The importance of VALUES in a world full of LIES and MISTRUST PART 1

In a world where we cannot trust the information that is being presented to us values are crucial. Why? Because when we don’t know what is true about the world, we cannot use hard facts to guide our actions. What we then are left with, is our values. What I believe, is that there are some absolutes that we can lean on, regardless of the circumstances that we are facing. It doesn’t mean that they are always going to lead to the best results in every given situation. That is not the point. Since we cannot predict results, especially when we are unsure of the facts, we cannot rely fully on the results that we wish to achieve.

It is as interesting as it is frightening to note that while it becomes less and less certain what is true, with regards to what is going on in the world, the objectivity of values is also being called into question by the philosophy known as moral relativism. We thus find ourselves in a situation where we cannot trust the world or other people. And if we don’t have an inner guidance system in place, we cannot trust ourselves either. And even if we have such a guidance system in place, if we believe that it’s fundamentally arbitrary it becomes powerless. Why? Because it falls flat in the face of expediency. If someone manages to convince me that the situation requires me to abandon these types of values, I will do it. But if I believe that some values are absolute, I will never abandon them. 

To be clear, I believe that there are some values that are as important as being itself. That by abandoning certain values, we abandon our humanity and render our existence meaningless. And this is important. Because some of our values are what separates us from animals. One of the core tenets of satanism, as it is presented by Anton Szandor Lavey, the founder of the Church of Satan, is that humans are just another animal. Lavey also believed that it is the right of the elite to rule the masses through manipulation. Just saying…

I believe that because of certain values we are more than just animals. And if we do away with these values, we reduce ourselves to animals. The core values here are love and free will! If we do away with our free will, we become like animals. And we do likewise if we reduce love to nothing more than an electrochemical process in our brains and bodies. 

Remember this in a few years, when you are being asked to sign away your life, to a system that takes away your free will, in exchange for comfort and security. Remember that it is satanic.

To part 2.

Is reality an illusion?

When I started to understand the concept of reality being an illusion, there was something that clicked in me. It is in line with what some of the great spiritual masters have been saying. For example, the Indian mystic Ramana Maharshi had a spontaneous awakening, where he basically saw that everything was generated by his own mind. 

Before continuing, I wish to interject something that I’ve said before: Once you realize beyond any doubt that reality is more than we can perceive with the five senses, anything becomes possible. Keep this in mind as you read. And why not ponder the implications of this.

A while back, I had a similar experience, where I still was me, in my body, but there was no absolute separation between me and the rest of the world. My wife was with me, and I could on a deep, undeniable level feel that in a sense she was me. 

In connection with this, one person after the other that I read or listen to, has talked about how everything is energy and frequencies and that we just decode those energies and frequencies in a way that let us perceive them as, well… as the reality that we perceive. I think that this is also why, if we enter into an altered state of consciousness, we cannot just alter our visual perception of reality, without also altering our perspective on- and thoughts about it. But I’m not exactly sure of how this works. If it can even be put into words.

What all of this seems to mean, is quite paradoxical. But life is full of paradoxes once you’ve started to look beneath the surface. The paradox here is that in one sense, we are completely alone in the world. And in another sense, we are connected with everyone and everything. 

What this means exactly I haven’t really figured out. I will probably write more about it as I think about it more. There is the classical double slit experiment, that demonstrate how at least elements of reality change by being observed. This at least proves that there is some sort of interaction that goes beyond mere perception, when we observe something. You can easily look it up on the internet if you want to find out more. 

Believing is seeing?

Many modern spiritual teachers tell us that if you first manage to believe that you will receive something, you will receive it.

This description is admittedly simplified and many add other things into the mix, such as that you have to imagine having what you want and get into the emotional state of it. And I don’t know. Maybe there is something to these a bit more expanded versions.

But I think that “believing is seeing” on its own is false and could even be harmful. What I believe, is that it’s actually a tainted version of something true, which I will get to in a moment.

