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"Anger, if not restrained, is
frequently more harmful to us than the injury that provokes it."
- Seneca.
12 June 2002.
You can’t run out of patience because
the gods don’t lose patience with you!
Yeah, but I can’t be expected to
live with a beast-monster when I’m trapped in a physical/material cage with it!
Crazy.
Irish guy in Farringdon Bookshop
last year - the time you go over the edge and want to kill people is the time
you’ve got to get out and move away. That’s late enough as it is! When we
suppress anger everything appears to be okay but the situation is quite tragic
beneath the surface where anger is festering and growing. It may just explode
abruptly unless we also develop sufficient strength and self-control to contain
and channel it wisely.
“Holding on to anger is like
grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the
one who gets burned.” - Buddha.
“I can’t express anger. I grow a
tumour instead.” - Woody Allen.
Angel Cards: the Courage to be Tender (gentle) and the Willingness
to be Flexible (allow all
variations, all aspects of your life and manage
them Efficiently).
Otto
Schultz (Howard Da
Silva): We don’t usually permit outsiders here.
Caine (David Carradine): You are afraid?
Otto
Schultz: For our
souls. We lead very simple, God-fearing ways of life. Outsiders interfere. They
corrupt us and lead us from the path of righteousness.
Caine: Where I was born, there is a
creature called the chameleon.
Otto
Schultz: Chameleon?
Caine: A small lizard. He has the great
gift to change the colour of his skin that he may hide from predators. Yet, he
never changes himself. He is always a chameleon.
Otto
Schultz: You’re an
unusual man.
-
Kung Fu (Season 2, Episode 10, ‘The
Hoots,’ 1973).
15 June 2002.
Apply your will and self-discipline
to not let Pigsy get to you. He’s using intimidation. Ignore it. Don’t think
about it or let it prey on your mind. Know that you can take revenge and stop
him any time. Be confident. Turn the other cheek. Don’t worry. Oh - and avoid
him! He wants confrontation, you don’t. Play it on your level. Don’t accept or
allow his physical level. Feel your inner peace - it must deepen. Relax deeply.
Also, be content that Pigsy is going on to another karmic plane - he is still
there. Don’t get dragged along to Hell! Rise above, rest on a heavenly cloud
and smile. Be still and poised - like a cobra. Let the viper snap - in the end
it will destroy itself. You don’t need to do anything. Rise above the wheel of
karma. End all cycles of misery for yourself. Happiness is a state of mind.
Think it and then be it.
"Be
happy, it scares people." - Yousaf Abbasi.
Treat Pigsy like a mosquito: he’s a
menace but you can’t catch him! You can’t get him and squash him (in a ‘just’
society)! For a while, the mosie bites
you and terrorises you and you react, trying to destroy it. In the end you give
up. The mosquito wins! But, you no longer care. You relax and improve the
quality of your life and peace of mind by focussing on other things that bring
you joy. You pay no attention to the
mosquito.
The hot water in the shower, used by
Pigsy, is but a slight mosquito bite. The rest is all buzzing. When you meet
face to face it is like the mosquito flying near to your face. You don’t need
to try and brush it away, or even blink. Just relax and it will pass and no real harm will be done. It cannot harm you. It can only give you a temporary
wound that is annoying, not harmful. Relax and flow like a river. Move on;
don’t stop. Allow all to pass. Be patient and yielding. Don’t allow the flow to
cease, creating stagnant water, blockages, etc. be flexible and allow the
mosquito to live - it has a right to buss and try to sting you. You have a
right to avoid it and ignore it. It wants your blood? Okay, but give your
spirit too. It won’t like that because it will be reminded that it is just a
nasty animal and has a lot of pain and suffering ahead when it starts to
evolve.
Mercy, Compassion, Sympathy, Pity,
Peace.
Om. Shanthi. Om.
The
Doctor (Robert Picardo) to Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan): “I understand the burden you carry,
constantly being obligated to deal with those who fall short of excellence. I
often find my own patience being tested by someone like Mr. Kovin. Of course, I
generally respond with a devastating quip rather than a right hook. We must
both accept the fact that very few life forms will meet our high standards. So,
when you get irritated, just try to be tolerant and remember
they can’t help being what they are.” - Star
Trek: Voyager (Season 4, Episode 17, ‘Retrospect,’ 1998).
Don’t
forget: something you did in a previous
lifetime could partly be responsible for Pigsy’s own neurosis, his upbringing,
childhood conditions, mentality - like, he may have been an automaton you
helped to create in Atlantis. Who knows? Anything is possible.
