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From these two Dudefathers, it could be said, all subsequent global Dudeism has sprung. The supremely dudesque novelist (he took drugs once and wrote about it) Aldous Huxley coined the term Perennial Philosophy to refer to the many similar religions and ideas that popped up around the same time in mans history: that of Taoism, Buddhism, Yogism, Christianity, Greek philosophy, etc. He pointed out that this rebel shrug has endured through the subsequent ages in one shape or form, despite dictatorial efforts to curtail it. Throughout history, secret societies of dudes, cabals of proto-modern bongo-players and players of the French game of boules kept the flame of Dudeism alive while the world around them seemed eager to snuff it out. As the Dudes quixotic sidekick Walter admonishes a bowling adversary who has broken the rules: You are entering a world of pain! Mark it zero. Confronted with this inflexible and unfeeling existence, the Dude in all of us will acquiesce, slyly scribbling a peace sign where a zero might otherwise suffice. He who gently yields is the disciple of life, wrote Lao Tzu. That is to say, he abides.

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