Thank God for the internet, this really touched me deep in my heart. You are is my tribe, not the sleepwalking zoombies I’m surrounded by here in Norway. 70 years of socialism and a «mother-state» has made people here the most uncritical and trusting people in the world. It sure feels lonely to be a person with a different mindset. The last three years have been hellish, but I stand strong and proud of my ability to think for myself! Thank you for your eminent writing!
Well worded! Been struggling with these ideas for some time. And your article helps to line things up a lot. Still havent figured out what exactly makes ‘us’ different from the masses. Independent thinking? Are we wired like that, as you suggest? Maybe its that easy. Not quitw sure yet.
I come from a long line of critical thinkers. My grandma thought the moon landing was a hoax and my dad was one of a kind. I am always the last one to follow the crowd and I take pride in being 'different'. Everyone has a tattoo these days. Not me, because everyone is doing it. It is hard wired in, but just now, at 59 years old, am I finally comfortable NOT being part of the go along crowd. I always felt my difference as I was standing alone, but I am finally embracing it as WHO I AM now. Instead of wondering what is wrong with me, I wonder what is wrong with everyone else. This thinking has kept me alive and skeptical to tell another tale. I have given up trying to convince anyone of anything anymore. I have my tribe and I am so grateful. Thank you JET for yet another great read and probably the best one yet. Well timed too. We all thought things would get back to 'normal'. Yep, this is the normal. Glad I am an abnormie.♥
“people that I have come to know and love during this time are those who are comfortable within their discomfort.”
No truer words.
I’ve lost so many friends and family members. But I would not ever give up my kindred spirits to have them back in my life.
The holy trinity is what I will cling to:
Father
Son
Holy Spirit
I will not live in fear. I will trust in God’s word to see me through.
Had the nightmare of this last 3+ years not happened, I would not have sought out my faith again. I highly recommend reading the one true book - the Bible.
The only advantage we have over the normies is the the reality of our actions. It is evident that we lead better, healthier lives (aside from all the struggle entailed in dealing with TPTB and their useful idiots). You cannot change people but you can model good behaviour and hopefully they will see that and wish to be like you.
Another excellent piece, James! I just love your thinking and your writing.
I read The Artist's Way and did all the exercises twice back in the 90s. It changed my life (and my now-husband's life, since I persuaded him to do it, too). My dedication with the book and its process helped me to earn great confidence in my creativity, or, even more so, in my life as a creator-being!
I can look back over my nearly sixty years on this planet and see my psycho-spiritual progress as I nurtured my inner warrior/artist.
All that said, my husband and I are in the last week of a 51-day road trip and will be performing a small private concert tomorrow evening in a town just south of Denver. Our host, with whom we are staying for three nights, met my husband in an online group. We have never met in person before yesterday, but he and his wife are organizing this concert. They gave us a house key. They are allowing us to hook up our travel trailer to their shore power during the hottest part of summer when we're running the A/C like 12 hours a day to keep our Persian cat cool!
We may have very different ideologies, but somehow, the music and desire for improved health are bringing us (and many more people) together. This gives me a shred of hope for a world without the wayward wizards and their cushy-job-keeping career clowns/grifters!
Also just wanted to leave this here: "Nature loves courage. You make the commitment and nature will respond to that commitment by removing impossible obstacles. Dream the impossible dream and the world will not grind you under, it will lift you up. This is the trick. This is what all these teachers and philosophers who really counted, who really touched the alchemical gold, this is what they understood. This is the shamanic dance in the waterfall. This is how magic is done. By hurling yourself into the abyss and discovering it's a feather bed."
Aug 19, 2023·edited Aug 20, 2023Liked by James Edward Taylor
The worse part of this is the true believers in my own family like my own mother. She is 80 years old and a cancer survivor, so I try not to argue with her, but it's galling when she comes to visit then takes over my living room and insists on watching the "news." One of these days I will choke from swallowing my tongue, and sometimes I do just say no, I can't stand it.
“Can the global pathocratic totalitarians be defeated politically?” seems to be a mighty important question for those of us who have escaped from the Cave (in Plato’s allegory). I’m left wondering “What if those who have escaped from the Cave haven’t yet understood that the world’s governing system is a pathocracy?”
Thank you for this wonderful piece of work that sums up everything myself and my like minded friends think,feel and shake our heads at.
I can't express how much I love reading your work. It can be a lonely place in 2023 and surrounded by the cult of stupid.
Thank God for the internet, this really touched me deep in my heart. You are is my tribe, not the sleepwalking zoombies I’m surrounded by here in Norway. 70 years of socialism and a «mother-state» has made people here the most uncritical and trusting people in the world. It sure feels lonely to be a person with a different mindset. The last three years have been hellish, but I stand strong and proud of my ability to think for myself! Thank you for your eminent writing!