Frankenstein
by Mary Shelley
(1818).
Chapter
10. ‘Devil,’ I
exclaimed, ‘do you dare approach me? and do not you fear the fierce vengeance
of my arm wreaked on your miserable head? Begone, vile insect! or rather, stay,
that I may trample you to dust! and, oh! that I could, with the extinction of
your miserable existence, restore those victims whom you have so diabolically
murdered!’
‘I
expected this reception,’ said the daemon. ‘All men hate the wretched; how,
then, must I be hated, who am miserable beyond all living things! Yet you, my
creator, detest and spurn me, thy creature, to whom thou art bound by ties only
dissoluble by the annihilation of one of us. You purpose to kill me. How dare
you sport thus with life? Do your duty towards me, and I will do mine towards you
and the rest of mankind. If you will comply with my conditions, I will leave
them and you at peace; but if you refuse, I will glut the maw of death, until
it be satiated with the blood of your remaining friends.’
‘Abhorred
monster! fiend that thou art! the tortures of hell are too mild a vengeance for
thy crimes. Wretched devil! you reproach me with your creation; come on, then,
that I may extinguish the spark which I so negligently bestowed.’
My
rage was without bounds; I sprang on him, impelled by all the feelings which
can arm one being against the existence of another.
He
easily eluded me, and said -
‘Be
calm! I entreat you to hear me, before you give vent to your hatred on my
devoted head. Have I not suffered enough that you seek to increase my misery?
Life, although it may only be an accumulation of anguish, is dear to me, and I
will defend it. Remember, thou hast made me more powerful than thyself; my
height is superior to thine; my joints more supple. But I will not be tempted
to set myself in opposition to thee. I am thy creature, and I will be even mild
and docile to my natural lord and king, if thou wilt also perform thy part, the
which thou owest me. Oh, Frankenstein, be not equitable to every other, and
trample upon me alone, to whom thy justice, and even thy clemency and
affection, is most due. Remember that I am thy creature; I ought to be thy
Adam; but I am rather the fallen angel, whom thou drivest from joy for no
misdeed. Everywhere I see bliss, from which I alone am irrevocably excluded. I
was benevolent and good - misery made me a fiend. Make me happy, and I shall
again be virtuous.’
‘Begone!
I will not hear you. There can be no community between you and me; we are
enemies. Begone, or let us try our strength in a fight, in which one must
fall.’
‘How
can I move thee? Will no entreaties cause thee to turn a favourable eye upon
thy creature, who implores thy goodness and compassion? Believe me,
Frankenstein: I was benevolent; my soul glowed with love and humanity: but am I
not alone, miserably alone? You, my creator, abhor me; what hope can I gather
from your fellow-creatures, who owe me nothing? they spurn and hate me. The
desert mountains and dreary glaciers are my refuge. I have wandered here many
days; the caves of ice, which I only do not fear, are a dwelling to me, and the
only one which man does not grudge. These bleak skies I had, for they are
kinder to me than your fellow-beings. If the multitude of mankind knew of my
existence, they would do as you do, and arm themselves for my destruction.
Shall I not then hate them who abhor me? I will keep no terms with my enemies.
I am miserable, and they shall share my wretchedness. Yet it is in your power
to recompense me, and deliver them from an evil which it only remains for you
to make so great that not only you and your family, but thousands of others,
shall be swallowed up in the whirlwinds of its rage. Let your compassion be
moved, and do not disdain me. Listen to my tale: when you have heard that,
abandon or commiserate me, as you shall judge that I deserve. But hear me. The
guilty are allowed, by human laws, bloody as they are, to speak in their own
defence before they are condemned. Listen to me, Frankenstein. You accuse me of
murder; and yet you would, with a satisfied conscience, destroy your own
creature. Oh, praise the eternal justice of man! Yet I ask you not to spare me:
listen to me; and then, if you can, and if you will, destroy the work of your;
hands.’
‘Why
do you call to my remembrance,’ I rejoined, ‘circumstances, of which I shudder
to reflect, that I have been the miserable origin and author? Cursed be the
day, abhorred devil, in which you first saw light! Cursed (although I curse
myself) be the hands that formed you! You have made me wretched beyond
expression. You have left me no power to consider whether I am just to you or
not. Begone! relieve me from the sight of your detested form.’
