C.S. Lewis on Capitalism vs. Theocracy

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> Bruce Morgen [editor]

> Sunday, August 29, 1999 11:59 PM

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> Cc: NondualitySalon ;

> [NondualitySalon] C.S. Lewis on Capitalism vs. Theocracy

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> Bruce Morgen <editor

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> "Of all tyrannies a tyranny

> sincerely exercised for the

> good of its victims may be

> the most oppressive. It may

> be better to live under

> robber barons than under

> omnipotent moral busybodies.

> The robber baron's cruelty

> may sometimes sleep, his

> cupidity may at some point

> be satiated; but those who

> torment us for our own good

> will torment us without end,

> for they do so with the

> approval of their own

> conscience."

>

 

Harsha: Thanks for that quote Bruce. The words ring true. Perhaps this is

why most religious and spiritual leaders have discouraged independent

investigation and thinking on part of their followers and encouraged

divisiveness and the mentality of "us against them". Recognizing the truth

of one's own true nature is the pure antidote to the confusion spewed out by

the ignorant. Here is a story from Rainbo told on .

 

RainboLily

 

A thirsty lion, having found his way to a lake, was startled when he bent

over to take a drink, to see (as he thought) another lion looking back at

him. He roared at it but it didn't go away, and the other animals watching

nearby laughed at him. Finally he charged into the lake to attack the "other

lion," to discover that there wasn't any other lion there at all -- it was

his own reflection. (Told by Idries Shah in the "Dreamwalkers" program of

the

BBC TV series, "One Pair of Eyes.")