I forget which psychological inventory it is, but one of them measures across the spectrum of responder to initiator. It is a spectrum that doesn't have one cross axis, but many based, I suspect, on the context of the responding/initiating, rather than on anything psychologically determinative. When it came to the COVID pandemic, it seems that 98% percent of the world became responders. They got the jab and complied with the lockdowns and other social orders. There are some of us who are responders, who didn't respond in the same way. We responded to something deeper, more intuitive in our being. For many of us our way of responding is by initiating towards other people's needs. I see this in business owners who are great initiating in implementing a business strategy, but not so good in responding to customer needs, or worse, knowing how to initiated with staff to create a leadership team.
The concept that you describe as "the Reality-Show-World-of-Perpetually-Manufactured-Crises" is very similar to my Spectacle of the Real concept. In both, people are responding to what they view as the macro trends in the world. They are following what is placed before them. As one member of my family described herself, "I'm a rule follower." She has had her perception of the rules changed over the past few months. Those macro trends are not real, but are a perception designed to influence human behavior. Every micro trend that is included in the macro, has a corresponding set of micro trends that are rejected because it doesn't fit the script.
This line of thought brings me to the question of identity. It is a central question that will impact the future of our world. I think we need to see that identity is not just a social constructed perception of who we are in the midst of the world at large. It is also something derived from an awareness of what I like, what I believe in, what I do well, what I don't do well, how I make judgments about all kinds of things, and ultimately, by what we define as the good life. As far as I can, no one is talking about this, but everyone is simply trying to survive. Yet, until we have some clarity about what the good life is, making the right kind of choices in the midst of global crises about how to respond and how to take initiative will remain difficult to do.
Kathleen, you have a perspective developing here that I think is really important. It is because you are showing us how to make the transition from where we once were to where we want to be. Thank you for articulating this for us. I believe it is going to help a lot of people.
“In short there will be communication break-downs. There will be misunderstandings and hurt feelings. How could it be otherwise? Even if we are self-aware enough to communicate the inner shifts with someone close, we and they will still be dealing with a new relationship. We’ve changed. Where there was once ease, we might now feel a rub; where previously simpatico, we may now sense a gap. Big internal changes can be a lonely, painful process. Not just for us, but our loved ones too, who are often as hurt and confused as we are “
I could have written this about my best friend of 40 years. I have never in all these years felt so disconnected to her. She is awake, but asleep to the actual horror of it all. She and her husband and children got the shots like I did, so I’m trying to give her grace.
“I’m having these issues in my life. Where I hold on, where I see others hold on. So much easier to see someone else! When I’m absolutely sure it’s “them” I can pretty much assume, it’s me. (And maybe it’s both.)”
Yes. I think it’s both of us.
“Now I’m noticing some some signs of breakdown with my closer relationships; the inner circle. Fortunately, I’ve learned a few things and so have now adjusted my approach. It comes down, I think, to respecting someone else’s pace as much as our own.”
I have had to stop sharing things with her. I can no longer be my authentic self. She worries about my anger. Yet she has not experienced a fraction of the loses that I have had this past year.
“These stubborn identity-bits create blockages, and stop the flow of life. The speed of which, has been obviously increasing. If we clamp down hard enough (and often this is unconscious) in order to keep that version of ourselves going - which somewhere we believe we need - it may lead to disproportionate explosions of emotion.”
Oh yes. Happens all the time. In fact just a few minutes ago with my husband.
“We’re all dealing with the challenges of an amazing time. If we can do that without judgment, and ideally with compassion, it will go easier.”
Thank you for this advice. I will remind myself of this every day.
Margaret Anna Alice is a true gift. And I have her to thank because I found you, through her 🥰
A large challenge for people who conduct research or explorations is in communicating what we learn. It’s the urge to tell others: “You need to see this (as I see this)!”
But when the subject is loaded with pain, trauma, or crosses over into issues of identity, then the landscape is a minefield, and one must tread more carefully, slowly.
This is, of course, a challenge for those that discover injustice, deceit, or corruption. The urgency of sharing can feel…urgent. And it is. Yet, the depth of the wound and trauma dictates how long the healing takes. And so that urgency needs tempering—so that the message can be heard. Often in bite size pieces, and with space between to digest and parse.
This is a recurring frustration for many, and completely natural and normal.
One approach we might consider is how one communicates in a variety of ways. Too much of the same can end up feeling like tedium, or even an assault. Seriousness, mixed with contemplation, mixed with humor, interspersed with joy…this is the true variety of life, and I think, much easier for unknowing people to take up.