Why do I believe that it is false or even harmful? First because it’s unfalsifiable. If you go around believing but you are not receiving, you can always say: “Well, I must have not really believed it.” While if you for some completely other reason receive it, you may take it as a confirmation that it works. But I think that there is a bigger issue here. Namely that we train ourselves to believe in a way that does not conform to how reality and our minds operate. We don’t always need evidence to believe something. But in the absence of evidence, we do need some other valid reason. 

So, what is the alternative then? Well, the alternative presupposes a belief in God. Now, I cannot prove that God exists, so as in many of my posts, I’m talking to those of you that have this faith. In this context, since what I’m criticizing is essentially belief without evidence, what I’m talking about is not such a belief. I’ve had plenty of experiences in my life that have confirmed my faith and I know that many others have as well. I know that God exists, but since I cannot prove it debating is useless. Either you have this knowing or you don’t. But know that everything that I talk about presupposes the existence of God. 

What I am proposing is that we can believe that we will receive something in the future, but that it is tied to God. If we truly put our faith in God, ask for what we truly want, which ought to be the same as God wants us to have and let our belief in God shine through our actions, we will receive what we ask for. Faith seems to be the key here. And it seems as if faith comes in a package. God wants us to trust him. And he wants us to demonstrate that trust through our attitudes and actions. 

So if I for example say that I trust God (this is an example from my own life), but blow up every time that I get an unforeseen expenditure, do I then really trust God? If I say that I believe in God, but have a hard time swallowing my pride, lie or put my own selfish interests before those of others, do I truly believe? 

I believe that this is a package deal. If you remove one piece of the puzzle all of it falls apart. I believe that this is the true meaning of “seeing is believing”. To summarize, the formula is as follows: We put our faith in God and trust him even through our hardships, which means that we believe that the bigger picture will turn out to be a good one, even if it doesn’t look that way in the moment. And we do our best to demonstrate this faith through our actions, thoughts, words and attitudes. In other words, we do our best to behave in a way where we show that we truly believe that God is watching us. And we strive to become people worthy of such a faith.

Eternity perspective vs. finitude perspective

I know that I’m going to live forever. And yet, I often act, think and feel as if this is the only life that I’ve got. And so I get into FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) mode. And it doesn’t do anything good for me to think this way. Because this causes me to live in the future instead of in the now. It causes me to think of what I don’t have instead of what I have. It causes me to worry about what I may never have. In short, it causes me to push my happiness into the future.

I think that it has something to do with that my brain is wired to think of existence as finite in an absolute sense. Is it wired like this from birth, or have I been conditioned to view life in this manner? I don’t know. 

A funny thing in all of this, is that it is not just about adopting the eternity perspective because it’s the right one. Paradoxically this perspective will also make us happier in the now. Because when we know this, we shift focus from the results to the choices that we make. Our choices may affect eternity, but the results in this life won’t. 

Something just struck me. There is a moral philosophy called utilitarianism, which basically says that we should strive for the best outcomes. That this should be our guiding moral principle. An obvious problem with this philosophy, is that we can allow morally reprehensible things, if it leads to the highest amount of good in the end. But there is more. I, personally, have landed in a moral philosophy of coherence. And from a finite perspective, maybe utility trumps morals. But not from an infinite perspective. If we look beyond this life, it becomes much more clear why certain values cannot be broken, even if they lead to the maximum amount of good for the maximum amount of people in this life.

A little side-note there. Let’s continue.

When I look at life from a finite perspective it’s so easy to get lost in thoughts about all the time that I’ve wasted on nonsense. But from an infinite perspective, all that really counts is who I choose to be today and tomorrow and what I choose to do with my time from now on. And whether I succeed or fail ultimately doesn’t matter. The only thing that matters is that what I do feels meaningful. That what I do feels like what I’m meant to do. Then it’s up to God what results it leads to in the world. If I can look back at my life and say that I lived it to the best of my ability, both when it comes to morals and efforts, from an infinte perspective there is no failure. 

