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Construction Zone !!!
I am in the process of putting
this site together and am only
too aware of the many bugs,
missing parts, bad grammar, etc
and ask for your patience.
Thanks!
Encouraging you to find truth,
in the world and in your life
understand, is that it means losing control over where your search
takes you. Truth and reality care nothing for our emotional
addictions or what the mass of humanity believes.
really going on, both in the world and in your own life. Conspiracies are not only
about the big events, they reach down and touch our lives in many ways. They taint
our relationships and warp our perceptions and thinking. They enslave us to
unproductive ways of thinking and acting.
Unfortunately, we can never assume that people in our lives are free from control by
others. Conspiracy literature is full of examples of people placed in all levels of society,
from the highest to the lowest, who will report what they see and do what they are
told, including causing "utter destruction" to those they supposedly love. I consider
this a huge area which most conspiracy literature misses.
In our own lives it is sometimes difficult to understand other people's behavior. Our
conventional ways of thinking are not adequate to explain what is happening.
Perhaps people are "crazy", perhaps there are important factors we are not aware of,
or maybe these big conspiracies have reached all the way down to the people in our
own lives.
It is important to read and study conspiracy literature to understand the big picture,
but it is just as important to study our own lives. There is much to be learned this
way.
I used to worry about subversive groups trying to take over the country until I finally
concluded that it was a done deal a long time ago. Our country HAS been taken over.
Effective action must be based on the fullest understanding possible of the situation.
The less we understand about a situation the more likely our actions will be ineffective.
- It is important to understand that the mainstream media is not going to tell you all you need to
know. Newspapers, TV networks, radio stations, magazines, book publishing and other forms of
mass media are owned or controlled by the same people who own the giant corporations and who
shape government policies. These people at the top of the financial pyramid deal with power and
have their own agendas to pursue. Part of their agenda is to control what we are told to control
our behavior. The media is not a "watchdog" protecting our interests as much as it is an agent of
thought control over us. You will need to find sources of information other than the mainstream
media.
- The world wide web is a wonderful resource for information. It is like having thousands of
different libraries of information on your desk top. Information that took me years to find in book
form can be pulled up with searches on the web. I still prefer books, but the web is a very powerful
tool. I was more or less dragged kicking and screaming into computers. If there is a God perhaps
computers were his answer for my intolerance for frustration! It is worth the frustration.
- It will take time for you to decide which sources of information have credibility. Most sources have
agendas, but they may not be explicit about what those agendas are. Some sources will only dig
so far into things and then stop. I have read so much in the areas that interest me that I can often
tell pretty quickly how deep a source is digging.
- Some sources of information are little more than propaganda and disinformation. Winston
Churchill said that in war, truth is so important that it must be surrounded by a bodyguard of lies.
Information war is being waged against us. It feels good when you can spot lies and manipulations,
but it does take time. When you really dig deeper then the lies and manipulations in the mass
media become very revealing of what the current agendas are.
- Study of history indicates that many of the beliefs people held in the past were wrong. People in
the future will someday look back at our era and find some of our beliefs mistaken. As you search
for truth you will come across information that challenges what you currently believe and what the
media and people around you say is true. Do not automatically reject something just because it is
different. Check different sources of information and then figure out what you consider most likely
to be true based on the data you find and your experience, and not whether society agrees with
you.
- Much can be learned by study of your own life and relationships. People's behavior which seems
to make no sense does have a logic to it. When the usual explanations don't fit, try to unusual
ones. Ask yourself, "What kinds of situations would cause a person to act this way?".
- Really seeking truth means losing control over directions your search takes you. I wonder, "Why
is this happening..." and then I search for data and sometimes it fits but it is uncomfortable, or
scary or runs counter to what I was taught. Read some things contrary to what you believe to
challenge your beliefs.
-You know you are on the right track when your theories allow you to correctly predict things. You
see something and think what will happen next. Test manipulations by pleasantly doing things
which are otherwise fine to do but will frustrate manipulations if they are happening.
- As I search for truth I have to tolerate being unsure about many things. An element of being
unsure is a price one pays for looking for truth. What is the alternative? Is it better to buy into a
pre-packaged belief system such a religion or some teacher? Such sources of information can be
useful, or inspiring, but I dare not swallow them whole for fear of buying into falsehoods mixed with
insight. I like to mull things over in light of my own experience and see what fits.
- I suggest to you that truth can be found in many places: sometimes the places where it seems
least likely to be found. Pay attention
beneath previously discovered truths. So it seems to me that one should value new
layers of truth that are discovered, but avoid concluding that anything is the "ultimate
truth". I keep getting surprised there is still more to find out. It may be perpetual.
-Judge not, lest we also be judged. It is tempting to blame things on "bad people". The
more closely I look at perpetrators, however, the more I tend to see how they, too, were
victimized. Had I gone through the experiences that person went through, would I have
done any better? This is certainly not an excuse to make evil deeds OK. Some people do
terrifically hurtful things and seem to think nothing of it. But haven't we all hurt others at
times? Been thoughtless? Rather than absolute black or white it seems likely that we all
are various shades of gray. Let's try to maintain some modesty and perspective and
perhaps we will see more of the real people behind the behaviors they exhibit.
- Love your enemies? This can be a tough one. One aspect of love is helping people to
grow, to point them in the direction of being self-responsible. It is the opposite of
"loving" someone to control them and make use of their energy. I have found that loving
someone in the positive sense of promoting what is good for them can, at times, make
that person somewhat transparent to me. This seeing more deeply into the person can
allow one to hear their words and experience their behavior in greater depth. While this
can be painful if a loved one is playing games with us, it can also help us avoid falling into
the trap of hate and fear, two emotions which limit consciousness and restrict our
creativity.
- In thinking of a person who had lied to me and done many hurtful things behind my
back, I was told to visualize that person encapsulated in a bubble of protective loving
energy. Our thoughts can be powerful. Seems like the more we hate those who hurt and
use us, the more that person is likely to be stuck in that place and will continue to do that
negative behavior. Given free will, we can't save anyone who doesn't want to go there.
In the interest of building a better world for our children and grandchildren, however, we
can try to put out positive energy. A response of "shoot the bastards" favors the
negative side of things.