Just a random article about cubes. The films I have listed below for reference, all have a cube as a heavy feature in the storyline. They make me think of other well-ordered geometrical things, like grids and systems, which run off of a power source. I will explain after each one.
Hellraiser (1987) – a puzzle of sorts, a box to be opened and tempt you into hell. But it is a cube with a dark secret, which feeds on human desire, curiosity and deviance, which activate it. So, that is its power source.
Star Trek First Contact (1996), The Borg – their ship is a cube, they search out and assimilate knowledge and other species. And this one runs on a very clear system, with the power source being the Borg themselves integrated with the technology.
The Cube (1997) – a strange film without a backstory given or answer of how or why. But a maze in a cube for unsuspecting occupants, more like a prison with boobytraps and mechanisms, yet still a system and design that serves a purpose.
Transformers – the allspark which was a great power source. Shaped like a cube, and part of the machine world, but still seems relevant here.
Tesseract – in the marvel films, a recurring item throughout the films, is again a cube, this one being an unlimited power source.
We always seem to be looking for the ultimate energy source, and therefore power. I guess it’s no coincidence that the word power is used for batteries, as well as for ruling. Maybe their power comes from us, literally. And when they showed us a field of human battery pods in The Matrix, maybe they weren’t far from the truth. But a cube is an easy shape to imagine, a box. And it’s easy to get stuck in one, mentally perhaps, ‘think outside the box’ they say. Maybe that’s also more than just a metaphor, but to think it’s only in mind keeps you trapped thus so, and is a self-perpetuating loop. Perhaps.
But we are definitely being viewed and treated more as a commodity rather than a consumer, so it makes me wonder if we are the ones now being consumed. Just as we have done with resources, for the system trying to unfold, it switches. We become the resource. And like with all the films mentioned above, there is someone or something behind those cubes, and a need…
An older saying, and one to point out that a person’s character is not defined by how they appear. The full quote from Arthur Ashe being
“Clothes and manners do not make the man; but when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance.”
But I have thought of it a few times recently for todays society, but an updated version in my mind.
The clothes do not maketh a woman.
And the same can be said of any appropriation, whether it be cultural or gender. On a personal level, I don’t actually mind anyone wanting an external shell that they feel represents their internal self, as I have written before in my article What are we? about it, and I guess even touched upon it in Perceptions of Self. And we are all part of society which is geared up towards expression of self and being unique, while we slowly have a severe lack of individualism creeping in though, it’s all getting a bit weird.
For many generations now there have been men dressing as women, and living as them. All sorts of relationships have been had, as well as women now and again passing for men, and dressing as such in public too. Social history and rules also play into these, as without such expectations of gender and the role they play, we are led to believe that people would have had more freedom to choose. I am not so sure, given that choice is sometimes part of the problem, and if you are making a decision without all the information, and lack of forethought, then is it really a choice? What we have now, is almost like someone saying, “Here, you can have pandoras box. Oh, you haven’t heard of Pandora? No matter, have it anyway, it’ll be fine”. It may well just be a box, but what comes with it is not. I did a small piece called Pandoras Asylum, for a closer look at that story, but I can’t help thinking that a can of worms has been opened, and only time will tell the ugly truth of it all, with people caught in the middle of it, as does always happen.
