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Remember back in the old days of , say , 2019 , when anyone who talked about microchip implants , Americans being forced to show travel papers , and re-education camps was thought to be a crazy conspiracy theorist ?
And then 2020 rolled around and voila !
It turns out those conspiracy theories weren ’ t so “ crazy ” after all .
And I ’ m not just talking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
We ’ re living in a time when someone will attempt to beat the crap out of you , burn your house down , or even kill you if you voted for the “ wrong ” presidential candidate .
We ’ re being subjected to curfews , our movement is restricted , and our businesses have been forcibly shut down .
One day , people will look back on this as the year that everything changed – or depending on how Americans respond to the mandates – the year we finally said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were considered crazy conspiracy theories…until now , when they ’ re becoming far too real .
Did you ever really think we ’ d live in a country where the government would tell private business owners when and how they could operate ?
Where workers would be told , “ You can no longer go to work for your own good ?
” Well , welcome to 2020 .
22 million jobs were lost and only 42 % of those were recovered by last August , when the country began to reopen .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ losses , as businesses across the country fold under the weight of the restrictions that either don ’ t allow them to operate or the money problems of their former customers .
Of the businesses that have closed , many will never reopen .
Most harshly affected were small businesses .
So we have not only people who became unemployed , but we also have business owners who ’ ve lost everything .
As we go into the second round of lockdowns across the United States , it ’ s not a stretch @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the small businesses that have thus far managed to stay afloat will succumb to the economic effects of these mandates…taking with them even more jobs and plunging even more people into poverty .
Poverty is a vicious cycle and one seemingly small thing can suck those who are struggling into a vortex of fees and penalties from which emerging seems impossible .
I ’ ve written about my own experiences with poverty here .
The concern is that even fewer people will recover financially after this round of government mandates , leaving @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and homeless .
But don ’ t worry – the government is here to help and I mean that in the President Reagan threatening kind of way .
They provided a “ stimulus ” check to everyone in America , gave such huge unemployment money to people that they made more staying home than they did going to work , and went so much deeper into debt that the number is simply unfathomable .
In effect , they paid people not to work .
And it isn ’ t the fault of those @ @ @ @ @ @ @ forced their places of employment to close unless it was considered “ essential.
” And that sounds a whole lot like Universal Basic Income .
Or as I like to call it , modern feudalism .
Quite a few people are ready to give up their freedom so that someone else can take care of them .
They don ’ t think they ’ re giving up freedom .
They ’ re convinced that they are embracing a smart , fair system that eliminates poverty .
The greed , entitlement , and lack @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people today will have them slipping on the yoke of servitude willingly .
They feel like they deserve a living just for drawing breath .
As Gawker ’ s headline reads , “ A Universal Basic Income Is the Utopia We Deserve.
” The idea of a universal basic income for all citizens has been catching on all over the world .
Is it too crazy to believe in ?
We spoke to the author of a new book on the ins , outs , and utopian dreams of making basic income a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a significant boost this week when the charity GiveDirectly announced that it will be pursuing a ten-year , $ 30 million pilot project giving a select group of Kenyan villagers a basic income and studying its effects .
As an anti-poverty solution , universal basic income appeals to impoverished people in Africa , relatively well-off Scandinavians , and Americans automated out of their jobs alike .
( source ) Sure , money for nothing sounds great on the surface .
But what would the real result of a Universal Basic Income be ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ feudalism of the Middle Ages .
Sure , we ’ d be living in slick , modern micro-efficiencies instead of shacks .
We ’ d have some kind of modern job instead of raising sheep for the lord of the manor .
But , in the end , we wouldn ’ t actually own anything because private property would be abolished for all but the ruling class .
We ’ d no longer have the ability to get ahead in life .
Our courses would be set for us and veering off of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ People will be completely dependent on the government and ruling class for every necessity : food , shelter , water , clothing .
What better way to assert control than to make compliance necessary for survival ?
( source ) With this second round of lockdowns how many more jobs will go permanently down the tubes ?
What are all those people going to do for food ?
For rent ?
The government is going to give them money .
And we can ’ t even argue , really , because everyone knows @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had for decades and who can ’ t find other work .
They might call it something else , but Universal Basic Income is coming .
And it ’ s coming soon .
Don ’ t be ridiculous .
We ’ ll never have to show our “ papers ” to travel freely in the United States .
Not until a COVID pandemic with all its subsidiary restrictions occurred .
Back in March , days after I warned about the first lockdown , I wrote : For everyone who thought the article about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hysterical overstatement ” and that they could still do whatever they wanted because it wasn ’ t really being enforced , what are you thinking now that “ travel papers ” are being handed out ?
To me , this sounds like the lockdowns I wrote of yesterday were just the first incremental step toward a society that nobody hopes to see .
Yesterday , readers sent me photos of “ travel papers ” provided to them by employers so they could get to and from work .
These are employees who work @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and foodservice , as well as those who work in the production , transport , and sales of essential supplies .
One reader wrote , “ We were told to show these if we got stopped on the way to or from work and that if the authorities gave us any trouble , to not argue and just go back home.
” Papers that people sent were from Pennsylvania , New York , Arizona , Michigan , North Carolina , Kansas , New Jersey , West Virginia , Virginia , Oregon , Florida @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mentioned in the papers were trucking , grocery stores , medical clinics , hospitals , nursing homes , city transit workers , railroads , food production plants , pharmacies , gas stations , stores like Target and Walmart , and automotive repair facilities .
Most people were given their papers on Friday or Saturday and told they ’ d need them to get to and from work starting the week ahead .
( source ) You can see some of the papers that people sent me here .
“ Don ’ t be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with your phone .
You ’ re not Jason Bourne.
” Whoops .
2020 proved that was a lie when they rolled out contact tracing apps to make sure you didn ’ t breathe the same air as somebody who got a positive COVID test .
So…if you have a smartphone , rest assured , at some point you ’ re probably going to have an app like this forcibly installed during one of those relentless updates .
Of course , they ’ ll say that the app is just the framework and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to work .
Oh , wait , they already said that .
After installing “ the framework.
” Somehow , the United States ran out of change .
There were no coins to be had…anywhere…for a while .
Bloomberg reported in August : This had a lot of people concerned , especially since Venezuela used COVID to push citizens toward a cashless society .
Here in the United States , the “ change shortage ” was so extensive is caused many stores to give you your change on a store loyalty card or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ some cause .
A true cashless society would allow significant control over our day to day lives .
See this article for some of the totalitarian ways it would affect us .
Darpa got involved early on , touting it as a way to “ save ” us all from COVID .
Robert Wheeler wrote : But governments aren ’ t having to market the chip as a method to track , trace , and control their populations .
Instead , they are marketing the chip as a way to track and detect @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this is a much easier sell to a public literally terrorized by their governments and mainstream media outlets for the last six months .
Raul Diego details the creation and coming rollout of the new biochip in his article , “ A DARPA-Funded Implantable Microchip to Detect COVID-19 Could Hit Markets By 2021 , ” where he writes , The most significant scientific discovery since gravity has been hiding in plain sight for nearly a decade and its destructive potential to humanity is so enormous that the biggest war machine on the planet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and control it , financing its research and development through agencies like the National Institutes of Health ( NIH ) , the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ( DARPA ) and HHS ’ BARDA .
The revolutionary breakthrough came to a Canadian scientist named Derek Rossi in 2010 purely by accident .
The now-retired Harvard professor claimed in an interview with the National Post that he found a way to “ reprogram ” the molecules that carry the genetic instructions for cell development in the human body , not to mention all biological @ @ @ @ @ @ @ messenger ribonucleic acid ’ or mRNA and the newfound ability to rewrite those instructions to produce any kind of cell within a biological organism has radically changed the course of Western medicine and science , even if no one has really noticed yet .
As Rossi , himself , puts it : “ The real important discovery here was you could now use mRNA , and if you got it into the cells , then you could get the mRNA to express any protein in the cells , and this was the big @ @ @ @ @ @ @ talk died down but the fact it as even a discussion and topic of COVID research should be troubling .
