Did You Ever Notice – 

                         Hearsay & Heresy 

              Differ by a Mere Two Letters?

The Self Psychology of Gossip

Our credulity is greatest concerning the things we know least about. And since we know least about ourselves, we are ready to believe all that is said about us. Hence the mysterious power of both flattery and calumny.                                                                                              

                                                                                      Eric Hoffer (1902–1983)

                             U.S. philosopher. The Passionate State of Mind,(1955)

Criticism is sacrilege, doubt is heresy.

                                                                                                                               Ben Hecht (1893–1964)

                                                                            U.S. journalist, author, screenwriter. "The Captive Muse,” (1954)

There is no worse heresy than when the identity of the person alone is enough to validate their hearsay in the eyes of others                                                                                         

                                                                                        Natalie Frank, Writer, 2012

A Brief Thought from the Land of Alternatives

Lest you have experienced it firsthand, it is naught by hearsay

Choosing to believe naught but hearsay

gives birth to the power of destruction

If I refuse to play by the rules of your hearsay,

rejecting your assertions of groundless hatred

with all my senses & thoughts & feelings

I render you powerless over me

your hearsay negated everywhere that matters

It is not that your hearsay no longer exists

It is that it never came into being to begin with

Now that all which maintained you never existed

It is you who are naught

And I pity you