So, the problem appears to be multi-layered, and is causing very real issues. Because as with most situations, if there is an advantage to gain for an opportunist, they will jump upon it. Which is why I believe we have issues surrounding prisons, women’s units, hospitals, schools, changing rooms, toilets, etc. They all have something in common as places, you either find vulnerable people there, or people at a vulnerable moment in their lives. That is not an accident these places are being used as a ‘hunting ground’ – same with where you used to know paedophiles would try and gain access to children – schools, playgroups, care system, youth clubs, youth sports, scouts etc. Now you have online too. But that does not mean that the physical approach has diminished in any way, and opportunists will try to find a way to get what they want. They are schemers and always on the look-out, so would have understood the implications of a change in attitude in society, and how that would create its own opportunity. And you must understand, we are talking about people of a severe sexual deviance and mental dysfunction, who were always like that, that have just found a way to try and ‘blend in’ and allowing their behaviour to flourish, ironically, it’s by standing out, which for some reason now makes you immune to consequence in many cases. And people being either shouted down, or called names because they try to highlight very real concerns, is a warning in itself. People who look to abuse others, often have a charming streak, and will have others on their side in advance of any revelations, ready to discredit or dismiss any accusations that may come their way. But what of the ones who are rumbled before they even get to their goal, the ones who aren’t so charming and make it obvious there is something very disturbing about them? It seems they can be spotted, but without any action, just a feeling. Sometimes you just know when something isn’t quite right, your internal spidey senses start going off, so you know, and no-one else telling you otherwise will change that. Because when you think of it, how many people thought Jimmy Savile was great? In fact, nearly every high-profile person validated him, his outrageous behaviour, his garish clothes and demeanour, all part of the act to make that type of person acceptable, in the public’s eyes at least. And when it came out, and the shock subsided, turns out many knew, and were silenced, or it was covered up. So, just because celebrities and the media want you to override your own instincts and believe what they say over what you see and feel, may not be the best road to follow.
Imitate to infiltrate. That should be a phrase to remember. They will try to be like you, to get at you. That applies to all sorts of situations and people, and it’s always been the way that we have to work out people’s intentions, as they aren’t always forthcoming with them, or their honest ones. Unfortunately, there are some very caring and trusting people out there, who are often the ones to fall victim of this type. Because just as they exist, so does their opposite, the mean and callous people who are only out for themselves. Lots fall in between, knowing to not be too trusting, to check people out, trust your instincts and so on. And it doesn’t always mean dressing or looking like you, as we know from the list of above, those adults don’t dress like children to gain access to them (or maybe in some cases they do), but they come down to their level on some point to gain trust from them. Which in itself isn’t the issue, it’s what they then do with that trust is the problem. Luring and baiting spring to mind too, if you want to catch a fish, you can’t just sit there, you need a hook, and some bait. That’s where I think the drag hour story time problem comes into play, covered in Face of a clown, in story town. It’s an odd thing to me, to see the actual safety and decency disregarded for many, for the feelings of one. Whether they be male or female, whether they be vaccinated or unvaccinated, it seems to be a strange thing being encouraged. Ignore your own physical safety, instincts and feelings, and place those of someone else above yours (sometimes a complete stranger or unknown), of whom you have no knowledge of motive or intention, and who has no regard for you. You would do it right? No, you wouldn’t, and if you would, ask yourself why. But that is what appears to be happening, lots of people being told how to feel when their own instincts and feelings are telling them perfectly well what is going on, yet is being dismissed. Possibly because some people are naive to different types of people, or don’t fully understand what is going on, unable to view the bigger picture. Or they don’t want to be seen to be as different from the public attitude, the one being pushed in the media, so they conform to parroting the latest spin, or ‘acceptable thing’ so they seem to be keeping up with the times, it’s hard to know for sure.
But it is a bit out of control, and is no longer about some people wanting to seamlessly blend into society as themselves. Publicly, it’s turned into something quite exposed and ugly, and is about parading a certain aspect of someone life, in sometimes quite a grotesque display, out there for everyone to be made aware of. But to do that, they aren’t just being themselves are they? They are taking something away from someone else, and it didn’t appear to start that way. Men in women’s sports, jobs, politics and so on. We now have boys and men, who decide they are female, taking medals, funding, placements, jobs away from actual women. And if people think this isn’t a problem, I do wonder why. Because if women weren’t at such a disadvantage for so many years, why would we even need our own spaces, and categories and groups? There was a reason for that. Men have been openly favoured over women in many situations, jobs, in many religions, households and so on, so it really is an extra insult to have men still being put a cut above, but this time they are dressing like women and taking on what they believe are ‘traits’ of woman I guess. I only have a few example to go on, recently the US has put some real gems out there, using two men who say they are women, to discuss women’s beauty products and healthcare. It was over exaggerated, camp, and extremely cringy, everything you would expect from a pre-scripted, acting role. Trying to make us believe that this is a representation of ‘women’ and people think it’s great. It’s really quite strange. Because it’s not just about men dressing, acting like and living like a woman, it’s got a very sinister pharmaceutical underbelly, that is really the ugly side of what they are doing. Because while they allow the media stories of grown men calling themselves women once they’ve been arrested for violent sexual crimes, they seem to sidestep the stories of what is happening to people on the ground, the ones who are encouraged change themselves to ‘be who they really are’, but in some cases, becoming neither who they were, or thought they were, but something entirely new.
