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"Sometimes a hero faces an agonizing decision where the apparent two choices are terrible, such as a Friend or Idol Decision or a Sadistic Choice.
Typically, the hero chooses the lesser of two evils.
However, sometimes the hero can respond with "I don't like those choices; I'm taking a third option!"
It is usually something completely unorthodox or seemingly suicidal.
Yet this typically turns out to be the best choice after all, Everybody Lives, and the day is saved completely.
In general, a Third Option has three basic requirements needed to seem plausible: time, resources, and knowledge.
A Third Option is useless if you don't have time to implement it, don't have (usable) resources/power, or don't have knowledge of it.
Depending on how well that rule is followed, the solution will usually either be incredibly awesome or incredibly stupid."
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Typically, the hero chooses the lesser of two evils.
However, sometimes the hero can respond with "I don't like those choices; I'm taking a third option!"
It is usually something completely unorthodox or seemingly suicidal.
Yet this typically turns out to be the best choice after all, Everybody Lives, and the day is saved completely.
In general, a Third Option has three basic requirements needed to seem plausible: time, resources, and knowledge.
A Third Option is useless if you don't have time to implement it, don't have (usable) resources/power, or don't have knowledge of it.
Depending on how well that rule is followed, the solution will usually either be incredibly awesome or incredibly stupid."
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The Take a Third Option trope as used in popular culture. Sometimes a hero faces an agonizing decision where the apparent two choices are terrible, such as a …
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"You are immortal; you’ve existed for billions of years in different manifestations, because you are Life, and Life cannot die. You are in the trees, the butterflies, the fish, the air, the moon, the sun. Wherever you go, you are there, waiting for yourself." - Don Miguel Ruiz • “Scheherazade,” Mixed Media (2021) • t.me/SpontaneousCosmology/5384
God,
Holiest of Holy
Beloved Audur
Wisest Author
If Evil is writing any stories about me
Take back the pen
If Evil is writing any stories about me
About my health
Take back the pen
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About my situation
Take back the pen
If Evil is writing any stories about me
About and in the air
Take back the pen
Set everything right.
Let Truth, Healing, Justice, and Light Prevail.
I want the story that You are writing for me Beloved Audur, Wisest Author.
I want the story we are co-creating together.
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Holiest of Holy
Beloved Audur
Wisest Author
If Evil is writing any stories about me
Take back the pen
If Evil is writing any stories about me
About my health
Take back the pen
If Evil is writing any stories about me
About my situation
Take back the pen
If Evil is writing any stories about me
About and in the air
Take back the pen
Set everything right.
Let Truth, Healing, Justice, and Light Prevail.
I want the story that You are writing for me Beloved Audur, Wisest Author.
I want the story we are co-creating together.
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"Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions.
You change direction but the sandstorm chases you.
You turn again, but the storm adjusts.
Over and over you play this out, like some ominous dance with death just before dawn.
Why?
Because this storm isn't something that blew in from far away, something that has nothing to do with you.
This storm is you.
Something inside of you.
So all you can do is give in to it, step right inside the storm, closing your eyes and plugging up your ears so the sand doesn't get in, and walk through it, step by step.
There's no sun there, no moon, no direction, no sense of time.
Just fine white sand swirling up into the sky like pulverized bones.
That's the kind of sandstorm you need to imagine.
And you really will have to make it through that violent, metaphysical, symbolic storm.
No matter how metaphysical or symbolic it might be, make no mistake about it: it will cut through flesh like a thousand razor blades.
People will bleed there, and you will bleed too. Hot, red blood. You'll catch that blood in your hands, your own blood and the blood of others.
And once the storm is over you won't remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive.
You won't even be sure, in fact, whether the storm is really over.
But one thing is certain.
When you come out of the storm you won't be the same person who walked in.
That's what this storm's all about."
- Haruki Murakami
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You change direction but the sandstorm chases you.
You turn again, but the storm adjusts.
Over and over you play this out, like some ominous dance with death just before dawn.
Why?
Because this storm isn't something that blew in from far away, something that has nothing to do with you.
This storm is you.