Even too much of ‘good’ things can feel oppressive. And what’s needed now is a dynamic that allows for expansiveness without the pressure which leads to collapse and retreat. Some of that can be accomplished with truth, but some of it requires art…to reach people across boundaries and divisions.
"Why, after every major accident and blunder, do we look back and ask, how could we have been so blind? Why do some people see what others don't? And how can we change? Drawing on studies by psychologists and neuroscientists, and from interviews with business leaders, whistle blowers and white collar criminals, distinguished businesswoman and writer Margaret Heffernan examines the phenomenon of wilful blindness, exploring the reasons that individuals and groups are blind to impending personal tragedies, corporate collapses, engineering failures – even crimes against humanity.
We turn a blind eye in order to feel safe, to avoid conflict, to reduce anxiety and to protect prestige. It makes us feel good at first, with consequences we don’t see. But greater understanding leads to solutions, and Heffernan shows how – by challenging our biases, encouraging debate, discouraging conformity, and not backing away from difficult or complicated problems – we can be more mindful of what's going on around us and be proactive instead of reactive."
"Manufactured crises" typifies what has been planned since Covid was modified by Fauci to release upon mankind. Part two of the crisis was the incessant Politicians and Media lies and scare porn regarding the deadly nature of Covid (no more dangerous than Flu!) Then came Pt 3, the incredibly speedy invention of the miraculous but useless (sometimes DEADLY) injections (incorrectly referred to as 'vaccine'). Surprising that all Vax makers, secretive by nature, all came out with their jabs at almost the same time??? Another mystery relates to these SECRETIVE companies simultaneously releasing a new concept (mRNA) at the same time. (It all stinks to high heaven!)
Then, when steam was running out of their artificial Scamdemic, the 'Establishment' (WEF = NWO) introduced new dubious methods of making life HELL for those they intend to enslave. Numerous mysterious and suspicious fires and explosions seemed to occur in many food processing plants, grain stores, farms. etc. Seemingly happening within hours or days of each other = simultaneously? These artificial and coincidental catastrophes also Stink!
Then we had artificially vastly inflated prices on commodities driving prices through the roof.
Then fuel and energy was vastly inflated in cost - while the likes of Shell, BP & Exxon made record profits. That stinks badly!
Then we had artificially inflated food price hikes.
Then followed artificially created food shortages.
Then it became apparent that thousands were dying or being having their health permanently destroyed = post Vax. These numbers were continuously swept under the carpet or excused as 'minimal', 'insignificant' or 'unimportant' (in their scheme of things).
All these elements were artificially excessive and cause me to remember the WEF Master Plan that;
by 2030 "You will own nothing but you will be happy" and "Let them eat bugs" = Adolf Schwab (WEF).
Then we realised the once trusted World Health Organisation had been usurped by their biggest benefactor = INFLUENCER (Bill Gates), who frequently admits "Vaccines are the most lucrative investment I ever made". He also makes no secret of 'Earth's overpopulation'. Join the dots and you might understand why Gates is trying to elevate the WHO authority so that they can announce tyhe next ARTIFICIAL or man enhanced Pandemic, when, with their newly acquired extra Authority the WHO can dictate Mandates for all the previous injustices they tried post 2020. Masks, Social Distancing, lock-downs (House Arrests) and worst of all MANDATED INJECTIONS, that could be even more dangerous that the previous Pfizer et al poisons that depopulated the planet.
Gates is now on a mission to ban meat and mandate artificial 'meat'. He's buying specialised food distribution companies like 'Picnic' in Holland.
Apparently, not satisfied with being the biggest owner of US Farmland, Gates has his eye on DRINKING WATER SUPPLIES and distribution. Very concerning????
The whole thing is all part of their clever Master Plan to take total control of our every thought and action, so that, those of us that survive the Vaccine CULL, will be reduced to a life of SLAVERY by 2030!
Not me, because my Step One is to ensure the world knows of their dastardly plan and that 'VAX LIABILITY' is reintroduced to Big Pharma as our first step towards destroying their greedy Utopian dream.
Mick from Hooe (UK) Unjabbed because I want others to know their sinister plot!
You have a wonderful way of paralleling the macro to the micro. Gonna have to return later after your community starts to comment. You cultivate such a healthy community and great thinkers here.