I have to say I was quick shocked to read about young teenage girls having mastectomies, and the drugs they put children on to stop puberty so they progress in the trans-agenda. Shocked about what it does to the body, which I already knew goes through massive changes through the teenage years, mentally and physically, so to think that was being halted and subverted, was heart-breaking to be honest. And will have serious consequences, both mentally and physically down the road. Add to that the pretty much guaranteed constant medication needed thereafter, to keep your hormones in line I guess, and stop your body doing what it naturally should. Suppressing normal functions, instincts, thoughts, in place of synthetically enhanced ones, but forever dependent on them, and whoever dispenses them. Because to me that’s the real goal for them, the ones who pull the strings and set the agendas, who never before cared about our happiness and wellbeing, or ability to feel complete, unless it can make them money, or give them power. So, when all departments follow suit you know something is up. Employment, education, medicine, law enforcement, media – all branches of the network of society got on board at the same time to make this new thing suddenly acceptable and accessible. It’s not new anymore, and has been going for some time, but it’s only in recent years have I started to see personal stories on social media of people going through it, and of the treatments, and studies, and medications etc. Focusing mainly on how people must feel inside to go down that route, trying to work out the psychology of it. Then I noticed I was missing something, the glaringly obvious in fact. Who was making money off this? If it was being pushed to the mainstream, to adults and kids of all classes and ages, then there was money in it. Or something else they stand to gain. Suddenly education and healthcare had funding for it, it was everywhere – gender studies, diversity, trans, etc. I could see there must be a lot of money to be made, but that particular one, would continue to make them money, as they would have a customer for life. Because even if they changed their mind, or it went wrong, they would still need medication in most cases. Similar with the vaccine, if you had a reaction, then it seems an awful lot of medical care can be required, immediately and thereafter if you make it though, so looks like a win win all round for the pharma companies and all those with shares and investments in them. No liability, maximum profit, forever. You can see why maybe anyone heading that might not want that gravy train to end. In fact, they just diversified their portfolio, so looks to be with us for a while yet.
Just remember the following industry saying, because we are all patients and customers to them, and it really does serve a profitable purpose for us to be sick, and confused, and in need of mental or physical medical assistance…
As people, we aren’t supposed to be robotic, numb and automated. There is something extremely human about feelings and the emotions that often follow. Not that we are always equipped or experienced to know what to with said feelings, but they remain for the most part, as a sometimes-unpredictable constant in our lives. We are at the mercy of our own feelings, and from those of people around us. Ours can be affected by others, just as others can be affected by ours. And I wonder whether people have this in mind at all when they go about their daily lives.
Of course, it can’t have escaped people’s notice that feelings are being cited as weapons in very real situations. But who examines and validates those feelings? Someone else, with feelings. And that’s where things have started to get quite messy. Online and in real life, because those feelings are causing consequences. The action itself is not the cause, otherwise for the most part, everyone would feel the same. Throwing a word or insult is not always the problem, it’s how it’s received. There used to be a saying
“Sticks and stones can break my bones, but words will never hurt me”.
It’s apt isn’t it. And I got its meaning as a kid, and I like to think it’s what has helped me gain slightly thicker skin for petty words, and a better measure of internal stability. Or perhaps it’s because often, I will firstly examine why the person has said what they said, secondly will look at what was said, and then lastly will review its impact on my own thoughts. Maybe other people reach for that first, they react rather than examine. I can’t blame them for that, some people are reactionary.
