Focus On Inflation, Part 2

Speaking of inflation, (see part 1), and with sincere Coyote apologies to Gilbert and Sullivan: in short, in all matters animal and vegetable and mineral, James Dobson is the model of a modern major inflation.  Simply unbelievable!

In case you haven't heard, James Dobson The Great, of Focus On the Family, called down wind and water of biblical proportions on Obama's outdoor gathering at Invesco field.  This is the very definition of inflation.  Dobson believes he is the messenger of God.  The archetype of being "God's spokesperson" fills Dobson with power, meaning, purpose, and destiny.  As God's messenger he infallibly knows God's will, and he can infallibly distinguish God's friends from God's enemies.  In fact, being so close to the power of God, Dobson can even command the wind and waves.  The energy and archetype of being the messenger of God have totally consumed him.  He is on a mission from God, and if that doesn't make you blue, brother, then nothing will.

How did Coyote say we fight inflation?  First, we have to realize we all have small roles in a big play.  Dobson believes the precisely the opposite.  Dobson believes he has the lead role in his own play.  Second, we fight inflation by proceeding with humility and reluctance.  Again, Dobson manifests the opposite, acting with certainty, arrogance, and assurance. Inflated individuals, assured of their own importance, and walking in the absolute power of the archetype, will say and do anything.  Ladies and gentlemen, I give you James Dobson.

Now Coyote must say something crucial here: Dobson is not just dangerous, he is also tragic, and his tragedy is our tragedy.  We are all inflated at times.  Sometimes transpersonal energies and archetypes posses us all, and we do and say unthinking things, without reluctance and humility, thinking we are God.  James Dobson, in his arrogance and blindness, is me.  

Unfortunately, Dobson seems unable, so far, to see his inflation, or to let any air out of the balloon.  Now he only calls down wind and rain.  Soon he might call down fire.  Coyote prays Dobson's inflated tragedy might be a sobering lesson for us all.

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