Elixir of Perception

“Perception is the secret that God covets the most!”

Gentle Ladies and Gentlemen;

Step right up.

Step right up.

Now gather around the sound of my voice and take a gander at my emporium of potions and elixirs. These exotic concoctions have been procured from across the globe and across the expanse of time itself. 

Ahhhh! I see that you are a discerning group, connoisseurs who value only the most peculiar potions.

So tonight, I present for your sagacious edification the last two remaining vials of a potion that is more powerful than the prestige of the prestidigitator.

What I hold in my hand is not some snake oil from some truth wrangler. 

It is the potent potable of perception.  

PERCEPTION!

These sparkling vials contain the only thing on this earth that is more potent than reality; they contain perception.

These unique elixirs were once preserved and reserved for the ancient kings and queens but then stolen by an unnamed purveyor and distilled within these tiny bottles. 

I can see that many of you are eager to partake in the soaring heights these mixtures provide but let me caution you that the alchemy of perception can leave one betwixt its Olympian powers and the torment of the nether world. 

Look very carefully!

One vial is half full, and it imparts to its imbiber all the positive aspects of sunlight prismed through a diamond. Partake, and your life will sparkle in the most remarkable ways. 

Yet the other vial, the half-empty vial, imparts all the negative aspects experienced by a child lost in a dark cave to its tragic consumer. 

Be bold, and you can perceive victory while crossing your own person Rubicon for a few ducats. The monetary enumeration will pale compared to the lofty returns that a positive perception provides. 

Just think of those before you that have purchased my timeless elixir. Edison saw the light after so much darkness, Disney saw enchantment in an orange field, and Gary Dahl perceived that a rock could be a great pet.

But drink too fast, and the folly will be fatal. Each sip must be supped with the human elements of sweat and toil to have a full effect.   

Drink the half-empty vial, and darkness will dine on your waking days—imagine walking through the tall nocturne shadows with only spilled lunacy to give you light. Until the cumulus clouds obscure your vision, the thief of night steals your sight. The following biblical blackness reminds you that reds are gray, and yellows are white under the cold-hearted glow of the moon’s pale light.

Now you must decide what is right and what is an illusion?

Will it be the half-full or the half-empty vial?

Reality and illusion are irrelevant when balanced on the scale with perception. Nothing under heaven can withstand the power to perceive.

Using only 10% of his brain, man has harnessed the sun’s power. He can be in multiple places at once; he can hear thousand of miles away; he can fly faster than thought. Ancient man would supplicate themselves to the gods we are now.

But still, you hesitate. Does fear foment procrastination? 

Be bold and remember:

Our communal perception is a parlor trick foisted upon us by cigar smoking and brandy sipping elites to subjugate the masses. Our perception of reality is what they manipulate to relegate us into mental amputees. But fear not, my antidote will free you from the bonds of the same and take you to a higher plane.

So, who among you will be so bold as to be the one to venture out from the communal cave and into the light to become a seeker and push back the inky shoreline of ignorance?

Step right up.

Step right up!

It’s time to choose, will it be the half-empty vial or will it be the half-full vial. 

It’s all up to you. 

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