In a way, in our contemporary world view, it's easy to think that science has come to take the place of God. But some philosophical problems remain as troubling as ever. Take the problem of free will. This problem has been around for a long time, since before Aristotle in 350 B.C. St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, these guys all worried about how we can be free if God already knows in advance everything you're gonna do. Nowadays we know that the world operates according to some fundamental physical laws, and these laws govern the behavior of every object in the world. Now, these laws, because they're so trustworthy, they enable incredible technological achievements. But look at yourself. We're just physical systems too, right? We're just complex arrangements of carbon molecules. We're mostly water, and our behavior isn't gonna be an exception to these basic physical laws. So it starts to look like whether its God setting things up in advance and knowing everything you're gonna do or whether it's these basic physical laws governing everything, there's not a lot of room left for freedom.
So now you might be tempted to just ignore the question, ignore the mystery of free will. Say "Oh, well, it's just an historical anecdote. It's sophomoric. It's a question with no answer. Just forget about it." But the question keeps staring you right in the face. You think about individuality for example, who you are. Who you are is mostly a matter of the free choices that you make. Or take responsibility. You can only be held responsible, you can only be found guilty, or you can only be admired or respected for things you did of your own free will. So the question keeps coming back, and we don't really have a solution to it. It starts to look like all our decisions are really just a charade.
Think about how it happens. There's some electrical activity in your brain. Your neurons fire. They send a signal down into your nervous system. It passes along down into your muscle fibers. They twitch. You might, say, reach out your arm. It looks like it's a free action on your part, but every one of those - every part of that process is actually governed by physical law, chemical laws, electrical laws, and so on.
So now it just looks like the big bang set up the initial conditions, and the whole rest of human history, and even before, is really just the playing out of subatomic particles according to these basic fundamental physical laws. We think we're special. We think we have some kind of special dignity, but that now comes under threat. I mean, that's really challenged by this picture.
So you might be saying, "Well, wait a minute. What about quantum mechanics? I know enough contemporary physical theory to know it's not really like that. It's really a probabilistic theory. There's room. It's loose. It's not deterministic." And that's going to enable us to understand free will. But if you look at the details, it's not really going to help because what happens is you have some very small quantum particles, and their behavior is apparently a bit random. They swerve. Their behavior is absurd in the sense that its unpredictable and we can't understand it based on anything that came before. It just does something out of the blue, according to a probabilistic framework. But is that going to help with freedom? I mean, should our freedom be just a matter of probabilities, just some random swerving in a chaotic system? That starts to seem like it's worse. I'd rather be a gear in a big deterministic physical machine than just some random swerving. We think we have some kind of special dignity, but that now comes under threat. I mean, that's really challenged by this picture.
So we can't just ignore the problem. We have to find room in our contemporary world view for persons with all that that entails; not just bodies, but persons. And that means trying to solve the problem of freedom, finding room for choice and responsibility, and trying to understand individuality.
The Wizard of Oz was a motion picture made in 1939. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayerund a Book by Frank Baumis said to be one of the most political movies ever made. The Oz stands for Ounce and the yellow brick road represents the bankruptcy of 1933 when the gold was confiscated, remember? Bricks are ingot bars of gold. The Story goes like this...
The setting was in Kansas; heartland of America, and geographical center of the USA. In comes the twister, the tomado, i.e, whirling confusion- the stock market crash, theft of America's gold, US bankruptcy, the Great Depression- and whisks Dorothy and Toto up into a new, artificial dimension somewhere above the solid ground of Kansas. When they finally land in Oz, Dorothy comments to her little companion: "Toto, I have a feeling were not in Kansas anymore."
That's right. After the bankruptcy, Kansas was no longer just "plain old Kansas"-it was now "KS" artificial corporate venue of the bankrupt United States, i.... the "Federal Zone," newly established "Tederal property," and Dorothy and Toto were "in this state" (see definition for "this state".) In the 1930's the all-capital letters corporation sole, straw man, newly created artificial aspect of the former American alleged sovereigns, had no brain-and Americans were too confused and distracted by all the commotion to figure out that they even had a straw man. The Scarecrow identified his straw man persona for Dorothy: "Some people without brains do an awful lot of talking. Of course. I'm not bright about doing things." And in his classic song, "If I Only had a Brain" the Scarecrow/Straw Man succinctly sings: "I'd unravel every riddle. For every individdle." (individual), in trouble or in pain."