‘Thus
I relieve thee, my creator,’ he said, and placed his hated hands before my
eyes, which I flung from me with violence; "thus I take from thee a sight
which you abhor. Still thou canst listen to me, and grant me thy compassion. By
the virtues that I once possessed, I demand this from you. Hear my tale; it is
long and strange, and the temperature of this place is not fitting to your fine
sensations; come to the hut upon the mountain. The sun is yet high in the
heavens; before it descends to hide itself behind yon snowy precipices, and
illuminate another world, you will have heard my story, and can decide. On you
it rests whether I quit forever the neighbourhood of man, and lead a harmless
life, or become the scourge of your fellow-creatures, and the author of your
own speedy ruin.’
As
he said this, he led the way across the ice: I followed. My heart was full, I
did not answer him; but, as I proceeded, I weighed the various arguments that
he had used, and determined at least to listen to his tale. I was partly urged
by curiosity, and compassion confirmed my resolution. I had hitherto supposed
him to be the murderer of my brother, and I eagerly sought a confirmation or
denial of this opinion. For the first time, also, I felt what the duties of a
creator towards his creature were, and that I ought to render him happy before
I complained of his wickedness. These motives urged me to comply with his
demand. We crossed the ice, therefore, and ascended the opposite rock. The air
was cold, and the rain again began to descend: we entered the hut, the fiend
with an air of exultation, I with a heavy heart and depressed spirits. But I
consented to listen; and, seating myself by the fire which my odious companion
had lighted, he thus began his tale.”
Chapter
19. ‘But I am a
blasted tree; the bolt has entered my soul; and I felt then that I should
survive to exhibit what I shall soon cease to be - a miserable spectacle of
wrecked humanity, pitiable to others and intolerable to myself.’
It is interesting, the allusion to
Frankenstein’s monster. The Atlantean ‘scientists’ invented automatons,
experimented with new bodily forms. But souls then had to inhabit them.
Physical, earthbound souls incarnated into them and were trapped and deserted.
Their makers were not there to help guide and support them so they became
monsters, like babies in fierce, powerful bodies. Dangerous. Fucked up. Left to
their own devices and prey to their own angst and confusion.
Just a different evolutionary
generation from me.
That’s why, even though there is so
much tension and enmity between you, and hatred on Pigsy’s part, taking all his
anger out on you, or whoever is there and defenceless, even though he is
dangerous and destructive, you must send him love.
His soul needs cleansing and
healing. His heart needs opening. He needs help. He is disturbed and is a
menace to society. This is an opportunity to help rectify such a defective
component of human society.
"If we could learn to like ourselves, even a little, maybe
our cruelties and angers might melt away." ‑ John Steinbeck.
“Someday you will find the place.
It’s the place where love takes over hate.” - Hilary Duff.
Love - only. That is all that is
required as a response. Heal with love. Don’t fight. Don’t perpetuate the
misery. And, this will bring you more happiness.
When the monster was killing people,
Frankenstein had to try and hunt him down and kill him. Don’t let it go that
far - send love and light and healing before things go too far and there is a
real battle to deal with.
Use your power on a psychic level.
Don’t stop - you can’t afford to. Call on the Divine Light.
At the same time, you are enduring a
‘lifetime’ of severe karma! You, yourself, are afflicted with some primitive
condition of retardation, preventing you from expressing your individual will,
like an automaton, like a slave.
"Vanquish enemies at arms...
Gain mastery of the sciences
And varied arts...
You may do all this, but karma's
force
Alone prevents what is not destined
And compels what is to be.”
- One of J. Robert Oppenheimer's
favourite lines of the Gita Sanskrit
texts.
“I dare do all that may become a
man;
Who dares do more, is none.”
- William Shakespeare (Macbeth, Act I, Scene VII).
“You just
do it. You force yourself to get up. You force yourself to put one foot before
the other, and God damn it, you refuse to let it get to you. You fight. You
cry. You curse. Then you go about the business of living. That’s how I’ve done
it. There’s no other way.” - Elizabeth Taylor.
Alphaville (directed by Jean Luc Goddard)
Retrospective
insert.
“But when you find yourself engulfed in circumstances that
cause you to offer a vibration that is far from that of bliss, then reaching
for bliss is an impossible thing, for the Law
of Attraction does not allow you to make that vibrational jump any more
than you could have tuned your radio receiver to 101FM and heard a song that
was being played on 630AM…
You have
the ability to direct your own thoughts; you have the option of observing
things as they are, or of imagining them as you want them to be – and whichever
option you choose, whether you are imagining or observing, is equally powerful.
