Politics is a traditional institution in which seemingly well meaning people are systematically corrupted.
Ignorance is about not having access to information, or not having considered available information in the right manner. It doesn't necessarily have anything to do with levels of developed intelligence.
L J sez: "What is, is, what ain't, ain't"
L J sez: "Good talkin' isn't necessarily an indication of good thinkin' "
L J sez: "Smaller people seem to have to say things twice as loud and twice as often for some others to get what they're saying."
Mystery of the "look alike" people:
In the course of my life, there have been several times that I seemed to have seen people I've known (or people that looked incredibly like people I've known), that appeared on the "scene" and then disappeared without saying anything to me. Sometimes this has happened at places where I would think that encountering the person would be a highly unlikely thing.
Usually I was working or performing, and wouldn't have the opportunity to fully comprehend if it was really who I thought it was or not. Sometimes I was just shocked speechless and figured I'd find out if it was who I thought it was, later.
Presuming that anyone I'd known would naturally say something in the course of things, at least wave or something, and that they would consider such as an important thing, I generally wouldn't say anything if they didn't, tending to presume that either the person wasn't who I thought it was, or that they didn't want to say anything to me for some reason.
I've been through what at least seemed to me to have been some rather strange situations, and more than once, I've suspected that there may have been people around who might have been playing little "tricks" on me, or who may have wanted to somehow affect my circumstances in odd ways.
Ultimately I learned not to presume anything, to ignore insinuations, and to be slow to respond to whatever may have at least appeared to have been going on.
I've considered there may be those who for some reason might use "look alike" people in an attempt to influence situations.
Elaborate practical jokes ? Unusual things done just to see my response ?
I don't know, but such has been the source of much anguish and confusion.
If anyone who has been a part of such a thing would come forward and let me know, I'd be grateful.
Subject of personal and mass manipulations:
There was a point in my life that I was motivated to find out exactly "who was doing what to who" in our society and the world in general.
This resulted in much study on a variety of subjects, including methods of persuasion/coercion, arguing, "cult induction techniques" and social dynamics in general.
Much in the realm of human behavior and concerning the actual truth of some matters is hidden behind a "veil of unbelievability". There are things that humans are capable of that are beyond the extents of common comprehension. Some things are just so "ugly" that few want to have to consider them.
Some things are just so astounding that we have a hard time accepting the truth of them.
I've had to overcome some naivety and face the fact that rather than living under conditions of matters where all are sincerely involved with trying to make the best of things, many are out to use, abuse, and take undue advantage of others.
Things happen. Circumstances are determined by "naturally spontaneously occurring" as well as "contrived" thoughts, words and actions; persuasions, deceptions, delusions.
SOME TYPES OF MANIPULATION METHODS:::
1.) Guilt insinuation (you're a "dirty dog", you didn't do something, or you could have done better).
2.) Confusion produced to hide deception (can't get to the bottom of things, things are too complicated or irrational to make absolute sense of them).
3.) Induced paranoia (attempts at causing someone or some people to be inclined to do or not do, think or not to think something, based on causing them to assume or suspect that something may be a certain way or another. May play on fear).
4.) Extreme fluctuations in emotions, behavior or apparent position taken (puts a victim in a situation where they can't really know how they "stand" with another with regard to attitude or circumstances).
5.) Say a lie so big and with such an authoritive voice that a person would feel "foolish" for doubting the sincerety of it.
6.) Use of ambiguous statements (words can be chosen that may mean different things to various people in various sets o circumstances, as well as enabling an individual to avoid directly addressing a question).
7.) Play upon natural desires for human interactions.
8.) Play on any hope that things can be or might be considered as being "just fine".
It seems somewhat obvious to me that we are experiencing life in a body, which exists within surrounding realms of light and energy.
One might say that our awareness is ideally comprised of a fluctuation between peaceful slumber and deeper sleep. We learn from our various experiences in our various environments as we seem to experience time.
As we age, we build a mental "framework of understanding" that is constantly either being affirmed or refuted by the information we receive and process.