How I plan to live a productive, stress-free life

What hasn’t worked so far, is to wait for inspiration and then take inspired action. I need clear goals and a schedule for the day. And since I have a full-time job, I need to work quite a lot if I want to get closer to my goals. This is actually, now that I think about it, quite a large issue. Namely the issue of finding a way to work systematically and disciplined, without losing the joy of working and turning it into something that I do out of a sense of duty, rather than a sense of joy.

What I don’t need though, is stress. Things must be allowed to take their time. Instead I need to observe myself while I’m working. I need to look for where my efficiency drops and in general what I can do better. In other words, as with so many things, present moment awareness and self-observation is much more valuable than perseverance and a high tempo. 

I’ve noticed that I need a day off from have-tos. One day where I don’t have to do anything productive at all. I can do some fiction writing at this day if I choose to. But no studies or even blogging. This seems to be true for many people. So maybe this is another one of those things where the Bible proves to be right. There is a problem with this though. Since I work my regular job five days per week, I only have Saturday and Sunday for my projects. Because when I get home from work I’m too tired for most things. I can however do some courses and work on projects that don’t require too much mental effort. So if I’m mindful of my limitations and adjust accordingly, I will probably be okay. And as said, as long as I take a relaxed approach to my Saturdays, I will probably be okay.

However, re-reading this post I realize that I've already cheated with my Saturdays and worked hard on stuff that I said I wouldn't. So, it's not always easy to stick with one's decisions. But I'll have to treat this as a work in progress. I can't say that I've really cracked the stress-code. And honestly, if I want to live a truly stress-free life, I probably need to learn a bit more about things such as finances, budgeting and how to run a successful business. Things that are essential if you want to thrive in life, but that we, for some reason don't learn in school. Probably because we have to learn so many other things that are guaranteed to be useful throughout our lives... LOL!

And how do I balance this so that I don’t slack off instead? Because I at least, live under the constant threat of ending up on the sofa, watching movies and doing nothing.

Learning to recognize the ego both in the active and the relaxing part of me, is the first thing that comes to mind. Learning that the ego can both tell me to just keep on pushing when I need to rest, and it can also tell me that what I know that I should do today can wait till tomorrow. 

Changing the world?

Yes and no. I don’t think that there is any use resisting the politics directly. What we need rather, is to start building alternatives and help as many as possible to wake up. The major events are in all likelihood unchangeable. We don’t know what exactly will unfold. But every person that turns their back on the corrupt system is a victory. Every time that people come together and agree to start building something better is a victory. 

And this is where I believe that we can actually make a difference. By warning everyone that is prepared to listen for what’s coming. At the same time, it honestly makes me sad that people that I hold in very high regard do not see what is right in front of them. At this point, it seems blatantly obvious to me that the criminal elite has a plan for ushering in a new world order of global tyranny. But intelligent, kind people that have been my friends for a long time dismiss this as paranoid conspiracy theories. I’m not going to get angry at anyone for this. Even though I myself can’t understand it, there seems to be something that makes people much smarter than myself, blind to the fact that we are heading towards a dystopia that seems frighteningly much like a mixture of the biggest dystopian novels of the 20^th century, 1984 and Brave New World. 

I know that there will be something infinitely better at the other side of this. I also know that many will reject the system that is approaching. And I will do my best to prepare for it. Hopefully, at the time when it arrives, I will be in a situation where I’m prepared enough so that I can be of at least some help to those that are not prepared, but still have decided to reject the new world order. Hopefully those will be so many, that utopia can already be on the way when The World Economic Forum starts building their dystopia. 

As I’ve said many times before, I have great hopes for the future. Where I feel uncertainty, is how much suffering that we will have to endure along the way towards this bright future. 

