How to deal with enchanted missionaries and nasty fights (plus the link to the Philosophy Club call)

Looking forward to seeing you there!

First off, if you missed my non-sensationalist Dr. Mercola article about human brain and CNS parasites, here is the article (and Substack, and PDF). I hope you find it beneficial and go explore, without anxiety or fear. I put some pointers and references in the story.

Now, about today’s call. The topic of today’s Philosophy Club unrecorded call for paid subscribers (Friday January 19, 2pm EST) is how to deal with enchanted missionaries and the kind of infighting that is done out of emotional hunger and the need to yank respect.

Here is where I come from. Disagreements, debates, and different worldviews are a part of life. This is how we figure things out and learn. Being exposed to a different perspective—even if it’s wrong—is not a dangerous thing if you know who you are.

It is nice when “debaters” are sincere, enlightened, and have their eyes on the truth. It is nice but it happens so rarely that it’s almost a unicorn. So we need to deal with sincere debaters, and enchanted missionaries, and straight out military operations designed to confuse destroy the love. Are we need to distinguish between them all. Aren’t we lucky ducks?

In some cases, “conflicting” perspectives are all valid in some way, and a more comprehensive and accurate answer is diagonal to them all. In some cases, one opinion is truly way more factual than the other one. And it may feel frustrating for the holder of the “factually correct take.” And even so, when one walks on the good side of things, convincing people of your opinion can only happen with full respect for their spiritual sovereignty, their free will, and the spiritual mystery of the world. Arm-twisting and nasty energy in arguments aren’t from the good side.

And that’s a litmus test that enchanted missionaries fail.. My definition of an enchanted missionary is a person who has a hole in his soul and who is acting like a “messenger virus” to an idea, to numb the hungry pain. The enchanted missionary is different from a straight out liar who promotes ideas for cynical gain. Both exist, and both cause harm. And both of them are different from a sincere debater who debates with spiritual respect!

The emotional make of an enchanted missionary

Here is how it goes:

• The world is broken—it doesn’t feel good, and I am not respected enough in such a world—because the people don’t understand this one thing.

• When they agree with me on this one thing—and they should—the world will be great. And I will be respected in this new world just the way I want.

• I sure wanted to be respected. And I sure want my ideas about the world to win. Because I am right. Yo, what’s taking you so long to understand?

By the way, there are situations that are urgent and life-threatening in earnest. And calling attention to them is hard. But even so, I observed that you cannot lose your cool. I mean you can, but it doesn’t help. :)

Anyway, we’ll talk about all this. Here is some additional reading, hope you like!

"Emotional Physics": A Poetic Analysis of the "System of Domination"

Anatomy of Deceit

What's Happening in the Medical Freedom Movement?

Emily Oster: The Broken Child. The Missionary

The link to the call is behind the paywall, after the video of the talented Georgian grandfathers.

If you want to partake in the Philosophy Club but can’t afford a paid subscription or if you supported me in the past, please send me a note asking to be comped.