And I am all for reacting when slighted, or given what I consider good reason to. But that’s part of it isn’t it? What I decide is good reason. And surely everyone is doing the same, reacting to things they believe deserve a reaction. Which is where self-awareness and reasoning skills are important I think. To know and understand really where someone else is coming from, can help to form an appropriate response. And it will be different for everyone, feelings, thoughts and identity are very personal and individual, and usually based on experience. That’s why ‘following the crowd’ more often than not is a bad thing, because you don’t know the real intention, motives or mindset. You never will as part of a large group, it’s the nature of it.
Being you, with your thoughts and feelings is important, and knowing how you came to have them. That doesn’t mean you can’t be part of something, but be wary of something that wants to ‘absorb’ you into their fold, it usually starts with trying to celebrate your individualism, because it appears it will bring them something. And it does. It brings them you, because a group needs energy and ideas to sustain itself, and often I’ve seen how it becomes its own monster, swallowing all in its path of self-fulfilment. I guess the internet and social media are no different. In the virtual world or real life, they behave the same.
But being able to play on feeling, use them against people and manipulate situations with them, means it is becoming more and more important to understand what kind of a role they play. I may work on logic and reason, but I actually take feelings into account when making those decisions. Knowing when to indulge them, override them or utilise them can put you in good stead for an easier life. And knowing how to guard yourself against others using them as a weapon against you is of paramount importance. Gaslighting is a term we shouldn’t have, yet many are familiar with it, and the government itself has given us a prime example of it recently, my article Nudge Nudge mentions that a bit more. And while in some respects, I have time for people’s feelings, and will care greatly about how they are impacted, that will soon disappear if it becomes apparent that person is either taking the piss, or trying to gain an advantage by wielding those feelings. So, we have a fine line that we all walk, in ourselves and with others, and learning to have some social cohesion relies on people understanding that there is a line, and a point where some things will not be entertained. Just not everyone will give you a heads up or warning about where that line is, and maybe you won’t even know in yourself, until the moment someone or something crosses it. But they do say, once you cross that line, there is no going back…
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There is much being talked about to do with boats, migrants, hotels, handouts and where exactly this all leads. So, I’ll do a point by point review of what I think the issues are, from a practical and logical view.
A staggering influx – if we are to believe the actual numbers (they lie a lot so sometimes you have to remember to adjust for that), they are quite shocking for a small island. But it’s not that people coming here is the problem in itself. It’s the method being used to get here, and the strange constant allocating of resources for them, with what appears to be ‘no strings attached’. Well, we know that’s usually never the case, the hidden small print will come back to bite you eventually. There’s no free ride covers that a bit. But it would appear, that for whatever reason, native people are being thrown into the gutter, while unknowns from anywhere are being put above them. It’s obvious and calculated, as is the response when it’s pointed out. You must be racist, or a bigot, or selfish. And I’m sure there are those who may indeed have those ideals behind their thoughts. But on the whole, it’s just a clear-cut scenario of being pushed out of the way by your own government, while they try to fall over themselves to ‘provide for refugees’. Like a spouse ignoring their partner who they are contractually obliged to be loyal to, to fawn over another person, right in their face. You’d expect them to be a bit pissed off, wouldn’t you?
Creating the problem – I won’t deny, there have been some awful warfare campaigns that have played out over the last few decades. Creating vast numbers of refugees that it seems have then been further used as pawns in political strategies. Displacement has been encouraged and a theory on that covered in On the ground, but generally it gives them the human leverage they need to destabilise areas of communities. And why would you want to do that you may ask? We’ll get to that.