Anyway , after the initial microchip hubbub , the push got redirected toward our next conspiracy theory .
Remember back when nobody thought that adults would ever be forced to take vaccines except for “ crazy conspiracy theorists ?
” Well , that day is coming sooner than many people expect .
A much-heralded COVID vaccine could be rolled out in a matter of days .
Pfizer and BioNTech have both concluded Phase @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
There are still many , many questions .
The return to many of our old familiar ways will take time , and how much time remains unclear .
The answers await more research into the vaccines , how they can be distributed and how many people are willing to get them .
“ A vaccine won ’ t be available immediately for everybody , ” says Arthur Reingold , a professor of epidemiology at the School of Public Health at the University of California , Berkeley… … “ It probably will take @ @ @ @ @ @ @ says .
“ What that says to me is that people will have to keep wearing masks at least until spring .
We won ’ t be in a magically different situation by February or March .
I don ’ t see how that can possibly happen.
” Equally important are the unknowns about the vaccines themselves .
Scientists still don ’ t know how long vaccine-induced protection will last , for example , or whether inoculations can block actual infection , or only prevent the onset of disease .
If the latter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ meaning the vaccines keep us from getting sick , but not infected , we still could be infectious to others .
Until we know , don ’ t toss those masks into the trash… …Andrew Badley , an immunovirologist who chairs Mayo Clinic ’ s covid-19 task force , says the return of any normal activities depends on numerous factors , including how many people get vaccinated .
“ The only possibility that life will return to normal by summer is if the majority of the population receives the vaccines by then and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in ongoing studies , ” he says .
He adds , however : “ I think it is unlikely we will be able to vaccinate the majority of the population by then.
” ( source ) And how will they make sure that “ the majority ” of the population gets the vaccines ?
It ’ ll start out easy – there are tons of people who will gladly roll up their sleeves to get a vaccination that was rushed to market with no testing on the long-term effects .
And then , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by being unable to go to work , to a concert , to school , or into a public building without proof we ’ ve been vaccinated .
YOU WALK TOWARD the arena , ready for a big game , tickets in hand .
But what you see is a long line wrapping around the corner of the building and a bottleneck at the entrance as people search their pockets and purses for a small piece of paper .
To be cleared to enter , you ’ ll also need that document—proof that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
This is the future as some experts see it : a world in which you ’ ll need to show you ’ ve been inoculated against the novel coronavirus to attend a sports game , get a manicure , go to work , or hop on a train .
“ We ’ re not going to get to the point where the vaccine police break down your door to vaccinate you , ” says Arthur Caplan , a bioethicist at New York University ’ s School of Medicine .
But he and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mandates could be instituted and enforced by local governments or employers—similar to the current vaccine requirements for school-age children , military personnel , and hospital workers… …The mandates can be directed toward customers , as well .
Just as business owners can bar shoeless and shirtless clients from entering their restaurants , salons , arenas , and stores , they can legally keep people out for any number of reasons , “ as long as they ’ re not running afoul of any antidiscrimination laws , ” says Dorit Rubinstein Reiss , a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the University of California , Hastings College of the Law .
When a COVID-19 vaccine becomes available , some experts think states will require targeted industries to enforce vaccine mandates for their employees , especially those we ’ ve come to know as “ essential workers.
” “ Grocery store workers get exposed to a lot of people , but also have the chance to infect a lot of people because of the nature of their work and the fact that virtually everybody needs to buy food , ” says Carmel Shachar , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Health Law Policy , Biotechnology , and Bioethics at Harvard Law School .
Hospitality industry workers—those who work in restaurants , bars , and coffee shops , for example—could also see similar mandates .
“ It ’ s in an employer ’ s interest to make sure that their workplace is protected and that you can ’ t infect your colleagues , ” Shachar says .
“ Having a widely accessible vaccine gets a lot of employers out of having to control their clients ’ behavior.
” And with a vaccinated workforce , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ worry if the people you ’ re serving at the restaurant have COVID-19.
” Even the general public could be incentivized to get vaccinated .
“ Oddly enough , the best way to impose a mandate is to reward people with more freedom if they follow that mandate , ” Caplan says .
For example , with proof of inoculation , you would be able to attend a sporting event “ as a reward for doing the right thing , ” he says .
“ And I can imagine people saying , If @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , my bowling alley , or my tattoo parlor , then I want to see a vaccine certificate , too.
” Booster shots could also be required , depending on the efficacy of future vaccines .
( source ) Doesn ’ t it just make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside how all these experts are planning to force an unwilling populace to accept an untested vaccine ?
It ’ s all for our own good , you know .
Remember how we all used to joke about being put into FEMA @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of us who believed these conspiracy theories were conspiracy facts all along – oh – and for Trump voters – there ’ s the discussion about how to re-educate us so we can rejoin society .
In a Twitter thread run amok , we saw the dark side of some “ well-educated ” Democrats who were sincerely trying to figure out how to redeem those of us who did not vote for Joe Biden .
Of course , he doesn ’ t really mean re-education camps .
Of course not .
And Laura @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than she intended to chew .
So of course she blamed non-Americans .
( Probably those darned Russians , right ? )
Welcome to my inbox for the past 8 years , Laura .
Every time I have posted a pro-gun , pro-self-defense article , I ’ ve been barraged with “ creative ” rape threats with a vast variety of implements and violent threats by the “ peaceful ” left .
People have wished my children dead in a school shooting .
So cry me a river , Laura , if your @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and people like me into anti-cult deprogramming in a gulag put you in an unpleasant position .
Trust me , you get used to it .
Heck , you might even begin to understand why I ’ m a gun owner .
What other conspiracy theories have been proven true this year ?
Is it just me or has 2020 been like reading every “ crazy conspiracy ” rabbit hole on the internet while dropping acid ?
Except you can ’ t come down from the trip because it ’ s all actually @ @ @ @ @ @ @ make sure you have this book to help you get prepared .
What other former “ wacky ” theories have become fact this year ?
Share your thoughts in the comments .
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7 Things That Used To Be “Crazy Conspiracy Theories” Until 2020 Happened
Daisy Luther, The Organic Prepper
Waking Times
Remember back in the old days of, say, 2019, when anyone who talked about microchip implants, Americans being forced to show travel papers, and re-education camps was thought to be a crazy conspiracy theorist? And then 2020 rolled around and voila! It turns out those conspiracy theories weren’t so “crazy” after all.
And I’m not just talking about the government releasing info about UFOs.
We’re living in a time when someone will attempt to beat the crap out of you, burn your house down, or even kill you if you voted for the “wrong” presidential candidate. We’re being subjected to curfews, our movement is restricted, and our businesses have been forcibly shut down. One day, people will look back on this as the year that everything changed – or depending on how Americans respond to the mandates – the year we finally said enough.
Here are seven things that were considered crazy conspiracy theories…until now, when they’re becoming far too real.
#1) Universal Basic Income
Did you ever really think we’d live in a country where the government would tell private business owners when and how they could operate? Where workers would be told, “You can no longer go to work for your own good?”
Well, welcome to 2020.
22 million jobs were lost and only 42% of those were recovered by last August, when the country began to reopen. Millions of the lost jobs were permanent losses, as businesses across the country fold under the weight of the restrictions that either don’t allow them to operate or the money problems of their former customers.
“It’s clear that the pandemic is doing some fundamental damage to the job market,” said Mark Zandi, chief economist for Moody’s Analytics. “A lot of the jobs lost aren’t coming back any time soon. The idea that the economy is going to snap back to where it was before the pandemic is clearly not going to happen.” …More than 10 million Americans are currently categorized as temporarily out of work. But historically, nearly 30% of people who tell the Labor Department that they are temporarily unemployed never get their job back, said Heidi Shierholz, senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute, a liberal think tank. “Even though we don’t know if the historical record will hold in this case, it’s an extremely valid concern that not all of those people are going to get called back,” she said. People who are counting on businesses reopening their doors may be surprised to find that a temporary loss has become permanent one, said Zandi. (source)
Of the businesses that have closed, many will never reopen. Most harshly affected were small businesses.