The Tin (TIN Taxpayer Identification Number) Man was a hollow man of metal-a "vessel" or "vehicle", newly created commercial code words for the corporation sole straw man. One of the definitions of "tin" in Webster's is "worthless; counterfeit." Just like the Straw Man had no brain, this Tin Man vessel had no heart. Both were "artificial persons. The Tin Man also represented the mechanical and heartless aspect of commerce and commercial law. Just like they say in the Mafia: "Nothing personal, its just business." The heartless Tin Man also carried an ax, traditional symbol for God-Le, modern commercial law in most earlier dominant civilizations, including fascist states. The "Ace", etymologically related to "ax" in a deck of cards, representing God, is the only one above the King. One of the "Axis" Powers of World War II, Italy, was a fascist state. The symbol for fascism is the "fasces," a bundle of wooden rods containing an ax with the blade projecting. The fasces may be found on the reverse of the American Mercury- head Dime (the Roman deity Mercury was the God of Commerce), and on the wall behind, and on each side of, the Speakers podium in the US Senate. At the base of the Seal of the US Senate are two crossed fasces.
The Lion, "king of beasts" ie., king of the goyim - (a) denigration in itself-representing the once-fearless American People, had lost his courage. After your first round with the UCC constituted IRS "defending" your straw man/vessel/vehicle/all-capital letters name/artificial person, you probably lost some of your courage too.
What about the trip through the field of poppies? Notice how it never affected the Straw
Man (no brain) or the TIN Man (no heart or soul)? They weren't real people, so drugs had no effect on them. The Wizard of Oz was written at the turn of the century, so how could the author have known America was going to be drugged? The Crown has been playing the drug cartel game for centuries. Just look up the history of Hong Kong and the Opium Wars. The Crown already had valuable experience conquering all of China with drugs, so why not the rest of the world?
To find the Wizard you had to "follow the yellow brick road." Le, follow the trail of America's gold. When Dorothy Gale and crew emerged from the forest and arrived in Emerald City, the city of green (the new "Tiat money", or money by decree, Federal Reserve Notes), they were serenaded by the Munchkins on the glory of the Wizard's creation: "You're out of the woods, you're out of the dark, you're out of the night. Step into the sun, step into the light, the most glorious place on the Earth!"
Who finally exposed the Wizard for what he really was? Toto, the ugly (or cute. depending on your perspective) and somewhat annoying little dog. Toto means "in total. all together Latin in toto Notice how Toto was not scared of the Great Wizard's theatrics, yet he was so small in size compared to the Wizard, no-one seemed to notice him. The smoke, flames and hologram images were designed to frighten people into doing as the Great Wizard of Oz commanded.
Toto started barking until others paid attention to him and came to see what all the barking was about. Then they rang the bell and the Wizard stepped out and put up a sign saying "please knock this bell is broken". The bell was broken because it represents the Liberty Bell. It's cracked and there is no Liberty. The Wizard's game was up. They simply looked behind the curtain-the court (see the definition for curtain above), Who was behind the curtain? Just an ordinary person controlling the levers that created the illusions of the Great Wizard's power and authority.
Let's not forget those pesky flying monkeys. What a perfect mythical creature to symbolize the Bar Association Attomers who attack and control all the little people for the Great Crown Wizard, the powerful and grand Bankers of Oz - Gold.