Something inside of you.
So all you can do is give in to it, step right inside the storm, closing your eyes and plugging up your ears so the sand doesn't get in, and walk through it, step by step.
There's no sun there, no moon, no direction, no sense of time.
Just fine white sand swirling up into the sky like pulverized bones.
That's the kind of sandstorm you need to imagine.
And you really will have to make it through that violent, metaphysical, symbolic storm.
No matter how metaphysical or symbolic it might be, make no mistake about it: it will cut through flesh like a thousand razor blades.
People will bleed there, and you will bleed too. Hot, red blood. You'll catch that blood in your hands, your own blood and the blood of others.
And once the storm is over you won't remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive.
You won't even be sure, in fact, whether the storm is really over.
But one thing is certain.
When you come out of the storm you won't be the same person who walked in.
That's what this storm's all about."
- Haruki Murakami
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Forwarded from Dr. Melissa Sell (Dr. Melissa Sell)
🚒A fire truck shows up at your house when there is a fire.
Every time there is a fire, a fire truck shows up.
🏡 The little boy across the street wakes up and looks out his window to see the fire truck in front of the house on fire.
He runs to his mother and worriedly tells her that the big red truck caused a fire at the neighbor's house. 🚒➡️🔥
👩👦She lovingly explains to him that there was a fire at the house first and then the truck came.
He tells her that doesn't make sense and that he saw the house earlier that day and everything seemed fine and that the only difference is the red truck and it had to be the cause. 🚒➡️🔥
His mother explains that there are things that must have gone on in the house that he is unaware of which caused the fire.
He sees no evidence for this and thinks his mother is crazy and that she may be endangering him with her foolishness.
She explains to him that he is making claims about something from a vantage point that cannot possibly take all of the variables into account.
She goes on to tell him the story of how for hundreds of years of human history people believed bacteria and viruses caused disease because certain bacteria or proteins were present at an inflamed site of the body.
The people felt that this was a brilliant discovery and decided it was the savior of mankind.
They went on to develop many chemical weapons to kill these viruses and bacteria.
Even though the population got sicker and sicker while taking these drugs, the initial theory was never questioned.
When it was questioned, the questioners were called crazy, foolish, and dangerous.
Parents were even put in prison for not using these chemical weapons on their children.
The boy interrupted and asked, "Well if the bacteria and viruses don't cause the sickness, why are they there?"
She went on to tell him the story of the brilliant Dr. Hamer, the man who discovered the 5 Biological Laws.
He discovered that what people called "disease" is actually not an error or a mistake caused by pathogenic microbes or faulty genes, but a Significant Biological Special Program that evolved for the purpose of ensuring the survival of the organism.
He discovered that an individual's perception is the initiator of all adaptive function.
If a person experiences a scary situation, a trauma, or an unexpected Conflict Shock, their body immediately adapts their tissues to facilitate a swift resolution to help ensure their survival.
After the conflict is perceived, there is an impact to the person's brain in a specific area that is associated with the specific kind of conflict experienced.
The brain then communicates with the tissue it controls to initiate appropriate adaptive changes.
For example, if a person has a "death fright conflict", like the neighbors who realized their house was on fire, their body has a program to increase the number of lung alveoli so that they can absorb more oxygen and make it out of the house alive.
If the conflict is intense, if it goes on for a long time, or if the person is unable to release their fear and continues to relive the fear of the fire in their mind, these additional cells will continue to proliferate and appear to be a lung tumor.
Now, as soon as the person resolves the conflict, their perception shifts and they are no longer freaking out about it and their brain registers this change and immediately signals the lung tissue to cease proliferation.
The boy interrupts and says "Well, what about that tumor? Does the person need to have surgery to cut it out?"
"Great question!" The boy's mother explains that the body has evolved alongside bacteria and fungus for millions and millions of year and that they work together.
The whole time the tumor was growing, there was an increase in the number of mycobacteria in the tissue, specifically tubercular bacteria.
"Wait, isn't that the stuff that causes tuberculosis?"
That is what appears to cause tuberculosis.
Every time there is a fire, a fire truck shows up.