About 60% of businesses that have closed during the coronavirus pandemic will never reopen, and restaurants have suffered the most, according to new data from Yelp. (source)
So we have not only people who became unemployed, but we also have business owners who’ve lost everything. As we go into the second round of lockdowns across the United States, it’s not a stretch of the imagination to think that some of the small businesses that have thus far managed to stay afloat will succumb to the economic effects of these mandates…taking with them even more jobs and plunging even more people into poverty.
Poverty is a vicious cycle and one seemingly small thing can suck those who are struggling into a vortex of fees and penalties from which emerging seems impossible. I’ve written about my own experiences with poverty here. The concern is that even fewer people will recover financially after this round of government mandates, leaving even more Americans broke, hungry, and homeless.
But don’t worry – the government is here to help and I mean that in the President Reagan threatening kind of way. They provided a “stimulus” check to everyone in America, gave such huge unemployment money to people that they made more staying home than they did going to work, and went so much deeper into debt that the number is simply unfathomable.
In effect, they paid people not to work. And it isn’t the fault of those people in most cases – the government forced their places of employment to close unless it was considered “essential.”
And that sounds a whole lot like Universal Basic Income. Or as I like to call it, modern feudalism.
Quite a few people are ready to give up their freedom so that someone else can take care of them. They don’t think they’re giving up freedom. They’re convinced that they are embracing a smart, fair system that eliminates poverty. The greed, entitlement, and lack of ambition that seems inherent in many people today will have them slipping on the yoke of servitude willingly. They feel like they deserve a living just for drawing breath. As Gawker’s headline reads, “A Universal Basic Income Is the Utopia We Deserve.” The idea of a universal basic income for all citizens has been catching on all over the world. Is it too crazy to believe in? We spoke to the author of a new book on the ins, outs, and utopian dreams of making basic income a reality. The basic income movement got a significant boost this week when the charity GiveDirectly announced that it will be pursuing a ten-year, $30 million pilot project giving a select group of Kenyan villagers a basic income and studying its effects. As an anti-poverty solution, universal basic income appeals to impoverished people in Africa, relatively well-off Scandinavians, and Americans automated out of their jobs alike. (source) Sure, money for nothing sounds great on the surface. But what would the real result of a Universal Basic Income be? Feudalism. Serfdom. Enslavement. UBI would fast-track us back to the feudalism of the Middle Ages. Sure, we’d be living in slick, modern micro-efficiencies instead of shacks. We’d have some kind of modern job instead of raising sheep for the lord of the manor. But, in the end, we wouldn’t actually own anything because private property would be abolished for all but the ruling class. We’d no longer have the ability to get ahead in life. Our courses would be set for us and veering off of those courses would be harshly discouraged. People will be completely dependent on the government and ruling class for every necessity: food, shelter, water, clothing. What better way to assert control than to make compliance necessary for survival? (source)
With this second round of lockdowns how many more jobs will go permanently down the tubes? What are all those people going to do for food? For rent? The government is going to give them money. And we can’t even argue, really, because everyone knows someone who has lost a job they had for decades and who can’t find other work.
They might call it something else, but Universal Basic Income is coming. And it’s coming soon.
#2) Travel Papers
Don’t be ridiculous. We’ll never have to show our “papers” to travel freely in the United States.
Doh.
Not until a COVID pandemic with all its subsidiary restrictions occurred. Back in March, days after I warned about the first lockdown, I wrote:
For everyone who thought the article about the Lockdown of America was a “hysterical overstatement” and that they could still do whatever they wanted because it wasn’t really being enforced, what are you thinking now that “travel papers” are being handed out? To me, this sounds like the lockdowns I wrote of yesterday were just the first incremental step toward a society that nobody hopes to see. Yesterday, readers sent me photos of “travel papers” provided to them by employers so they could get to and from work. These are employees who work in industries like healthcare, pharmacies, and foodservice, as well as those who work in the production, transport, and sales of essential supplies. One reader wrote, “We were told to show these if we got stopped on the way to or from work and that if the authorities gave us any trouble, to not argue and just go back home.” Papers that people sent were from Pennsylvania, New York, Arizona, Michigan, North Carolina, Kansas, New Jersey, West Virginia, Virginia, Oregon, Florida, Louisiana, and Ohio. Industries mentioned in the papers were trucking, grocery stores, medical clinics, hospitals, nursing homes, city transit workers, railroads, food production plants, pharmacies, gas stations, stores like Target and Walmart, and automotive repair facilities. Most people were given their papers on Friday or Saturday and told they’d need them to get to and from work starting the week ahead. (source)
You can see some of the papers that people sent me here.
#3) Mandatory GPS tracking of humans
“Don’t be silly. Nobody is actually tracking you with your phone. You’re not Jason Bourne.”
Whoops. 2020 proved that was a lie when they rolled out contact tracing apps to make sure you didn’t breathe the same air as somebody who got a positive COVID test.
Not only do sick or potentially sick people need to worry about being phoned or questioned by contact tracers, but there’s also a whole new world of dystopian technology being rapidly developed. Apple and Google formed a partnership to develop a phone app with the potential to monitor one-third of the world’s population. The Australian government has developed an app called COVIDSafe to “protect you, your family and friends and save the lives of other Australians. The more Australians connect to the COVIDSafe app, the quicker we can find the virus.” In fact, all sorts of potentially invasive new technology tools are springing up to “fight COVID.” Some use AI to detect signs of COVID and the Department of Defense is deploying thermal imaging to detect signs of COVID. These things won’t just go away when the pandemic is over. If they’re in use for a year or two years – however long this virus is with us – chances are, they’re here to stay. (source)
So…if you have a smartphone, rest assured, at some point you’re probably going to have an app like this forcibly installed during one of those relentless updates. Of course, they’ll say that the app is just the framework and you have to enable it for it to work. Oh, wait, they already said that. After installing “the framework.”
#4) Cashless societies
Somehow, the United States ran out of change.
There were no coins to be had…anywhere…for a while. Bloomberg reported in August:
As if a deep recession and a never-ending pandemic wasn’t enough, the U.S. now faces another crisis: a coin shortage. Thanks to the lockdowns, fewer coins are in circulation, leaving businesses unable to make change when customers hand over paper money. (source)
This had a lot of people concerned, especially since Venezuela used COVID to push citizens toward a cashless society. Here in the United States, the “change shortage” was so extensive is caused many stores to give you your change on a store loyalty card or invite you to donate that change to some cause. A true cashless society would allow significant control over our day to day lives. See this article for some of the totalitarian ways it would affect us.
#5) Microchips
Darpa got involved early on, touting it as a way to “save” us all from COVID. Robert Wheeler wrote:
But governments aren’t having to market the chip as a method to track, trace, and control their populations. Instead, they are marketing the chip as a way to track and detect COVID and other coronaviruses. Clearly, this is a much easier sell to a public literally terrorized by their governments and mainstream media outlets for the last six months. Raul Diego details the creation and coming rollout of the new biochip in his article, “A DARPA-Funded Implantable Microchip to Detect COVID-19 Could Hit Markets By 2021,” where he writes, The most significant scientific discovery since gravity has been hiding in plain sight for nearly a decade and its destructive potential to humanity is so enormous that the biggest war machine on the planet immediately deployed its vast resources to possess and control it, financing its research and development through agencies like the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and HHS’ BARDA. The revolutionary breakthrough came to a Canadian scientist named Derek Rossi in 2010 purely by accident. The now-retired Harvard professor claimed in an interview with the National Post that he found a way to “reprogram” the molecules that carry the genetic instructions for cell development in the human body, not to mention all biological lifeforms. These molecules are called ‘messenger ribonucleic acid’ or mRNA and the newfound ability to rewrite those instructions to produce any kind of cell within a biological organism has radically changed the course of Western medicine and science, even if no one has really noticed yet. As Rossi, himself, puts it: “The real important discovery here was you could now use mRNA, and if you got it into the cells, then you could get the mRNA to express any protein in the cells, and this was the big thing.” (Source)
The microchip talk died down but the fact it as even a discussion and topic of COVID research should be troubling. Anyway, after the initial microchip hubbub, the push got redirected toward our next conspiracy theory.