Hotels – again I have written about this in Hotel California or Hotel Strategy, but it’s clear to see something is going on. Block booking of hotels, some incredibly posh ones too at 4 and 5 stars, so they can accommodate anyone who rocks up without any form of ID. Which does seem odd don’t you think? After a 100 years of passports, and border control, for some reason as they near a digital ID system, they suddenly don’t care if you arrive by water stealthily, or by way of naval taxi. (Which also makes me think they literally could be coming from anywhere, you might be thinking Europe or Africa, I’m thinking somewhere more secret and hidden and underground, but that’s one of my ‘wild theories’). But back to the hotels, by putting them there, you do a number of things, firstly you remove that Hotel from being a tourist location, meaning no tourists, less holiday locations, less people spending money. Secondly, it concerns and annoys lots of locals and natives as they then know groups of young men with a different mindset loitering will become commonplace. Thirdly, they appear to sacking most of the staff once these people are in, so it’s a lose lose for locals and the wider communities. And the extra kicker is, the government gloat in telling us how much of our money they are using to pay for others entire lifestyles. (Oh and in the same breath telling you how there’s no money! Fucking cheek of it).
The cost – as I mentioned above, taxpayers money is what’s being used to pay for all this. Well, that and lots of debt for said taxpayers and their children, and their grandchildren. A minimum of £5million a day they say. A day! It’s shocking really when you add up how much they have stolen from the people in the last few years (and a lot longer I’m sure). But billions here, billions there, chuck some for a ‘war’, here’s some more for ‘test and trace’. All the while letting local resources go to shit. If you keep chucking a cup around, it’s going to crack or break. And if you then keep trying to pour into it, there will be an overspill. That’s where we are. The cup is already cracked and chipped, and they seem hell bent on smashing it and chucking it away. We’ll end up like all those bits of old pottery they always find in archaeological digs. The last remnants of what once was. Because the cost is in more than just financial and monetary terms, it’s costing people’s time, emotions, finances and in some cases, their lives.
Destabilising – as I mentioned above, it seems to be destabilising of communities they are after, the ones that are still left at least. And I don’t blame immigration for the breakdown in society, its values or ideals. It’s the mechanisms which seem to put that movement of people in place. It’s not natural and isn’t ever allowed to run its course properly or find its own way. With borders, rules, regulations and so on, they create devastating results. Many famines could have been avoided if people were allowed to relocate, or the land hadn’t been stripped by industry. It seems we create our own problems as people, but that’s not a shocking revelation now is it. It’s been seen time and again, and now is no different.
But what is different is how they all now seem to converge. Bringing together orchestrated mayhem. They get multiple birds with one stone I feel with all of the above. They get to screw over the local areas and population, while manipulating the newcomers as stooges. Allowing it to reach boiling point. There is a simple video of ants online, in a jar. Red ants, and black ants, and they are managing OK alongside each other quite well. Until a person comes in and gives the jar a good shake, then sets it down again. Now the ants aren’t so happy side by side, angered and activated, they begin to fight each other. If you don’t get it, we are the ants, and the government is the one shaking the jar. There being an outcome to that seems inevitable…
It’s not a new question by any means, and I have heard it used on many occasion, having given it much thought myself to general life, people and environments. And for the most part, it seems to end up being a combination of the two, part of each becomes us.
But for this article, it is in relation to what we have come to know as ‘serial killers’. It seems there has been much sensationalising of them, their crimes and personalities. People make careers off the back of them sometimes, laws can be changed and society can be altered in certain ways from those events. A great focus has been put upon them now and again, in the media of course, because in your everyday life and dealings, you wouldn’t know of them ordinarily, even if you fell foul to one, you wouldn’t know for sure there were others, so you would still be none the wiser.
Some cases are very famous, and last with us to this day. But there is a new conspiracy theory emerging, and may have been around for a while I don’t know, that there is cause to believe there has been a gender inversion program running for decades. And that many if not all of the highest profile ‘beloved celebrities’ are in fact the opposite gender they are purported to be. Firstly, I will look at what advantage that may serve, I don’t like to dismiss anything until I give it a thorough check through, even if at at first, it might sound quite preposturous. So, the advantage would be, possibly, is to manufacture a certain look and insecurity in people. How women used to say the unrealistic body shapes being put forward gave society an odd craving to be something they can’t – cue eating disorders and unhappy self-image on a scale never seen before. The modelling industry and marketing did that, because it them sold them lots of products. It appeared that very slim statuesque women were hailed as pin ups, as what men want. They say it is in the shoulders and hands you can usually tell if someone is male or female, but what we have seen of late, is that with drugs and surgery, much can be done to alter the body shape, face, voice, etc to give the impression of the ‘perfect’ look. So what used to be a visual marker is no longer, if it ever was. Which makes me think this goes back much further than just the last few decades. And at some point, with all the technology we have, it would have been noticed. That the strange elite practice of inverting what is normal for purpose, would be exposed perhaps.