Our lives are programmed by the world PART 2

The world tells us who we are, what to believe in and what to strive for. And we buy into it. 

What the world does, basically, is to feed into our lower instincts. In the supermarket we are bombarded with products that make our inner caveman go berserk. Many food manufacturers even employ people that are experts at manipulating our instincts. Five-year-olds can go into the store and buy candy full of addictive sugar, that in many cases are the beginnings of lives of obesity, with bullying, stigmatization, physical pain, diseases, medical costs and early death. And the same five-year olds often get smartphones with social media apps that are just as addictive as gambling. And if they don’t get them at five, they at least most certainly have them before they hit their teens. But adults get punished if they get caught smoking a little cannabis. 

In a sense, those that claim that everything is a social construct are right. And yet, they are dead wrong with regards to the conclusions that they draw from it. Because if we just adopt another identity, we do not at all escape the social constructs. In fact, the “unique” identity that you are encouraged to adopt because of social norms, might be just the thing that truly turns you into a copy.

The world tells us that we need lots of sex and lots of stuff. I think everyone knows this at this point. More specifically, when it comes to sex, it tells men that they are failures if they don’t have lots of sex, and women that they are failures if they do. On top of that, it tells women that it’s men’s fault that promiscuous women are viewed this way. And men that they are using women for pleasure if they are promiscuous. 

My view is, knowing what power there is in sex, that sex is something that we should be very careful with, no matter if we are men or women, but that no one has the right to judge us for our choices as long as we don’t force anyone to do anything. And this is actually quite important in this context. Since if we are programmed to have a totally insane approach to one of the most fundamental and powerful aspects of existence, this will obviously lead to loads of confusion. And confused people are easy to control. 

The world tells us that men are perpetrators and women are victims. It says that we are supposed to be competitive to survive. As men, we are supposed to be strong, successful and confident, but also vulnerable and emotional when appropriate. Women are also supposed to be competitive these days, while the role of the housewife is frowned upon and viewed as weak and perpetuating gender stereotypes. Luckily, due to hidden dumping of salaries through inflation, very few couples can afford this type of domestic arrangement anyway. Which is great... If you own a big company where you can set your own salary. Because you see, inflation is good for the super rich, but bad for everyone else. But you're not supposed to think about this. Instead you're supposed to think about how many migrants that come into our countries, how many pronouns there are or how offended or not offended you should be with regards to certain issues, all depending on what political IDENTITY you have been PROGRAMMED to adopt. 

And who wins on this system in the end? Well, the greatest wealth transfer in history just took place, to the richest people, from everyone else. This was made possible by the same politicians that say that they are looking out for your best interests. The same politicians that govern over the laws and policies that create our shallow, artificial society and perpetuate its social values. 

If we want to take our power back, we need to become aware of all the ways that we are being manipulated and start taking steps to free ourselves from the dominant culture. For me, this means to always strive to be more conscious of what I’m doing and the choices that I make on a daily basis. It means becoming clear about who I truly want to be and what life I truly want to live. It means to take responsibility for the situation that I am in, move out in the countryside again, start taking steps towards living more autonomously and seek cooperation with like-minded people. 

If any of this resonates with you, will you just passively allow the world to shape your life into something inauthentic? A life with less and less freedom, both financial and personal. Or will you start freeing yourself?

Our lives are programmed by the world PART 1

We are programmed to strive for the same things: Enjoy life while you’re young, then get a stabile career, make lots of money, borrow money to buy a home, save for retirement, buy stuff, obey the law, learn and follow the cultural norms. And by the way, gender is just a social construct and any type of sexual experimentation between consensual adults is healthy. And you should put your own happiness first, there is nothing wrong whatsoever with being distracted by entertainment during all of your spare-time or that family cohesion for most people seems a thing of the past. It’s just our norms for interaction that are changing we assume. Because we suck at assessing the long-term consequences of the choices that we make today. And how much deliberation we engage in before making a choice has in many cases become arbitrary. 