#6) Mandatory vaccines
Remember back when nobody thought that adults would ever be forced to take vaccines except for “crazy conspiracy theorists?” Well, that day is coming sooner than many people expect.
A much-heralded COVID vaccine could be rolled out in a matter of days. Pfizer and BioNTech have both concluded Phase 3 of rushing their jabs to market. There are still many, many questions.
The return to many of our old familiar ways will take time, and how much time remains unclear. The answers await more research into the vaccines, how they can be distributed and how many people are willing to get them. “A vaccine won’t be available immediately for everybody,” says Arthur Reingold, a professor of epidemiology at the School of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley… …“It probably will take four to six months,” he says. “What that says to me is that people will have to keep wearing masks at least until spring. We won’t be in a magically different situation by February or March. I don’t see how that can possibly happen.” Equally important are the unknowns about the vaccines themselves. Scientists still don’t know how long vaccine-induced protection will last, for example, or whether inoculations can block actual infection, or only prevent the onset of disease. If the latter turns out to be the case, meaning the vaccines keep us from getting sick, but not infected, we still could be infectious to others. Until we know, don’t toss those masks into the trash… …Andrew Badley, an immunovirologist who chairs Mayo Clinic’s covid-19 task force, says the return of any normal activities depends on numerous factors, including how many people get vaccinated. “The only possibility that life will return to normal by summer is if the majority of the population receives the vaccines by then and the early efficacy data is borne out in ongoing studies,” he says. He adds, however: “I think it is unlikely we will be able to vaccinate the majority of the population by then.” (source)
And how will they make sure that “the majority” of the population gets the vaccines? It’ll start out easy – there are tons of people who will gladly roll up their sleeves to get a vaccination that was rushed to market with no testing on the long-term effects. And then, the rest of us will be coerced by being unable to go to work, to a concert, to school, or into a public building without proof we’ve been vaccinated.
YOU WALK TOWARD the arena, ready for a big game, tickets in hand. But what you see is a long line wrapping around the corner of the building and a bottleneck at the entrance as people search their pockets and purses for a small piece of paper. To be cleared to enter, you’ll also need that document—proof that you’ve received a COVID-19 vaccination. This is the future as some experts see it: a world in which you’ll need to show you’ve been inoculated against the novel coronavirus to attend a sports game, get a manicure, go to work, or hop on a train. “We’re not going to get to the point where the vaccine police break down your door to vaccinate you,” says Arthur Caplan, a bioethicist at New York University’s School of Medicine. But he and several other health policy experts envision vaccine mandates could be instituted and enforced by local governments or employers—similar to the current vaccine requirements for school-age children, military personnel, and hospital workers… …The mandates can be directed toward customers, as well. Just as business owners can bar shoeless and shirtless clients from entering their restaurants, salons, arenas, and stores, they can legally keep people out for any number of reasons, “as long as they’re not running afoul of any antidiscrimination laws,” says Dorit Rubinstein Reiss, a professor of health and vaccine law at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. When a COVID-19 vaccine becomes available, some experts think states will require targeted industries to enforce vaccine mandates for their employees, especially those we’ve come to know as “essential workers.” “Grocery store workers get exposed to a lot of people, but also have the chance to infect a lot of people because of the nature of their work and the fact that virtually everybody needs to buy food,” says Carmel Shachar, executive director of the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School. Hospitality industry workers—those who work in restaurants, bars, and coffee shops, for example—could also see similar mandates. “It’s in an employer’s interest to make sure that their workplace is protected and that you can’t infect your colleagues,” Shachar says. “Having a widely accessible vaccine gets a lot of employers out of having to control their clients’ behavior.” And with a vaccinated workforce, “you don’t need to worry if the people you’re serving at the restaurant have COVID-19.” Even the general public could be incentivized to get vaccinated. “Oddly enough, the best way to impose a mandate is to reward people with more freedom if they follow that mandate,” Caplan says. For example, with proof of inoculation, you would be able to attend a sporting event “as a reward for doing the right thing,” he says. “And I can imagine people saying, If you want to go to my restaurant, my bowling alley, or my tattoo parlor, then I want to see a vaccine certificate, too.” Booster shots could also be required, depending on the efficacy of future vaccines. (source)
Doesn’t it just make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside how all these experts are planning to force an unwilling populace to accept an untested vaccine? It’s all for our own good, you know.
#7) Re-education camps
Remember how we all used to joke about being put into FEMA camps? Well…..
Finally, for those of us who believed these conspiracy theories were conspiracy facts all along – oh – and for Trump voters – there’s the discussion about how to re-educate us so we can rejoin society.
In a Twitter thread run amok, we saw the dark side of some “well-educated” Democrats who were sincerely trying to figure out how to redeem those of us who did not vote for Joe Biden.
No seriously…how *do* you deprogram 75 million people? Where do you start? Fox? Facebook? We have to start thinking in terms of post-WWII Germany or Japan. Or the failures of Reconstruction in the South. — David Atkins (@DavidOAtkins) November 18, 2020
This is not your standard partisan policy disagreement. This is a conspiracy theory fueled belligerent death cult against reality & basic decency. The only actual policy debates of note are happening within the dem coalition between left and center left. — David Atkins (@DavidOAtkins) November 18, 2020
No seriously…how *do* you deprogram 75 million people? Where do you start? Fox? Facebook? We have to start thinking in terms of post-WWII Germany or Japan. Or the failures of Reconstruction in the South. — David Atkins (@DavidOAtkins) November 18, 2020
Of course, he doesn’t really mean re-education camps. Of course not.
i mean, for chrissakes, conservatives are literally giving themselves COVID just to own the libs. They're dying in COVID wards insisting they don't have COVID because it must be a liberal plot. People are gonna try to figure out how to defend themselves. — David Atkins (@DavidOAtkins) November 19, 2020
And Laura found she bit off a bit more than she intended to chew. So of course she blamed non-Americans. (Probably those darned Russians, right?)
The trolls have discovered this thread. I recommend automatically blocking, as it is organized and they have an agenda. Odds they are actual Americans are slim to none. Don’t engage. — Laura Miers (@LauraMiers) November 19, 2020
If anyone is interested in how these attacks work, see the below tweets. Suggesting public health measures or combatting propaganda brings trolls by the hundreds. It’s not organic, it’s organized. Information warfare. It has a chilling effect on speech, which is the point. https://t.co/1rEwPsz8zB — Laura Miers (@LauraMiers) November 19, 2020
Welcome to my inbox for the past 8 years, Laura. Every time I have posted a pro-gun, pro-self-defense article, I’ve been barraged with “creative” rape threats with a vast variety of implements and violent threats by the “peaceful” left. People have wished my children dead in a school shooting. So cry me a river, Laura, if your “thoughtful discussion” of putting me and people like me into anti-cult deprogramming in a gulag put you in an unpleasant position.
Trust me, you get used to it. Heck, you might even begin to understand why I’m a gun owner.
What other conspiracy theories have been proven true this year?
Is it just me or has 2020 been like reading every “crazy conspiracy” rabbit hole on the internet while dropping acid? Except you can’t come down from the trip because it’s all actually happening. As the insanity continues, make sure you have this book to help you get prepared.
What other former “wacky” theories have become fact this year? Share your thoughts in the comments.
About the Author
Daisy Luther is a coffee-swigging, gun-toting blogger who writes about current events, preparedness, frugality, voluntaryism, and the pursuit of liberty on her website, The Organic Prepper. She is widely republished across alternative media and she curates all the most important news links on her aggregate site, PreppersDailyNews.com. Daisy is the best-selling author of 4 books and runs a small digital publishing company. She lives in the mountains of Virginia with her family. You can find her on Facebook, Pinterest, and Twitter.


thewakingtimes--2020-11-24--Governor Forced To Back Down As Citizens Stand Up To Threats Of Arrest Over Mask Order

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Across the world , governments are using their only tool — which is force , or the threat of — in a futile attempt to fight COVID-19 .
