In psychological circles, this is
known as an unresolved edifice complex. This worship of
the man-made leaves millions of pilgrims stuck on the
highway of life each morning as they religiously go to
“acquire practice”. The result is what I call
“greedlock” – the inability of society to move
forward due to our faulty view that self-worth is a
result of net worth.
Fortunately,
there is a cure for greedlock and the unresolved edifice
complex. And that is to divest. Take off that vest, and
while you’re at it, sever those power ties. Leave your
mercenary life behind and become an immercenary instead.
Immerse yourself in an esteem bath, where you imagine
your parents, teachers, and especially Ed McMahon
telling you that you’ve been given a special gift just
for entering – so you are already a winner.
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Dear
Swami,
There’s a tremendous untapped potential in our society
that we haven’t begun to use – the power of the
human mind. Specifically, I believe I that each of us
has undeveloped psychic power. How about it, Swami? Do
you think we will harness psychic energy for human and
planetary benefit in the future?
Ray D.
Onyx
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Dear
Ray,
In a recent visit to the future, I was pleased to find
that indeed psychic power was being used in all areas of
life and we were saving tremendous amounts of time and
energy as a result. For example, psychic shopping will
be all the rage. In fact, there will be a huge
department store where all the employees will be
psychic. It will be called Seers. Yes, as soon as you
walk into the store, they will already have your order
waiting for you. Or you can do the Seers shop-by-mail
program. That’s where every month they ship you an
item you’re going to need later that month. And
you’ll never have to worry about overextending your
budget as long as you have a Seers credit card. Most
stores will approve or reject credit based on past
credit ratings. Seers will base theirs on future credit
ratings.
Oh, it
will be an amazing world indeed. There will be psychic
advertising agencies. All they’ll have to do is beam
their messages to targeted mailing lists – just
beaming their thoughts at the list will be enough, so
they’ll never have to do any actual mailing. Think of
how much money this will save! Speaking of saving money,
since we already will know who is going to win the
elections, there will be no need for losing candidates
to spend any money on debates or advertising. This is
good news for people who hate missing their regular TV
shows. The psychic revolution will have a great effect
on the world of sports. Instead of betting on the Sunday
football game, fans will bet on the Saturday pigskin
preview shows. Since only the most die-hard fans will
end up watching the game itself, this will free up a lot
of time for most people. The era of the overpaid athlete
will give way to the era of the overpaid psychic. But we
are still many years from this scenario, as we still
have a long way to go developing psychic powers. Case in
point: I was recently invited to speak at a psychic
fair. When I got there, I learned it had been canceled
due to unforeseen circumstances.
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