“The Power of Controlling What People Believe in is Not to Be Underestimated.”
I’ll have what El Gato Malo is having
I once wrote a song that went
I can feel the autumn in July I can feel the truth inside a lie
Like the word ‘believe’ is sly Tucked inside is the word ‘lie’
It began a thread of exploration that I kept to my journals for years. The thread was, if I am applying belief (irrational) to something that required critical thought (rational) I was up sh** creek. The irrational is where belief belongs- in God’s territory. Art’s territory. What you cannot change. The rational, on the other hand, must often subtract belief. It is the territory of logic, certainty. What you can control.
That personal thread of exploration is blooming into a book and something I can offer in service to others. As a result of it, I teach women who are dating. Regarding her date she may say, “I believe he’s good.” (Irrational) I guide her along the path to, “I watched his feet for four seasons and his actions caused me to decide that he is a good and decent person.” (Rational)
I teach them to save belief for the emotional and irrational. For God as they understand God. Otherwise they may see the word “lie” jump out of the word “belief”when they use it. They may suffer painful journeys of letting go of someone who they believed was good, but wasn’t.
I teach them to critically think in order to seek conclusion on fallible humans, systems, and finite realities that require critical thought.
As a result, there is often no separating the principles of the republic (where I was free to read, learn, come to conclusions and and create the business I am building) and the human experience in that republic.
There’s been an informal requirement of me, in self-directed study, to understand the 3 letter agency-led movements within the culture that filled in gaps inside me. Gaps caused by my own once-injured instincts. Wounds of the psyche are a magnet to a culture that will lie to you and pacify you so you don’t have to manage emotional and cognitive inclines, and think for yourself. The current Marxist culture wins when people apply belief to logical situations.
I continue to bring my exploration and benefit of the doubt to God and my conclusions to man’s obvious actions. I continue the thread of that exploration. I keep up the search that had just begun when I prayed in a chapel in Sedona, Arizona on my way to LA 20+ years ago. It continues today.
I recently hiked up to that chapel again, allowing for wonder.
What did I actually pick in life, and what was suggested without my conscious consent? Why did I give up pursuit of critical thought on mainstream perceptions that did not add up? Why did I prioritize belonging over truth?
Waking up and standing against the medical tyranny shaped my mission. It was required, in order to fully serve.
I do not think I am any different than you. I think this is everyone’s duty and obligation. It says in Luke, to whom much is given, much is expected. It’s one of my favorite scriptures. If you’re not interested in the Bible, try “pressure is a privilege”, Billie Jean King’s motto, which I have been writing in my journals for decades.
We Americans stand to lose a lot, because we HAVE a lot.
This link below is a must-read. A photo caption in it is the title of this essay. I think it is one of the most important articles any American citizen could read, right now, today. I could never have written it any better. I pray all of my readers take in the article below from “El Galo Mato”.
