Contexts!!

[Buttercat Apocalypse]

Seems to me every context is made up of two things:

1. a devil, or reason the world is messed up, or why one does not feel "whole" yet/anymore
2. a salvation, or thing that will save you/the world from this lack

Here's a run down of a few common contexts:


CATHOLICISM:

Devil: well, the devil. Also, anyone who doesn't agree with your context.
Salvation: you just have to die while you're still fresh from the confessional.


SCIENTIST:

Devil: superstition, ignorance
Salvation: accumulation of knowledge & affectation of an unassailable façade of authority


POP PSYCHOLOGY:

Devil: emotional traumas from the past. Parents, parents, parents.
Salvation: 10,000 hours of therapy.


POP SONG & ROMANCE MOVIE CULTURE:

Devil: being single.
Salvation: living happily ever after with your soul-mate.


SHALLOW:

Devil: not having a "life" or nerdiness.
Salvation: proportional to number of shallow friends and sexual partners (sort of a pointage system); getting drunk, going to parties, and "having fun"; being a good conformist


REBEL:

Devil: being seen as the sort of person who cares how people see them.
Salvation: unhappiness.


CAPITALIST:

Devil: YOUR SMALL PENIS COULD BE CAUSING YOU CANCER!!! CLICK HERE NOW FOR FREE REPORT!!!
Salvation: Ooh, that new iPod looks nice.

[Angela]

Hey there! That's a fun list. And I can think of at least one list that doesn't exactly include a devil/salvation, and is working pretty well for me in living a life I love (especially when I remember to be awake in it!):

1. We are all perfect, whole, and complete. Everyone and everything is exactly as it should be. Who we are is limitless joy, abundance and power.

2. It feels so good as I expand more and more in infinite joy, abundance, and power.

[Jarrod]

If you can conceive a problem you can conceive a solution.

When you don't think of problems no solutions are found.

The context of no context?

[Ecce Homo]

To be, or not to be, that is the choice. Which one is the devil, being or not being? I guess that depends on who you ask!