You have the option of remembering something that did not please you. You have
the option of anticipating something you want or anticipating something you do
not want. In every case, your thoughts produce a vibration within you that
equals your point of attraction, and then circumstances and events line up to
match the vibrations that you have offered.
You have
the ability to place your attention wherever you decide, so it is possible to
distract yourself from something unwanted and put your attention upon something
wanted. But when a vibration within you is one you have practised a great deal,
the tendency is to continue to offer the vibration in the way you have been
practising it – no matter how much you wish it to be different.
It is not a difficult thing to change the
pattern of your vibration, especially when you understand that you can do it a
little bit at a time. Once you have an understanding of how vibrations work,
how they affect your experience and, most important, what your emotions are
telling you about your vibrations, now you can make steady, fast progress
toward the achievement of anything that you desire."
-
Abraham (Ask and It is Given. Learning to
Manifest Your Desires by Esther and Jerry Hicks, Hay House, Inc., Carlsbad,
CA., U.S., 2004, p.67-68).
As I share in the Introduction to
Book 3, “I told St. Germain during the Summer Solstice ‘Wholeness’ event
[2009], ‘I’ve created a monster, haven’t I?’ I asked what I should do. ‘Kill
it?’ I said. He replied, ‘No. Don’t kill it. Love it.’” I was, in fact,
referring to the number of books I have started but not had time to complete
which is now a heavy responsibility to carry on my shoulders. I was also,
however, referring to the title of this project and relaying my feeling that
the generally negative subject matter had given birth to a monster with which I
now had to contend in order to move on and continue with my other books for
which, I confess, I have genuine love and passion (I had originally anticipated
finishing Monstaville within one year
but the monster simply grew and grew!).
On
the one hand, it can be argued that, by investing so much thought into my
ordeals, I am taking the long route home and prolonging my misery. On the other
hand, this might be considered a slow but sure path to success, starting with
the roots buried in dark soil and finally reaching fruition as truth ripens on
the branches of greater awareness. Our creations then simply drop from bended
boughs as though they had fallen out of the sky as if nothing had ever
happened, no long, painful growth from seed to maturity, frustration to
fulfilment. Perhaps it is necessary for me, for whatever reason, to dig down
deep and acquaint myself with the unconscious roots of this tree in order to
feel and release the pain from which my troubles ultimately derive. Staring the
monster in the face like this until one of us breaks or engaging in a seemingly
endless debate, it could be that I am still endeavouring to exorcise my demons
or gradually exhausting my contemplation on this subject so that I will no
longer be so tempted to enquire any further. Indeed, perhaps this is really an
exercise in wearing down my ego mind and, by contrast, embracing a new life of freedom
and purpose without being held back by the monster that was always dictating to
me from the shadows, behind a locked door. Now, it is all out in the open, with
rays of truth shining from many directions and nowhere for ignorance or naïveté
to hide. The roots of suffering must eventually become the roots of wisdom
which serve us without requiring our attention as innocence and maturity merge
together. It is an adventure too, of course, as self-obsessed as it may appear
to some!
Physical
manifestation will eventually result from anything to which we give sufficient
attention, says Abraham-Hicks. Indeed, all of our experiences result from
giving our attention to something. Other’s attention to this manifestation
helps to expand it until, eventually, it becomes a ‘truth’ which we have
created whether we welcome it or not (and which others may then also attract by
giving their attention to it). Attention is thus a form of invocation. Only by
choosing which experiences are to represent truth for us can our lives reflect
what we want.
We
are living in a transition period that is leading us to full awakening from the
dream of duality and separateness but most of us are not there yet! Naturally, it
would be marvellous if we could all grasp Abraham’s ‘leading edge’ teachings,
simply express our higher nature and ‘Hey Presto!’ our lives are magically
transformed before our very eyes. The majority of people have not yet made
their way to the mount where the sermon is being given. They are entrenched in
the trials and tribulations of their lives and, while some may, indeed, get
wind of higher truths than those by which they have habitually lived their
lives, there is still some way before they will be able absorb them and be in a
position to practice them. Although Abraham states that it matters not who we
are or where we find ourselves: “Nothing has to change in your circumstances or
in the circumstances that surround you for you to begin to deliberately allow
your own connection to the Stream of Well-Being.” (Ask and It is
Given. Learning to Manifest Your Desires by Esther and Jerry Hicks, Hay House, Inc., Carlsbad, CA., U.S., 2004, p.37).