The Wicked Witch of the West made her home in a round, medieval watchtower, ancient symbol of the Knights Templar of Freemasonry. The Wicked Witch of the West was also dressed in black, the color symbolizing the planet Saturn, sacred icon of the Knights Templar, and the color of choice of judges and priests for their robes. Who was the Wicked Witch of the West? Remember, in the first part of the film her counterpart was "Miss Gulch", who alleged that Dorothy's dog. Toto, had bitten her. She came to the farm with an "Order from the Sheriff" demanding that they surrender Toto to her custody. Aunt Em answered Miss Gulch's allegations that Toto had bitten her: "He's really gentle. With gentle people, that is." Could "gentle" be a metaphor for "Gentile"? When Dorothy refused to surrender Toto, Miss Gulch threatened: "If you don't give me that dog I'll bring a damned suit that'll take you're whole farm!" Today, 70% of all attorneys in the world reside in the West-America, to be exact- and 95% of all law suits in the world are filed under US jurisdiction. The Wicked Witch of the West and Miss Gulch, my friends, represent judges and attorney; ie, the American legal system (including the attorney-run US Congress), executioner and primary henchman for transferring all wealth in America-everything-from the people to the banks and the government. Miss Gulch wanted to take Toto "attorney language," ie. Latin? "EVERYTHING"
Dorothy and the gang fell for the Wizard's illusion in the beginning, but soon wised up and discovered the Wizard for what he was: a con-fidence man, When asked about helping the Scarecrow/Straw man, among some other babblings about "getting a brain" and "universities", etc., the Wizard also cited "the land of E Pluribus Unum," which is Latin for "One out of many." Le converting the many into one - New World Order, or Novus Ordo Seclorum. He also proudly revealed/confessed that was: "Born and bred in the heart of the Westem Wildemess, an old Kansus man myself!" The bankers did pretty well in Europe, but as the Wizard pointed out, they made u killing in the "Western wilderness"-America- with the confiscation of American gold, labor, and property from the-quoting John D. Rockefeller-"grateful and responsive rural folk who populated the country at that time. When Dorothy asked Glenda, the Good Witch of the North. (Santa Claus, and Christianity) for help in getting back to Kansas, Glenda replied, "You don't need to be helped. You've always had the power to go back to Kansas"
Note: in the movie, Dorothy's shoes were ruby slippers, in the book written by Frank Baum, her slippers were silver. It has been said that the movie slippers were ruby, because if they would have been silver, the scheme may have been figured out.
________I am terrified. Our entire world is a conspiracy of corporate rule and it's people are blind, broken, and suffering. Personalities shaped by our artificial commercial interests. Blindly advocating to worsen our own conditions. Our decision making is limited by education and media that withholds information for illogical and frightening purposes. Not only do we subject ourselves to this false sense of "living", but we are collectively changing our mentality to agree with it. We are changing our ways of thinking to somewhat justify the means. It is down right torture having to live as this facade of yourself. Existing as a filtered version of you. Instilling a false “sense of self”. Everyone around you is a commercial facade. Everything is not quite as it seems... Not only have we put ourselves in a metaphorical prison, we are actively making it a physical one.
--------->Values, Morality, and Motivation
“I am not who I think that I am.
I am not who you think of me as. I
am who I perceive you to think of me as."
________It begins with untrue intentions. The law of attraction is very real. Our principal functions of civilization require us do the right things for the wrong reasons. We know what we want, what we need. We know how to get it. The problem is due to a primitive system that is not only no longer beneficial to society, it is enslaving us . Money, currency, a symbolic representation of value. The integration of currency into society was absolutely necessary, I am not disputing the work we have accomplished under its lead. However, we are not the young, inexperienced, and frightened animals were once upon a time. Currency has definitely gotten us far. Far enough to not need its false guidance any more. Currency was introduced as a simple universal way to trade for real world needs. We have turned from using it to it using us. According to my Orwellian country and brainwashed peers I live in (subjectively) one of the best places on Earth. Not only do I not believe that, but you have to be sick to think this is humanity at its peak. Gatekeeping health/survival needs(which are very real things) through currency (not real). How have we turned from using money as a tool of progression to a tool of oppression?
________I can't speak for everyone, but I would like have true freedom. True peace, health, abundance of necessities for everyone. I know, as do many others, that there is much more to this life than we allow ourselves to be concerned with. We have the means to make life better for every living creature on this planet, but we choose this? I believe a collective majority of the population of this planet would agree. Even those well off and perfectly happy, do you not wish prosperity on others? Are you not sick of the absolutely ridiculous political, civil, and economic problems of we are dealing with today? It is so evil its laughable. The world is run by “elected individuals” that clearly do not have our collective interests in mind. In fact, our leaders are not only ensuring the demise of our species, but trainin us to be grateful for the opportunity. The beautiful living force that is human innovation is being taken advantage of. We continue let this happen. There is much more to life than our false consumer world let's us see. Maybe I”m alone, maybe the general consensus is a feeling of fulfillment or satisfaction with life? I don't feel that. Our world is beautiful and our technology is magical. Yet, we restrict our own access to these amazing gifts for what reason? We allow money to be the ultimate controlling factor of our actions and feelings. Health and safety. Why? We are civilized now. It is completely uncivil to continue in this way. Our mentality has matured, we are not the frightened shelter seekers of the past. Are these claims true? Have we “grown up”? We are running out of time to find out. Wake up. Let's analyze “our world” that we've created.