🏡 The little boy across the street wakes up and looks out his window to see the fire truck in front of the house on fire.
He runs to his mother and worriedly tells her that the big red truck caused a fire at the neighbor's house. 🚒➡️🔥
👩👦She lovingly explains to him that there was a fire at the house first and then the truck came.
He tells her that doesn't make sense and that he saw the house earlier that day and everything seemed fine and that the only difference is the red truck and it had to be the cause. 🚒➡️🔥
His mother explains that there are things that must have gone on in the house that he is unaware of which caused the fire.
He sees no evidence for this and thinks his mother is crazy and that she may be endangering him with her foolishness.
She explains to him that he is making claims about something from a vantage point that cannot possibly take all of the variables into account.
She goes on to tell him the story of how for hundreds of years of human history people believed bacteria and viruses caused disease because certain bacteria or proteins were present at an inflamed site of the body.
The people felt that this was a brilliant discovery and decided it was the savior of mankind.
They went on to develop many chemical weapons to kill these viruses and bacteria.
Even though the population got sicker and sicker while taking these drugs, the initial theory was never questioned.
When it was questioned, the questioners were called crazy, foolish, and dangerous.
Parents were even put in prison for not using these chemical weapons on their children.
The boy interrupted and asked, "Well if the bacteria and viruses don't cause the sickness, why are they there?"
She went on to tell him the story of the brilliant Dr. Hamer, the man who discovered the 5 Biological Laws.
He discovered that what people called "disease" is actually not an error or a mistake caused by pathogenic microbes or faulty genes, but a Significant Biological Special Program that evolved for the purpose of ensuring the survival of the organism.
He discovered that an individual's perception is the initiator of all adaptive function.
If a person experiences a scary situation, a trauma, or an unexpected Conflict Shock, their body immediately adapts their tissues to facilitate a swift resolution to help ensure their survival.
After the conflict is perceived, there is an impact to the person's brain in a specific area that is associated with the specific kind of conflict experienced.
The brain then communicates with the tissue it controls to initiate appropriate adaptive changes.
For example, if a person has a "death fright conflict", like the neighbors who realized their house was on fire, their body has a program to increase the number of lung alveoli so that they can absorb more oxygen and make it out of the house alive.
If the conflict is intense, if it goes on for a long time, or if the person is unable to release their fear and continues to relive the fear of the fire in their mind, these additional cells will continue to proliferate and appear to be a lung tumor.
Now, as soon as the person resolves the conflict, their perception shifts and they are no longer freaking out about it and their brain registers this change and immediately signals the lung tissue to cease proliferation.
The boy interrupts and says "Well, what about that tumor? Does the person need to have surgery to cut it out?"
"Great question!" The boy's mother explains that the body has evolved alongside bacteria and fungus for millions and millions of year and that they work together.
The whole time the tumor was growing, there was an increase in the number of mycobacteria in the tissue, specifically tubercular bacteria.
"Wait, isn't that the stuff that causes tuberculosis?"
That is what appears to cause tuberculosis.
Forwarded from Dr. Melissa Sell (Dr. Melissa Sell)
Just like you thought the red trucks caused the house fires, doctors thought that tubercular bacteria caused something they decided was a disease called tuberculosis.
Medical doctors know that millions of people have TB bacteria in their body, but do not have the "tuberculosis infection".
They even have a name for it: "latent TB".
That is a clear exception to the idea that "bacteria cause disease and if we could kill all these bacteria through antibiotics and vaccination we would all be healthier and safe from disease."
This is the case with all bacteria!
They know that staph and strep bacteria are present in the majority of people and that most of those people are expressing no symptoms of sickness, yet they still try to say that bacteria "cause" disease.
The truth is that bacteria help us.
They help keep our body functioning.
We evolved together and we work together.
After the person resolved their Death Fright Conflict and their lung stops proliferating additional tissue cells, the TB bacteria break down the tumor.
"Do you remember when we went hiking and saw all of those interesting mushrooms on dead logs in the forest?"
"Do you remember how I told you that the fungus helps recycle old wood and is an important part of the ecosystem?"