Because the government does not act on logic and reason and instead makes knee jerk reactionary measures that almost always end in loss of freedom , the citizens are growing weary of their actions .
As a result , massive insurrection @ @ @ @ @ @ @ planet in response to the arbitrary and tyrannical lockdown measures doled out by governments who claim to protect your freedom .
Denmark recently made headlines for their resistance to the tyranny mentioned above .
In Denmark , the national government reportedly proposed a new epidemic law which included the right to conduct forced physical exams , mandate isolation , and allows police-directed physically coerced vaccination .
Naturally , the people resisted , and because of this resistance , the proposal was dropped .
In the United States , similar tyranny is being doled @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the citizens of Denmark did , Americans are resisting as well .
One example of this resistance unfolded in West Virginia .
Last week , West Virginia governor Jim Justice , a Republican , issued another Executive Order – E.O .
77-20 , which has “ amended ” the existing “ mask mandate ” issued by him in July .
After issuing the Executive Order , Justice put out the following statement : The governor noted that if businesses refuse to order their customers to wear masks , “ the next step will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ went further , signalling law enforcement , that they will act if the mask rules are not followed .
As WVNews reports , if patrons don ’ t follow the order , Justice told business owners to call the police .
And if someone isn ’ t following the mask mandate , they ’ re obstructing justice , Justice said .
The governor also said an obstruction of justice charge would apply to business owners/operators that are flaunting the rule .
Naturally , the threat of being arrested for not wearing a mask @ @ @ @ @ @ @ require you to wear one didn ’ t bode well with attorneys and citizens in the state , so they stood up to the governor .
While some of the backlash came in the form of actual threats of violence toward the governor — which TFTP never condones — other backlash came in the form of lawsuits and even support from the attorney general , Patrick Morrisey .
Morrisey took to Facebook this week to openly disagree with the governor and noted that criminal charges are never warranted in situations like this one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ chief law enforcement officer — his office will not arrest people over it .
Governor Justice just said that he does not “ have the right to legislate or deem criminal charges on people.
” We agree and elaborate further on this issue .
As your Attorney General , we speak for the state on criminal matters at the appellate level and handle all criminal appeals at the WV Supreme Court and in the federal courts .
We also speak for the legal interests of the people of West Virginia .
During this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that any efforts to use the criminal code for any purpose are not applied in an arbitrary , improper , or heavy handed manner .
Let ’ s be clear : no one is going to send people to jail and that simply should not be occurring with respect to the Governor ’ s executive orders .
As many of you know , I weighed in against going after the barbershop owner in Berkeley County because it represented overreach .
We will continue to weigh in similarly if such a fact pattern arises @ @ @ @ @ @ @ utilize its criminal appellate enforcement discretion to ensure that no one impinges upon our constitutionally protected freedoms .
This is a serious virus and everyone must do their part to protect the public .
Socially distance , wear coverings , keep good hygiene , minimize personal contact , and stay away from immunocompromised individuals , who may be particularly susceptible to the virus .
We can not and must not shut down our state — we must protect the public health while staying open .
Act responsibly and know we will use our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the due process you are afforded to the fullest extent the law allows .
While it is a good idea to social distance and stay at home if you are at risk for complications of COVID-19 , government threatening to kidnap and cage you for non-compliance is most certainly not a good idea .
For making these threats , the governor has since been forced to back down and will soon find himself in a courtroom .
Beckley attorney Robert Dunlap lays it out perfectly , noting that emergency powers declared by states @ @ @ @ @ @ @ punish people for things that aren ’ t illegal .
Matt Agorist is an honorably discharged veteran of the USMC and former intelligence operator directly tasked by the NSA .
This prior experience gives him unique insight into the world of government corruption and the American police state .
Agorist has been an independent journalist for over a decade and has been featured on mainstream networks around the world .
Agorist is also the Editor at Large at the Free Thought Project .
Follow @ MattAgorist on Twitter , Steemit , and now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Forced To Back Down As Citizens Stand Up To Threats Of Arrest Over Mask Order ) was originally published at The Free Thought Project and is re-posted here with permission .
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Governor Forced To Back Down As Citizens Stand Up To Threats Of Arrest Over Mask Order
Matt Agorist, The Free Thought Project
Waking Times
Across the world, governments are using their only tool — which is force, or the threat of — in a futile attempt to fight COVID-19. Because the government does not act on logic and reason and instead makes knee jerk reactionary measures that almost always end in loss of freedom, the citizens are growing weary of their actions. As a result, massive insurrection and protests are taking place across the planet in response to the arbitrary and tyrannical lockdown measures doled out by governments who claim to protect your freedom.
Denmark recently made headlines for their resistance to the tyranny mentioned above. In Denmark, the national government reportedly proposed a new epidemic law which included the right to conduct forced physical exams, mandate isolation, and allows police-directed physically coerced vaccination. Naturally, the people resisted, and because of this resistance, the proposal was dropped.
http://twitter.com/robinmonotti/status/1327901932535603200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1328035491887915009%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fthefreethoughtproject.com%2Fgovernor-forced-to-back-down-as-citizens-stand-up-to-threats-of-arrest-over-mask-order%2F
In the United States, similar tyranny is being doled out by governors turned dictators and like the citizens of Denmark did, Americans are resisting as well.
One example of this resistance unfolded in West Virginia. Last week, West Virginia governor Jim Justice, a Republican, issued another Executive Order – E.O. 77-20, which has “amended” the existing “mask mandate” issued by him in July.
After issuing the Executive Order, Justice put out the following statement:
“Beginning at midnight tonight, I will issue a mandatory requirement to wear a face covering indoors in all public buildings at all times. This is not just when social distancing cannot be maintained, this is mandatory wearing your face covering in all buildings, at all times, other than your home,” Justice said.
The governor noted that if businesses refuse to order their customers to wear masks, “the next step will have to be closure.”
He then went further, signalling law enforcement, that they will act if the mask rules are not followed. As WVNews reports, if patrons don’t follow the order, Justice told business owners to call the police. And if someone isn’t following the mask mandate, they’re obstructing justice, Justice said. The governor also said an obstruction of justice charge would apply to business owners/operators that are flaunting the rule.
Naturally, the threat of being arrested for not wearing a mask in a place that may not even require you to wear one didn’t bode well with attorneys and citizens in the state, so they stood up to the governor.
While some of the backlash came in the form of actual threats of violence toward the governor — which TFTP never condones — other backlash came in the form of lawsuits and even support from the attorney general, Patrick Morrisey.
Morrisey took to Facebook this week to openly disagree with the governor and noted that criminal charges are never warranted in situations like this one and that as the state’s chief law enforcement officer — his office will not arrest people over it.
Governor Justice just said that he does not “have the right to legislate or deem criminal charges on people.”
We agree and elaborate further on this issue. As your Attorney General, we speak for the state on criminal matters at the appellate level and handle all criminal appeals at the WV Supreme Court and in the federal courts. We also speak for the legal interests of the people of West Virginia. During this pandemic, I will continue to ensure that any efforts to use the criminal code for any purpose are not applied in an arbitrary, improper, or heavy handed manner. Let’s be clear: no one is going to send people to jail and that simply should not be occurring with respect to the Governor’s executive orders. As many of you know, I weighed in against going after the barbershop owner in Berkeley County because it represented overreach. We will continue to weigh in similarly if such a fact pattern arises again. Significantly, our office will utilize its criminal appellate enforcement discretion to ensure that no one impinges upon our constitutionally protected freedoms. This is a serious virus and everyone must do their part to protect the public. Socially distance, wear coverings, keep good hygiene, minimize personal contact, and stay away from immunocompromised individuals, who may be particularly susceptible to the virus. We cannot and must not shut down our state — we must protect the public health while staying open. Act responsibly and know we will use our constitutional authority to protect your freedoms and the due process you are afforded to the fullest extent the law allows.
While it is a good idea to social distance and stay at home if you are at risk for complications of COVID-19, government threatening to kidnap and cage you for non-compliance is most certainly not a good idea.
