MLB metaphysics

by **vurtualife** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 3:50 pm

Interesting article. The unfortunate individual in question has been unsurprisingly lambasted by the sports media/fans for his proclamations... There are various interpretations to this: has he been tapped unknowingly, for whatever reason, by some Black Op to spout cliche "New Age" experiences, or are they perhaps genuine? Or has he simply gone mad? All of the above? Interpret as you deem fit... [you can also do a Google on his name] <a href="http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/5340822">msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/5340822</a> Excerpts: Daulton reportedly has described metaphysics as anything beyond sight, smell, touch, sound and taste — living in different dimensions, reincarnation, out-of-body experiences and numerology. As the Daily News says, it has nothing to do with the world around us. "I see life in a different perspective than I used to, in a way that's different from how most people see it," he said after a recent round of golf in Dunedin, Fla. "There's so much going on that we're not really aware of. Some people are privy to this. It's spoken of in the Bible. Some people are awakened to what's taking place." "We only know what we can perceive with our five senses. I have been, for whatever reason, awakened to other realms that are achievable by all of us. All I want to do is try to convey to everyone what I have witnessed. "I don't care if people believe me or not. If people want to take and run with it, fine. If they don't, that's fine, too." Apparently these ideas have been stewing for years. And the Daily News says he put them on paper while serving three months in jail last summer. He even has completed a 32,000-word manuscript, which is tentatively titled If They Only Knew. The 44-year-old Daulton said he first realized that more was happening than what meets the eye during the 1997 season after he had been traded to the Florida Marlins. He recalled getting a game-winning hit against the Cubs at Wrigley Field. "That was the first time I realized it," he said. "I remember coming out of the stadium and I started crying. (His second wife Nicole, whom he is divorcing) said, 'What's wrong? You just got the game-winning hit.' And I said, 'I didn't hit that ball. Something happened, but it wasn't me.'" Daulton retired at the end of the 1997 season after helping the Florida Marlins win their first World Series. Since then, Daulton has had numerous problems away from baseball — including a horrific January 2001 car accident that led to a drunken driving arrest. Daulton reportedly claims the accident was a result of getting run off the road in lieu of a business deal with ties to the FBI and the White House. In boiling down his beliefs to one sentence for the Daily News, he said: "We need to stop judging each other. Because every one of us is on a different path." But there's more ... Daulton is convinced that the day of reckoning is coming. Specifically, on Dec. 21, 2012, at 11:11 a.m. Greenwich Mean Time, he told the Daily News that the chosen will simply vanish from this plane of existence. "That will be the end of this dispensation," he said. "I really don't know how to explain it. I don't know what words to use so people won't think I'm goofy. But by Dec. 21, 2012 (the last day recorded on the Mayan calendar), people will have a pretty good idea. It's all about consciousness and love. We have the ability to create whatever we want. We're all made of energy."

by **Hugh Manatee Wins** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 2:18 am

Oh, brother. It's bad enough how much bandwith just sports eats up without prophetic mysticism mixed in. Sounds like the DaVinci Code movie season to me. Even Time Magazine ran a cover story on Opus Dei last week. NPR is filled with religious stories. "Facts are dangerous things," said Ronald Reagan. In the 1970s the spooks doing social engineering hyped 'mystery' to push people away from 'evidence' and rationalism which doesn't work in their favor in Vietnam, Watergate, Church Senate Subcommittee Hearings. So we got Ancient Astronauts, The Exorcist, Jonestown, Star Wars, etc. "Back to fantasy, myth, and emotion where we can get traction with your rebellious little minds!" This is happening again with the Oil Crusades being marketed as Millenial Religious War For the Planet Against Satan's Turban. Fucking sports. Give me a break. Grow up. Grown men acting as if stick ball was worth their attention. sigh.

by **jingofever** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 2:56 am

I take it you did not see Kobe's wicked dunk over Steve Nash (It's the playoffs!). Anyway, I have wondered for a while whether the rise in popularity of professional sports in America coincided with a lack of civic activity (my primary measure being presidential election voter turnout). There could be better measures, perhaps voter registration, local elections, as those have a more direct and immediate effect. But I never took the time to investigate this. So I hopped on Google and Wikipedia for a little bit and found some data: A chart showing some voter turnout during the 19th centurty <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Election_Campaigns:_19th_Century">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ame...th_Century</a> Table of voter turnout, for U.S. representatives and president, 1930-2004 <a href="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0763629.html">www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0763629.html</a> Table of voter turnout for Federal Elections 1960-2004 with registration numbers <a href="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0781453.html">www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0781453.html</a> My analysis, it does seem to go down through the years. I thought sports would compete with politics because it is another side to root for or against, but more exciting. Too bad I don't know anything about the history of sports in America to draw any conclusions.

by **FourthBase** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 3:05 am

You know how Chomsky (I know, I know) says that if Americans paid attention and strove to understood politics like they understand professional sports, we'd have an informed citizenry? Well, instead of idly complaining about how people waste their time with sports, why not become a sports fan in order to help the common folk understand deep politics through sports analogies. Sports = education in statistics, justice, economics, collusion, responsibility, etc....more than just stickball. And while drawing analogies to sports, one can also emphasize why politics should not be treated like sports with people "cheering for the laundry". I don't know, just an idea.