We crave constant stimulation, change and novelty. Because this is how the world shapes us into functioning, when we don’t stop and think of what is going on. We want to be seen, approved of and validated. We’re fragmented and never build anything that lasts. Because as soon as we’re not satisfied with what we have, we owe it to ourselves to replace it with something new. Instead of trying to make what we have better. Even if this constant change will one day lead to us waking up to a life where we’ve gotten nowhere. And to be clear, this is something that has happened to me personally. 

I could go on and on. There is probably material for a whole book about social programming out there (maybe I should write one?) The point is that when you open your eyes to all of the totally insane things that you take for granted, you will start seeing it everywhere. 

PART 2.

What if EVERYONE rejected the Great Reset?

In my darker moments, I have basically thought suit yourself if you want to sell your freedom for security and comfort, about those that will join the Great Reset (If you don’t know what the great reset is, I’ll leave a link at the end of this post). But of course I want every single person on the planet to be saved from this demonic system. And what if literally everyone saw through it, decided to instead unite in love and say: “Thanks, but no thanks.” This thought feels so much better and lighter. I know that it seems like a very unrealistic scenario. But even though we live in dark times, we also live in times of incredible light and miracles. Right now we have to look inside ourselves for the miracles. But they are most certainly there.

I think most people are naive to different degrees. Just like most people are cynical to different degrees. That is not what I’m talking about here. I’m talking about having faith. Faith in God, in ourselves and in humanity. Faith in that even though solutions may seem far away and you personally cannot see a way out, it doesn’t mean that there is no way out, because for God, nothing is impossible. 

I’m talking about choosing to believe in the potential goodness in every person on the planet, in spite of everything that speaks to the contrary. To believe that we can unite in love for one another, instead of being divided by mistrust and fear and scared into obedience. 

The Great Reset: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpE5cBgl11U&t=335s

Could God be both personal and impersonal?

And could this be so without one aspect being higher than the other?

Among many Eastern mystics, it seems as for many of them, the personal relationship with God is used as a stepping stone on our way towards an impersonal union, where everything is just love. But what if both are equally important? As far as I can tell, the Christian mystics seem to agree on this. If you look at for example John of the Cross, it is pretty clear that he talks about ecstatic experiences of love that transcend words. But it is equally clear that he sees his relationship with God as an intimately personal one. 

This is also what my own experiences tell me. I’ve had one experience which only lasted for a couple of seconds, of absolute, wordless love. But in prayer, I’ve also had a few, in some sense equally significant experiences, when I have had a knowing that far surpassed an intellectual one, that God listened to- and cared for what I said. These experiences have been equally filled with love, awe and tears. Sadly it was a while since I felt this in prayer and I miss it. But I keep on praying anyway.

And then I have the feeling that God is with me and communicates with me through my experiences throughout the day. These are by far my most common experiences. I might see and hear something that seems to not be just a coincidence. Maybe a thought pops up in my head and then I see or hear something that relates to that thought a moment later. Sometimes this is accompanied by the feeling that something shifts. Now that I think of it, the feeling reminds me a bit of when someone turns towards me, speaks to me with all his attention focused on me. 

As said in the beginning, when you read many Eastern mystics, it seems as if this personal relationship is less than this impersonal one. That it, in some sense, isn’t really real. But what if these are two sides of the same coin. One intimate, particular and personal and one limitless and universal. There seems to be an infinite aspect to both these types of relationship. In both, God is in a sense infinitely close to us, but in oposite ways. Maybe this can actually be seen in relation to the microcosmos and the macrocosmos. The universe is, at least according to many scientist, bot infinitely big and infinitely dividable. 

One common interpretation of the phrase: “as above, so below”, supposedly coined by the mystic Hermes Trismegistus, is that everything is connected with everything else, in the sense that you can learn the nature of all by studying the nature of one thing. And that two opposite poles share an intimate connection with each other.