Mind Poison
Symptoms and Cures
by Staff of Magellan's Log
Q: Could a race whose minds were not filled with poisonous thoughts indulge
constantly for 5,000 years in war and other activities which incessantly destroy life and
harm the planet?
A: No.
Therefore: Our long rampage of destruction (called
"history") is the outward and visible sign of massive mental poisoning.
The Seven Deadly Symptoms of
Mind Poison
1. You spend a lot of time thinking about how
wrong other people are.
2. You spend a lot of time not trying to figure out what you do best.
3. You spend a lot of time avoiding doing what you do best.
4. You spend a lot of your money on stuff that hurts you and/or other people and/or other
living things and/or the planet.
5. You believe you don't dream very much.
6. When you do remember a dream, you dismiss it as unimportant nonsense.
7. You spend a lot of time thinking about and trying to prove how much better or worse you
are than other people.
The Seven Non-instant Cures
("Non-instant" because there are no
instant cures, neither of the religious nor the pharmacological variety).
1. Yoga; tai chi.
2. Breathing.
2. Meditation.
3. Physical Diet (no more eating of animals).
4. Mental Diet (no more consumption of visual and/or verbal and/or musical garbage).
5. Making music (of the non-garbage variety).
6. Making Art (preferably nature).
7. Learning to live without clothes.
Here is a handy pocket-size card, designed for easy
printing to help you remember:
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