"Illusions are by their nature sweet".......

So, its 6.46am.There are two spoonfuls of sugar in my coffee.It adds a sweetness to the inherent bitterness of coffee, but the balance is perfect.One cannot have one without the other.

"Illusions are by their nature sweet"..said the Marquise de Merteuil in Choderlos de Laclos's ,'Les Liaisons Dangereuses'.I saw the film this week and read the book a few years ago. A great tale of deception and the vanity of public morality exposed and betrayed with epic results.This sounds strangely familiar today.

I was pondering what to write yesterday for this new blog.I am looking at a cup of coffee in a white cup, and as you know by now that makes me happy.Many things came to mind.I want to explore the Bait and Switch Game in greater detail. I have abbreviated it to the BS Game, perfect, right ?. It succinctly sums up much contemporary public discourse and the semantic manipulations to  defend ones deceptions by inventing a 'foe'. And, create illusions of truth for the masses to blindly rally around as result.

The BS Game , unlike that other darling of the Right, Mz.Trickle Down Economic Theory, does indeed trickle down from the top. I have noticed it in interpersonal dynamics. In particular amongst those who grew up in Christian, socially Conservative families.The rush to play victim to some 'demonic force' that is threatening you justifies a great deal of vindictive behaviors towards the 'other'. The internal narrative follows the script they grew up with and it is played on every new unwitting partner.It is usually invented as the means to justify the ends- control and power. That is the essence of survival, but it is not living. There is a difference. The latter requires no conscience and lying becomes a virtue.We have all noticed this game in poltics, there is alwasy an 'enemy', which justifies restricting our freedoms in the name of protecting them.That's a mind bender right there!

I love that new show 'Good Christian Bithces/Belles', or 'GCB',  as it is now called , and it is on tonight.This vindictive, vengeful behavior is sanctified. It is a great parody of this dynamic that unfolds daily in life. People who believe in this self delusion of their sanctity in the face of an 'enemy' need the latter to avoid seeing it is they who have become the hateful monster they fear. They cannot run, or hide as the monster is their creation. All one can do is walk away and wish them peace.I have and I do. And, I do so with love.

Peace.