The journey to full recovery, to living a ‘fulfilling and happy life,’ has to
start somewhere. And there’s ‘no time like the present.’ Step-by-step, we
develop faith and trust, get our heads around these concepts and deepen our
understanding of higher ways of living. Gradually, it becomes more natural to
let go of that which is no longer appropriate for us, or is not serving our
highest good, and more proficient at loving our experiences, or giving our attention
to what we do love as well as exercising our imagination to place ourselves vibrationally
in the energy of that which we wish to attract into our lives, and really bathe
(and breathe) in the feeling of receiving, tasting and enjoying that which we
desire to manifest and deliberately create, expressing our God-given power as
co-creators.
“Beloved
ones, only as something is loved is it free to change into something else. I
want you to take these words and write them on your wall in big letters because
so often this is the way that the mind hooks you into its domain – by
continuing to show you all the things you resist, which keeps them alive, of
course…When Love touches the world, what it sees is the truth behind the
illusion. It sees the precious hearts of God that are whirling like star fields
or like petals of the cosmic lotus. All of it is free and moving, open,
resplendent and glorious – right here, right where you stand in this Now
Moment. I cannot encourage you enough to take every step that is necessary to
keep yourself shifting to the heart and to learn how to maintain it. The heart
will make your world holy. All the things that the mind sees as shadows will
disappear in the Light of your consciousness and be transformed in this Love. I
Am present here fully in your heart and I Am your limitless consciousness that
will bring you your unlimited truth, rather than the dream of duality…When you
make this shift, it can take a little effort but sometimes not much…to begin to
feel how things sparkle and dance and how all life is part of this
communion…The moment that you open to this flow, then your resonance, your
vibration completely changes and brings you into harmony with the flow of Good,
with the perfection that I Am with you. Your world begins to change and to
manifest the expression of your perfection more and more effortlessly. You can
see that it is a continuous escalation. One shift to the heart and Love is
available. Love’s availability will melt the illusion of separation, limitation
and boundaries. One moment in the heart’s field of grace and the ecstasy is
once again present. The resonance of that joy within you begins to magnetise
your good exponentially, which lets you shift more easily into a greater
experience of Love – which magnetises more Love to you. Ever-more grand is the
opening of your heart. More filled with ecstasy is your consciousness and your
feelings. More and more you are the open heart of God loving the world and thus
freeing it. And loving your own life, which allows it to change. Wanting it
different keeps it in place. To the mind this seems counter-intuitive. But to
the heart it makes perfect sense. Love, beloved ones, is alive. Its living
presence makes everything molten, makes it filled with the movement of God and
open to the glory of the cosmos. The resistance of the ego keeps you bound and
locked into the illusion of separation where nothing is truly alive. Not as
this is!“ - The
Messages from God (channelled through Yael and Doug Powell, ‘Only Love Allows
Things to Change. Transforming Resistance,’ 17 January 2011, www.circleoflight.net).
It is not too difficult to see how
Frankenstein may be said to have turned his life into a monster through the
projection of his unconscious by dwelling on problems or being at the mercy of
fearful, negative thoughts born in childhood which need to be released and
transmuted. Repressed emotions must eventually surface to be healed and
released through love. They cannot remain locked away forever through fear,
denial and resistance because they are illusions and sooner or later we will
inevitably wake from our slumber just as all rivers of thought eventually lead
back to the sea of consciousness, from separateness to the Oneness of Reality. We
can hasten this process by actively shining light on those areas of ourselves
that are steeped in darkness. We can share the love and confidence that we have
found within us with those parts of ourselves which remain rooted in beliefs
that enabled us to cope and survive under duress when we were defenceless
children yet which continue to affect us to this day as adults.
“I love the saying: ‘Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, while still expecting different results’ [attributed to Albert Einstein]. It's not error itself that defines insanity. It's denial. It's evasion. It's a wilful refusal to introspect and look at one's own actions objectively. It wouldn't be possible to do the same thing over and over again, while expecting different results, unless you were blocking your willingness to face facts. When this blocking becomes so automatic, so ingrained, so much a part of your personality, that it's ever-more difficult to break the cycle - that's surely insanity, of a kind. Technically speaking, in the most narrow sense, insanity (or ‘mental illness’) involves the experience of outright delusions and hallucinations, as with a schizophrenic. However, the operative principle is the same with people who aren't that far along. We're all capable of some form, degree or version of insanity. The extent to which we are is the extent to which we pay a price. Because no matter how much you think you're escaping reality, you're not. The road to insanity is paved with multiple evasions that become habit. The road BACK is paved with clarity of thinking, a willingness to face facts, and optimism that reason can solve problems - and beats denial, any day of the week.” - Michael J. Hurd, Ph.D.
