The Revelations of Asphaliah C. Robert Nelms Failsafe Network, Inc. Montebello, Virginia...

The Revelations of “Asphaliah”The Revelations of “Asphaliah”

C. Robert NelmsFailsafe Network, Inc.

Montebello, Virginia

540-377-2010

www.failsafe-network.com

The Merry Go RoundThe Merry Go Round

Are We On A Merry Go Round?Are We On A Merry Go Round?

Asphaliah can help answer this

question.

AsphaliahAsphaliah

the condition of being safe, that is: freedom from danger, risk, or injury; dwelling without fear or harm.

Definition

Asphaliah...Asphaliah...

security protection invulnerability refuge shelter sanctuary asylum safeness impregnability

Synonyms

Asphaliah...Asphaliah...

security protection invulnerability refuge shelter sanctuary asylum safeness impregnability

peril jeopardy hazard risk

Synonyms Antonyms

AsphaliahAsphaliah

be cautious lurk escape move fast seek refuge

To obtain “asphaliah,” one must:

AsphaliahAsphaliah

There are three facets of the Merry Go Round which become visible when we ponder “asphaliah.”

Each of the three facets are both enlighteningenlightening and disturbingdisturbing.

How safe do we really want to How safe do we really want to be?be?

Asphaliah revelation #1


“For believe me! The secret of revealing the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment of existence is: TO LIVE DANGEROUSLY! Build your cities on the slopes of Vesuvius! Send your ships out into uncharted seas! Live in conflict with your equals and with yourselves….” Friedrich Nietzche


“The real risks for any artist are taken in PUSHING the work TO THE LIMITS of what is possible, in the attempt to increase the sum of what is possible to think. Books become good when they GO TO THE EDGE and RISK FALLING OVER IT -- when they ENDANGER the artist by reason of what he has, or has not, artistically DARED.”

Salman Rushdie


“The future is not free: the story of human PROGRESS is one of a struggle against all odds. We learned again that this America, which Abraham Lincoln called the last best hope of man on earth, was built on HEROISM and noble SACRIFICE….” Ronald Regan


“The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, SAFETY-FIRST INSTEAD OF DUTY-FIRST, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life…..” Theodore Roosevelt


“The high sentiments always win in the end, the leaders who offer BLOOD, TOIL, TEARS, and SWEAT ALWAYS GET MORE OUT OF THEIR FOLLOWERS THAN THOSE WHO OFFER SAFETY and a good time. When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic….” George Orwell


“A man who has nothing which he cares about more than he does about his PERSONAL SAFETY is a MISERABLE CREATURE who has no chance of being free, unless made and kept so by the existing of better men than himself….” John Stuart Mill


“There is safety in reserve, BUT NO ATTRACTION. One cannot love a reserved person…..” Jane Austen


“The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that men may become robots. True enough, robots do not rebel. But given man’s nature, robots cannot live and remain sane, the become “Golems,” they will destroy their world and themselves because they cannot stand any longer the BOREDOM of a meaningless life…..” Erich Fromm


“Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure….” Helen Keller

“Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing…..” Helen Keller


Although we do NOT want Although we do NOT want to get hurt,to get hurt,

we certainly do NOT want we certainly do NOT want to be “safe!”to be “safe!”

We LOVE taking RISKs.We LOVE taking RISKs.

We LOVE the feeling of We LOVE the feeling of GETTING AWAY WITH IT.GETTING AWAY WITH IT.

faster and faster

the condition of being safe: freedom from danger, risk, or injury; dwelling without fear or harm.

Where does this risk-taking Where does this risk-taking mentality take us?mentality take us?



situation

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outcome

situation

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First attempt First attempt down the stairs:down the stairs:Extreme CautionExtreme Caution

situation

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We “manage” the We “manage” the risk.risk.

situation

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positivepositive


situation

filterLEARNING


positivepositive

situation

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Second attempt Second attempt down the stairs:down the stairs:

Less CautionLess Caution

LEARNING


positivepositive

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Succeeding Succeeding attempts:attempts:FASTER!FASTER!

LESS CAUTION!LESS CAUTION!LEARNING


positivepositive

DangerDangerDangerDangerDangerDangerDangerDanger



ProgressProgressProgressProgressProgressProgressProgressProgress



TheTheBalanced-Ball Balanced-Ball

AnalogyAnalogy

We have made a HABIT of We have made a HABIT of “GETTING AWAY WITH IT” “GETTING AWAY WITH IT” every day of our lives, so every day of our lives, so

much so that the HABIT has much so that the HABIT has become invisible to us.become invisible to us.

This HABIT has put us in a This HABIT has put us in a VERY PRECARIOUS VERY PRECARIOUS

SITUATION!SITUATION!

born on the merry go round?


What can we do about these What can we do about these issues?issues?


We have made a HABIT of We have made a HABIT of “GETTING AWAY WITH IT” “GETTING AWAY WITH IT” every day of our lives, so every day of our lives, so

much so that the HABIT has much so that the HABIT has become invisible to us.become invisible to us.


When we When we fail to fail to achieve achieve asphaliah…asphaliah…....


When we When we fail to fail to achieve achieve asphaliah…asphaliah…....the root causes the root causes are always the are always the same….same….


The Human HABIT HABIT of TRYING TO GET AWAY WITH IT!TRYING TO GET AWAY WITH IT!

When we When we fail to fail to achieve achieve asphaliah…asphaliah…....the root causes the root causes are always the are always the same….same….

EVERY time we try to get away with something, we:

will either get nailed instantly, or

will get nailed later, or

will cause someone else to get nailed later.

Something BAD will ALWAYS Happen sooner or later!

The Conservation of Wretchedness

““Human existence, in all Human existence, in all its manifestations, is its manifestations, is

TOTALLY INCAPABLE of TOTALLY INCAPABLE of getting away with getting away with

ANYTHING!”ANYTHING!”


The Human HABIT HABIT of TRYING TO GET AWAY WITH IT!TRYING TO GET AWAY WITH IT!


The answer is both The answer is both enlighteningenlightening and and

disturbingdisturbing..

Each of Us Must Combat the Human HABIT HABIT of TRYING TO GET AWAY WITH ITTRYING TO GET AWAY WITH IT

It’s up to each of us!It’s up to each of us!


If Just ONEONE Person Succumbs to the

HABITHABIT of TRYING TRYING TO GET AWAY TO GET AWAY

WITH ITWITH IT (even just (even just once), someone will once), someone will

eventually suffer.eventually suffer.

It’s up to each of us!It’s up to each of us!

Although we don’t want to get hurt, human beings certainly don’t want to be safe. We THRIVE on taking risks.

This risk-taking mentality has put us in an increasingly precarious position.

The only way to avoid the potential catastrophe’s confronting us is for EVERYONE to resist our natural habit of TRYING TO GET AWAY WITH THINGS.

In SummaryIn Summary

The most advanced forms of human endeavor should always be pursued with the highest degree of attention to human ethics. Anything short of this will certainly put us on a meaningless merry go round ride.

Never, never, never try to get away with anything -- no matter how small it may seem. You might get away with it, but someone, somewhere, eventually is going to get hurt.

In SummaryIn Summary

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