On The Way To The Election

An interesting thing has happened on the way to the US Presidential election. It was not something I anticipated although I did receive some indication that change was afoot. The signs of discontent are obvious in the world around me.

For those of you who know me, I have been a "conspiracy theorist" for a while now. I have spent the last few years raging against the machine that has enslaved us. I've done a pretty good job keeping up with the latest information and doing my part to educate the public on what is going on behind-the-scenes. Still, something is missing.

I have been a conspiracy theorist for around five years. I know people who have been on to this information for twenty or thirty years. When you read alternative news stories, you come to feel that big things are being done behind-the-scenes to overcome the oppression and that a major breakthrough will occur any day. There is an expression conspiracy theorists (who have at least a little time under their belt) like to use to describe such "breakthroughs". Hurry up and wait! As I mentioned, there are people out there who have been waiting thirty years for change to occur. We are still waiting.

Why is that? We are still waiting because we have been conditioned to wait for a hero! We listen to fairy tales where the white knight rides up on his gallant steed to save the beautiful princess from the terrible dragon. We study religions that tell us that, when the world has fallen into ultimate evil, a savior will appear to gather up the righteous. Here in the US, we believe a new President will solve all our problems (even though it hasn't happened yet).

What we fail to recognize is that we need to be our own heroes! When we look to someone or something other than ourselves to save us, we have given up our own power and placed it in the hands of another. Nothing happens because the power is now in the hands of someone who just desires control, and he likes things the way they are!

I have known for a while that I personally needed to step up and do something to change my world. Ironically, when this latest presidential contest came up, I once again began looking at candidates to see what they have to offer. I like Bernie Sanders because his platform is the most human and actually takes the little guy into consideration. Also, he walks his talk. Even though Trump is an insider in many ways, I don't believe he is a terrible choice because I can see the current powers that be don't want him in office. That is obvious to me from the facts that Republican leadership has not backed him (aka the Bush cabal) and that the mainstream media is going overboard in terms of twisting everything he says to make him look like a terrible monster. Hillary...I'm not even going to go there.

For a while, I found myself drawn up into all the rhetoric. That's when it hit me. Not only were we decimating the platforms and characters of the candidates themselves, but we were also ascribing extremely negative attributes to anyone who was "stupid" enough to vote for those candidates. For example, anyone who chose Bernie was automatically labeled a socialist, which brings to mind a society of lazy misfits who give up all constitutional rights because of their apathy. Trump supporters are bigoted monsters who will end up killing minorities just like the WWII era Germans did under Hitler. (Does anyone else see how extreme these views are? We are ascribing these traits to people we know and love!)

We have allowed ourselves to be drawn into the same old "us" vs. "them" arguments that are the backbone of the Divide and Conquer strategy of control the supposed elite have used to dominate us for centuries! As long as we see our family, our friends and our neighbors as the enemy, we will be so occupied fighting that our leaders can do any darn thing they want behind the scenes and make it stick!

On the way to the election, I discovered that I have changed. I can finally see the many ways I personally have been drawn into the struggles. I understand how I am part of the fight that leads to giving up my own personal power and control. I now hurt when I see all the negative attributes being placed on my fellow humans in order to keep us all embroiled in the fight.

I am done playing their game. It is time to stand in my own power and listen to the guidance of my heart. Our world will not be saved as long as we seek something outside ourselves. WE are the ones we've been waiting for! Join me!!!

~CSE

Overcoming Corruption Depends On Love!

The USA is once again being predictably programmed. We were all up in arms against our very corrupt government showing out regarding Hillary's obvious criminality and her lack of prosecution by those in power. Then all of a sudden we have a police shooting in Baton Rouge and an ambush of police in Dallas. No more prosecute Hillary stories. No more anger with our government. It's all about racial tension, violence and fighting among ourselves. Folks, this is the pattern! This is how they keep us from taking back our own power and taking control!

Stop taking sides against your fellow humans! These people are your family, your friends, your neighbors. They want the same things you want--comfortable homes, food on the table, good relationships, the ability to live their lives in freedom. These people are not the enemy! The enemy is ignorance, and hype, and division.

