I had a conversation with a couple of friends last night about how unaware most of us are of the source of the thoughts we think. We think things, and we assume they are our own thoughts, but often they are the representations of opinions and beliefs stored in our conditioned mind. You can witness this by the way people seem to talk without thinking, and by how they react to ideas that don't resonate with their own. They will feel threatened by this and argue their own opinion, or they will dismiss it and withdraw from any discussion. Rarely will they pause to examine their own thinking or seek out the root beliefs behind their opinions.
This morning on Facebook there was a link to a video called "How The Elite Control The Masses", posted by a group called "The Free Thought Project". It was a compact video that illustrated the strategies used against us in order for a small group to control the world. I shared the video because I see it as part of the process of conscious awakening. I then moved onto the group's page - thought it might be interesting and useful - "free thinking" is an important aspect of our sovereignty as individuals. But I didn't "Like" or subscribe to the page. Why not? Their story and mission is sound and commendable - but the content on the page is for the most part a case of "propaganda against the propaganda". If you aspire to "free thinking", you have to be REALLY careful not to substitute one set of dogmas for another. We are attracted naturally to ideas that support and reinforce our own, just like we are attracted to people with the same interests and views. We have the freewill to do this of course, but we have to be aware of this "freewill" aspect. Are we "freely choosing" to think the same way as the "group" - or are we blindly following the consensus? The difference between information and propaganda is in the presentation. "The Free Thought Project" could be a good platform for "free thinkers"... but all I see there on the page is a "Let's jump on the bandwagon of anti-system activism" posting bonanza, with most of the comments nothing more than opinionated bickering... lots of people telling other people that they've got the facts wrong and they're not thinking right. And the main posts are nothing different than what is already being shared on the FB home pages. A project such as this should be a platform of dialogue, with a practical goal of mutual understanding. But Facebook may not be the best platform for this. Maybe we have to talk to one another face-to-face, in small groups and communities - and then share our findings online. But most importantly - each individual has to scrutinize his/her own thoughts and the sources of those thoughts. Think about your thinking... otherwise you'll never really know. Here's a link to the video and page - see what YOU think! The Free Thought Project
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..."If I do this for myself I'll treat myself"..."How good I've been today to do so and so ( or not do so and so ), I deserve a reward or a pat on the back"... What?!!!
We are free souls and have total universal freewill, yet we hold ourselves in our own prisons and deny ourselves simple pleasures unless we think we've done something to deserve them. Even the methods of self-improvement teachers apply this as a technique, that we can coerce ourselves to become the better selves we think we should be. And we fall for it. Let me tell you - you do not need permission from anyone to do the things you want to do - not from yourself, not from gurus, not from God, not from advertizing agencies, and certainly not from bakers. And you don't need to "deserve" what you want - just give it to yourself. If it has consequences you don't like, deal with them - there's always consequences, and that's the nature of freewill. Do you see, it's just a game we are playing with ourselves, trying to trick ourselves into action - it's just a program and we use the trick to break out of the program. But you know it's a trick, you know it's a game, you're not a donkey so why do you fall for this carrot-dangling when you're holding the stick yourself? I don't get it. If you have to coax yourself into action (or out of it) with stimulus and reward, then maybe you don't really want to take that action. If you really, really, really want to do something, you will do it - you won't need any more stimulus than your desire, and doing it will be its own reward. Deserving doesn't come into it. If you need rewards to coax you, then maybe you should look more deeply into what it is you want and why you want it in the first place. Really - we treat ourselves like infants sometimes, and we don't know we're doing it. But we are multidimensional co-creators of the universe with god-given freewill, and we are adults. Stop waiting for permission to do the things you want to do, reward yourself often and always just for being YOU - and if a baker says you deserve a cream cake - buy 3 of them, just because you want to. I've decided I have freewill. Some people would say it's illusion, it's delusion... I don't care.
I've decided I have the freedom to believe I have freewill and to act accordingly. I have chosen to make all my decisions under the premise that I have freewill, and I accept the consequences of this choice - for there are always consequences. With this freewill I have chosen to explore my persona, look at every aspect of self, review all my beliefs and values, my emotional and psychological conditioning and habits, and research alternative perspectives on life, reality, humanity, religion, society, custom and culture, health and sickness, authority, history, conventional knowledge, and everything else that plays a role in my experience of "being". And it's all incredibly fascinating! I've come to the conclusion that there is so much we don't know, so much we are not being told, so much we are being told that is deceptive, that I've decided not to trust any information I receive, from any source, as unquestionable fact or truth anymore. I choose to believe what serves me, what empowers me, what liberates me and makes me happy. Yes, I could be deceiving myself too... but at least I'm happy! By doing this I have become free of the restrictive norms and values of my society, free of its expectations and judgements, free of the fears and worries it would load upon me, free of the game it plays with me, and free of any guilt associated therewith. I claim my freedom, I claim my freewill - my right to be my own unique and authentic expression of being, as a child of this earth and this universe - as a flower, a river, the wind, clouds and waves are free to express themselves. To conform to anything less would be using my freewill to surrender my freewill. I do not choose that. Who would? |
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