{"id":142587,"date":"2019-09-04T04:49:23","date_gmt":"2019-09-04T04:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=142587"},"modified":"2019-09-06T06:18:17","modified_gmt":"2019-09-06T06:18:17","slug":"rushing-through-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=142587","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s the Hurry?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>henrymakow.com &#8212; Sept 4, 2019<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h5><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/hello.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-194273\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/hello.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"357\" height=\"141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/hello.jpeg 357w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/hello-300x118.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 357px) 100vw, 357px\" \/><\/a>The tendency <\/strong><strong>to rush to the next thing and not experience human life as the miracle it is, is a form of mental illness.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5><em>(I describe the New Age &#8216;inner work&#8221; my Christian readers hate so much. I believe\u00a0the soul is our true identity. The purpose of religion is to spiritualize our lives. Religion is not a mental formula or set of beliefs. It needs to be lived.\u00a0I have recently changed the credo of this site to &#8220;An Oasis for the Awake.&#8221; See Mathew 6: 26-34 below article)<\/em><\/h5>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>by Henry Makow PhD &#8212; <\/strong><em>Revised from Nov 14, 2016<\/em><\/h2>\n<h5><strong>Recently, I noticed <\/strong>I am always in a hurry. But I&#8217;m not late. There&#8217;s nowhere I need to be.<\/h5>\n<h5>An Internet blogger is not a high-stress occupation. Yet, I always want to get to the &#8220;next thing.&#8221;<\/h5>\n<h5>This is sometimes true of highly\u00a0pleasurable activities.<\/h5>\n<h5>I just want to &#8220;get it over with.&#8221;<\/h5>\n<h5>Obviously, this is a bad mental habit. The mind is restless, always looking for something better.<\/h5>\n<h5>What&#8217;s the rush? Where is the mind going? We all know what&#8217;s at the end.<\/h5>\n<h5>Am &#8220;I&#8221; trying to get life over with?<\/h5>\n<h5>What is the mind looking for?<\/h5>\n<h5><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mt-image-left alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.henrymakow.com\/upload_images\/harold_wallace_rosenthal.jpg\" alt=\"harold_wallace_rosenthal.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" \/> Illuminati member Harold Rosenthal spelled it out:\u00a0 &#8220;We have converted the people to our philosophy of getting and acquiring so that they will never be satisfied. A dissatisfied people are pawns in our game of world conquest. They are always seeking and never able to find satisfaction. The very moment they seek happiness outside themselves, they become our willing servants.&#8221;<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 Harold Rosenthal<a href=\"https:\/\/www.henrymakow.com\/2016\/07\/The-Illuminatis-Secret-Weapon.html\">\u00a0<em><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">The Hidden Tyranny<\/span>\u00a0<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>THE MOST IMPORTANT TRUTH<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.henrymakow.com\/2019\/09\/rushing-through-life.html\">Continues \u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mind is a view-master, writes Henry Makow. 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