I forget which psychological inventory it is, but one of them measures across the spectrum of responder to initiator. It is a spectrum that doesn't have one cross axis, but many based, I suspect, on the context of the responding/initiating, rather than on anything psychologically determinative. When it came to the COVID pandemic, it seems that 98% percent of the world became responders. They got the jab and complied with the lockdowns and other social orders. There are some of us who are responders, who didn't respond in the same way. We responded to something deeper, more intuitive in our being. For many of us our way of responding is by initiating towards other people's needs. I see this in business owners who are great initiating in implementing a business strategy, but not so good in responding to customer needs, or worse, knowing how to initiated with staff to create a leadership team.
The concept that you describe as "the Reality-Show-World-of-Perpetually-Manufactured-Crises" is very similar to my Spectacle of the Real concept. In both, people are responding to what they view as the macro trends in the world. They are following what is placed before them. As one member of my family described herself, "I'm a rule follower." She has had her perception of the rules changed over the past few months. Those macro trends are not real, but are a perception designed to influence human behavior. Every micro trend that is included in the macro, has a corresponding set of micro trends that are rejected because it doesn't fit the script.
This line of thought brings me to the question of identity. It is a central question that will impact the future of our world. I think we need to see that identity is not just a social constructed perception of who we are in the midst of the world at large. It is also something derived from an awareness of what I like, what I believe in, what I do well, what I don't do well, how I make judgments about all kinds of things, and ultimately, by what we define as the good life. As far as I can, no one is talking about this, but everyone is simply trying to survive. Yet, until we have some clarity about what the good life is, making the right kind of choices in the midst of global crises about how to respond and how to take initiative will remain difficult to do.
Kathleen, you have a perspective developing here that I think is really important. It is because you are showing us how to make the transition from where we once were to where we want to be. Thank you for articulating this for us. I believe it is going to help a lot of people.
“In short there will be communication break-downs. There will be misunderstandings and hurt feelings. How could it be otherwise? Even if we are self-aware enough to communicate the inner shifts with someone close, we and they will still be dealing with a new relationship. We’ve changed. Where there was once ease, we might now feel a rub; where previously simpatico, we may now sense a gap. Big internal changes can be a lonely, painful process. Not just for us, but our loved ones too, who are often as hurt and confused as we are “
I could have written this about my best friend of 40 years. I have never in all these years felt so disconnected to her. She is awake, but asleep to the actual horror of it all. She and her husband and children got the shots like I did, so I’m trying to give her grace.
“I’m having these issues in my life. Where I hold on, where I see others hold on. So much easier to see someone else! When I’m absolutely sure it’s “them” I can pretty much assume, it’s me. (And maybe it’s both.)”
Yes. I think it’s both of us.
“Now I’m noticing some some signs of breakdown with my closer relationships; the inner circle. Fortunately, I’ve learned a few things and so have now adjusted my approach. It comes down, I think, to respecting someone else’s pace as much as our own.”
I have had to stop sharing things with her. I can no longer be my authentic self. She worries about my anger. Yet she has not experienced a fraction of the loses that I have had this past year.
“These stubborn identity-bits create blockages, and stop the flow of life. The speed of which, has been obviously increasing. If we clamp down hard enough (and often this is unconscious) in order to keep that version of ourselves going - which somewhere we believe we need - it may lead to disproportionate explosions of emotion.”
Oh yes. Happens all the time. In fact just a few minutes ago with my husband.
“We’re all dealing with the challenges of an amazing time. If we can do that without judgment, and ideally with compassion, it will go easier.”
Thank you for this advice. I will remind myself of this every day.
Margaret Anna Alice is a true gift. And I have her to thank because I found you, through her 🥰
A large challenge for people who conduct research or explorations is in communicating what we learn. It’s the urge to tell others: “You need to see this (as I see this)!”
But when the subject is loaded with pain, trauma, or crosses over into issues of identity, then the landscape is a minefield, and one must tread more carefully, slowly.
This is, of course, a challenge for those that discover injustice, deceit, or corruption. The urgency of sharing can feel…urgent. And it is. Yet, the depth of the wound and trauma dictates how long the healing takes. And so that urgency needs tempering—so that the message can be heard. Often in bite size pieces, and with space between to digest and parse.
This is a recurring frustration for many, and completely natural and normal.
One approach we might consider is how one communicates in a variety of ways. Too much of the same can end up feeling like tedium, or even an assault. Seriousness, mixed with contemplation, mixed with humor, interspersed with joy…this is the true variety of life, and I think, much easier for unknowing people to take up.
