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The Tyranny of
Illusion
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rom ashort-term, merelypractical standpoint, you really do not
want to read this book. This book will mess up your life,asyou
know it. This book will change every single one of your
relationships–mostimportantly, your relationship with yourself. This
book will change your life even if you never implement a single one of
the proposals it contains. This book will change youeven if you disagree
with every single idea it puts forward. Even if you put it down right now,
this book will have changed your life, because now you know that you
are afraid of change.
This book is radioactive and painful–it is only incidentally the kind of
radiation and pain that will cure you.
Relationships
There are really only three kinds of relationships in the world. The first
kind istheone we all dream of–joyous, mutually beneficial, deep,
meaningful, fun, a real pleasure to have and to hold.
This kind of relationship is extraordinarily rare. If this kind of
relationship were an animal, it would not even be on the endangered list.
It would be by many considered extinct.
The second kind of relationship is mutually beneficial, but not joyous,
deep, or meaningful. This is the kind of relationship you have with your
grocer, your banker, and perhaps your boss. It isvoluntary, defined by
an implicit or explicit contract, and can usually be broken or allowed to
lapse without guilt, regret or remorse.
This kind of relationship is not uncommon, but also not very important.
We donot lose our lives, our happiness or our verysoulsin the pits of
these kinds of relationships. They are, as the saying goes, “dry
calculations of mutual utility.” We are notobligated to go to the
deathbeds of our bankers; our grocers do not force us to attend church
when we do not believe; we rarely get into fightswithour bossesabout
whetheror notwe should baptize our children.
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