Thoughts

Sleep Stalking

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A follow up piece to Dreamy, or Terrifying?, speculating on things that might occur while sleeping. Subconscious, possibly supernatural things that seem a bit out of our realm. But maybe that’s because they are out of our realm, and perhaps when we sleep or are in a certain state, we too wander from what we normally consider ‘here’.

A couple of films first of how this thought manifested, the first one has been thought of by me a number of times, and quite possibly countless others over the years. As the concept was a new and shocking one at the time, and of course as I have mentioned before, psychological genius in the horror genre to make you afraid of something you have to do every night. Sleep.

Nightmare on Elm Street – if you don’t know it, look it up and you’ll understand. But for those who do know it, may or may not have been impacted by it, but some certainly were. In my mind rightly so, as the idea that something evil was waiting for you to fall asleep so they could stalk you wasn’t a comfortable one.

Flatliners – although this is about after death and coming back to life, something follows them back. And it is in dreamy or altered states they experience that creepy entity that is now ‘attached’ to them.

Ouija boards – it is said that they open a portal to that other side, but you can’t then see what you summon. And it is said they too can ‘attach’ to people, potentially causing disturbances and curses and even latch on generationally to a whole family. Maybe not entirely sleep related, but if that is a thing, maybe when you are unconscious, you are vulnerable to it.

Succubus and Incubus – both sleep demons and are the male and female counterparts for seducing people in their sleep. Sounds quite stalky to me. But it shows that there have been ideas of something latching onto you in your subconscious state for quite some time. The first mentions they say of them goes back to ancient Mesopotamia circa 2400 BC.

Reincarnation – in some religious faiths, they don’t believe in reincarnation, so if a child talks of a past life and experiences, some believe it’s demonic possession. That demons have accessed the child’s subconscious and are feeding them thoughts.

There is also the subject of night terrors that could be part of this, that it isn’t just sleep paralysis and they aren’t just made-up thoughts or hallucinations. Like I said, it could be that we are extremely vulnerable when we sleep, and not just because of things in the waking world…

(c) K Wicks

Trucks and Tractors

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It is said you should thank farmers three times a day, or however many times a day you eat. And if you grow your own, then I guess you thank yourself and nature. But in reality, most people rely on farmers for the staple crops of ingredients that go into most food. So, although there are other manufacturers and industries that deal with the raw materials and turn them into something else, it all starts at the farms and in the fields.

Second to them should be the truckers, who then assist to transport all those goods around. And there are many other branches to the overall transport and cargo industry, but they represent the to your door or shop aspect of it.

Farmers represent food and truckers represent transport for this. And I have already written about farmers getting a hard time in Farmer vs Pharma, and a couple of articles about food in You Are What You Eat and If You Control The Food. But many people are aware of just how much our systems are under attack. Meddling beyond the realms of reason into people’s lives, trying to force change of diet, habitat, systems, finances, emotions and thoughts towards things. All in one go. You will eat bugs, you will stay in your 15-minute zone, you shall not travel, you will comply. And all that other rather totalitarian nonsense they keep spouting. As if repeating it makes it sound any better, or that people will ‘friendly up to it’ if they hear it enough.

So, of course, with that being the projected future the meddlers are trying for, those who grow the food and those that transport it would be in the line of fire. And that’s why I always thought, if those two groups start protesting, that’s a really big alarm being sounded for everyone. That corporations have outgrown governments publicly, and they want to decide the next phase of society over the heads of the politicians. As with previously, they want to change the will of the people to fit the products they want us to buy, rather than sell what the people want. My article Consumerism goes into that concept a little more. But this time round, it appears the politicians have served their purpose of appearing incompetent, so the people can be pushed towards ‘a new way’. The levels of sinister corruption are off the charts, and to be honest, they always were, but now it’s out there for everyone to see. If you are paying attention and can comprehend such a large and unfolding plot.