-------------->Culture and Forced Values
________Here in my country the general mentality is that of; "You can be anyone you want and do anything you like, all it takes is some hard work. Life is full of possibilities! Respect your neighbor and be a kind person, lead by example. Take pride in your culture and be grateful because a lot of people arent as well off." Now take an honest look at the reality of our situation. Land of the "free" and “free willed” beings of limitless consciousness? While I cannot speak for everyone, this is not the world I see. I am not free by my definition. Freedom to me means the ability to choose what to do and when to do it at any given time. Do the options given to us by our society allow this? I vehemently disagree. I am quite literally enslaved by my_country_incorporated in the name of profit. I did not agree to this and will not idly let it happen. My country uses the potential economic value of MY life as collateral for loans of unimaginable ammounts of “legal tender”. A large percentage, nearly all, of this money goes to private companies under the guise of being helpful to the people. The miracle we experience as life has an arbitrary value assigned to it so that it can be used to barter for physical goods or agendas completely against the general interests of humanity. If you do not see how simply absurd this all is, the nightmare world that we allow to rule us, the program is working and we’re quickly approaching the foreseeable end of sustainability. As i exist, my “privileged” options are to either; partake in this game of imaginary numbered value paper through working a “decent” paying job and struggle to get basic necessities of life, or don't play the game and have my access to our collective civilization essentially barred. This is the illusion of a choice. Telling people they are free to live as is determined acceptable or die is not freedom. A nation constituting political freedom through the illusion of choice/say in affairs by holding a vote of 2 predetermined candidates that none of the general public are interested in. A nation that titles itself as "just" where laws are not written in the benefit of the citizens, but in the benefit of money. The corporate rapture of this planet will be felt first by us, the non-elite. I do not understand how my peers will defend to the death our obviously disgusting world model. The multigenerational brainwashing and propaganda worked all too well. The most productive slaves are ones that believe they are free. An instance of choice with only one logical and practical answer is not a choice. Arguing in favor of this fallacy is insanity.
---------------------------->Magical Beings
________Who are we? What happened to the ferocious valor and reckless acts of bravery man-kind is known for? Why can’t we see what is happening? Every person on this Earth is comprised of a unique set of code stored in repetition in what we call “DNA”. Our internal memory of unfathomable complexity. We are literal miracles of creativity here to express ourselves. The miraculous efficiency in the way DNA functions is not given the attention it deserves. One single gram of DNA can store 215 pedabytes of our virtual data. Nature makes the perfect form of technology. From the moment you are born you are told the “correct” way to think. The tools you are given to build your self are incorrectly labeled. Being different or expressively unique is difficult and uncomfortable. We promote superficial values while contradicting them with our actions. We encourage others to invest effort in meaningless activities without seeing the bigger picture. Even our language is shaped in a way to hinder logical thought. We feel the need to categorize everyone and everything and spend a comical amount of time to ensure the label/category is “comfortable” in terms of fit. No two people are alike and it is this individuality that we must encourage. Are we now sacrificing basic human rights in the name of feelings? Begging for more censorship (forced limiting of information and interaction) through taking offence in labels that are not us and do not represent us is childish and irresponsible . You are not your weight, looks, tastes, etc. You are a sliver of infinite consciousness having this current experience. These differences in views and feelings are the balance that is life. By defining an individual by the traits of their label, it instills prejudices that we associate with said group/label. This leads to an obscured perception of others and their feelings. Divide and conquer. Our individualism is our greatest gift. It is the balance to our creative action in this world. As we interact with others, we see ourselves through their eyes. We gain insight, a different perspective on our internal beliefs and how we affect others. Social and inspirational magic. We gain a deeper understanding of the reasoning behind another's feelings. Helping us to be more empathetic. It is absolutely necessary that we embrace everybody's uniqueness and encourage creativity.
