The transformation is upon us

Our friend Hyunchback sends us a link to a NewsBusters article about the latest Obama cult video. This was filmed right here in my back yard, which isn't surprising since Asheville is working hard to be the San Francisco of the mountains.

Here is the part of what NewsBusters had to say:

Here is yet another Barack Obama video with cultish overtones. It was filmed in the Asheville, NC area which makes sense since that city has become sort of a hippie center in the Southeast region. Participants in this video are encouraged to envision a President Obama. Here are the New Age slogans flashing on the screen with people looking like they are the midst of a rapture lovingly repeating, "President Barack Obama," as New Age type music is played:

Between now and November 4...

Let's spend one minute a day...

Envisioning Barack Obama...

As our President...

Prepare your heart to fill with hope...

Prepare your mind to embrace the change...

Envision Barack victorious on election night...

...Taking the oath of office...

On Inauguration Day...

Believe that this great moment in American history is already a reality...

Say the words to yourself...

To your family...

To your friends and neighbors...

Say it to the world...

Your vision is a sacred trust...

You are a sanctuary of a sacred vision for a renewed America...

Envision it...

Say it...

Feel it...

Believe it...

Make it our reality...

Manifest Obama, America!

I want to do everything in my power to encourage this movement!

If you are an Obama supporter then I want you to visualize an Obama presidency. I want you to believe in that vision so fiercely that in your mind Obama is already president. I want you to believe so totally that Obama is already president that you don't even bother to go and vote!

That's right you can make Obama president with only the power of your faith and your commitment to visualize and chant the Obama mantra. You don't even need to bother to go to a polling place and vote.

Why bother to get up early on election day and stand in line when you can do more by believing in the Obama presidency than you ever could by marking some stupid ballot. So just sleep late on election day. Then when you get up drop some peyote or drink some fine red wine and make passionate love to your boyfriend, girlfriend, same sex life partner or animal companion then spend the rest of the day communing with nature in the mountains north of Asheville as you contemplate the Vortex and let its raelian energy wash over you and begin the process of change which Enlightened Master Barack, who is Maitreya reborn, will bring to our sick and hurting earth.

So remember DO NOT VOTE.

Actually voting would be evidence of a lack of faith in the destiny of Master Obama and of his power as a transformative figure. To go to a polling place and cast a ballot would indicate that you do not believe completely in the absolute determination of the Universe to place not just the United States but the entire planet under the care of the Ascended Master Barack.

Remember Bodhisattva Barack does not need or want your vote. What Bodhisattva Barack requires is your absolute and unquestioning faith and obedience. Bodhisattva Barack does not practice the Old Piscean Age politics which required the "consent of the governed". Bodhisattva Barack practices the Aquarian Age politics of transformation and rebirth.

One does not "vote" for Bodhisattva Barack any more than a caterpillar votes to enter its cocoon and emerge a Butterfly. The caterpillar simply does what it must as the planet will do what it must now that Bodhisattva Barack has risen like the sun to bring about the World Collective.

So remember again DO NOT VOTE.

To vote would be to insult Master Obama by implying that he lacks the power to fulfill his destiny without your help. Instead of voting spend every possible moment of every day between now and election day and all of election day in prayer. Not praying FOR Master Obama but praying TO Master Obama.

Do this and the God of This World will receive you into his warm embrace where you will reside for all eternity.

The Asheville Vortex

According to the New Age Movement devotees who fill Asheville to the overflowing there is an energy vortex located in the mountains north of the city. Some believe that the energy is a kind of earth energy caused by crystal formations in the mountains which happen to be located at the intersection of several "lay-lines". This intersection of forces is said to generate a great fountain of energy called a vortex.

Psychics, New Age acolytes, Wiccans and others who feel themselves to be in tune with a higher spiritual plane have long claimed that there is a special ambiance in the Asheville area. The Asheville Vortex is invoked to explain this otherworldly energy which seems to charge the atmosphere (for those sensitive enough to notice it).

Now there are some who believe that the vortex is an extraterrestrial cosmic energy which is attracted to the WNC mountains because of the unique crystalline lattice which undergirds the mountains. In this view the crystals act as a lens for the cosmic forces focusing them on the Asheville area.

Whatever the cause of the vortex Asheville's "alternate spirituality" community agree that the energy which spills out of the vortex is a source of both inner peace and spiritual power. Because of the vortex it is easier to find enlightenment in the Asheville area and those who practice magic find their powers magnified in the area.

This is also thought to be the reason for paranormal phenomena such as ghosts and cryptozoological oddities like Bigfoot being frequently reported in the Asheville area.

This makes Asheville one of a select few area in the country like Mt. Shasta in California and Sedona in Arizona which is held to be a place of great paranormal or spiritual power.

Now you may ask how I feel about all of this.

Well I tend to think that the New Agers tend to like living in Asheville because of its beautiful scenery, mild climate and low cost of living (your rent or mortgage payment plus utilities plus property taxes, plus food plus automobile expenses in Asheville will be less than your rent alone in Manhattan). The cosmopolitan nature of the city, which feels more like Greenwich Village than a small Southern town is also a major draw. Add in the low unemployment rate (3.5% last time I looked) and the friendly attitude of the natives and you have a place which is a very attractive destination for those looking for a good place to live.

Since people tend to see what they want to see those whose worldview predisposes them to look for spiritual energies and otherworldly forces hiding behind every tree and peering out from under every rock will find them. In other words the vortex is a good excuse for finding Asheville a fine place to live or vacation in for those who need a little something extra in the realm of New Age spirituality.