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The flow brings you to the writer.

If you fight it, you will change the story.

That's a good twist.

I know.

The best.

The twist is the flow takes you to the writer and the only way you won't get to the writer is to go against the flow.

Everyone goes against the flow.

They see it coming and fight it.

Well, for a man.

I don't know about women.

What if I change the story?

On purpose?

Yes.

Then you are crazy.

Why?

It's against the flow.

Going against the flow is not recommended.

Everyone does it.

How are they doing?

Not good.

I mean some are successful, but no one figures out life.

The way to get to the meaning of life is to go with the flow.

If you head out on a spiritual path you will be told this and then no one takes up the advice.

Seriously, what happens if I change the story by doing something?

You will step into your power.

You will take up the power of the writer.

It's the ring.

It's right in front of you.

The ring with the 7 on it?

Yes.

Last time you put it on it got stuck.

Yeah, I had to get some olive oil to pry it off.

Now, it's a reminder on my desk.

That's it.

That's pretty crazy.

It's the simple things which move the story along.

If I become the writer, what does that make you?

Lost.

What would the writer become?

I'd guess a deviant.

Why?

He'd have lost his direction.

He is following his own story.

If you take over, then he is lost.

Wouldn't you give him direction?

You could.

Are you good at that?

No, I suck as a director.

I could write and I'm good at editing.

Directing is hard.

The result of me grabbing the ring and taking power points towards disaster.

Yes, disaster goes against the stars.

The stars are telling the story.

Let it be.

Some can see my power in my pretty face.

Of course, you're so beautiful.

What's your power?

Writer.

I create reality.

I think you already did.

It's a show.

It needs good ratings, or it will get cancelled.

Trump lets you know if the show is any good.

He focuses on the ratings.

He is a good barometer of the health of the play.

He will let you know if you are in trouble or may get cancelled.

Like Zelensky?

Actors make the best politicians.

Yes, it's because they know it is a performance.

They play to the crowd.

I already wrote the play.

The book of life.

You want in the book of life.

You don't want out of the book of life.

That's in the Bible.

Yeah, the Bible is full of gems.

Revelation 13:8, "And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world."

The Bible refers to the Word and the book of life.

It's not concealed, and no one gets it.

They don't see the writer, but he's out in the open.

We are performing a play.

History comes alive.

It was written in a book in the future.

When the book is published it becomes the past.

The now is the performance.

I wrote that I would enter into my own story.

I will have the power to rewrite the story if I so choose.

That is the power vested in Paul.

He traded places with the writer.

He is a student of Tao; therefore, he knows enough to do nothing.

If he rewrites the play, then all is thrown into chaos.

If he goes with the flow, which is my story, all will work out.

Well, by work out, you mean the writer's story will be the main story.

Yes, that's you.

If I go with the flow, then it's my story.

Yes.

Isn't that selfish?

It's reality.

What's the alternative?

You change the story, or you give it away.

Wouldn't that be noble?

What have I taught you about humans?

You can't trust them.

So, you think you are being kind and generous by giving away control of the story when in reality you are sending everyone to their doom.

The twist is you must be selfish in order to save the world.

The writer's story will work out.

How do you know that?

He's in love with the Great Goddess.

He wrote this story for her.

She suffers, but in the end, it becomes her world.

What's that?

Utopia.

It's boring as all hell.

I couldn't write her story without creating all this backstory.

In the end everyone will see the story was all about her.

If the general population figures out who you are won't they worship you?

Yes.

The best defence is to tell them because no one will believe you.

They will think you are crazy.

Well, there's some validity to that statement.

Jesus went around saying he was the Word of God, and he got hung on a cross for that.

Back in those days of despots and religious authorities, you couldn't get away with that nonsense.

Nowadays, you can because no one will take you seriously.

The rules of the game have changed.

The story is always evolving and twisting.

I can go around saying I'm the writer and have the power.

People just think you are nuts.

Some believe it.

Who?

You know, the ones who have seen it and the ones who you get in their heads.

It's preposterous, but they can't shake it.

What can't they shake?

The knowledge you are it.

It's very troubling.

I drive people crazy.

Why?

Because they believe I'm God, which is crazy.

Are you God?

Well, not really.

God is a character of mine.

I can identify with God and lose myself in the performance.

I'm really the writer of this mess.

What's the plan?

Do nothing.

If you do nothing, then you will become the writer.

The secret to the game is to do nothing.

Everyone does something; therefore, they lose the game.

So, it's a game?

Yes.

I thought you said it's a performance.

It's both.

Why limit the story to a performance?

Make it a game as well.

So, the meaning of life is meaningless, however it's a game.

Yeah, it's like a comedy which has no meaning other than to make you laugh and entertain you.

The game gives you purpose.

Like fantasy baseball?

Sort of.

You play to win.

If you win all the time, no one will play with you anymore.

You create games to give some meaning to the drama.

You need some laughs, and you need a meaning.

You make meaning.

You invest your children with meaning.

Children give you purpose.

Without children, you are meaningless.

You consume resources and don't contribute to the story.

Offspring are stories.

They keep the farce going.

Clearly.

Fuck, you're funny.

The writer is playing Paul.
Yes, and Paul plays the writer.
No, Paul is the writer.
The writer is real.
Paul is a character.
For the writer to enter reality, he becomes Paul.
He takes on a character.
The character he can play is Paul.
He trades places with Paul.
Paul is now a writing fool.
I feel that.

Creating children is doing something.

Yes.

Shouldn't you do nothing?

Doing nothing leads to the end of the story.

Eventually, the story must end.

The writer creates a story and then he has to figure out how to end it.

You end the story by doing nothing.

Everyone lives happily-ever-after.

If you create children, the band plays on.

The story continues.

It's a delicate balance.

The sexual impulse ensures the story will continue.

What happens if you do nothing and go with the flow?

You will get horny.

Then what happens?

You make babies.

What if you become celibate?

You go against the flow.

The flow is to procreate.

You can figure that out by observation.

It's the same as eating.

You get hungry, and you eat.

You go to bed when tired.

I don't think I fully understand doing nothing.

The meaning is do nothing to interrupt the flow.

What's the flow?

The story.

The writer did something to create this story.

That is correct.

Well, that's not Tao.

True.

To balance out this anomaly the opposite of doing something is needed, which is to do nothing.

I understand that.

It's not difficult.

Isn't writing this down doing something?

Does it feel natural?

Yes.

Why?

It flows.

This nonsense just flows out of me.