But with so many areas of life under attack, I can understand why many can’t keep up. Or don’t have the mental energy or capacity to fight such an extended battle against the constant barrage. Its psychological warfare on top of the very real and physical changes they are trying to implement. Keeping people distracted and busy with entertainment and worry while they just plough ahead. As a steamroller might, just plodding along, expecting you to move out of the way and then casually crush you if you don’t. No care or concern, just a faceless machine flattening life and society. That’s why they don’t ask anymore, or pretend to do things democratically, they don’t have to, clearly. But where does that leave us? The ones on the ground who are caught up in the changeover and know that it can’t be as it was. Well, I can’t help thinking again about that rogue element…

“They can never really quite factor in all the variables.

Despite the determined consistencies, there will always be the ‘rogue element’ that persists in disrupting the perceived outcome.

Be the rogue element, not a determined consistency.”

(c) K Wicks

Monkey Puzzle

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Not the tree, although they really are quite impressive as trees go. This is a wondering of that old argument of where did we come from, or how we came to be as we are. From monkey to man. The oddest idea I was given years ago that has kept rumbling on over the decades, was that we humans are the missing link. That ‘aliens’ tinkered with apes and monkeys and created ‘humans’. It seemed quite out there, not gonna lie, and even though it came from my own parent, I took it with a pinch of salt, yet filed it for later thought. And that later thought came about a couple of weeks ago watching a vid about mythologies and ancient texts, leading onto other things that tie in and spring to mind.

Vanara – “in Hinduism they are known as forest-dwelling monkey people. In the epic the Ramayana, the Vanaras help Rama defeat Ravana. They are generally depicted as humanoid apes, or human-like beings.”

The word monkey as well, I wondered if it represents something else that has been lost to time. Man-key, the missing piece of that evolutionary puzzle we are part of. But not in the way Darwin put forward, more in the alien way as mentioned above.

Monkey (TV Series) – a well-loved and epic series of gods, mythology and magic. The main character Monkey making me think of the Vanara.

Flying monkeys – Wizard of Oz. The terrifying army of winged monkey helpers that the wicked witch had. They were adequately human to be extra creepy, and animal enough to make them seem separated from us.

Planet of the Apes – the classic crossover here, representing completely ‘humanised’ apes, and us humans taking the role of animals.

Makes me wonder if splicing, hybrids, or other creations have come before. Or are they an eery premonition of things to come. Because there are an array of them depicted throughout ancient stories and tales. Centaur, minotaur, gorgon, chimera, vanara, ant people, shape shifters and so on. All sorts of things that only seem to find a place in fictional stories these days. Yet there is something about them, something so very tangible that I can’t help but wonder, what if…

(c) K Wicks

The Mamas and The Military Papas

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It seems the network of entertainment as we see it, is part of a more complex structure that stretches back quite some time and covers many areas. For this angle, tracing its roots to a number of decades ago back to the 60’s, where music became a more serious tool in the shaping of society, so the importance of ‘who and when’ became paramount – not just for profit, but for steering the mentality of the young minds. And although it’s been touched upon in Do You Mind, There’s Something To Control regarding the Monarch project and overall brainwashing of subjects to deliver and perform as needed, there are deeper layers and infiltrators than maybe even I had imagined. It seems though, that some of the most popular of their time, all came from the same area, background and type of family. The Beach Boys, The Mamas and The Papas, Janice Joplin, Jim Morrison and countless others who all interestingly had military serving fathers or connections. Quite prominent ones in some cases.

There seem to be many stories of artists meeting by chance, or just so happening upon their perfect counterpart to take the world by storm. Yet sometimes, the fairytale story of rags to riches which is designed to hook you in, often doesn’t quite hold up under scrutiny or being applied to a real life settings. Not to say that wonderful and marvellous things can’t happen to people, but on the whole it seems very few and far between. Just a good story to keep people thinking ‘It Could Be You’, and to waste their life dreaming and trying for something they were always going to be excluded from. Public Eye or Evil Eye? has already looked at the way the ‘Stars‘ are portrayed and packaged for us, to distract us from our lives, by dreaming about having theirs. Even though sometimes even they don’t have the life they are made out to have, it’s just all part of the marketing ploy.