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (Gene Wilder): Love is the only
thing that can save this poor creature, and I am going to convince him that he
is loved even at the cost of my own life. No matter what you hear in there, no
matter how cruelly I beg you, no matter how terribly I may scream, do not open
this door or you will undo everything I have worked for. Do you understand? Do
not open this door.
Inga (Teri Garr): Yes, Doctor.
Igor (Marty Feldman): Nice working with ya.
[Dr. Frankenstein goes into the room with the Creature. The Creature wakes up]
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Let me out. Let me out of here. Get me the hell out of here. What's the matter with you people? I was joking! Don't you know a joke when you hear one? Ha ha ha ha. Jesus Christ, get me out of here! Open this goddamn door or I'll kick your rotten heads in! Mommy! [Frankenstein gives up, faces his fear and resorts to using his charm and wit to placate the Creature] Hello handsome! [The Creature looks to his left and right in confusion] You’re a good-looking fellow, do you know that? People laugh at you. People hate you. But why do they hate you? Because they are jealous! [The Creature growls a little] Look at that boyish face. Look at that sweet smile. You wanna talk about physical strength? Do you want to talk about sheer muscle? Do you want to talk about the Olympian ideal? You are a god! [The Creature looks upwards with newfound pride] And, listen to me: You are not evil. You are good! [The Creature breaks down in tears and Dr. Frankenstein gets down and holds him lovingly]. This is a nice boy. This is a good boy. This is a mother’s angel. And I want the world to know, once and for all and without any shame, that we love him! I’m going to teach you. I’m going to show you how to walk, how to speak, how to move, how to think. Together, you and I are going to make the greatest single contribution to science since the creation of fire.
“I love the saying: ‘Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, while still expecting different results’ [attributed to Albert Einstein]. It's not error itself that defines insanity. It's denial. It's evasion. It's a wilful refusal to introspect and look at one's own actions objectively. It wouldn't be possible to do the same thing over and over again, while expecting different results, unless you were blocking your willingness to face facts. When this blocking becomes so automatic, so ingrained, so much a part of your personality, that it's ever-more difficult to break the cycle - that's surely insanity, of a kind. Technically speaking, in the most narrow sense, insanity (or ‘mental illness’) involves the experience of outright delusions and hallucinations, as with a schizophrenic. However, the operative principle is the same with people who aren't that far along. We're all capable of some form, degree or version of insanity. The extent to which we are is the extent to which we pay a price. Because no matter how much you think you're escaping reality, you're not. The road to insanity is paved with multiple evasions that become habit. The road BACK is paved with clarity of thinking, a willingness to face facts, and optimism that reason can solve problems - and beats denial, any day of the week.” - Michael J. Hurd, Ph.D.
Inga (Teri Garr): Yes, Doctor.
Igor (Marty Feldman): Nice working with ya.
[Dr. Frankenstein goes into the room with the Creature. The Creature wakes up]
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Let me out. Let me out of here. Get me the hell out of here. What's the matter with you people? I was joking! Don't you know a joke when you hear one? Ha ha ha ha. Jesus Christ, get me out of here! Open this goddamn door or I'll kick your rotten heads in! Mommy! [Frankenstein gives up, faces his fear and resorts to using his charm and wit to placate the Creature] Hello handsome! [The Creature looks to his left and right in confusion] You’re a good-looking fellow, do you know that? People laugh at you. People hate you. But why do they hate you? Because they are jealous! [The Creature growls a little] Look at that boyish face. Look at that sweet smile. You wanna talk about physical strength? Do you want to talk about sheer muscle? Do you want to talk about the Olympian ideal? You are a god! [The Creature looks upwards with newfound pride] And, listen to me: You are not evil. You are good! [The Creature breaks down in tears and Dr. Frankenstein gets down and holds him lovingly]. This is a nice boy. This is a good boy. This is a mother’s angel. And I want the world to know, once and for all and without any shame, that we love him! I’m going to teach you. I’m going to show you how to walk, how to speak, how to move, how to think. Together, you and I are going to make the greatest single contribution to science since the creation of fire.
Inga: Dr. Frankensteen. Are you alright?
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: My name is Frankenstein!
-
Young Frankenstein (directed by Mel
Brooks, 1974).
"Laughter is an instant
vacation!" - Milton Berle.
