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Did You Know:
James Ritty owned the Pony House in
Dayton, Ohio in the 1880s, where his
customers included Buffalo Bill Cody,
Jack Dempsey and John Dillinger. But
into his cashiers’ pockets instead of his
own. In 1878, on a trip to Europe, he
noticed a device on the ship that counted
the propeller’s revolutions. It inspired
Ritty to invent, with the help of his
brother John, the cash register which
they patented in 1879 as the
“Ritty’s Incorruptible Cashier.” They
added a bell that rang when the register
was opened, introducing the Cha Ching!
sound all business owners love to hear often.
Source: www.didyouknow.org
of a fear of getting out”. This, of course, leads
them into a situation of “nothing ventured, nothing
gained”.
Another symptom could be called, “trouble
in the DMZ (demilitarized zone)”, a term that was
common during the Vietnam War. In psychological
terms, it means trouble going from “here” to “there”.
one place or time or relationship, etc. to another.
In a sense, they are “frozen” on the spectrum. For
example, a cigarette smoker may state that he or
she cannot imagine being without “a cancer stick”
in their hand. Unfortunately, if they cannot imagine
it as a possible parallel reality, then it is unlikely
that they are going to be able to experience it in a
cigarette smoker’s reality.
“Regular reality” in this vision of the world
is a trance state. Although it is perhaps the most
popular and politically correct state to be in, it may
very well not lead to feeling whole and happy in
one’s life and self-image. The dis-eases and the
dis-functions that some people claim to be trapped
in are probably negative symptoms of their own
trance. Lord Byron, in his famous poem, “The
Prisoner of Chillon”, stated it as follows: “My
very chains and I grew friends, so much a long
communion tends to make us what we are”. The
ultimate trance state, or master parallel reality, is
free spirit.
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