Great articles!
Remember; there's NO PROFIT in HEALTHY PEOPLE!
and If it's SAFE and EFFECTIVE why do they need to dictate NO LIABILITY for vax related injuries & Vax induced DEATHS?
The argument is so obvious I'm in disbelief that so many pretend to hide from these glaring travesties!
Mick from Hooe (UK) Unjabbed to live longer!
Well worded! Been struggling with these ideas for some time. And your article helps to line things up a lot. Still havent figured out what exactly makes ‘us’ different from the masses. Independent thinking? Are we wired like that, as you suggest? Maybe its that easy. Not quitw sure yet.
I come from a long line of critical thinkers. My grandma thought the moon landing was a hoax and my dad was one of a kind. I am always the last one to follow the crowd and I take pride in being 'different'. Everyone has a tattoo these days. Not me, because everyone is doing it. It is hard wired in, but just now, at 59 years old, am I finally comfortable NOT being part of the go along crowd. I always felt my difference as I was standing alone, but I am finally embracing it as WHO I AM now. Instead of wondering what is wrong with me, I wonder what is wrong with everyone else. This thinking has kept me alive and skeptical to tell another tale. I have given up trying to convince anyone of anything anymore. I have my tribe and I am so grateful. Thank you JET for yet another great read and probably the best one yet. Well timed too. We all thought things would get back to 'normal'. Yep, this is the normal. Glad I am an abnormie.♥
The best summation of the situation I’ve read James! Your precision of thought is awesome. Keep up the great work! Thank you!
Oh James - thank you for this!
“people that I have come to know and love during this time are those who are comfortable within their discomfort.”
No truer words.
I’ve lost so many friends and family members. But I would not ever give up my kindred spirits to have them back in my life.
The holy trinity is what I will cling to:
Father
Son
Holy Spirit
I will not live in fear. I will trust in God’s word to see me through.
Had the nightmare of this last 3+ years not happened, I would not have sought out my faith again. I highly recommend reading the one true book - the Bible.
The only advantage we have over the normies is the the reality of our actions. It is evident that we lead better, healthier lives (aside from all the struggle entailed in dealing with TPTB and their useful idiots). You cannot change people but you can model good behaviour and hopefully they will see that and wish to be like you.
Another excellent piece, James! I just love your thinking and your writing.
I read The Artist's Way and did all the exercises twice back in the 90s. It changed my life (and my now-husband's life, since I persuaded him to do it, too). My dedication with the book and its process helped me to earn great confidence in my creativity, or, even more so, in my life as a creator-being!
I can look back over my nearly sixty years on this planet and see my psycho-spiritual progress as I nurtured my inner warrior/artist.
All that said, my husband and I are in the last week of a 51-day road trip and will be performing a small private concert tomorrow evening in a town just south of Denver. Our host, with whom we are staying for three nights, met my husband in an online group. We have never met in person before yesterday, but he and his wife are organizing this concert. They gave us a house key. They are allowing us to hook up our travel trailer to their shore power during the hottest part of summer when we're running the A/C like 12 hours a day to keep our Persian cat cool!
We may have very different ideologies, but somehow, the music and desire for improved health are bringing us (and many more people) together. This gives me a shred of hope for a world without the wayward wizards and their cushy-job-keeping career clowns/grifters!
Also just wanted to leave this here: "Nature loves courage. You make the commitment and nature will respond to that commitment by removing impossible obstacles. Dream the impossible dream and the world will not grind you under, it will lift you up. This is the trick. This is what all these teachers and philosophers who really counted, who really touched the alchemical gold, this is what they understood. This is the shamanic dance in the waterfall. This is how magic is done. By hurling yourself into the abyss and discovering it's a feather bed."
Terence McKenna
https://rumble.com/v38g1gv-wef-declare-we-are-gods-if-you-stand-in-our-way-you-will-die.html
when they tell us who they are, we should believe them. Since they want to murder all of us, they will have to be executed first.
The worse part of this is the true believers in my own family like my own mother. She is 80 years old and a cancer survivor, so I try not to argue with her, but it's galling when she comes to visit then takes over my living room and insists on watching the "news." One of these days I will choke from swallowing my tongue, and sometimes I do just say no, I can't stand it.
You are not alone.
This is a Masterpiece!
🎯👀
“Can the global pathocratic totalitarians be defeated politically?” seems to be a mighty important question for those of us who have escaped from the Cave (in Plato’s allegory). I’m left wondering “What if those who have escaped from the Cave haven’t yet understood that the world’s governing system is a pathocracy?”
https://www.systemsthinker.com/interests/systemsthinking/humansystems/pathocracy.shtml
By the way, J E Taylor, great Substack. Subscribed.