For making these threats, the governor has since been forced to back down and will soon find himself in a courtroom.
Beckley attorney Robert Dunlap lays it out perfectly, noting that emergency powers declared by states do not give governors the right to punish people for things that aren’t illegal.
“Governors have the ability to take you out of jail, it’s called a pardon. They don’t have the ability to put you in jail.”
About the Author
Matt Agorist is an honorably discharged veteran of the USMC and former intelligence operator directly tasked by the NSA. This prior experience gives him unique insight into the world of government corruption and the American police state. Agorist has been an independent journalist for over a decade and has been featured on mainstream networks around the world. Agorist is also the Editor at Large at the Free Thought Project. Follow @MattAgorist on Twitter, Steemit, and now on Minds.
**This article (Governor Forced To Back Down As Citizens Stand Up To Threats Of Arrest Over Mask Order) was originally published at The Free Thought Project and is re-posted here with permission.**


thewakingtimes--2020-11-24--Lao Tzu’s 2500 Year-Old Message to ‘The People of the Future’ Tells How to Approach Our Global Crisi

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The lessons of 2020 just keep rolling in .
Everything is being challenged , and so much that had been in the shadows forever is being illuminated by truth .
Our system is totally unsustainable .
It ’ s collapsing under the weight of its own hubris , and all of the things we thought brought us security and convenience are turning against @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rethink all of it .
My sense is that we have drifted far from the true nature of life , and have grown dangerously out of balance , divided , and fragmented .
Over time we have lost our ability to perceive life in its wholeness , and now , in the actual reality of living in a masked , socially distanced , self-isolating world of almost 8 billion people , this truth is unavoidably right in front of our faces .
Humans aren ’ t as mysterious as we ’ d like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of habit , predictability and pattern , and we love to follow programs .
By carefully observing the patterns in life , the sages and wisdom keepers of generations long gone were able to envision our current predicament .
I came across a passage from Lao Tzu ’ s the Hua Hu Ching , in which the venerable Lao Tzu seems to speak directly to us today in this time of great crisis .
In an oration with a student , Lao Tzu explains how the human mind of the future will deteriorate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ intellectual element of the mind will take over .
“ Kind prince , there is great power in an integrated and sincere mind .
By keeping their minds whole and untouched , the ancient sages evolved profound mental and spiritual abilities .
They understood that intellectual development by itself fragments the mind and can lead a person far from the true nature of life .
In the future , humanity will overemphasize the intellectual element of the mind .
Instead of recognizing the wholeness of life , people will perceive life as having @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that are separate and unrelated to each other .
People will also lose themselves in isolated fragments of conceptual information and become the victims rather than the masters of their knowledge.
” ~The Complete Works of Lao Tzu : Tao Teh Ching and Hua Hu Ching , translated by Master Hua-Ching Ni This sounds remarkably similar to the prophecy of the Eagle and the Condor which sees the people of North America becoming dominated by the masculine , logical , intellectual mind , as represented by the eagle .
The remedy for this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ South America , which represents the feminine , intuitive and empathetic qualities of the mind .
“ The remedy for people of the future age of great confusion lies in the ancient knowledge of the integral way of life that has been passed down from generation to generation .
The holistic way of life , practiced by the ancient sages incorporated body , mind and spirit as a whole in all activities .
Their clothing , diet and dwellings were in accordance with nature .
They relied on their limbs for transportation .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ it did not emphasize one element of their being while neglecting the others .
They did not seek out special activities for recreation ; their work and recreation were one and the same .
Their forms of exercise developed not only the body , but the mind and spirit as well , through the harmonization of internal energies .
Their music functioned as a bridge between mind and spirit and was not just an emotional release .
Their leaders were chosen because they were outstanding models of virtue , not for their financial @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and spiritual practice were incorporated as one whole.
” ~The Complete Works of Lao Tzu : Tao Teh Ching and Hua Hu Ching , translated by Master Hua-Ching Ni Lao Tzu goes on to comment on how we , ‘ the people of the future , ’ can rectify this situation , noting that we will become dependent on modern ideas which don ’ t serve us well , while shunning holistic knowledge which may be of great benefit to the times .
He offers the following insight .
Life is whole .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ we die .
In horrible , tragic , sad , frightening and lonely ways .
But we also live , and our disrupted connection from the nature of life is literally physically cutting us off from experiencing life .
In this state , all we can see is the end , there is no longer a capacity to see life as a journey .
The intellectual mind has framed life as something that must be protected by killing it .
In the passage from the Hua Hu Ching , the student asks Lao @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all of our minds today .
The prince replied , “ Venerable Teacher , how can people in the future era of confusion deal with their greatly troubled times ?
“ Kind prince , the people of the future should not blindly accept the new nor reject the old .
Things that were developed long ago may still have great value if they have been proven safe and effective by the test of time .
The new inventions that appear may seem like shortcuts , but things of temporal convenience will bring hidden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to evaluate all old and new discoveries and inventions to insure that they are useful and healthy , according to the standards of a holistic way of life.
” ~ The Complete Works of Lao Tzu : Tao Teh Ching and Hua Hu Ching , translated by Master Hua-Ching Ni I interpret this as a call to rethink the way in which technology and centralized control are affecting our lives .
Things that seem like good ideas always end up being used to enslave or control us , and at present , there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ backtrack on any of the so-called great inventions of the time .
It ’ s all coming at us at light speed , and the more complex the physical world becomes , the more confused and disconnected the inner world becomes .
**In a recent conversation on my podcast , I talked with film producer Sharron Rose about the practice of Qi Gong and her work with contemporary masters .
Enjoy !
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Lao Tzu’s 2500 Year-Old Message to ‘The People of the Future’ Tells How to Approach Our Global Crisis
Dylan Charles, Editor
Waking Times
The lessons of 2020 just keep rolling in. Everything is being challenged, and so much that had been in the shadows forever is being illuminated by truth. Our system is totally unsustainable. It’s collapsing under the weight of its own hubris, and all of the things we thought brought us security and convenience are turning against us. It’s time to rethink all of it.
My sense is that we have drifted far from the true nature of life, and have grown dangerously out of balance, divided, and fragmented. Over time we have lost our ability to perceive life in its wholeness, and now, in the actual reality of living in a masked, socially distanced, self-isolating world of almost 8 billion people, this truth is unavoidably right in front of our faces.
Humans aren’t as mysterious as we’d like to believe. We’re creatures of habit, predictability and pattern, and we love to follow programs. By carefully observing the patterns in life, the sages and wisdom keepers of generations long gone were able to envision our current predicament.
I came across a passage from Lao Tzu’s the Hua Hu Ching, in which the venerable Lao Tzu seems to speak directly to us today in this time of great crisis. In an oration with a student, Lao Tzu explains how the human mind of the future will deteriorate into fragmentation, specifically noting that the intellectual element of the mind will take over.
“Kind prince, there is great power in an integrated and sincere mind. By keeping their minds whole and untouched, the ancient sages evolved profound mental and spiritual abilities. They understood that intellectual development by itself fragments the mind and can lead a person far from the true nature of life. In the future, humanity will overemphasize the intellectual element of the mind. Instead of recognizing the wholeness of life, people will perceive life as having a worldly aspect and a spiritual aspect that are separate and unrelated to each other. People will also lose themselves in isolated fragments of conceptual information and become the victims rather than the masters of their knowledge.” ~The Complete Works of Lao Tzu: Tao Teh Ching and Hua Hu Ching, translated by Master Hua-Ching Ni
This sounds remarkably similar to the prophecy of the Eagle and the Condor which sees the people of North America becoming dominated by the masculine, logical, intellectual mind, as represented by the eagle. The remedy for this is a reunification with the condor of South America, which represents the feminine, intuitive and empathetic qualities of the mind.
