Although the cat is out of the bag about Big Pharma and Mainstream Corporate Media being in cahoots with one another, the damage caused is truly irreversible. Peoples' minds have been completely brainwashed about Covid, masks, social distancing, and vaccines. Friendships and family ties have been ruffled, if not severed, to the point of irreparability. Businesses ruined. Cities destroyed. Communities upheaved. Children tarnished.
When you look at it all from this lens, you could say we are in a war - Literally. Not just a civil war in the United States, but a global civil war where The Media have pitted citizens against citizens, and tyrannical authorities against its own citizens. It’s a war of principle, ideology, and corruption.
In the State of Illinois where I live there is a major lawsuit filed by more than 700 parents and dozens of school staff against nearly 150 school boards and districts across the state, mostly in the Chicagoland suburbs, who are now temporarily restrained from enforcing Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s COVID-19 mask and vaccine mandates. After the ruling, Pritzker said the state will appeal, which is now going to lead to even more conflict.
For example, just yesterday, my own school board called a recess to its monthly meeting only 5 minutes into it because parents attending the meeting refused to wear masks. The board emcee said, “no masks, no meeting” and within minutes the session ended. The parents believed they had legal backing because of the aforementioned TRO, but the Board - the “authority” - took control by ending the meeting.
No dialog. No conversation. Just one ideological side against another. Nobody can hear the “other side” anymore, which is precisely where elitists seem to want everyone. As one writer has penned, we are “Stuck in an Endless Elitist Loop.”
Why?
Years ago, my step dad told me to follow the money and you will find the motivations of corruption. And one person who has done a phenomenal job “following the money” is Actor and Comedian Russell Brand.
In one of his recent YouTube videos, “This Goes Deeper Than You Know,” Brand addresses revelations emerging about media outlets’ surveillance advertising, asking, “who is most guilty of not being transparent?”
Music Video of the Day - We the People (Kid Rock) - Let’s Go Brandon
Russell Brand is doing great work by creating dialog through his YouTube channel. He posts edited rants and commentaries supported by facts and current events, but he does it in a way where viewers and listeners are compelled to comment and then he actually reads your comments and continues the dialog in his next video.
As informative as Brands’ videos are, what they ultimately reveal is the complex myriad of problems converging on the international scene. Not only are we seeing corruption between Big Pharma, Big Media, and Big Tech, but also inside the Federal (US) Government. As a concerned US citizen, I find it haunting to see that just about everything in our society is indeed corrupt and headed straight off the proverbial cliff (Whoa! NSFW).
Where is Your Salvation?
We could go on and on about all the problems and corruption going on, but what good will that do? The world stage is beyond all of us, let alone the national stage. Very few individuals are in position to do much about anything, let alone anything about everything. Consuming media only feeds the algorithm beasts and thus lines the pockets of those in position to benefit monetarily. It steals your peace of mind, your inner peace, and distracts us from what really matters - our personal relationship with the Creator.
What we all need is a path. Not an easy path. Not a clear path. But a better path. A path that puts you and keeps you in the driver’s seat, regardless of what is going on around you.
One path that has served me well since adolescence is the Way of Tao, a philosophy encapsulated in a book called the Tao Teh Ching, ancient Chinese literature from about 500 B.C. In this book are 81 passages, at least two of which I read almost daily. Each passage speaks to various aspects of life and death, Heaven and Earth, virtue and integrity. You know, existential ideas and principles that have stood the test of time.
Below is the first portion of Passage 52, which is a reminder of where we come from - literally - and where our true salvation lies. Follow the link above to read the entire passage.
The Art of Letting Things Happen
All-under-Heaven have a common Beginning.
This Beginning is the Mother of the world.
Having known the Mother,
We may proceed to know her children.
Having known the children,
We should go back and hold on to the Mother.
In so doing, you will incur no risk
Even though your body be annihilated.
I share this here to serve as a bridge to another world, one of humor and wisdom and mystical virtue. It is a project I am working on alongside this one, and I invite you to join me there as well as here, if there is interest.
Which is partly why you should care what I have to say. As the world turns more and more towards convenience and materialism and everything now, I am focused on a path of minimalism, communication, and freedom. This Substack is a doorway into this world.
One where communication and expression of ideas and opinions aren’t censored and instead explored. One where technology is a means to and end to your purpose, not a distraction from your purpose. A world where surveillance advertising is not a factor, and that offers a sense of community for your livelihood.
And now…7 other things probably worthy of your time.
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WATCH: The Truth About Joe Rogan, Spotify, and Misinformation (JP Sears)
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