Aliens invading planet Earth is a fascinating idea for some, a terrifying prospect for others. While a news headline, “Aliens Invade Earth” may send shivers down spines of a multitude of people; however, the Jedi on Earth would no doubt be excited.
In New Zealand it is reported that there are 20000 Jedi. This is a significant percentage of the adult population. In fact, there is more Jedi in New Zealand than Jehovah Witnesses or members of the Assembly of God Church, according to the Jedi church website. We could speculate that this has something to do with kiwis being threatened with extinction or the fact the Chinese gooseberry was renamed kiwi fruit and sold at a premium.
Kiwi fruit is an excellent source of vitamin C. I have not conducted tests on the fruit myself, so I cannot personally confirm all its constituent qualities. Somehow, suspicions as they are, I would not be surprised to find, a Jedi is planning something of an alien nature, since the furry covered, tan colored fruit is not as sweet as we might suspect with its tart tang—regardless of how delicious it may be to a connoisseur of fruit. Nonetheless, it is not native to New Zealand. Kiwi fruit is a foreigner that has been welcomed to make its home in the Land of the Great White Cloud, as New Zealand is known. From all accounts, it appears the Jedi, as foreign as they may be, are finding a home in New Zealand too.
I could talk about parasites invading your body. I could make detailed references to viruses like bird flu or swine flu, which is believed to have originated in China. The analogy being that we who do not live in China but are like New Zealand, and we are surrounded by sea (that is, plenty of personal space), which means we are well protected from contagious disease by virtue of non-contact from outside invaders like alien viruses. We can try to keep unwanted invaders out by posting a sign stipulating illegal boat arrivals will be met with resistance and rejected. Unfortunately, signage is not sufficient. Sometimes direct action is needed instead.
For much of last century, New Zealand was said to have been invaded by the Maori who travelled from Tahiti around 1200 CE, uninvited, but nevertheless welcomed by the less warlike Moriori. The Maori turned on their hosts and killed them off with the last remaining survivors fleeing to the Chatham Islands, where the Maori also pursued them. The Maori then presented themselves as the traditional owners of the land, just as enterprising New Zealanders have done with the Chinese gooseberry, calling it a Kiwi fruit and inferring that it originated in the volcanic soils of the fertile land that once belonged to the Moriori.
You are probably wondering where this is going by now. Some pictures of various alien entities entering your body may have crossed your mind. The point is too many of us endure unnecessary ill health because of what we allow to enter our mind. When we allow other people’s bad memes and personal hostilities and hang-ups to occupy space in our head, without paying rent, we are the losers. When they pay rent, other people’s influences are producing positive results and not creating situations where we are unnecessarily releasing catecholamine and cortisol that create undue stress within our bodies. Not only do we end up suffering from ulcers and facilitate the aging process, we become more susceptible to foreign invaders because our immune systems are depressed as a result of allowing alien thoughts to occupy space rent free in our minds.
Besides touching on some issues to do with cultural health, the moral of the story is stinking thinking does not pay its way. Evict non-paying tenants from your own territory; otherwise, unlike being the recipient of probiotics, you could be encouraging all kinds of diseases in the form of detrimental bacteria, fungi, microbes, viruses and, in particular, cancer.
The trouble with stinking thinking is that myths create many problems and there is always somebody who disagrees with what happened in the past, usually for the same reasons that the original thesis was introduced.
"According to the myth, the Maori, as a superior and more warlike people, expropriated the land from the Moriori. Therefore Pakeha expropriation of the same land on the basis of their superior civilisation was in accordance with the principle of the survival of the fittest. For this reason the false myth of the Moriori has been one of New Zealand's most enduring myths.", (Ka Whatwhai Tonu Matou: Struggle Without End, Ranginui Walker, Penguin, Auckland, 1990).
Good health is not the result of pharmacology with its injections, pills, potions and creams. Good health has much more to do with what we think, and what we entertain than what we might realize. Good health belongs to those who desire to be healthy, wealthy and wise.
In New Zealand it is reported that there are 20000 Jedi. This is a significant percentage of the adult population. In fact, there is more Jedi in New Zealand than Jehovah Witnesses or members of the Assembly of God Church, according to the Jedi church website. We could speculate that this has something to do with kiwis being threatened with extinction or the fact the Chinese gooseberry was renamed kiwi fruit and sold at a premium.
Kiwi fruit is an excellent source of vitamin C. I have not conducted tests on the fruit myself, so I cannot personally confirm all its constituent qualities. Somehow, suspicions as they are, I would not be surprised to find, a Jedi is planning something of an alien nature, since the furry covered, tan colored fruit is not as sweet as we might suspect with its tart tang—regardless of how delicious it may be to a connoisseur of fruit. Nonetheless, it is not native to New Zealand. Kiwi fruit is a foreigner that has been welcomed to make its home in the Land of the Great White Cloud, as New Zealand is known. From all accounts, it appears the Jedi, as foreign as they may be, are finding a home in New Zealand too.
I could talk about parasites invading your body. I could make detailed references to viruses like bird flu or swine flu, which is believed to have originated in China. The analogy being that we who do not live in China but are like New Zealand, and we are surrounded by sea (that is, plenty of personal space), which means we are well protected from contagious disease by virtue of non-contact from outside invaders like alien viruses. We can try to keep unwanted invaders out by posting a sign stipulating illegal boat arrivals will be met with resistance and rejected. Unfortunately, signage is not sufficient. Sometimes direct action is needed instead.
For much of last century, New Zealand was said to have been invaded by the Maori who travelled from Tahiti around 1200 CE, uninvited, but nevertheless welcomed by the less warlike Moriori. The Maori turned on their hosts and killed them off with the last remaining survivors fleeing to the Chatham Islands, where the Maori also pursued them. The Maori then presented themselves as the traditional owners of the land, just as enterprising New Zealanders have done with the Chinese gooseberry, calling it a Kiwi fruit and inferring that it originated in the volcanic soils of the fertile land that once belonged to the Moriori.
You are probably wondering where this is going by now. Some pictures of various alien entities entering your body may have crossed your mind. The point is too many of us endure unnecessary ill health because of what we allow to enter our mind. When we allow other people’s bad memes and personal hostilities and hang-ups to occupy space in our head, without paying rent, we are the losers. When they pay rent, other people’s influences are producing positive results and not creating situations where we are unnecessarily releasing catecholamine and cortisol that create undue stress within our bodies. Not only do we end up suffering from ulcers and facilitate the aging process, we become more susceptible to foreign invaders because our immune systems are depressed as a result of allowing alien thoughts to occupy space rent free in our minds.
Besides touching on some issues to do with cultural health, the moral of the story is stinking thinking does not pay its way. Evict non-paying tenants from your own territory; otherwise, unlike being the recipient of probiotics, you could be encouraging all kinds of diseases in the form of detrimental bacteria, fungi, microbes, viruses and, in particular, cancer.
The trouble with stinking thinking is that myths create many problems and there is always somebody who disagrees with what happened in the past, usually for the same reasons that the original thesis was introduced.
"According to the myth, the Maori, as a superior and more warlike people, expropriated the land from the Moriori. Therefore Pakeha expropriation of the same land on the basis of their superior civilisation was in accordance with the principle of the survival of the fittest. For this reason the false myth of the Moriori has been one of New Zealand's most enduring myths.", (Ka Whatwhai Tonu Matou: Struggle Without End, Ranginui Walker, Penguin, Auckland, 1990).
Good health is not the result of pharmacology with its injections, pills, potions and creams. Good health has much more to do with what we think, and what we entertain than what we might realize. Good health belongs to those who desire to be healthy, wealthy and wise.
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