For some time I have been amazed to see people on tumblr who receive random attacks from strangers. Part of me wondered what I was doing wrong. Was my blog just so boring that no one bothered to be offended by it? At last, my cherry has been broken.
I actually had two attacks on tumblr today. The first was a reply on a post where I called myself a dumbass, in which the attacker also felt compelled to call me a dumbass. Apparently, I wasn’t doing a good enough job.
Now this.
I was really hoping it would be anonymous hate mail, alas, they went and put their name on it. I’m calling it semi-anonymous because Nenuez doesn’t actually have a blog, so I can’t really get a grasp on their perspective. Which would have been nice since this rambling condemnation is difficult to take apart. You can’t even really do it sentence by sentence because they run-on so much. The writer may benefit from a course on composition, but maybe English isn’t their first language, and for me to attack someone on their writing ability is akin to bullying.
Let’s see if I can address our friend’s concerns.
Sir, why do you insist upon posting things that aren’t true?
Without any examples it’s hard to reply to this. I would think that out of my almost 9,000 posts that something had to be true. I assume from the context of your argument that you’re not referring to the political items I post. Sorry, you’ll just need to be more specific on this one.
I understand that Spiritualism is very individual
You seem to suffer from “but” statements. You say you understand that spiritualism is an individual endeavor—but—you really don’t. You obviously believe there are some ultimate truths that apply to everyone. I’m not sure if there are such ultimate truths and I am willing to admit I don’t know the answer. I do know that some things that are true for me are not true for others.
Occultism in itself is about learning and understanding
I agree. That includes understanding that other people’s paths are not yours and that you should never imply that your way is somehow better than theirs.
but you’re treating it less like a life-style and more like a game
This is probably a sign of my age but I would say that calling it a life-style is a bit of an insult. It is a journey. A quest. The Great Work. Not something I affect to make other people think I’m wise or cool. As to treating it like a game, sure, there’s plenty of games we all play in our minds. It’s entirely possible that we are the universe playing a game with itself. Sometimes games are playful, sometimes they are serious. Ever watch Kasparov play chess?
a mockery of things that other people revere and respect.
Okay, you probably got me on this one. I have been known on occasion to rail against things that don’t make sense to me, like religions that have holy books, and I really shouldn’t do that. I will endeavor to be more respectful in the future.
You’re dealing with forces and things that nobody in this world has a perfect understanding of, that we are only scratching the surface of
Which is why I never claim to be an expert. I always preface everything with, “This is what I believe.” It may be wrong. And I am willing to change them if evidence suggests I should. Perhaps I could take the perspective of the most-wise Robert Anton Wilson, who said, “I have no beliefs but I have some good ideas. Ideas are better that beliefs because they can more easily be changed.”
and you’re treating it as if it were a joke.
You need to send this to a lot of people then. You may be able to send it to Anton Wilson in the afterlife. You should also scold the Dalai Lama, Aleister Crowley (again post humorously (I made a pun)), all those who revere the Laughing Buddha, and countless others who have recommended humor as an excellent path to enlightenment.
Really, I think the problem we are having here is that you haven’t looked very hard at my blog. Understand that I belong to a school of thought called chaos magick. It is simply the way that best speaks to me. I like how those in the discipline seek the core of why we do what we do. Chaos magick exposes that belief itself is a tool and that it should be used or discarded when it suits the needs of the magician.