by **chillin** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 11:21 am

I'm not a sportsfan, but I think you make a good point 4th. I don't think there's much to be gained by writing off the majority of the population who are. I like that the ballplayer shared his mystical experience. I'm still trying to figure out what 2012 is all about. I don't think that the enlightened people or the faithful are all just going to vanish, but it seems to me that something really is happening. I think that there's a major astronomical alignment that will occur on the 2012 winter solstice, a Mayan calendar predicts the dawn of a new era, and I think that McKenna's timewave-novelty theory says all known information is supposed to start doubling every second around then... just to name a few ideas that are circulating. Should be lots to think about for open-minded people one way or another it seems.

by **Hugh Manatee Wins** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 11:34 am

<blockquote>Quote:<hr>Well, instead of idly complaining about how people waste their time with sports, why not become a sports fan in order to help the common folk understand deep politics through sports analogies. Sports = education in statistics, justice, economics, collusion, responsibility, etc....more than just stickball.<hr></blockquote> Chomsky barely touches on the significance of sports although using up massive amounts of bandwith certainly happens. More than "idly complaining," I've examined what values are imbued into sports for the purpose of indoctrinating boys and men into mock warfare, tribalism, follow-the-leaderism, competitiveness, violence, UNIPHILIA, etc. Ever wonder why flags, national anthems, and presidents throwing out first balls is dialed into stick ball? The association with the myth of America as a level playing field, a meritocracy where winners and losers deserve what they get. This is Nuremberg Rally-style indoctri-Nation. It is to perpetuate many national capitalist militarist memes. Gender identity is a keystone of fascism and sports is part of this. Brain evolution has been driven by the division of labor between men and women for survival of the species. Men are the dedicated killers and women the nurturers. To keep them polarized into predictable behaviors that are useful to the state, men are given mock warfare (sports) to eat up their bandwith/time and reinforce desired behaviors while women are given mock families (soaps, celebrity couples, etc.) for the same reason. Have you examined Disney's 'Chicken Little'? It is all about making Dad and Coach proud and not being the laughing stock of the town by getting on the team and winning the big game, not being a Benchwarmer, just like the recent movie of that name with Saturday Night Live goofball antiheroes. Being "chicken" and "little" is every boy's nightmare. In a violent competitive culture his little brain seeks to prove himself amongst peers and get bigger to satisfy his territorial lizard brain's survival anxieties. Hence the fascist triggering effect of the title 'Chicken Little.' This is not an accident. All females in 'Chicken Little' are negative, either kooks or bullies. Did you read that Disney promoted this chichen shit animated film for nine months before it came out and this freaked out the people working on it? Now why would they do that, the animators wondered in industry interviews? Did you read that Disney took Mickey Mouse off their Disney Dollars and replaced him with Chicken Little? That is a huge branding identity shift that isn't explained by profits. Disney is influenced by Langley. Count on it. All 'mainstream' movies are along with the 'news.' This is because sports for children is part of the fascist culture of mind control, encouraging desirable behaviors while discouraging undesirable ones. Remember: Fascism is a male domination cult. That is what sports are for- social engineering for Uncle Sam and Blackwater. Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=hughmanateewins>Hugh Manatee Wins</A> at: 4/27/06 9:47 am

by **FourthBase** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 2:33 pm

OK, I'm not really sure if that's what sports are "for". Maybe you're right about the jingoistic hype that accompanies many sports events, the first pitch and anthem, etc. And like I had mentioned above, the "UNIPHILIA" as you put it creates a dangerous mentality when transferred to politics, if people root for their "team" to win no matter what. But as for the mock warfare and competitiveness... Yes, sport is mock warfare. And we should be thankful for that. If world peace was accomplished and there were no wars, there would still be competitiveness and hostility in our millenia-old chimp natures, and sports would be the relatively bloodless outlet. See book 23 of the Iliad. See the origins of soccer, which started out as kicking around some enemy's head, and has been sublimated into a game. Sport itself is a good thing for society. OTOH, if the pomp of that mock warfare is being exploited to promote real warfare then it's a problem in the exploiter, not the exploited.

by **professorpan** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 5:23 pm

Little league soccer = social engineering for Blackwater? Chicken Little = Langley plot to indoctrinate kids with fascist triggering? You are a very funny person. To paraphrase Freud -- sometimes a movie is just a movie.

by **chillin** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 9:59 am

This thread makes me think of George Carlin's take on baseball vs. football. <a href="http://www.baseball-almanac.com/humor7.shtml">www.baseball-almanac.com/humor7.shtml</a>

by **Lizzy Dearborn** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 8:53 pm

yep pp, and sometimes a cigar makes Monica giggle. (sorry could not resist. Ken Starr and the VRWC can shove it! i'm pissed off over having that image planted in my head. shame on Clenis too, of course.)

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