In Reply to: Hi and welcome! posted by Thinker on October 10, 2006 at 21:26:51:
I think that for a lot of people, I can include myself in this category, the End Time doctrine is an escape from the responsibilities of daily living. It was a good excuse for me to continue my hippy rebellion against society, and not take responsibility for living responsibly vis a vis my fellow compatriots in this world.
Berg adopted Tim O'Leary's 'Drop Out Tune In Turn On' theme, and predicted the 'soon to come' destruction of everything man-made, it was the perfect speal for someone like me who at the time looked for a way of escapism.
The last thing that I want to do now is to live in 'the future', least of all someone else's version of what they say the future's going to be. I'd like to be like the Buddhists who live continually in the present moment. Now I do try to take it one day at a time, and now and then I can even get to a place where I really am 'in the moment', that sometimes happens when I'm out for a walk, or when I write my morning pages.