Yes, I've "gotten" this story since I was young, but really only
in the last few days am I "getting it."
From a note to one of my profoundly sheroic sisters who is
being persecuted by her community for her works of Love:
Remember the story Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde? Now at
the surface, of course I got it long ago. But the important
implications just hit me.
Each of these two minds are entirely different - they
DON'T SEE THE SAME THINGS, THEY DON'T INTERPRET
THE SAME WAY, THEIR VALUES ARE ENTIRELY DIFFERENT,
AND THEY CAN'T SEE OR UNDERSTAND ONE ANOTHER.
YET THEY RESIDE IN THE SAME BODY.
Their EYES work different. The pair of one sees a set of things,
the pair of the other DOES NOT SEE those things, but sees others,
literally.
Their EARS work different. Fundamentally.
Their MIND works different. Fundamentally.
THAT'S US!!!!!!!
These folks that so horrify you - they are crazy, sick,
insane - they are Mr. Hyde. My point isn't to excuse them,
but to diagnose them. They ARE FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT
THAN YOU IN EVERY WAY. In a way, they can't help it -
it is a form of classic addiction - of the most dangerous,
murderous kind.
Teresa, King, Gandhi, Jesus... simply are Saved from their
Mr. Hyde, and died to save Us as well. This is our work, or
the world is doomed.
They look like Humans, but they are not. The vast majority
of our brothers and sisters look like humans, but by the
time they are in their late teens, they are not.
in the last few days am I "getting it."
From a note to one of my profoundly sheroic sisters who is
being persecuted by her community for her works of Love:
Remember the story Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde? Now at
the surface, of course I got it long ago. But the important
implications just hit me.
Each of these two minds are entirely different - they
DON'T SEE THE SAME THINGS, THEY DON'T INTERPRET
THE SAME WAY, THEIR VALUES ARE ENTIRELY DIFFERENT,
AND THEY CAN'T SEE OR UNDERSTAND ONE ANOTHER.
YET THEY RESIDE IN THE SAME BODY.
Their EYES work different. The pair of one sees a set of things,
the pair of the other DOES NOT SEE those things, but sees others,
literally.
Their EARS work different. Fundamentally.
Their MIND works different. Fundamentally.
THAT'S US!!!!!!!
These folks that so horrify you - they are crazy, sick,
insane - they are Mr. Hyde. My point isn't to excuse them,
but to diagnose them. They ARE FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT
THAN YOU IN EVERY WAY. In a way, they can't help it -
it is a form of classic addiction - of the most dangerous,
murderous kind.
Teresa, King, Gandhi, Jesus... simply are Saved from their
Mr. Hyde, and died to save Us as well. This is our work, or
the world is doomed.
They look like Humans, but they are not. The vast majority
of our brothers and sisters look like humans, but by the
time they are in their late teens, they are not.
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