THIEVES - Thou Shalt Not Steal

Everywhere in our society we see thieves at work:

• stealing the ideas and thoughts of those more creative and productive than themselves (IP theft)
• stealing the fruits of another's labor (property theft)
• stealing the reputation and identity of another (identity theft)
• stealing the future of our children (politicians and business conglomerates)

From petty theft to grand larceny, these thefts are based on the desire to get something for nothing, an inherent laziness to 'do' the work required to achieve something great, a lack of intelligence or creativity that would allow them to create anything, and malfunctioning or missing conscience.

Although there are some who recognize that theft is WRONG, they are able to justify their actions based on need or circumstance -- but the truly abhorrent theif is the one who does not identity theft as theft. 

I have seen these types in particular abundance in the new age movement among scientists and pseudo scientists who share thoughts and beliefs, co-opt them regularly from others usually without giving credit.  I'm sure you have seen the con artists and fake gurus who come up with a new 'flavor' every few years that, if you trace back, you will find was actually voiced by someone else whose name and work has been muted or erased from their discussions of it.

At the base of these thieving actions is a belief that no one OWNS anything, not property, not thought, not invention.  They blend bits and pieces of religious doctrine stretching across the ages arising out of a thought that humans share a 'space' and sometimes a common journey, that humans carry within them some spark of divinity.    That has been bastardized to form two essential LIES:  "we are one" and "we are god".

Yes.  What you do will effect me in direct proportion to your actions within my local space and/or upon those who are in my local space.  It is the physical proximity that allows a reflective effect/consequence in my life and vice versa.  That does not mean you have the right to choose my life, my path, my religion, my thoughts, and/or my prosperity FOR me.  That does not give you the right to control or manipulate me.

We all have free will, but/and your free will ends where mine begins - and vice versa.  


I am NOT you. You are NOT me.  Neither of us is GOD.

When I meet someone who uses these concepts, I keep my hands on my wallet, because sooner or later that person, that organization, that religion or political party  is going to try to steal what is mine - my money, my property, my thoughts, my dreams, my life.  What they really mean by we-are-all-one is what-is-yours-is-mine and what-is-mine-is-mine.

We are NOT one.  We are distinct individual beings, with unique personas, phenotypes, destinys, dreams, and life missions.    There may be a million short, dumpy blue-eyed blondes, but there will never be two who are exactly alike.   Whether you believe in reincarnation or not, that which you ARE without form, in combination with the body in which you live, that began when you were born and will end when you die in this life, has never been before and will never be again.  This 'you' will be transformed even if it merely in the breakdown of the component parts, but this particular combination will not live again.