How Are We Doing?

And a thank-you to my readers

The world didn’t get this way by accident or happenstance. Much planning was involved over much time. Most humans have been relegated to the role of pawn in a global chess game we didn’t know about.

This level of mess required many serious people deciding serious things for the rest of us. It required who would be seen as serious and who wouldn’t. Guardrails for minds had to be installed; definitions of meaning; the creation of norms and the elimination of inconvenient knowledge.

Well-grooved tracks were laid down - the road to success mapped out- in this game of life. Long periods of education-indoctrination would cement it all in.

Those grooves (more like ruts) needed to be deep enough to get stuck in, and alternative paths had to appear irresponsible or even treacherous. They would include dead-ends for any who dared chart their own course.

The content of being itself had to be gutted in favor of form. The mystery of life boxed up in a multitude of siloed disciplines that competed rather than cooperated with each other. Those that rose to the top - our experts - learned the game, how to get the funds, and largely fell in line.

Culture moved away from mystery and the idea of life as a precious gift bestowed by a Loving Presence, to life as something to get through, figure out how to survive at least, make a lot of money at best. Jokes about death and taxes as the only certainties in life (as if) belied a massive lowering of expectations of what human life is. What human life can be.

As appeals to our lower nature were elevated and what would inspire (ignite that animating spirit) were slowly pushed aside, we all adjusted.

In this process human spirit was dimmed, dulled and diluted or even downright degraded to such a degree that it felt more like an abstract idea than an embodied reality. (Fortunately you can’t actually kill it.)

Yes some of us still read and wrote poetry; drank in what we could of beauty and insisted on including what we knew inside: life is sacred and love is the most important thing.

Big questions became the domain of academia. Degreed philosophers often found themselves with an unfortunate combination of expensive school-debt and little opportunity to pay it off. “What is the mystery of life?” gave way to new questions, like, “Would you like room for cream in your coffee?” as making ends took priority for those would-be contemplators.

The world-planners have planted many seeds in many minds, generating an illusion of consensus-reality, building an unholy foundation of underlying assumptions, and steering us where they’d like us to go. Lots and lots of steering, not very different from how cattle are herded and corralled.

Importantly it wouldn’t matter if what you knew was right or wrong. It could be fully ridiculous. You just had to sing along. You had to stay on that well-grooved path.

(That meme made me laugh.)

Serious people and industries would require capture which is easy when money greases everything; is what makes the world go round and success is measured by how much of it you have.

Corrupt institutions and journals full of those serious people - our experts - were further anointed as authorities - propped up as needed by other authorities - in an echo chamber of increasing stupidity. The herd larger world, unaware they are always being managed and corralled is invited to listen to the experts, (not challenge them) follow their advice and in the process get dumber too.

I don’t think I’m being too harsh. We watched it. A series of idiotic demands eclipsed innate human rights and erased actual science, as people became religious about complying, as if their very salvation relied on wearing a useless mask, standing at made-up distances and injecting an experimental and undisclosed liquid into their very veins.

None of it was necessary.

All of it amounted to deeply uncomfortable realizations. If so many of our family, friends and colleagues were so willing to abandon self-authority and basic questioning; so willing to fall in line and attack those who didn’t, what assumptions were we walking around with that were just proven untrue?

(Many.)

Likely we’ve gotten past most of the visceral anger. The disappointment. The necessary re-orienting of our perceptions of the world and each other.

Still. What does all this mean going forward? Now that we know how quickly people will turn given the right cocktail of propaganda and fear?

We are not the same as we were pre-Covid. Hard lessons have changed us.

Not a single person has apologized to me. I’m not waiting for that anymore. (It would be welcome of course.) I doubt they remember, really, since I think they were literally out of their minds. Still, it’s an odd thing.

Even those still holding on to this version of reality rapidly shredding, must know by now, they were duped. They were played, used, manipulated and abused. Do they allow themselves to see that? I’m sure it’s happening to some, but no one in my circle has said anything to suggest that. Strange.

For those of us waiting for a semblance of sanity to be restored, for crimes to be punished and really, for the truth to matter again, it’s been a tough few years.

It would seem even with the congressional report that validates much of what conspiracy theorists said, it’s not getting traction. The report ignored the jab-injuries and deaths. It’s a limited hangout. (Enough there to stop you in your tracks if you were one of those who cursed out maskless people in the grocery store.)

It might feel that the truth won’t ever fully out. That crimes are gotten away with and life just goes on and new narratives show up, so all this waiting is pointless.

I don’t think so. Somehow it all comes out, and somehow lots of people manage to miss it.

For those of us who don’t miss it, we integrate tough lessons and carry on. We now know consensus reality can be fully non-sensical. Grand scale killing can happen in plain sight. Gaslighting is ongoing. We carry on, knowing these things.

In this backdrop, we still run errands, go to jobs, do Christmas. In this absurd background, we live our lives. We find ways to connect with others, without saying any of these things. Hoping some will catch-on.

But in this background we understand too that while the world is falling apart - it’s structures, institutions and even governments - no matter how scary a world without them might seem, we know we would would do better.

They’ve been shooting for control and subjugation. We want a free and human friendly world.

There is no way we wouldn’t do better. This is good to know.

As we get ready to wrap up 2024, I want to acknowledge those of us - you, dear reader - who has seen-through the layered lies. Who has stood your ground, spoken up, said ‘No’ and dealt with the consequences of not going along.

Thank you.

I want to acknowledge those who dared journey the rabbit holes that would unwind their own programming. That went through the uncomfortable process of discovering much of what they believed wasn’t true. It’s not easy.

Thank you.

You are modeling the very best of humanity. It may often feel like a thankless job, but it’s so critically important. You are bridge to the new world emerging. You are a light in the darkness. You are brave.

Sincerely, thank you.

We are going into a new phase on the planet. (Bring on the UFO’s!) It may be ‘their’ end-game move, but it amounts to a new start for us.

Illusion bubbles are popping all over the place. Propped up ‘heroes’ are falling even as new ones are being offered up. Doesn’t matter. We’re done worshiping personalities, aren’t we? That’s not where our strength and courage come from.

I don’t know how things unfold but I do know we can trust where we are going, as long as we stay true to ourselves and place those intangibles like love and faith front and center. Self-integrity matters. Claiming our innate God-given freedom, matters. Supporting what we want to see more of, and withdrawing from what we don’t want - all this matters.

You matter. More than you know. I’m so grateful for you.

The undoing of ‘serious’ people is underway and authority will be questioned. It has to happen. Deepening into ourselves as the primary authority of our own life has to happen. (Of course that won’t mean we don’t look to trusted sources who know more about something than we do. We will need each other.)

I’m linking this interview with Gregg Braden. (It’s long.) I appreciate Gregg for his open and malleable mind. As a biologist he refused to stay in the tracks laid down. He wandered and a result made connections most of his colleagues have not. Importantly he also thinks, as I do, that we are the verge of discovering so much more about what it means to be human. We’ve been living a highly limited version.

So, what do you think? How are we doing?

I’d say we’re stronger and more resilient. Clearer on what we stand for. Resourceful and less naive. Wounded, yes and perhaps still wobbly and recovering, still finding our legs. A bit of a happy mess then.

Unwinding a whole world isn’t easy. Though I’m genuinely excited about the future, even as I expect more difficulty to come. And I’m grateful to be on this wild ride with others, like you.

I’d love to hear from you in the comments.

Thank you for reading. Blessings and warm wishes to all. 🌲 🔥 😘

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