Well, the TB bacteria are ancient mycobacteria.
Myco means fungus, so these bacteria are like fungus.
They act in certain tissues that are derived from our endodermal embryonic germ layer and they are controlled by the brain stem.
These areas are evolutionarily the oldest tissues in our body.
So, the TB bacteria break down the lung tumor, and while this is happening the person often seems very sick.
They are tired, they sweat at night, and they are coughing up lots of phlegm and sometimes even blood.
This is because their lung is a construction site.
The bacteria is breaking down the tissue that is no longer necessary because they aren't scared of the fire anymore.
Fire trucks don't show up randomly at people's houses and they don't cause fires. They are called on at specific times to serve a specific function in the infrastructure of the city.
Our bodies have an intelligent infrastructure that evolved for survival. Every symptom serves a purpose, every bacteria and protein particle we call a virus is present at a site of healing serving a specific function.
"Wow, so I blamed the fire truck because I didn't understand the full context in which it was functioning just like those doctors blamed the bacteria."
"Yes."
Medical doctors know that millions of people have TB bacteria in their body, but do not have the "tuberculosis infection".
They even have a name for it: "latent TB".
That is a clear exception to the idea that "bacteria cause disease and if we could kill all these bacteria through antibiotics and vaccination we would all be healthier and safe from disease."
This is the case with all bacteria!
They know that staph and strep bacteria are present in the majority of people and that most of those people are expressing no symptoms of sickness, yet they still try to say that bacteria "cause" disease.
The truth is that bacteria help us.
They help keep our body functioning.
We evolved together and we work together.
After the person resolved their Death Fright Conflict and their lung stops proliferating additional tissue cells, the TB bacteria break down the tumor.
"Do you remember when we went hiking and saw all of those interesting mushrooms on dead logs in the forest?"
"Do you remember how I told you that the fungus helps recycle old wood and is an important part of the ecosystem?"
Well, the TB bacteria are ancient mycobacteria.
Myco means fungus, so these bacteria are like fungus.
They act in certain tissues that are derived from our endodermal embryonic germ layer and they are controlled by the brain stem.
These areas are evolutionarily the oldest tissues in our body.
So, the TB bacteria break down the lung tumor, and while this is happening the person often seems very sick.
They are tired, they sweat at night, and they are coughing up lots of phlegm and sometimes even blood.
This is because their lung is a construction site.
The bacteria is breaking down the tissue that is no longer necessary because they aren't scared of the fire anymore.
Fire trucks don't show up randomly at people's houses and they don't cause fires. They are called on at specific times to serve a specific function in the infrastructure of the city.
Our bodies have an intelligent infrastructure that evolved for survival. Every symptom serves a purpose, every bacteria and protein particle we call a virus is present at a site of healing serving a specific function.
"Wow, so I blamed the fire truck because I didn't understand the full context in which it was functioning just like those doctors blamed the bacteria."
"Yes."
Forwarded from Dr. Melissa Sell (Dr. Melissa Sell)
Forwarded from Dr. Melissa Sell (Dr. Melissa Sell)
In a village not so far away, the people have been raised to believe that their life depends on avoiding the Boogeyman.
From cradle to grave in this culture the people are on high alert to avoid coming into contact with the Boogeyman.
They are told horrible stories about what the Boogeyman does to people who don’t follow the protocols.
So they inject their bodies with anti-Boogeyman potions.
They wear anti-Boogeyman costumes.
They anoint their hands with anti-Boogeyman serum.
None of these people have ever seen the Boogeyman…
But they have heard thousands of scary Boogeyman stories.
They believe the Boogeyman experts who have done Boogeyman studies.
The people never stop to question the existence of the Boogeyman, they aren’t sure how exactly the Boogeyman works, they never read the Boogeyman studies for themselves… they just believe.
They never stop to consider that maybe the Boogeyman has been an elaborate story the whole time… they just believe.
They believe they’ve experienced the presence of the Boogeyman.
They are completely convinced their bad experiences have been due to the Boogeyman.
“The Boogeyman put me in the hospital once! I know he’s real!”