As long as we are fighting each other, we are not concerned with how our country is being run behind the scenes. We could care less that pretty much every politician in DC is corrupt! We ignore the fact they grow wealthy catering to the desires of those who operate behind closed doors. They flaunt their corruption in our faces because they know we are too apathetic to pay attention to their crimes as we hunt down our fellow man.

If we are to overcome those who consider themselves "elite" and hold them accountable for their crimes, we must first embrace our neighbors in love. We cannot hope to have the power to lock these criminals away until we have the ability to stand together in common purpose. Divide and Conquer is the method they have used to take control and keep our power for thousands of years. Love is the force that will unify us to the point we can take our personal power back!

Choose to reach out to your neighbors in love! Talk to them. Get to know them. Share a common meal. Make sure their needs are met. As we break down all barriers that separate us, we are able to come together for common purpose. We can make our world beautiful again when we choose love over separation.

Be the change you wish to see in the world! BE love!

~CSE

  

The Problem With Arguments

I'll admit it. I have a few soapbox issues that will still make me want to argue with other well meaning people. I'm better at recognizing them now than I was in the past, but I am still a work-in-progress. The thing is, arguments do not take us to a good place. They take us to a distracting place, and that is the whole problem.

Look at the debate on gun control. On one side of the debate you have people who do not like guns. They don't like the fact guns can be deadly. They don't like the perceived pain guns can cause. These people wish guns did not exist.

On the other side are the people who own guns (or at least believe people should have the right to own them). These people will use the guns to protect themselves. Sometimes they use them to hunt or just the thrill of shooting a target at the shooting range. One thing they don't do is go around shooting other people. Yes, every once in a while there is a tragic accident or someone becomes enraged and acts before thinking, but the VAST majority of gun owners go their whole lives without incident.

While I can see both sides of the argument, I also see this: arguing about the right to own guns gets nobody anywhere. All it does is serve to piss people off so they don't cooperate in other ways. The other sad truth is, neither argument addresses the real issues!

Instead of arguing, we should be asking questions! For example, why did the most recent shooting take place on an Oregon college campus? Was the shooter mentally ill? Was he on drugs? Was he angry? The point is, mental illness, drug use and anger management are the issues that need to be addressed!!! Giving someone a gun or taking one away is not the point!!! You can kill someone with a knife or a car or a baseball bat just as easily as you can kill someone with a gun!!!

When we wrap ourselves in arguments over things like guns or religion or politics or marriage, we unwittingly wrap ourselves up in the problems instead of the solutions! Arguments serve no useful purpose at all, unless you are one of the world's power brokers. The people in power are invested in our arguments because arguments distract us from our true callings. This is why the media (which they own and control) brings these arguments to us in every way imaginable--even through our entertainment!

Arguments do not allow us to fix the world. Want to create a new and improved world? Stop arguing and focus on solutions!!! It's that simple.

~CSE

WE Have The Power!!!

As I glance over social media this morning, I continue to see several articles badmouthing the new Common Core standards schools in the United States have pretty much adopted. Seems as though everyone (including teachers) despises them, but very few people actually do anything to try to change the situation! Why is this? Don't people realize we have the power to change things?

According to current population studies, there are over seven billion people on the planet. Ever heard the term strength in numbers? There is absolutely no way the few people in charge could control such a large population if we all began to understand we don't have to go along with their plans!

This is why the news media (which they own and control) constantly plays up stories of people and groups fighting each other. This is why we are encouraged to choose sides. If the controllers can keep us fighting each other, we will be so occupied we will not pay attention to what they are actually doing behind the scenes. This is their "Divide and Conquer" strategy and we fall for it every day. A few of them are even hoping we kill each other off in the process. After all, reducing the population makes it infinitely easier to control.

If we took the time to work together (I know, a novel idea) instead of arguing about who is "right", we might actually be able to come up with solutions that work for everyone (and not just the few supposed elite).

It would be really easy to get rid of Common Core standards nationwide. That's why we all need to stand up to the powers that be and in no uncertain terms tell them "NO!" There is absolutely no way they could stand up to even a quarter of the population demanding action.

They know it. And now you do, too!!!