Somewhere along the line, most people arrive at the understanding that having a personal revelation of what it takes to be in right standing with God through Jesus is to understand the deepest expression of love and compassion known to mankind. The "evil ones" are Lucifer-Satan and his followers, such as the globalist elite, who either want to see mankind serve and worship them, or dead.
Working through a variety of government, behind-the-scenes underworld networks, organizations and media, the globalist elite delight in pitting facets of mankind against each other, and will resort to any method by which they can promote chaos and make money from others. They like to promote and exploit any disunity among the young and old, rich and poor, those with attitudes about environmental race or sexuality issues, Christians and Muslims, liberals and conservatives, etc, so that "we the people" or any other of the people of the world, for that matter, don't have so much of a chance to wise up to what's really going on. The only way to postpone the envitable bad news that the Bible explains is to come to pass, such as the "evil ones" seek to bring upon us, and is totally logically understood through sound reasoning, the signs of which can easily be seen today, is to keep trying to get as many people to come to know about the real God's love as possible.
In the United States, the teens of the 1950s and early '60s grew up in the high spirited post World War Two era. It was a time of prosperity as radio and television became an important part of daily life. More ideas were more widely explored as information spread more rapidly.
The "establishment" has continued to learn how to use the tools of financial control and media manipulation to affect the trends and attitudes of the masses. Today the global elite continue to hoodwink various facets of U.S. citizens in various ways, hoping to lead them mostly blindly into the "new world order", where there is a single "world government" and "world religion" (based on anything besides God through Jesus).
The globalists want to avoid having to regard set moral values, standards of doing things which are best observed, they want to make Christians and those who regard the freedoms of the individual that are guaranteed to "we the people" through the U.S. Contitution look like bad guys.
ENVIRONMENT: Whereas pollution and general preservation of the natural, life sustaining systems of the earth should be an ongoing concern, it appears that sympathy for such may be exploited by some to further agendas that aren't in the best interests of either humans in general or the earth.
"CONSPIRACY THEORIES"/"ILLUMINATI": Yes, it is now clearly understood that there are wealthy European bankers and such that control much of what goes on in the world through their various networks of influence. I call them the "Luciferian/satanic/humanist/pseudo-intellectual/political, corporate globalists".
They have a main agenda centered around the themes of a "new world order" and "one world government" or "one world 'religion' ", much about which has been openly stated, can be found in books and in aspects of the UN's "Agenda 21".
There are cold blooded, hedonistic, self-serving sorts among them that are capable of doing absolutely anything to further their agendas. They are apparently capable of working through "intelligence agencies" and other networks that operate above and beyond any government's supervision or control to accomplish things that most would find disgusting.
THE FEDERAL RESERVE: Many consider the establishment of the Federal Reserve to be a criminal act. It is a business mostly owned by European bankers, not a part of the US government. They control the creation of "money" and are in on what goes on in the world economy through their networks.
"CORPORATION OF THE UNITED STATES": This is a whole realm of study of its own, as this was formed as a means for European bankers to more easily control the assets of the United States and its citizens. It's not governed by the Constitution, which outlines the rights and proceedures for dealing with matters for the benefit of "we the people". In many ways it seems to indicate that the U.S. never did sustain complete independence from England.
GENDER / ISSUES INVOLVING "SEXUAL BEHAVIOR": There is nothing new under the sun, the human race has always dealt with all considerations of personal behavior somehow. We can understand the basic "sex" related functions of males and females as being about the procreation of the human race. There have always been those who have had to deal with unusual circumstances, physical limitations, emotional turmoil and "sexual disorientation". Human compassion for elements of society may be played upon so as to promote depersonalized lust, the participation in which is profitable to some and may be useful in an attempt to justify the promiscuous and "perverted" practices of some. Confusing gender issues may also serve to undermine the concept of the natural family structure, which is important for passing on useful information and healthy attitudes to young people. The UN's "Agenda 21" apparently outlines a plan for discrediting the importance of the natural family structure, with more control over young, developing minds being assumed by government.
"HEARING VOICES": This phenomenon, where a person can "hear" or "internally discern" various seemingly "vocalized" words and phrases that seem to have a source outside of a person's natural mental workings is generally defined by the medical world as "symptoms of paranoia / schizophrenia", which I will avoid attempting to define here.
