The necessary Context: I’m breaking My “only One trigger warning” Rule, but it can’t be helped. And… My SB is pinging Me right now, telling Me “Dude!? They are gonna think You are a Bilble-Thumper again!”… but, that can’t be helped, either.
You are the Boss of You, DR. Whatever You “think” of Me? Whatever data You wanna put into Your Own “Conner” mental File? That has literally nothing to do with Me. Sure, I’m the Conceptual object out here – that this File data “points to” – but whether You think I am a Genius or a Psycho? I’m probably not gonna be able to change Your mind. So, whatev.
Moving on!
I know a common acronym “Everybody Knows” – okay okay, maybe not air-quotes ‘EVERYbody’ – is this: WWJD? But Me personally? It’s far more instructive – and useful, on the ground AKA IRL – to consider What Jesus Wouldn’t Do. But – and this is a big butt – probably not for the reason You think, DR.
When I use My “Narrator” voice to add commentary about My Life, I am using the perspective of a “3rd Party Observer.” I find this process very useful, because it helps TECH evaluate the data in My mental Files: “Am I behaving in such a way as to be consistent with My Own authentic Identity?” Are You, DR?
And this – THIS – is the Money Shot. It’s not enough to just constantly evaluate My Own behavior [N: “I know what I’m doing”] – it’s way more useful to TECH to evaluate the Other Person’s behavior. Any OP I’m Connected with right now. Any Other Person I consider to be “in My Herd” AKA the People I Trust.
And if You cross Me? There Will be Hell to Pay. “It All just Depends.”
Am I gonna punch You in the face? Maybe. Am I gonna murder You? Shoot You dead with My gun? Maybe. But TECH has an entire List of options – and adds to this List every minute – and in Current Day? I just grab the lowest-hanging fruit:
“Imma take My Toys and go home.” I’m gonna disConnect from You, DR.
Why do I choose this option for My response to You trying to f#ck My sh#t up? Because of this Rule: it’s called the “I only care about Myself” rule. It’s what has kept Me out of a lot of IRL trouble – once I figured it out – which is, ‘I don’t care where I am, what I’m doing, what I’m supposed to be doing, Who You are, Who You are in relation to Me, etc. etc.’ If You are doing Something – Anything – to Me that PASSION [N: AKA My gut] is screaming at Me: “Dude. I don’t like this. This is hurting Me.”? Imma getting away from You as fast as My little feet can carry Me.
Because Why? Because Jesus – My Conceptual understanding of Who Jesus Is – wouldn’t do what You are doing to Me.
And that’s how I can say (inside My Own head) that “Jesus Loves Me.” It’s because I believe this – PASSION believes this – that I can imagine crushing Your skull with a brick, if You show up on My doorstep without My consent. [N: loll – okay okay! but PASSION loves imagining this retribution stuff… and Conscious Me allows it, knowing full well I won’t be taking any external actions consistent with these thoughts]
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Conner’s Comments: This is what I’m guessing is the air-quotes ‘problem’ with organized religion Nowadays & Why all the proverbial rats are fleeing the ship – it’s a total lack of Equilibrium to focus on just “the Sinner” and ignore the Other Person that f#cked Me up in the first place. Dogma calls this OP “the Devil” – but IMO? That’s too simplistic. Fun Fact: did You know there are only a handful of documented instances in the Bible where JC uses the label, “sinner”? Look it up!… there’s an article about it on the Internet about it somewheres.