“The remedy for people of the future age of great confusion lies in the ancient knowledge of the integral way of life that has been passed down from generation to generation. The holistic way of life, practiced by the ancient sages incorporated body, mind and spirit as a whole in all activities. Their clothing, diet and dwellings were in accordance with nature. They relied on their limbs for transportation. Their education was broad and comprehensive; it did not emphasize one element of their being while neglecting the others. They did not seek out special activities for recreation; their work and recreation were one and the same. Their forms of exercise developed not only the body, but the mind and spirit as well, through the harmonization of internal energies. Their music functioned as a bridge between mind and spirit and was not just an emotional release. Their leaders were chosen because they were outstanding models of virtue, not for their financial or military capabilities. Philosophy, science and spiritual practice were incorporated as one whole.” ~The Complete Works of Lao Tzu: Tao Teh Ching and Hua Hu Ching, translated by Master Hua-Ching Ni
Lao Tzu goes on to comment on how we, ‘the people of the future,’ can rectify this situation, noting that we will become dependent on modern ideas which don’t serve us well, while shunning holistic knowledge which may be of great benefit to the times. He offers the following insight.
Life is whole. We don’t live forever, we die. In horrible, tragic, sad, frightening and lonely ways. But we also live, and our disrupted connection from the nature of life is literally physically cutting us off from experiencing life. In this state, all we can see is the end, there is no longer a capacity to see life as a journey. The intellectual mind has framed life as something that must be protected by killing it.
In the passage from the Hua Hu Ching, the student asks Lao Tzu the very question that is on all of our minds today.
The prince replied, “Venerable Teacher, how can people in the future era of confusion deal with their greatly troubled times? “Kind prince, the people of the future should not blindly accept the new nor reject the old. Things that were developed long ago may still have great value if they have been proven safe and effective by the test of time. The new inventions that appear may seem like shortcuts, but things of temporal convenience will bring hidden troubles later. Future generations will need to evaluate all old and new discoveries and inventions to insure that they are useful and healthy, according to the standards of a holistic way of life.” ~ The Complete Works of Lao Tzu: Tao Teh Ching and Hua Hu Ching, translated by Master Hua-Ching Ni
I interpret this as a call to rethink the way in which technology and centralized control are affecting our lives. Things that seem like good ideas always end up being used to enslave or control us, and at present, there is no pathway to review or to backtrack on any of the so-called great inventions of the time. It’s all coming at us at light speed, and the more complex the physical world becomes, the more confused and disconnected the inner world becomes.
**In a recent conversation on my podcast, I talked with film producer Sharron Rose about the practice of Qi Gong and her work with contemporary masters. Enjoy!**


thewakingtimes--2020-11-27--A Taoist Master Explains the Difference Between Religion and Individual Spiritual Cultivation

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A spiritual war is upon us and the individual is challenged to maintain integrity in a sea of greed , egotism , terror and fear .
With no clear path toward spiritual evolution , so many of us floundering and losing ourselves to addiction , despair and self-destruction .
When in the past ordinary religions might have served to offer a pathway toward spiritual awakening based upon the experiences of their ancient sages @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to offer is communal support .
Far too often , though , modern religions are mired in greed , scandal , pedophilia and outright terrorism .
Religions are failing to provide the help one needs to spiritually thrive in this insane world .
In a reading from the book 8,000 Years of Wisdom , Taoist Master Hua-Ching Ni talks about the state of religions today : “ Spirit can hardly be found in noisy , crowded churches and temples .
Even where the teachings of the past sages have been established they have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the times .
The spirit of the world ’ s religions died long ago and left most temples and churches merely empty shells .
These places continue as superficial social conventions and can only supply their devotees with shallow activities , psychological games of shadow playing , and hypnosis , all of which have absolutely nothing to do with spiritual reality .
This is the faith of today ’ s world , and most of their achievements are not the true answer.
” ~ Taoist Master Hua Ching Ni What then , is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ look like in a world governed by fear , distracted by materialism , and kept in conflict by egotism ?
It ’ s really quite straightforward , says Master Ni , who refers to it as the “ plain , simple truth of your life , ’ which is best understood as the profoundly important concept of inner peace .
“ The first spiritual goal of Taoism is the restoration and realization of one ’ s own well-balanced being , and then one ’ s spiritual evolution .
The highest goal of life @ @ @ @ @ @ @ energy of the universe .
There is one way to eliminate all wonder , bewilderment and confusion and that is to have inner peace .
The primary method or principle for personal cultivation is to keep peace within oneself and maintain normalcy in one ’ s environment ; thus you can dwell with the spiritual energy and the spiritual energy dwells within you.
” ~ Taoist Master Hua Ching Ni Comparing the teachings of ordinary religions to true personal spiritual cultivation , Master Ni notes that undeveloped human beings follow and devote themselves @ @ @ @ @ @ @ figureheads .
In contrast , individuals seeking genuine spiritual evolution understand these systems for what they are : illusions and traps .
Often in history religious emotion has been exalted as truth itself .
This gave birth to all kinds of religious prejudice and persecution .
Religious mobs have carried out the mischief caused by the hot-blooded in the forceful image of a spiritual sovereign .
This has not the slightest connection with spiritual reality .
It is the manifestation of the impure , heavy , bloody energy of undeveloped human beings before @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people are fooled by their own ignorance or that of others .
And in their ignorance they fool others too .
People like this have no hope of reaching the spiritual realm .
They will have no chance to touch the real spiritual life .
So , before you commit yourself to any religion , you should develop the mental ability to discern what is religious emotion and what is the spiritual truth .
One is the right way to follow , and the other is only a psychological pitfall and trap .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ of truth on the spiritual path.
” ~ Taoist Master Hua Ching Ni Generating this type of spiritual emotionalism has become a profitable art form .
Take note of the costumes worn by Catholic Cardinals and deference to the Pope in his symbolic Mitre hat .
Islamic fundamentalists and ISIS do the same when they emote fear and terror by parading captives in front of religious soldiers clad in all black robes with faces covered , armed with rifles and sabres .
Using symbolic imagery as tools of dominance and control , as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nothing to do with true spiritual reality .
What would the world look like if individuals first placed their own spiritual development ahead of their desire to change the world in accordance with their beliefs about spirituality and feelings religious emotionalism ?
What if individuals were instead offered a plan of genuine spiritual cultivation , a path that led to actual inner peace ?
Dylan Charles is the editor of Waking Times and host of The Battered Souls Podcast , both dedicated to ideas of personal transformation , societal awakening , and planetary @ @ @ @ @ @ @ inspired by shamanic plant medicines and the arts of Kung Fu , Qi Gong and Yoga .
After seven years of living in Costa Rica , he now lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains , where he practices Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and enjoys spending time with family .
He has written hundreds of articles , reaching and inspiring millions of people around the world .
This article ( A Taoist Master Explains the Difference Between Religion and Individual Spiritual Cultivation ) was originally created and published by Waking Times and is published here @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to Dylan Charles and WakingTimes.com .
It may be re-posted freely with proper attribution , author bio , and this copyright statement .

A Taoist Master Explains the Difference Between Religion and Individual Spiritual Cultivation
Dylan Charles, Editor
Waking Times
“The modern world needs true spiritual guidance and development.” ~ Taoist Master Hua Ching Ni
A spiritual war is upon us and the individual is challenged to maintain integrity in a sea of greed, egotism, terror and fear. With no clear path toward spiritual evolution, so many of us floundering and losing ourselves to addiction, despair and self-destruction.
When in the past ordinary religions might have served to offer a pathway toward spiritual awakening based upon the experiences of their ancient sages, today, the best they seem to offer is communal support. Far too often, though, modern religions are mired in greed, scandal, pedophilia and outright terrorism. Religions are failing to provide the help one needs to spiritually thrive in this insane world.