No one knows for sure what causes a person to experience the "voices", and there seems to be no "remedy" for this often "annoying" or "troubling" phenomenon besides the person just trying to go on with life, minding their own business and not taking whatever they may "hear" in that manner too seriously.
One can speculate about the workings of the subconscious mind, or that the brain seeks to interpret words and meaning from any sound that happens to be comprehended.
One can consider spiritual aspects of things, including unseen entities that may somehow be able to "communicate" with humans. The experience may be interpreted by some as a "psychic phenomenon". It can be disturbing to some, as the notion of "something" or "someone" knowing about personal matters may seemingly be implied in the course of the "internally discerned" dialogs.
The desire to "know for sure" what's actually going on or why something is brought to mind may cause many to jump to irrational conclusions, or drive themselves into a fatigued condition in the course of trying to understand what is being implied in the course of their experience.
There have been technological inventions that are said to be able to produce the same phenomenon, but people were "hearing voices" long before any such things were developed.
It is not as uncommon an experience as one might be led to believe, and it may be that there are as many variations to how people conceive of and interpret their thoughts, impressions and deal with "incoming information" as there are people, which can make considering and communicating about such things very difficult.
RACISM: It's really not too difficult to understand that people may tend to consider people of races other than their own (or some people of their own race), as being "peculiar" or even somehow "disturbing" because of their mental or physical makeup. It's not a bad thing if we understand we may have to make a special, intentional effort to comprehend what another person is "all about". It's a common characteristic of human fallibility and ineptitude to want to criticize or "look down" on people who are apparently different somehow from ourselves or those we are most familiar with. Facets of a society may tend to be "stereotyped", and the personalities or behaviors of some may be unjustly attributed to all members of a certain facet. It's important to see all human beings as who they are as individuals, not attempt to lump them all into some catagory as may seem convenient to some.
It's important to realize that there are some who would promote discord between facets of a society in the course of their efforts to "divide and conquer".
MARIJUANA: Consciousness-altering substances are an aspect of our society. They ought to be understood and not exist as "mysterious" things that provoke curiousity and encourage secretive experimentation, especially by those who are young and don't understand the most important aspects of life itself, yet.
The marijuana "experience" may be interpreted as being about this or that, depending on the species of the plant partaken of, the environment in which it's partaken of, and a person's personal mental makeup. Perhaps the most common assessment of the effects of marijuana is that it promotes "mystical contemplations". Its effects are "psycho-active", which is why artistic sorts have traditionally appreciated it as a source of "new, creative thoughts".
It has always been used by facets of society for medical and recreational purposes, but it was the "Woodstock generation" that most openly popularized its use in the midst of its increased widespread availability to the public during the '60s.
Having become somewhat familiar with its effects, most of that generation went on to further define them and differentiate them from the effects of other consciousness-altering substances, such as alcohol and "harder" drugs.
If there was to be a law pertaining to marijuana, I think it ought to be that it would be illegal to sell. Growing, use and sharing would certainly take care of its being available to those who may want it.
Though no law is absolutely enforceable, it could be eliminated as a substance that criminal dealers of the most dangerous drugs could greatly profit from.
There should be considerations of its use by people of a certain age and doing anything while under the "influence" of it that might endanger others, just as alcohol is supposed to be dealt with in our society.
Those who currently profit from its cultivation, transportation and use (and attempts to enforce current laws pertaining to it), are likely going to try and stall matters as various attempts are made to "decriminalize" this mostly "harmless" plant.
It may seem that one reason it was first "illegalized" was so that it could be profited from with an "underground/underworld" market.
Doing anything has the potential of being habit forming, but most can easily see the difference between the nature of marijuana use and the use of the most dangerous substances (such as the chemical compounds and heroin), that are so popular today.
Our society should be able to understand the nature of the potential effects of all consciousness-altering substances, be they mentally or physically "addictive" or not.
The main question, of course, is why can't life itself be perfectly enjoyable enough without consciousness-altering substances ?