You may be thinking, what does this have to do with serial killers? Well, my reasoning wandered to the idea that they would sometimes like people to think there were serial killers, an individual that is so cunning and crafty they are somehow just go mostly under the radar, and evade capture for the longest time, yet they are a depraved loser. Makes no sense. But going down in history and being notorious thereafter. And it may be that one person (or two in some), in all those cases did indeed commit all those crimes, and just so happen to not get caught by police, or slip up. Yet it all comes together when they are. Seems quite convenient in many cases, as if someone sat down and wrote how it was going to go, who was going to be the murderer, who would be the victims and so on. Because it is easy enough for there to still be actual victims, in fact, in my mind they are essential to it working, and the reason it does. And here is where it crosses over, into the psyops category. To create the feeling desired, you do need to have an event, and a fallout. But an orchestrated one, where a certain number of players know the game, some don’t. A false flag event i guess it’s called. And many people think you either fake an event, or it’s real. But I believe there is an in-between, where it’s both a set up, and real to the people on the ground experiencing it. Like advertising, everybody knows that the person endorsing the product doesn’t really use it, they are paid to say they like it, and people then go and buy it based on that. Same principle. So, whether it is a serial killer, or elite gender inversion, or any of the far-fetched and outrageous ‘conspiracy theories’ you may come across, always ask, what would be the benefit of making it look like this were happening, and it might not always be the case. But in some cases, it just might…
A new type of person has emerged from all this, in fact, two types, and it is now time to see if they can or will ever ‘be normal’ again. Because aside from the societal changes that have taken place, and they threaten us with new ones every day (travelling, driving changes, electricity charges, green green green blah blah blah etc), some people’s personality and behaviour seem irreparable now. On both sides. The ones who so casually stepped in line with totalitarianism, and those who did not. But the effect of that is far-reaching, and a lasting one at that.
It does quite simply seem as if people have taken leave of their senses and have no intention of returning to them. Maybe they have gone too far in mind, fear changing them beyond recognition. I did an article called Sensing Fear which maybe is relevant there.
People are right though when they say there is No Going Back, because there isn’t. There never was. It was part of the ruse to get it all to carry on as much as they needed. With the phrase ‘the new normal’ being touted at every early turn. That wasn’t by accident, it was clever wording to make people think it would be like before, but better. We all know the other phrase used ‘build back better’ to solidify the psychological meaning. Pretending we can go back to keep everyone calm. I knew then it was over, life as we know it or knew it. It may be staggering on physically with some semblance of before, but mentally and emotionally, everything is different now. And it is a disappointment being honest. We, humans, society and technology, had so much potential for good and enlightenment. But I feel we have squandered it and allowed it to be misused and mistreated and the collective will now have to bear the brunt of it. Because even if we didn’t invent or introduce these things personally, we are all part of it and will all suffer for it and from it.
We are split now and we aren’t all the same. Some have been tampered with beyond repair and changed forever. Emotionally, mentally and for some, physically. Moving in on top of that is financial instability and, in some cases, medical damage. It’s more than just ideas, looks and feelings that separate us, it’s something fundamentally deeper that has been laid bare recently. Basic trust in your kin, fellow man and wider community has taken a huge hit. But I realise this still doesn’t break us all down, because we could carry on despite this, and find a way to partially heal the rifts that have been revealed with time and counsel. But not unless we are left to it and alone to find our own way through. The ‘powers that be’ do not seem willing to step back through in any way, and instead feed a continuous drip of problems, drama and issues down the pipeline to keep it up in the air.
