Apocryphal Blasphemy

“Something evident that we should always bear in mind is the fact that, since the mid-Twentieth century, the Left has been feeding off the myth of revolution and reform. It passes itself off as being against the system, when it _is_ the system. It passes itself off as being oppressed, when it oppresses… The reforms promoted by the Left are mock reforms: nothing is reformed and nothing solved; what exists is simply reinforced – particularly our present crisis.”

“Something evident that we should always bear in mind is the fact that, since the mid-Twentieth century, the Left has been feeding off the myth of revolution and reform. It passes itself off as being against the system, when it _is_ the system. It passes itself off as being oppressed, when it oppresses… The reforms promoted by the Left are mock reforms: nothing is reformed and nothing solved; what exists is simply reinforced – particularly our present crisis.”

“A temple is under construction on the outskirts of a town and a few laborers are busy cutting stones for it. A passerby stops to see what is being built. He goes to one of the laborers and asks, ”What are you doing?” The man was sad and serious, even looked angry with himself. Without raising his gaze to the visitor the laborer said, ”Don’t you see I am cutting stones?” The visitor moved to another laborer, and put the same question to him, ”What are you doing?” This man looked sad too, but was not angry. He put down his hammer and chisel, raised his eyes to the visitor, said glumly, ”I am earning my bread,” and resumed his work. The visitor moved to a third workman who was engaged in the same kind of work near the main gate of the temple. He was in a happy mood, singing. ”What are you doing, my friend?” the passerby asked of him too. And the man said in a very pleasant voice, ”I am constructing a temple.” And then he resumed his stone cutting and his singing. All three workmen are engaged in the same job, stone-cutting, but their attitude to work is quite different from one another. As far as the third workman is concerned he has turned work into a celebration; he can work and sing together.”

“A temple is under construction on the outskirts of a town and a few laborers are busy cutting stones for it. A passerby stops to see what is being built. He goes to one of the laborers and asks, ”What are you doing?” The man was sad and serious, even looked angry with himself. Without raising his gaze to the visitor the laborer said, ”Don’t you see I am cutting stones?” The visitor moved to another laborer, and put the same question to him, ”What are you doing?” This man looked sad too, but was not angry. He put down his hammer and chisel, raised his eyes to the visitor, said glumly, ”I am earning my bread,” and resumed his work. The visitor moved to a third workman who was engaged in the same kind of work near the main gate of the temple. He was in a happy mood, singing. ”What are you doing, my friend?” the passerby asked of him too. And the man said in a very pleasant voice, ”I am constructing a temple.” And then he resumed his stone cutting and his singing. All three workmen are engaged in the same job, stone-cutting, but their attitude to work is quite different from one another. As far as the third workman is concerned he has turned work into a celebration; he can work and sing together.”

“He who is doing his true will is assisted by the momentum of the universe.”

“Half the time you think you’re thinking you’re actually listening.”