Rant #0011001000110011

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

1 Little Children of Chaos have you read the Principia Discordia and "Illuminatus!"? Have you read Zen Without Zen Masters, the Apocrypha Discordia, and every other Erisian work you could find?
2 Do you think that makes you Discordian? That you carry a Pope card, maybe a TSAR card, that you Turkey Curse your Boss and you know 230 ways to get to the number 5... do these things makes you Erisian?
3 Open all THREE Eyes and See, Goddessdamnit!
4 A thousand Fnords make not a single Discordian, 23's and 5's are not what turn cabbages into humans.
5 No catechism, no required meme to learn. No "right" of passage into some Initiatory Coven of Chaos.
6 Nay, my fellows, even that Great Goddess, Eris Kallisti Discordia herself, appears unnecessary for a Discordian.
7 I implore you, Seek not only the Chaos of the past, for while there may be LULZ, while there may exist Inspiration, while there may be tools aplenty, it is not there that Discordianism lies. 
8 I do not say this to discourage reuse... older memes have deep roots, and healthy growth and may be the hook which catches many minds in their initial first steps into the Void. And what is wrong with that, if it be the case? Nothing, I think.
9 However, Discordian 'enlightenment', for what its worth, won't be found in those memes. It won't be found in anything written by Robert Anton Wilson, it won't be found in the Principia Discordia. They don't contain Enlightenment. They contain hints and pointers, they contain tools which can help with the freeing of oneself. But, words cannot free you from the Curse of Greyface.
10 If you wish to be Free, then there is but one thing you can do;
11 DISCORDIAN, ENLIGHTEN THYSELF!
12 Another Discordian's enlightenment cannot bring the light to your eyes, nor will the ideas of another make you free.
13 So you read a rant? Go write a rant! So you found some memes? Go create some memes! Do not rely on the Enlightenment of others for your own damned Enlightenment.
14 In that direction lie all of the greyfaced, hunchbrained ideas of a Dogmatic and Drab Existence.
15 I see no flaw in embracing and enjoying the ideas of others, as long as they do not replace your ideas. There is no sin in delighting in the stories of past Discordians, as long as you have your own stories as well.
16 Even so, if you do naught but parrot the old memes, you are still Discordian in some sense. Though, perhaps not the sense you were hoping for.
17 A Discordian bears no responsibility to accept anyone else, not me, nor you, nor Bob.
18 They are only responsible to know themselves and accept that, or change it as they see fit.
19 And for you, it appears the same, for you have no responsibility to accept anyone else either. Including me and this rant.
20 Do As Thou Will, but be sure it is Thou who Wills it.
21 In the end, our freedom is a freedom of the mind and only the owner of that mind can free it.
22 We are the Slave and the Master. No one can free the Slave, except for the Master.


Ratatosk, Squirrel of Discord
Muncher of the ChaoAcorn
Chatterer of the Words of Eris
POEE of The Great Googlie Mooglie Cabal

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I like!

[LMNO]

Can I x-post?

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

Can I x-post?

Always

[Cramulus]

HAIL yes!


Ratatosk, you should really post that to the blag.

[Verbal Mike]

Well said.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

PREACH ON, BROTHER RATATOSK!

[Cainad (dec.)]

There are 22 points. Did you do that on purpose?

[hooplala]

I yoinked it - hope you don't mind.

[Reginald Ret]

this makes me insecure

[Triple Zero]

this makes me insecure

heh, heh..

rat put it so much better than i could have . . i think

to Rat

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

There are 22 points. Did you do that on purpose?

Are there?