In a reading from the book 8,000 Years of Wisdom, Taoist Master Hua-Ching Ni talks about the state of religions today:
“Spirit can hardly be found in noisy, crowded churches and temples. Even where the teachings of the past sages have been established they have been spoiled by the insensitive trend of the times. The spirit of the world’s religions died long ago and left most temples and churches merely empty shells. These places continue as superficial social conventions and can only supply their devotees with shallow activities, psychological games of shadow playing, and hypnosis, all of which have absolutely nothing to do with spiritual reality. This is the faith of today’s world, and most of their achievements are not the true answer.” ~ Taoist Master Hua Ching Ni
What then, is spiritual reality? And what does it look like in a world governed by fear, distracted by materialism, and kept in conflict by egotism? It’s really quite straightforward, says Master Ni, who refers to it as the “plain, simple truth of your life,’ which is best understood as the profoundly important concept of inner peace.
“The first spiritual goal of Taoism is the restoration and realization of one’s own well-balanced being, and then one’s spiritual evolution. The highest goal of life is to combine oneself with the spiritual energy of the universe. There is one way to eliminate all wonder, bewilderment and confusion and that is to have inner peace. The primary method or principle for personal cultivation is to keep peace within oneself and maintain normalcy in one’s environment; thus you can dwell with the spiritual energy and the spiritual energy dwells within you.” ~ Taoist Master Hua Ching Ni
Comparing the teachings of ordinary religions to true personal spiritual cultivation, Master Ni notes that undeveloped human beings follow and devote themselves to belief systems, deities and spiritual figureheads. In contrast, individuals seeking genuine spiritual evolution understand these systems for what they are: illusions and traps.
“People mistake religious emotionalism and hypnosis for spiritual reality. Often in history religious emotion has been exalted as truth itself. This gave birth to all kinds of religious prejudice and persecution. Religious mobs have carried out the mischief caused by the hot-blooded in the forceful image of a spiritual sovereign. This has not the slightest connection with spiritual reality. It is the manifestation of the impure, heavy, bloody energy of undeveloped human beings before having completed their spiritual evolution. Many people are fooled by their own ignorance or that of others. And in their ignorance they fool others too. People like this have no hope of reaching the spiritual realm. They will have no chance to touch the real spiritual life. So, before you commit yourself to any religion, you should develop the mental ability to discern what is religious emotion and what is the spiritual truth. One is the right way to follow, and the other is only a psychological pitfall and trap. This is very important for a seeker of truth on the spiritual path.” ~ Taoist Master Hua Ching Ni
Generating this type of spiritual emotionalism has become a profitable art form. Take note of the costumes worn by Catholic Cardinals and deference to the Pope in his symbolic Mitre hat. Islamic fundamentalists and ISIS do the same when they emote fear and terror by parading captives in front of religious soldiers clad in all black robes with faces covered, armed with rifles and sabres. Using symbolic imagery as tools of dominance and control, as Master Ni points out, has absolutely nothing to do with true spiritual reality.
What would the world look like if individuals first placed their own spiritual development ahead of their desire to change the world in accordance with their beliefs about spirituality and feelings religious emotionalism? What if individuals were instead offered a plan of genuine spiritual cultivation, a path that led to actual inner peace?
“The spiritual process itself is a process of the evolution of the human spirit.” ~ Taoist Master Hua Ching Ni
Read more articles by Dylan Charles .
About the Author
Dylan Charles is the editor of Waking Times and host of The Battered Souls Podcast, both dedicated to ideas of personal transformation, societal awakening, and planetary renewal. His personal journey is deeply inspired by shamanic plant medicines and the arts of Kung Fu, Qi Gong and Yoga. After seven years of living in Costa Rica, he now lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains, where he practices Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and enjoys spending time with family. He has written hundreds of articles, reaching and inspiring millions of people around the world.
This article (A Taoist Master Explains the Difference Between Religion and Individual Spiritual Cultivation) was originally created and published by Waking Times and is published here under a Creative Commons license with attribution to Dylan Charles and WakingTimes.com. It may be re-posted freely with proper attribution, author bio, and this copyright statement.


thewakingtimes--2020-11-27--Scientists: The Human Brain And the Entire Universe Have Odd Similarities

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An astrophysicist at the University of Bologna and a neurosurgeon at the University of Verona have claimed that the brain resembles the universe .
The two Italian researchers came up with the galaxy-brain theory that is out of this world : The structures of the perceptible universe , they say , are astonishingly comparable to the neuronal networks of the human brain .
University of Bologna astrophysicist Franco Vazza and University of Verona @ @ @ @ @ @ @ between the cosmic network of galaxies and the complex web of neurons in the human brain .
The detailed study was published in the journal Frontiers in Physics showcasing the human brain has roughly 27 orders of magnitude separated in scale , while similarly , the composition of the cosmic web shows comparable levels of complexity and self-organization , according to the researchers .
The brain itself contains an estimated 69 billion neurons , while the visible universe is comprised of at least 100 billion galaxies , strung together like a mesh network @ @ @ @ @ @ @ neurons only account for about 30 percent of the total masses of the universe and brain .
Further , both galaxies and neurons arrange themselves like pearls on a long string .
Beginning from the shared features of the two systems , the two researchers examined a simulation of the network of galaxies in comparison to sections of the cerebral cortex and the cerebellum .
Their purpose was to inspect how matter variations propagate .
In the case of galaxies , the remaining 70 percent of mass is dark energy .
The equivalent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said was water .
“ We calculated the spectral density of both systems , ” Vazza said in a statement about the experiment .
“ This is a technique often employed in cosmology for studying the spatial distribution of galaxies .
Our analysis showed that the distribution of the fluctuation within the cerebellum neuronal network on a scale from 1 micrometer to 0.1 millimeters follows the same progression of the distribution of matter in the cosmic web , ” he added , “ but , of course , on a larger scale that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ light-years.
” The amount of interwoven connections originating from each node also were strangely alike sparking further interest to the researchers .
The team is anticipating that their preliminary research could lead to new analysis procedures advancing knowledge about both cosmology and neurosurgery .
Which would enable scientists to better comprehend how these compositions have developed over time .

Scientists: The Human Brain And the Entire Universe Have Odd Similarities
Justin MacLachlan, The Mind Unleashed
Waking Times
An astrophysicist at the University of Bologna and a neurosurgeon at the University of Verona have claimed that the brain resembles the universe. The two Italian researchers came up with the galaxy-brain theory that is out of this world: The structures of the perceptible universe, they say, are astonishingly comparable to the neuronal networks of the human brain.
University of Bologna astrophysicist Franco Vazza and University of Verona neurosurgeon Alberto Feletti document the extraordinary similarities between the cosmic network of galaxies and the complex web of neurons in the human brain. The detailed study was published in the journal Frontiers in Physics showcasing the human brain has roughly 27 orders of magnitude separated in scale, while similarly, the composition of the cosmic web shows comparable levels of complexity and self-organization, according to the researchers.
The brain itself contains an estimated 69 billion neurons, while the visible universe is comprised of at least 100 billion galaxies, strung together like a mesh network. Even more intriguing both galaxies and neurons only account for about 30 percent of the total masses of the universe and brain. Further, both galaxies and neurons arrange themselves like pearls on a long string.
Beginning from the shared features of the two systems, the two researchers examined a simulation of the network of galaxies in comparison to sections of the cerebral cortex and the cerebellum. Their purpose was to inspect how matter variations propagate.
In the case of galaxies, the remaining 70 percent of mass is dark energy. The equivalent in the human brain, the pair said was water.
“We calculated the spectral density of both systems,” Vazza said in a statement about the experiment. “This is a technique often employed in cosmology for studying the spatial distribution of galaxies. Our analysis showed that the distribution of the fluctuation within the cerebellum neuronal network on a scale from 1 micrometer to 0.1 millimeters follows the same progression of the distribution of matter in the cosmic web,” he added, “but, of course, on a larger scale that goes from 5 million to 500 million light-years.”
The amount of interwoven connections originating from each node also were strangely alike sparking further interest to the researchers.
“Once again, structural parameters have identified unexpected agreement levels,” Feletti said in the statement. “Probably, the connectivity within the two networks evolves following similar physical principles, despite the striking and obvious difference between the physical powers regulating galaxies and neurons.”
The team is anticipating that their preliminary research could lead to new analysis procedures advancing knowledge about both cosmology and neurosurgery. Which would enable scientists to better comprehend how these compositions have developed over time.