------------------->Advanced Species
________Much like commercial advertisements, every aspect of life is designed to sway your perception. This world is a farse and the people of it are so far gone from reality that they fight to keep it this way. For example, we learn about how terrible Nazi Germany was and understand the evils of propaganda, yet we don't see how our modern day is nightmarish. Everything we experience is propaganda and we're blind to it. Look up "UX" or user experience design courses being offered in college.
________ Money(or maybe oil in my case) is the blood that runs through the veins of our country?I am currently holding a miniature computer in my hands with impressive processing power while there are people suffering and dying literally all over the world. Unacceptable nonsense. The amount that we waste on ourselves while others are struggling to survive is just pathetic. Even more so is the fact that us in "first world" countries are supporting the causation of this worldwide suffering. If this picture doesn't WAKE you UP, take a good look in the mirror. It is our responsibility to help those in need. Why are we prioritizing LITERALLY ANYTHING AT ALL over comfort and happiness, let alone basic necessities, for everyone? This is a terrifying reality of a world I do not want to take part in. We have the ability to create a literal "heaven on Earth" while we are here going through hell wearing rose tinted glasses. Not only do we choose this existence, we fight to actively worsen it and it is bewildering to me.
---------------------------->Dissonance
________Our economical system creates lack of enthusiasm which kills our productivity and creative drive as a species. Imagine a world where your hobbies or pastimes are the only "job" that you have. Imagine a world with unlimited food, power, shelter, and all other wants/needs of life. Imagine a life where you are truly free. A world where everything is done with absolute purpose and not done because it is required. This doesn't have to be a dream any more. Welcome to the future. We have had the means to make this real for some time.
________With artificial scarcity fueling a false sense of need for wealth as the ultimate motivation, cognitive dissonance begins. Money is not a physical necessity for survival... Food, clothing, shelter, these are all very real needs. Paper currency is not. The result of this is a world where things are done for untrue reasons. For example, an underpaid and struggling fast food employee is not likely to make your food with care because at heart they don't want to. Every day we use products that were made by people in the interest of maximising profits over customer satisfaction in a quality good. Appliances are needing service more often. Over all quality of pretty much everything has gone down drastically in the past ~50 years We have entire industries based on made-up human concepts that only exist as additions to this illusory system. Insurance (medical) is a straight up fraud and is killing people. (My daughter was born premature and was kept in the NICU for a little under 2 months. I literally received a bill in the mail from the hospital for just under $2,000,000.) Businesses fail left and right because they are created in the interest of greed/profit rather than passion for the product/service. Imagine if work didn't feel like work because you are doing what you want to do and when you want to do it. Imagine if a product was designed with functionality and efficiency in mind, rather that cutting costs. This is how we wind up needing to pass legislation to prevent things such as cellphone companies using proprietary chargers leading to an exponential increase in electronic waste. Spare the air days want you to bike to work while refineries and production facilities are dumping tons of waste into the atmosphere and water. We outlaw certain environmentally damaging practices so a business will pollute a "less fortunate" country instead. We are using our gift of creativity to creatively make everything worse. We are allowing and feeding this agenda. Is that not unsettling? Sickening? Wake up.
------------------------->Get on That Grind!
________We are told that capitalism is an exceptional driving force because it steers competition and innovation. How are we so complacent in accepting the twisted picture painted for us? Criticism and free thinking is literally discouraged. Students are discouraged from proposing new theories. If claims are made that do not match the general narrative, it is labeled as “pseudoscience” and subsequently discredited no matter the evidence. Archaeologists are mocked for having deviating theories on our past. There is no freedom of speech. We live and breath our constitution of lies. We understand that the mainstream news outlets all spout dictated agendas, yet we fail to recognize the horror unfolding currently that is the censorship of the internet. Life shouldn’t be a “grind.” The mentality of “life just isn’t fair and that's the way it is” is that of an misunderstanding mind or that of control. It does not have to be this way. We posses incredible ability and technology yet we choose to live these miserable lives all the while feeling that something is not right. I feel many will learn of this and say “damn, that's crazy.” and continue participating in this enslavement. Wake up and look around you. We’ve made hell. Depression and deterioration of physical health is rampant. We are medicated with mind numbing poisons to treat symptoms of issues caused by our nightmare lives. People are billed asinine ammounts for medical services and then expected to do work for the unimaginably wealthy insurance companies or hospitals to ensure they get maximum profit off at the expense of our mental and physical health.