And of late, another particular music scene is splitting open at the seams which i discussed in Getting A Bad Rap, following on from the swinging 60’s, the punk and rock 70’s and all the others scenes they saturated people with thereafter. Rap had its own hyper aggressive frequency, which was then inserted into the mainstream. Things you can’t quite hear or distinguish sometimes, but it’s there and triggers you. It’s what it’s designed to do, to calm, annoy, bring joy or sadness, fear, or aggression. Sounds and frequencies affect us greatly, and it seems that while we might not be privy to all their affects, others most certainly seem to be. Subliminal messages in music and TV are most definitely not new, just as the debate and ethics surrounding them isn’t, but what is perhaps new, is the reach they now have and different techniques and tricks to trigger people and crowds when required. With no real thought or awareness, just following the beat of the drum and being led by the pied piper as you are enticed down a dark, yet musical path…

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A Choice Decision

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It seems decisions for children and young people are being used as a strange weapon at the moment. And one that appears to prey on their naivety and exploit their tendencies at certain ages, because they are the ones being responsible over them. I’m not entirely sure some people give real thought to how the mind works at different ages, what it can cope with, assimilate, comprehend or quantify. It’s creeping into other areas as well as them being able to determine which side of the fence they would like to be ‘when they grow up’, ironically with some of the things being offered to them, they will never ‘grow up’ properly. Being stunted and emotionally restricted (which can happen in ordinary settings too), on top of the psychological difficulties you can endure just simply by being alive and trying to place yourself in society and where you fit in the universe.

And things you think you ‘choose’ while young, with very limited experience and understanding, can often come back to bite you, haunt you, or go onto to be a big part of who you then became. As an adult I like to have information before making a decision, weighing up the options and consequences and thinking through the impact on myself and others. I did not have that perspective as a child, and have already done a piece on Decisions, from my own personal viewpoint of them and the impact of important ones placed upon a mind that isn’t really capable of making the best one.

Because you don’t what’s best for you at a very young age, but you often find yourself wanting to grow up quicker, be treated like an adult and qualify for all those things that seem so out of reach. Time is also a different feeling when very young, it really did feel as if it would take forever to get older and because you have no real context of responsibility surrounding these wants and ideas, what you want becomes the focus. Not how will this affect me, should I do it etc. Think of the funfair and being too short to go on a ride, you don’t agree with it and some people may get emotional or angry at being excluded from it. But if someone suddenly said, ‘hey, no problem, get on’, would you wait? Would you wonder about if it goes wrong? Would you question why they had those rules in the first place and make an informed decision? No, you wouldn’t, you jump at the chance and go for it. And sometimes it works out, and sometimes it doesn’t. I’m sure we all have done a few stupid things where we look back and think what was I doing? Or, how did I survive with that attitude and behaviour?

But the reason adults make these decisions for children which I thought was well known, is because I do believe that at certain ages, children do not possess the same reasoning skills. As is known by others as well, there are things you develop with age, experience and perspective. Well, not everyone but mostly. It seems some kids today are being fast-tracked into the adult system without having the physical or emotional capacity to deal with it. However, that was not always a failsafe idea to have adults solely in charge, as mentioned above, not all adults develop the necessary capacity themselves sometimes, and then find themselves in the decision-making role. With a mix of results and consequences, some far worse than others. And now we have ‘the state’ also now inserting themselves into life decisions, being the influencer and facilitator of them here and there. So, now there is a bunch of people or committees making decisions for people they don’t know and have never met. Or are allowing them to be made by people who are ill equipped to understand or think things through. Like I’ve said before, these are some strange old times…

(c) K Wicks