03-27-2019, 11:02 AM
The public is easily manipulated, and even though most people believe they think for themselves, they don't. I started out in the advertising business and as easy as it was to convince the masses to buy products or think someone(thing) was good or bad decades ago, it's easier than ever now because so many people are glued to the ubiquitous media one way or the other.
As far as being angry about what humanity is doing to this world, it's a natural reaction for any thinking person. For my part, I can reach a state of unconditional acceptance, but I can't maintain it. And in order to shift focus away from the suffering humans are causing—including the hidden "decision-makers," multinational corporations, and everyday people—it requires vigilance to stay centered and in balance. How do you look at suffering, and the photojournalist's famous image of the African child collapsing just before (s)he got to the food wagon is a good example, and not feel anger (frustration, despair, sadness) when as the OP stated, there is enough wealth to feed everyone. This is to say nothing of the disrespect for other life such as factory farms, clearcutting, animal testing, ocean pollution, fracking—the list is exhaustive when it comes to what horrors humankind is capable of.
When you look at the 911 incident, it almost feels like a huge (horrible) joke—as though the powers-that-be were, aside from inciting public approval for war and diminished civil rights—seeing just how far they could go with a BS story and have the public swallow it. In this I think they took a cue from 1984.
The attraction to conspiracy theories is the attraction to truth. As in The Matrix, we know things are not what they seem. But, like in The Matrix, once awakened, we can realize we either have inserted ourselves into this drama, or have been inserted into it, and work with "what is" the best we can.
As far as being angry about what humanity is doing to this world, it's a natural reaction for any thinking person. For my part, I can reach a state of unconditional acceptance, but I can't maintain it. And in order to shift focus away from the suffering humans are causing—including the hidden "decision-makers," multinational corporations, and everyday people—it requires vigilance to stay centered and in balance. How do you look at suffering, and the photojournalist's famous image of the African child collapsing just before (s)he got to the food wagon is a good example, and not feel anger (frustration, despair, sadness) when as the OP stated, there is enough wealth to feed everyone. This is to say nothing of the disrespect for other life such as factory farms, clearcutting, animal testing, ocean pollution, fracking—the list is exhaustive when it comes to what horrors humankind is capable of.
When you look at the 911 incident, it almost feels like a huge (horrible) joke—as though the powers-that-be were, aside from inciting public approval for war and diminished civil rights—seeing just how far they could go with a BS story and have the public swallow it. In this I think they took a cue from 1984.
The attraction to conspiracy theories is the attraction to truth. As in The Matrix, we know things are not what they seem. But, like in The Matrix, once awakened, we can realize we either have inserted ourselves into this drama, or have been inserted into it, and work with "what is" the best we can.
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