Sure, the villagers pay a lot of money for anti-Boogeyman products and services and shape their life around avoidance of the Boogeyman...
But that’s because the experts that teach the Boogeyman doctrine want to keep people safe… it’s not just a big business.
They want to help keep people alive and out of harms way because the Boogeyman is really that bad.
So they go on living in fear year after year.
One day a man came to town and explained to the villagers that the Boogeyman doesn’t exist.
That the Boogeyman is a legend based on a fantasy from 200 years ago.
The story has been passed down and elaborated on over time, but it has never been proven to be true.
He told them how the Boogeyman experts perform studies using a smoke and mirrors technique which makes it seem as though the Boogeyman is really there.
He tried to get them to see that while they’ve been impressed and convinced by these studies they’ve never investigated the methods used.
He tried to show them that their fear of the Boogeyman is extremely profitable and that they are cash cows for the anti-Boogeyman industry.
He tried to get them to read the studies for themselves.
He invited them to shed their fear and their anti-Boogeyman gear.
The villagers tried to listen to the man, but they struggled to entertain the radical possibility that they’ve been duped their whole lives.
They all began telling stories about a time the Boogeyman got them or a friend and the terrible experience they had.
They said they couldn’t read or understand the studies because they were just simple villagers.
They couldn’t believe that the whole Boogeyman industry could be based on a fantasy.
Then they began to think the man was dangerous, despite him having no incentive to deceive them.
Their fear of the Boogeyman-denier grew and they decided to run him out of town.
Clutching their anti-Boogeyman paraphernalia they stumbled back to their fearful world.
From cradle to grave in this culture the people are on high alert to avoid coming into contact with the Boogeyman.
They are told horrible stories about what the Boogeyman does to people who don’t follow the protocols.
So they inject their bodies with anti-Boogeyman potions.
They wear anti-Boogeyman costumes.
They anoint their hands with anti-Boogeyman serum.
None of these people have ever seen the Boogeyman…
But they have heard thousands of scary Boogeyman stories.
They believe the Boogeyman experts who have done Boogeyman studies.
The people never stop to question the existence of the Boogeyman, they aren’t sure how exactly the Boogeyman works, they never read the Boogeyman studies for themselves… they just believe.
They never stop to consider that maybe the Boogeyman has been an elaborate story the whole time… they just believe.
They believe they’ve experienced the presence of the Boogeyman.
They are completely convinced their bad experiences have been due to the Boogeyman.
“The Boogeyman put me in the hospital once! I know he’s real!”
Sure, the villagers pay a lot of money for anti-Boogeyman products and services and shape their life around avoidance of the Boogeyman...
But that’s because the experts that teach the Boogeyman doctrine want to keep people safe… it’s not just a big business.
They want to help keep people alive and out of harms way because the Boogeyman is really that bad.
So they go on living in fear year after year.
One day a man came to town and explained to the villagers that the Boogeyman doesn’t exist.
That the Boogeyman is a legend based on a fantasy from 200 years ago.
The story has been passed down and elaborated on over time, but it has never been proven to be true.
He told them how the Boogeyman experts perform studies using a smoke and mirrors technique which makes it seem as though the Boogeyman is really there.
He tried to get them to see that while they’ve been impressed and convinced by these studies they’ve never investigated the methods used.
He tried to show them that their fear of the Boogeyman is extremely profitable and that they are cash cows for the anti-Boogeyman industry.
He tried to get them to read the studies for themselves.
He invited them to shed their fear and their anti-Boogeyman gear.
The villagers tried to listen to the man, but they struggled to entertain the radical possibility that they’ve been duped their whole lives.
They all began telling stories about a time the Boogeyman got them or a friend and the terrible experience they had.
They said they couldn’t read or understand the studies because they were just simple villagers.
They couldn’t believe that the whole Boogeyman industry could be based on a fantasy.
Then they began to think the man was dangerous, despite him having no incentive to deceive them.
Their fear of the Boogeyman-denier grew and they decided to run him out of town.
Clutching their anti-Boogeyman paraphernalia they stumbled back to their fearful world.