[mark]

… so what is really going on?

In a previous post http://www.peakoil.com/fortopic23465.html I lamented that I may have replaced one illusion for another. I did not well explain the nature of this possible new illusion. The fact is I know that I’ve replaced one illusion for another; one I believe is closer to reality than the one I discarded. What I really meant to say was that to live is an illusion. It is not possible to live an illusion free existence on this world, ultimate reality being a oneness with the eternal God.

We each get to choose our own reality, that is the nature of free will. It is the nature of human life; “What the Bleep” tries, (and succeeds only in the extended version) to scientifically construct such a paradigm. It is our perception of reality that is real, that’s why each of us may enjoy our own discoveries.

Now, we have an opportunity to construct a new reality – the old one is dying. We see that death every day. The empire is losing its grip on the world. And while I once thought that the collapse would be hastened, (and looked forward to that collapse) by the reality of peak oil, I now see that is just one possible inevitable to topple our present order. It is not even the most likely one; people are changing faster than the slow depletion of fossil fuels.

I’m reminded of this each time I see some new truth exploding among the consciousness of Americans. The latest is the documentary called “Iraq for Sale.” I applaud these efforts by conscientious Americans to expose the lies of old paradigm thinking. But it’s not that we are suddenly confronted with lying, cheating, murder, and mayhem among the elites, that’s always been the case – the truth is that people are changing and will no longer tolerate that kind of behavior.

The way to change people is not to beat them over the head with the nefarious schemes of the Powers that Be; that only invites defensiveness and retaliation. I welcome their revelations and encourage all who do so, but that’s not going to change people. Real change comes from the inside out; that’s a job only religion can accomplish.

And by religion, I do not mean any of the so-called religions masquerading as such around the world today.

Real religion is personal. It is a personal relationship with God. One cultivated over a lifetime of seeking the Will of God. All those others I term ‘evolutionary belief systems’ and they have no claim on humanity. They are false prophet’s intent on enslaving humanity – each to their particular prejudices.

When one group of ‘religious’ potentates declare, ‘to kill an infidel is the path to heaven,’ how can any thinking person relate to this? But it’s happened countless times over the course of history, from the crusades to the present. But it is that which is going away. Whether it takes 100 years or 1000, that’s where we’re headed.

[KhanCEO]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... q+for+Sale

Some how I feel as if Blackwater Security will be the ones that take Americans out of their homes. What I see is a step by step slow paced plan to bring BlackWater from Iraq to America. Pretty soon who will need the United States military? It is the corporate military, sounds scary.

[MattSavinar]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('KhanCEO', 'h')ttp://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3701899279355987979&q=Iraq+for+Sale

Some how I feel as if Blackwater Security will be the ones that take Americans out of their homes. What I see is a step by step slow paced plan to bring BlackWater from Iraq to America. Pretty soon who will need the United States military? It is the corporate military, sounds scary.

[clueless]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'h')ttp://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3701899279355987979&q=Iraq+for+Sale

Some how I feel as if Blackwater Security will be the ones that take Americans out of their homes. What I see is a step by step slow paced plan to bring BlackWater from Iraq to America. Pretty soon who will need the United States military? It is the corporate military, sounds scary.

[dinopello]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('clueless', 'I') am open to receiving additional info or input but displacing 200 million (or even 200 thousand) is an extremely difficult task.

[BlisteredWhippet]

Why have Blackwater do what the National Guard can do?

Blackwater is for future Wacos, future Guams.

Its just another brick in the Neocon wall: Privatization of Everything. Muncipalities will no longer pay for a SWAT team, they'll hire Blackwater.

[clueless]

Yeah - you want something way better than a mass evacuation/kidnapping by Blackwater ? How about closing down the freeways and shutting off the power in LA/Orange county or the Bay area ???

Now that would be far more psychologically impacting than any detention center.

[NEOPO]

hmmm approx 30% were rebels last time.
This time what?? .001%
Maybe if some bad things happen you get .01 or .02%

You do not have to lock us all up - Our silence can be achieved simply by silencing the main agitators.

Mark - we call it "spiritualism" and all though I am firmly agnostic I am also deeply spiritual.

[Doly]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('NEOPO', 'h')mmm approx 30% were rebels last time.
This time what?? .001%
Maybe if some bad things happen you get .01 or .02%

[NEOPO]

Sorry if I was vague.

I am referring to the conversation that started with Blackwater and then with speculation about private armies policing america and the dislocation of 200 million people etc etc.
That led me to how bad things would have to be if that were to be considered neccessary by TPTB.
Then I imagined revolt.
Someone mentioned today that the original american revolutionaries were 30% of the population and I have heard this estimate several times before.
Well I think that there is only a tiny percent (.001%) now and even if shit got bad I still dont see but 1 or 2 percent/% being the leaders of any active revolt.
Thus silence 1 or 2% of us and you have silenced all of us.

cool?

[EnergyUnlimited]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'V')iew newest post there is no escaping the matrix...

[mark]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('NEOPO', 'M')ark - we call it "spiritualism" and all though I am firmly agnostic I am also deeply spiritual.

[rwwff]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('NEOPO', 'I') am referring to the conversation that started with Blackwater and then with speculation about private armies policing america and the dislocation of 200 million people etc etc.

[NEOPO]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rwwff', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('NEOPO', 'I') am referring to the conversation that started with Blackwater and then with speculation about private armies policing america and the dislocation of 200 million people etc etc.

[rwwff]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('NEOPO', 'Y')ou assume that your misunderstanding is my fault.

[rogerhb]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rwwff', 'U')sually powers like to pin people down where they are; the less they move, the easier it is to get useful work out of them, and the cheaper it is to see that they don't starve to death in the process.

[rwwff]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rogerhb', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rwwff', 'U')sually powers like to pin people down where they are; the less they move, the easier it is to get useful work out of them, and the cheaper it is to see that they don't starve to death in the process.

[kevincarter]

[mark]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('NEOPO', 'i')t is generally recognized that Religion implies organization as 1 person does not a religion make while spiritualism is the individual position.

...So yes we pick up little pieces here and there and we form our own individual belief system.

[ohanian]

God is the truth.

The truth is ugly.


So God is ugly.

Please worship my ugly God.