Tuesday, December 20, 2011

The Big Picture

IT'S VITALLY IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHO YOU'RE DEALING WITH

Before we launch into the story, we need to set up the characters. Otherwise, you may have difficulty understanding how this Nazi-type mentality could exist. Denial is the main weapon that has kept this story secret for so long.

You might also fall into an even more dangerous pattern: the Salem witch-burning mentality of "Us" versus "Them," "Black" versus "White," "God's Chosen" versus "Satan's Demons."

These are real people, not cartoon monsters. That is ultimately what guarantees that the plans of these groups cannot succeed.

However, if you don't know who you're dealing with, you will never be able to understand them enough to help solve the problem.

The majority of their members are miserable, feel trapped, and want nothing more than to escape -- and to be treated with love and respect.

The groups themselves are far too big, interconnected, worldwide and powerful to be transformed from the outside.

The only real shot you have at changing the world is by changing the people in the world -- including those within these groups.

You can't do that by stepping in, acting like a hot shot and telling them what to do. You have to listen to them, understand them, find out what they want, what they need and why they have been hurting so much.

And that's called love.

A LIFE OF MISERY

So here's the key: They grew up in a life that is so much worse than anything you've experienced that you could barely even begin to understand them -- how they really think and feel, moment to moment, day to day.

Nonetheless, it is possible to do so -- if not vital.

I believe almost anyone can be "broken" and become sociopathic if they are tortured enough -- regardless of their age. Look at any hardened criminal and you will find he got that way from being abused... usually thanks to an alcoholic parent.

Nonetheless, he always has the choice to step back from his own life and look at it like an outside observer.

He can observe himself, see what has happened, and strive to forgive and accept those experiences. He can forgive himself for the things he has done to others as well -- seeing how difficult it was for him not to repeat the same patterns.

He can also realize that even though his own family life was horrible, most people are not like that. There is real love out there. There are people who really do care, and will give their lives to help someone else.

NO SUPPORT SYSTEM... AND THE ABUSE GOES ON

However, for most people who have experienced severe abuse, this process of forgiveness is much, much too difficult.

It requires a level of personal strength and willpower they simply cannot produce, because our society lacks effective support systems to help them heal.

If you can't face your own pain, you usually end up running away from it. This is where alcohol and drugs become very effective tools in making your life more bearable. I speak from experience, with over 19 years of sobriety at this point.

Our abused child then grows into a man. He picks up the bottle just like Daddy did, finding that it helps to mask the pain of the horrors he went through -- for a few hours at a time, until he passes out -- only to wake up with a terrible hangover.

He abuses his own wife and children in a desperate attempt to release the emotional agony he is feeling inside, and try to feel better about himself.

Unfortunately, abuse just creates more abuse. No one feels 'loved' by being abused. They fight back. This just makes Daddy even more angry, which creates even more abuse.

The vicious cycle continues.

TRAUMA TAKES MANY FORMS

There is another form of torture that can create even more psychological damage than being yelled at and beaten. Having sex forced on you against your will, particularly if you are a child, creates very significant damage.

I continue to be shocked at the lack of social awareness about this issue. Everyone should know that forcing sex on another person, even one time, can create an inner scream that will haunt every day of their lives for years and years to come.

I've lived with people who have been through this. It's not pretty.

If you are hurt this way by one of your parents, this creates an even more extreme type of damage -- a violation of the sacred bond of family and trust that, again, is almost impossible for the average person to comprehend.

We now know this trauma actually re-wires the brain to be hyper-vigilant... ready to flip into fight-or-flight mode much faster than a person who hasn't been through this.

They will almost always develop a hair-trigger temper, ready to explode at the slightest provocation. It will be difficult or impossible for them to trust anyone. Everyone is a suspect. Everyone is a thief. Everyone is a scumbag.

They will have extreme anger boiling right below the surface of their conscious mind at all times. Underneath this is a sorrow so profound that they fear if they let themselves cry, they will be unable to stop -- and will want to commit suicide.

Many of them will be so damaged they can barely function in society -- except in predictable, unchallenging lives with as little exposure to risk, change or genuine hard work as possible. Others will become "thrill seekers" and constantly seek the next adrenaline rush.

CAN YOU HEAL?

It is possible to heal from these events, yes... but it takes a lot of work.

If you have been through a childhood that involved routine humiliation, yelling, beating or other forms of assault, it can be very difficult for you to truly develop empathy for the feelings and emotions of others.

It's all about you, your pain, your story, your mission.

You will typically build your identity around the idea of being "strong."

You will also naturally resent those who are "weak."

You may well see them as easy targets to be exploited and manipulated for your own gain -- puppets who can create wealth for you without you having to do very much work.

You may feel you are teaching them a valuable lesson by controlling and manipulating them. The more they listen to what you tell them to do, the better and stronger they will become as people.

Ultimately, they will get strong enough to rise up against you. They have finally awakened to their own power and strength. Now you reveal to them how special they are -- and you may even invite them to join you.

Then, together, you can continue to help awaken others who are "weak". You know that only the most gifted ones will learn how to become "strong" -- and understand the deeper reasons behind the seemingly senseless things you have been doing.

BONDING WITH THE GROUP

The bottom line is that if you abuse and torture a person consistently enough, he will almost inevitably have no sense of compassion or regard for others -- unless he can get away from you and go through a profound healing process. It's that simple.

However, you can tailor your abuse to create extreme loyalty and love in the person. This is done by alternating between severe "punishment" and love-bombing -- pumping them up to make them feel special.

A typical analogy is an abusive husband who beats his wife, only to show her "grandiose gestures of affection" afterwards -- such as a huge bouquet of roses.

In crisis hotline training, we watched videos of horribly beaten women, with their eyes nearly swollen shut, gushing about how much they still loved their husbands -- and how they understood why he beat them.

Like Stockholm Syndrome, you can end up falling in love with the very people who tortured you the most. It is far easier to adopt their beliefs and accept their "punishment" than to go against them, for sedition is death.

The ultimate goal for any group like this is worldwide power and control. That's the Holy Grail -- at least until they reach a level of technology that would allow them to migrate off-planet.

If you can wrap your mind around the idea that people like this actually exist, and have been meticulously planning on world domination for hundreds of years, you can begin to understand how we got where we are today -- and how simple their motive really is.

2 comments:

  1. Sam,

    Excellent article! My deep sense is that humanity is entering an era during which our perceptions of reality are going to be challenged on every level.

    We are going to be asked to see all of our attachments (conditioning, habits, power structures, etc.) through new eyes. This won't be easy for most--and people like you are going to be called into joyful duty to hold compassionate space as they release the old and embrace newness of Life.

    Namaste` and aho,

    Jacob Nordby

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  2. Jacob,
    Thanks for commenting. So grateful for the depth and dimension of your knowing and understanding. Yes I do consider it "my joyful duty to hold compassionate space." I love your clarity.

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