tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31200299.post-84809745088575736802006-10-31T15:11:00.000Z2006-10-31T15:26:23.157ZAs the Pet Shop Boys so eloquently put it: “We are the bums that you step over, and, ultimately, trample to death as you rush to purchase the latest Harry Potter opus or Pl<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)">aystation g</span>aming console.”<br /><br />Relevance? You got it. While the world goes to hell in a handmaiden, most people ignore the ultimate power of HATE. You know that – that’s<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)"> why </span>you’re r<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)">eadi</span>ng this.<br />Oh, sure, we all know how to ‘hate’ someth<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)">ing o</span>r somebody, but have you ever wondered what the ultimate expression of pure hatred could be?<br /><br />Well, don’t worry ab<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)">out </span>it too much. I’m about to tel<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)">l </span>you! Just not in this paragraph.<br /><br />Will I tell you in this paragraph? Hmm – this could g<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)">o e</span>ither way, couldn’t it? Feel th<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)">e tensi</span>on build! No, I’m not going to. Read<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)"> t</span>he next paragraph instead.<br /><br />Any devotee of the HYWTH method is aiming t<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)">o att</span>ain the ultimate status – to enter ‘Haterdise’. [This is kind of<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)"> a play on</span> the word ‘paradise’, but with the word ‘ha<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)">te’ used </span>instead of the word ‘para<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)">’. I </span>also employ a letter ‘r’ becaus<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)">e it </span>makes it easier to read.] Hate<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)">rd</span>ise is the HYWTH equivalent of ‘Nirvana’<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)">, the Bud</span>dhist [s<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)">ick] </span>notion of achievin<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)">g ultima</span>te peace through being in a successful musical group.<br /><br />When one gains entry to Haterdise, all the hate that has ever existed in t<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)">he world,</span> and all the potential hate that has ever existed, is available at one moment. Every single thing – object, person, animal, notion, gas, etc – has its hatefulness exposed, glaring and open, for the Haterdise resident to resent.<br /><br />In Haterdis<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)">e, true h</span>appiness is the knowledge that you we<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)">re right </span>all along. We may see glimpses of this knowledge in our everyday lives, but in Haterdise, all the awfulness of existence is on proud <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)">display.</span><br />It is truly a wonderful state, and one that we should all be aiming to achieve.<br /><br />But you will need to practise.<br /><br />Hate of grace<br /><br />Anthony.Anthonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12942918664601575469noreply@blogger.com