We have a building issue of justice needing to be served, not just for the very real reason of being held accountable, but because it gives a bit of closure, for everyone. Guilt is something that seems to have passed many by, despite their role in causing very serious life harms to people, and continuing to do so. In fact, revelling in their new found ‘limelight’ in some cases, making vast amounts of money and seeming as if they are untouchable with little or no conscience whatsoever. But it goes all the way from the top to the bottom, and that is what has really been revealed. Not the cruelty of humans, or the terrible actions of a faceless corporation or a fake politician, because of those things we were already aware. But it showed how many people’s friends, family and colleagues not only couldn’t read the room or listen to reason, but they also then actively engaged in bullying and hurtful conduct. And even people slightly further outside that group, extended interactions like doctors and shop keepers, law enforcement and other public facing roles, all jumped on the bullying band wagon. Which shows that these traits were already there, firmly as part of their personality, but just hadn’t maybe had the opportunity to be so staunch with it. There would have been give away signs that they were already like it, but given the right environment, all sorts of behaviour can flourish, and it’s not always good behaviour that shines through.
But the ones who were cast aside, shunned and excluded rightly are not pleased at being treated so, and aren’t just rolling over on this, despite the fact that it may appear that it would help things ‘move forward’ as people have put it. My other article Self-Preservation has gone into the motivations of the ones who seem so quick to just move on and quickly put it away. It must be uncomfortable to see such an ugly side of yourself, and everyone else saw it too. Some people, though, seem to have completely missed any feeling or compassion, though, in understanding how their seeming cruel nature has affected others, which unfortunately goes hand in hand with having a nature such as that. Cold, uncaring, hurtful people are everywhere and always were, and in most situations in life, you might not even notice as they have worked out how to show just enough of what appears to be genuine emotion, and who knows, it might even be genuine. But it is somewhat limited and can’t quite fully engage with or understand a fully functioning emotional human being, often resorting to bullying, tantrums, aggression, psychological games etc to try and get through what should be a normal person to person interaction. They aren’t able to be on the same level, so use the tactics they are familiar with to try and keep it at their level, where they are comfortable and feel in control. Sad, but seems to be true from what I have observed. In times like these it really is important to know who is going to be on your side, by your side and in your way.
Fear, I have written about it a number of times and having seen it have such consequences when used in a group setting in real life, felt it needed revisiting. Previous articles about it will list at the end of the post.
Olfactory, perception and senses. All these things work together to give us a sense of our surroundings, so we can assess our personal situation at hand. I guess for safety and opportunity. We do interpret those signals received differently as people, and will react differently to those responses. So, imagine that they all aren’t working together anymore, to give you that realistic sense of surroundings. Perceptions have been altered, senses have been numbed by way of medications and ‘mother’s little helper’ as they say. And the olfactory? Well for some that was willingly relinquished by wearing a mask and covering one’s face. Which made me think at the time, people were helping to limit their ability to use their senses. It’s funny really when you think of the saying ‘taken leave of your senses’, because it really does seem like that occurred. Could it be partially because they had? Also, we saw a distinct lack of common sense, something that is taken for granted and is joked about these days, the fact that it isn’t so common after all. But what does it mean, to have a common sense? We are led to believe it’s about being down to earth and grounded, and common, being then associated with being poor, or lower class. ‘Have a bit of common’ they say, and they are right. To me it’s just rational and logical thought, nothing to do with class, but interesting how words and meaning can make people not notice something. Terms are being redefined before our eyes these days, so good to know what things actually mean, and use your own common sense to see or know when something isn’t right.
Another fear that was used and played out, visible for many to see, was a fear of missing out and of being judged. Playing on people’s social weaknesses and personal wants to sway them. Cheap and obvious tactics I thought, but they appeared to work. With promises of travel, special rights, ice-cream, doughnuts and stickers many stepped up. Then they had to threaten to take those things away from people, no travel, no socialising, no seeing loved ones, to bring more fear into people’s lives and thoughts, using more emotive lures to get people on board. Still, some followed the pied piper, blinded by the fear of missing out, but from something meaningful as time went on. Then threats and coercion came for the ones who still weren’t playing ball, and they tried ever so hard on them, using livelihoods, family, stability, finances to make them so afraid that would do anything. But knowing that so many stood firm and either didn’t have any fear, or felt the fear and still didn’t go along with it, was a small heart-warming moment in these dark times. Every fibre of some people’s being seemed to be on high alert as soon as the talk of restrictions came in, and knew something was coming. And very quickly it was noticed that something was very much amiss.
