concept

Something formed in the mind; a thought or notion.

An abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances or occurrences.

Perception, metaphor and concept are entwined like vines enwrapping each other.

The process of conceptualization is an activity of mental grasping, of interpreting perceptions.

It is a cognitive process using thought to comprehend the incomprehensible, attempting to tame the incomprehensible into comprehension.

The quality of a concept has to do with the knowledge and understanding of what is conceived, entailing configurations of relationships, meanings, all flavored, highlighted, enhanced with metaphoric imagery and symbol.

There are two basic kinds of concepts = theoretical and empirical.

A theoretical concept is an abstraction, a speculative notion, a mental model we create in order to grasp something intangible.

To abstract means to draw or derive from.

A theoretical concept comes about when we abstract a comprehensive configuration of thought from that which is incomprehensible.

A theoretical concept usually takes a metaphoric form referring back to "something" not available to the seven senses, having no concrete tangible existence in and of itself.

Theoretical concepts we are familiar with, such as "God," "democracy ," "death," "communism," "patriotism," have been traditionally formulated to suit a tacit cultural social agreement.

By accepting these concepts as having an existence we come to believe them to be something they are not.

You can be patriotic, but you cannot see, touch, or taste patriotism.

It is the same with all theoretical concepts.

Empirical concepts relate to tangible activities of the sensory domain, which you've seen or performed yourself: cooking, sewing, soldiering, schooling.

We see, touch, smell and taste when involved with cooking.

Soldiering calls for physical action, involving seeing and touching, as does schooling, and sewing.

Theoretical concepts can work in tandem with empirical concepts.

The theoretical concept of patriotism causes people in America to think of the "American Way of Life," which creates images and emotions of all kinds of tangible activities: sports, entertainment, work, eating habits, parades, etcetera, which give Americans a sense of united fellowship they believe is uniquely theirs - which it isn't.

All nations inculcate a sense of patriotism in their citizens.

"As a final effort, the singer rendered some verses which described a vision of Britain being annihilated by America, and Ireland bursting her bonds. A carefully prepared crisis was reached in the last line of the last verse, where the singer threw out her arms and cried, "The star-spangled banner." Instantly a great cheer swelled from the throats of the assemblage of the masses. There was a heavy rumble of booted feet thumping the floor. Eyes gleamed with sudden fire, and calloused hands waved frantically in the air." - Stephen Crane, from Maggie: A Girl of the Streets

In Germany when Adolph Hitler ruled, millions of Germans were just as patriotic as the majority of Americans are now, thinking Adolph Hitler would lead their nation to greatness.

Their concept of patriotism was also based on the above tangible activities of the "German Way of Life," activities very similar to our own social habits, hobbies, pursuits of pleasure, and confirmation of fellowship.

What went wrong in Germany?

Anyone sincerely committed to self-knowledge in all its complexity will never be manipulated by the deceitful patriotic propaganda and religious rhetoric those in power so skillfully put to use.

Theoretical concepts have the potential to deeply influence the mind, usually without our being aware of it, thus having effects which are all too often detrimental to humanity.

Just as subnuclear particles, which we can't see, touch, smell or taste, can be manipulated and controlled by scientists using mathematical equations and technological expertise, to the extent that they can create something as terrible as an H-bomb, theoretical concepts like patriotism and God, also not available to sensory perception, can be manipulated by presidents, politicians, tyrants, military commanders, public relations experts, to convince people to use such weapons as the H-bomb against other people.

In other words, through the misuse of empirical concepts the mind can technologically create tools of destruction, and by the misuse of theoretical concepts establish reasons to put them to use.

As mass media verifies daily, this destructive potential of the mind's conceptual ability is activated continually on a global scale.

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This website defines a new religious ideology to which its author adheres. The author feels that the falsification of reality outside personal experience has created a populace unable to discern propaganda from reality and that this has been done purposefully by an international corporate cartel through their agents who wish to foist a corrupt version of reality on the human race. Religious intolerance occurs when any group refuses to tolerate religious practices, religious beliefs or persons due to their religious ideology. This web site marks the founding of the religion aptly named The Truth of the Way of Life - a rational religion based on reason which requires no leap of faith, accepts no tithes, has no supreme leader, no church buildings and in which each and every individual is encouraged to develop a personal relation with God through the pursuit of the knowledge of reality in the hope of curing the spiritual corruption that has enveloped the human spirit. The tenets of The Truth of the Way of Life are spelled out in detail on this web site by the author. Violent acts against individuals due to their religious beliefs in America is considered a “hate crime.”

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American social mores and values have declined precipitously over the last century as the corrupt international cartel has garnered more and more power. This power rests in the ability to deceive the populace in general through mass media by pressing emotional buttons which have been preprogrammed into the population through prior mass media psychological operations. The results have been the destruction of the family and the destruction of social structures that do not adhere to the corrupt international elites vision of a perfect world. Through distraction and coercion the direction of thought of the bulk of the population has been directed toward solutions proposed by the corrupt international elite that further consolidates their power and which further their purposes.

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