Even too much of ‘good’ things can feel oppressive. And what’s needed now is a dynamic that allows for expansiveness without the pressure which leads to collapse and retreat. Some of that can be accomplished with truth, but some of it requires art…to reach people across boundaries and divisions.
Synchronously, I came across a concept related to all this yesterday, which I have been reading and writing about this morning... "willful blindness". Here is the abstract of a book on this topic I found: https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/Wilful-Blindness/Margaret-Heffernan/9781471180804
"Why, after every major accident and blunder, do we look back and ask, how could we have been so blind? Why do some people see what others don't? And how can we change? Drawing on studies by psychologists and neuroscientists, and from interviews with business leaders, whistle blowers and white collar criminals, distinguished businesswoman and writer Margaret Heffernan examines the phenomenon of wilful blindness, exploring the reasons that individuals and groups are blind to impending personal tragedies, corporate collapses, engineering failures – even crimes against humanity.
We turn a blind eye in order to feel safe, to avoid conflict, to reduce anxiety and to protect prestige. It makes us feel good at first, with consequences we don’t see. But greater understanding leads to solutions, and Heffernan shows how – by challenging our biases, encouraging debate, discouraging conformity, and not backing away from difficult or complicated problems – we can be more mindful of what's going on around us and be proactive instead of reactive."
"Manufactured crises" typifies what has been planned since Covid was modified by Fauci to release upon mankind. Part two of the crisis was the incessant Politicians and Media lies and scare porn regarding the deadly nature of Covid (no more dangerous than Flu!) Then came Pt 3, the incredibly speedy invention of the miraculous but useless (sometimes DEADLY) injections (incorrectly referred to as 'vaccine'). Surprising that all Vax makers, secretive by nature, all came out with their jabs at almost the same time??? Another mystery relates to these SECRETIVE companies simultaneously releasing a new concept (mRNA) at the same time. (It all stinks to high heaven!)
Then, when steam was running out of their artificial Scamdemic, the 'Establishment' (WEF = NWO) introduced new dubious methods of making life HELL for those they intend to enslave. Numerous mysterious and suspicious fires and explosions seemed to occur in many food processing plants, grain stores, farms. etc. Seemingly happening within hours or days of each other = simultaneously? These artificial and coincidental catastrophes also Stink!
Then we had artificially vastly inflated prices on commodities driving prices through the roof.
Then fuel and energy was vastly inflated in cost - while the likes of Shell, BP & Exxon made record profits. That stinks badly!
Then we had artificially inflated food price hikes.
Then followed artificially created food shortages.
Then it became apparent that thousands were dying or being having their health permanently destroyed = post Vax. These numbers were continuously swept under the carpet or excused as 'minimal', 'insignificant' or 'unimportant' (in their scheme of things).
All these elements were artificially excessive and cause me to remember the WEF Master Plan that;
by 2030 "You will own nothing but you will be happy" and "Let them eat bugs" = Adolf Schwab (WEF).
Then we realised the once trusted World Health Organisation had been usurped by their biggest benefactor = INFLUENCER (Bill Gates), who frequently admits "Vaccines are the most lucrative investment I ever made". He also makes no secret of 'Earth's overpopulation'. Join the dots and you might understand why Gates is trying to elevate the WHO authority so that they can announce tyhe next ARTIFICIAL or man enhanced Pandemic, when, with their newly acquired extra Authority the WHO can dictate Mandates for all the previous injustices they tried post 2020. Masks, Social Distancing, lock-downs (House Arrests) and worst of all MANDATED INJECTIONS, that could be even more dangerous that the previous Pfizer et al poisons that depopulated the planet.
Gates is now on a mission to ban meat and mandate artificial 'meat'. He's buying specialised food distribution companies like 'Picnic' in Holland.
Apparently, not satisfied with being the biggest owner of US Farmland, Gates has his eye on DRINKING WATER SUPPLIES and distribution. Very concerning????
The whole thing is all part of their clever Master Plan to take total control of our every thought and action, so that, those of us that survive the Vaccine CULL, will be reduced to a life of SLAVERY by 2030!
Not me, because my Step One is to ensure the world knows of their dastardly plan and that 'VAX LIABILITY' is reintroduced to Big Pharma as our first step towards destroying their greedy Utopian dream.
Mick from Hooe (UK) Unjabbed because I want others to know their sinister plot!
You have a wonderful way of paralleling the macro to the micro. Gonna have to return later after your community starts to comment. You cultivate such a healthy community and great thinkers here.
Have a FREE and enjoyable 2023 Kathleen! Mick from Hooe (UK).