And this is where we know that all of those senses, aren’t just for fear, they are for life and awareness. To sense everything around us and what we are. If we aren’t listening to ourselves or understand what our own body and mind is telling us, then we are vulnerable to others taking advantage of that. Medications have all sorts of side effects people don’t really talk about, or even know, for example I was quite surprised to find out that some painkillers actually dampen emotions and empathy, killing all feeling, not just pain, covered in my article Memory, interesting for the other experiments it mentions.
So, our senses have been under attack for quite some times, being numbed and distracted wherever possible. Entertained and medicated to keep us busy and absorbed in a shallow world of their making. With deep under currents of corruption, revealing a very sinister well organised ingrained mentality in many who preside over society in some form. And that is where fear really helps those who seek to control and manipulate others, especially if they have manufactured the reason you are afraid. It gives them the upper hand, to know you are afraid of, because they can tailor triggers and ideas to work on that. Fear can be useful to the individual experiencing it though, and being able to work through it or use it, can be helpful. But in these times of corruption and deception, I really think we should keep our wits about us and stay sharp and if there was ever a time when you needed people to .come to their senses’ it would be now…
It seems that some may have started to realise the magnitude of how deep and sinister this last few years has been. The ones who side-stepped the Russian roulette game must have had a self-preservation instinct which switched on pretty quickly if not right away. To protect your own safety and rights. Others however missed that, and chose instead not only to relinquish their own safety under the guise of health, they also chose to vilify those who didn’t. In some cases, in a very aggressive, abusive and grotesque way, especially as it was done hiding behind the mask (literally) of compassion. That word became laughable in the end, with one sentence they say they want to save people, and with the next they wanted people dead for what they perceived as a lack of respect. And, that’s all it was, perceived. These were not facts, but feelings.
And now we see that some do have a self-preservation drive after all, but one to try and save their reputation or career. To distance themselves from being held accountable for being such an integral part of the hateful and ugly side that showed. Articles and public words now asking for an amnesty on the backlash, people wanting to shy away from their words and actions of the past, however nasty they were, and move on. And I get it, in any other situation I would agree, but only if that person had really understood what it meant. To be that mean and cruel in what appeared to be a crisis, cannot be forgotten, because it changes how people view you thereafter. I did an article called Perceptions of self around how people view themselves and others, and do understand that time and events can change people. But that works both ways. Many are not who they were two years ago, and have seen a side to others that maybe we suspected was there, but once witnessed you can’t go back. And it would appear they still aren’t using compassion, because what they request is at their convenience. As if to say, hurry along now, there isn’t time for you feel wronged, I need to set things right. Therefore, creating another wrong, but some people really are only thinking of themselves and working to their own clock.
So, like I said, I get it. Some want to ‘cover their own arse’ as the saying goes. To get in some damage control and ‘smooth things over’. But accountability is needed here, for so much and so many and still those things continue. The economy is still being trashed and asphyxiated, politicians are still playing with our lives, and still, they vaguely threaten new variants and continue crushing peoples livelihoods and futures. There is no moving forward until it is understood how it all plays its part, and if you can be so easily bought or swayed with the promise of a doughnut or being seen as teachers pet, we all suffer.
The view of media, celebrities, politicians and any high-profile person who endorsed and represented this debacle seems to have changed for many people. Trust in authority is wearing thin, and of people who claim to be able to predict things by way of modelling. The ‘experts’ who also seem to get it so wrong, and hide behind their mask of unaccountability too. It’s maddening, and deeply disappointing. But it’s where we are. Still at the mercy of petty and whimsical fancies, being pawns in a rather odd and sinister idea being played out in real time. It would be great it everyone could come together and fight all the injustices until they are no more. But I believe that time has come and gone my friend…
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