Everyone is orthodox –
believer, atheist, agnostic  –-  all are orthodox.

There is a dogma that all humans follow,
and each man has a personal spiritual advisor 
to whom he listens,
(“spiritual” here as opposed to sensual.)

Everyone is orthodox in that they:
”Conform to an Approved form of a doctrine, philosophy, or ideology;
are conventional in the attitude toward a sanctioned belief system”  -- 
this is: man-the-ordinary: man-the-routine;
man-the-sane-&-acceptable:
a species which a few of its members finds to 
live too near a state that 
too closely resembles hypnosis,
(an ideal condition, by the way, for orthodoxy).
 

Although men can vary greatly in their physical behavior,
they cannot in their non sensual beliefs;
from ordinary views they certainly may appear to,
as one man professes his allegiance to Ideology P,
and another, his to Ideology Q -- 
but they are nonetheless, both orthodox, 
and solid supporters of The Approved Doctrine. 
He who insists that god’s name is Jehovah,
is no different than he who calls him Allah,
and not distinct from either is he who denies that 
there is a god.           They are all orthodox.
(Same in other intangible fields, such as in politics:
Liberals, Conservatives, and Anarchists, and in art:
Modernists, Traditionalists, and Avant Garde, and in music: Classical, Contemporary, and Experimental, etc.)
 

When men deviate from prescribed orthodox behavior they are punished by their peers,
via such methods as imprisonment; and even execution,
whereas there ARE no punishments for straying from The Approved Doctrine  --  and why?  --
          --  because no one strays.
The Approved Doctrine blankets & embraces all;
                      Everybody is orthodox.
 

Again, standard thought will disagree, and point to people who do express ideas that are in opposition to the prevailing ones of the time & place,
but opposition to any particular idea simply offers continued support for belief in substance to its existence.
The idea of god is not harmed by ideas that hammer it;
Bach is not denied by cries that it is a good thing Mahler was not alive contemporaneously.
A P.R. axiom is that it does not matter what is said about you -- as long as your name is spelled correctly,
which coincidentally pinpoints precisely 
the manner in which men unnoticingly, 
continually affirm their orthodoxy: 
they always spell God’s, Marx’s & Mozart’s name correctly, whether they be expressing support therefore, 
or otherwise.
 

In that being orthodox is being: 
“Correct in your belief, or opinion,” note that
on the sensual side of man’s existence
he has no beliefs, or opinions:
no one “believes” that water will cure thirst --
men instinctively know it, and it is never debated,
and men do not hold “opinions” regarding whether or not it is good to consume food, or stay out of the rain,
or have sex, etc.
Men only have beliefs and opinions in the 
non sensual, spiritual area of their lives,
and therein, you are orthodox if you have any;
it does not matter what the beliefs or opinions ARE,
all that matters is that you HAVE them.
           If you have any  --   you are orthodox.
 

In that being orthodox is in having:
“A conventional attitude toward the sanctioned 
belief system,” 
the all encompassing belief being that the 
orthodox ideas being supplied automatically 
to your mind are the only correct ones.
Indeed, the-cry-of-The-Orthodox: 
“Thoughts Know Best.
YOUR thoughts!
….the ones you are having right now!
    ….the ones you have always had.
These are the thoughts --  what ever they are  -- that 
                         --   Know Best!”
 
 

You couldn’t be a rebel if you tried –
it is a talent that must be learnt,
and its realization is blocked by 
your present pitiful attempts at rebellion,
(which are nothing more than meaningless, 
mechanical manifestations of your innate 
sore-headedness calling itself intellectual-rebellion).
 

Even a rebel is orthodox,
you can never NOT be orthodox, (and confused), 
without you 
walk off the playing field of orthodoxy altogether. 
As long as you will “spiritually” struggle  --
--  the struggle has got you;
as long as you denounce the devil --  you are his;
as long as you deny god  --  you are not your own person;
as long as you decry the stupidity of man, and yourself --  you will remain blind to what is obvious.
 

Being orthodox-in-your-mind is to be sane & normal;
to take, OR reject the Approved Ideology, 
(whatever it is), 
to be the expositional & final word on matters
is to assure yourself of a continued, non exertive state of walking-slumber & distraction.
 
 

What the few hunger for 
is not the overthrow of orthodoxy, 
but release from their head’s pointless captivation thereby. 

A man who knows what is going on 
does not fight meaningless battles;
a man who knows what is going on 
fights no battles  --   they are ALL meaningless. 


       You fight your shadow, and the only relief is to
                              step into the light, 
                              and thus stop the fight.
 

                                            J