~CSE

Truth and Propaganda

I was disturbed by a new meme I saw online, posting side by side pictures of what is being promoted as racially preferential treatment of whites vs blacks in the United States. It was a picture of Charleston church shooting suspect Dylann Roof in custody side by side with a picture of the little African American girl at the pool party in Texas that was manhandled by police.

The picture of white Roof clearly shows him being handled with kid gloves. The pool party picture shows an obviously unarmed African American girl being thrown to the ground by a police officer.
Why does the comparison disturb me? I don't believe it is a fair or truthful comparison.

Let me explain why. While I have no personal police experience, I was previously married to a cop. I used to listen to his stories about what happened on the job, and I have a pretty good idea of what happens in various types of situations. My complaint about this side by side comparison stems from the fact that the two "suspects" are in two very different parts of the process.

The picture of Roof was taken when he was already in police custody. The business of his actual arrest was not portrayed--largely because such operations are done secretly in order to catch the suspect unaware. Let me tell you how Roof's arrest went down. They got a tip that he was in Shelby, North Carolina. At that point, the local police began their search and found him. They then watched Roof''s behaviors while the FBI and Charleston police were notified. Once federal authorities were on the scene, they came up with a plan to nab Roof in a location where he was likely to be alone so that no other person was injured. Then tons of police in protective gear would have surrounded and stormed his location, hopefully catching him unaware to reduce the likelihood of anyone else being injured. My point here is that the actual arrest is where the adrenaline kicks in. It is at the point of the adrenaline rush where poor judgment often comes into play. In the picture of Roof, he has already been arrested. He is already handcuffed behind his back and is wearing leg shackles. He is clearly not a threat to his escorts. My point here is, this is a transportation scenario only.

The picture of the teenage girl was of a potential arrest scenario, not a transportation scenario. There were scores of kids and just a handful of cops to disperse the crowd. Adrenaline was running high. Do I believe the cop exercised poor judgment? You bet I do!!! The girl was not a threat to him. Were the cops focusing on the black kids at the pool party? Yes, I believe they were!!! The thing is, this picture was taken at the height of the tension, not in the aftermath when things had time to calm down.

A more truthful comparison would have been to compare a picture of the ambush police executed on Roof in order to take him into custody. It may actually have depicted the situation the way it is being portrayed in the meme above. It's difficult to say, however, since the picture may not even exist. There were definitely no bystanders around able to turn on their cell phone cameras to watch the unfolding event. When police know they need to catch someone who is armed and dangerous, they make plans to avoid injury to innocent bystanders.

I am not denying that prejudice and unfair treatment exist. Prejudice does exist and it's important to stand up and speak out against it. What I am protesting is presenting evidence that raises emotion without the benefit of full and transparent disclosure. Comparing a transportation picture to an arrest/capture picture is an unfair bias. 

Propaganda is a huge problem in our society today. Think of it as modern day advertising. The powers that be are trying to sell us a bill of goods to get us to think and behave in certain ways. They manipulate words and pictures in order to play on our emotions. Most of this is done with a plan to get us to identify with certain groups and align with them so we will fight against anyone who has a different point of view. When we swallow their propaganda BS without questioning it, we are a herd of sheep potentially being lured to our own slaughter.    

There is a fine line between truth and propaganda. Don't allow your objectivity to be influenced by the powerful emotions created by the slightly twisted truths of propaganda. It is truth that sets us free!!!

~CSE

Refusing To Play the Game

There is a battle raging. The bad guys haven't quite figured out they have lost yet. While they think they still have a chance to win, they are continuing their game of creating noise, confusion and chaos in an attempt to keep us occupied and out of their hair. What they don't understand is how many people are beginning to wake up to their games.

Divide and conquer has always been a big part of their game plan. Anything and everything they can use to get us to fight gets played! Here in the US, there are many topics to choose from: race, religion, politics, sexual orientation, and lately even gender identity!!! We are taught it is important to stand up for what we believe in--for what is "right". What we fail to realize is that all fighting does is bring is more fighting and resentment. Fighting can never bring about peace because it's outcome is always win-lose. It is possible to force people into a situation they don't want to be in, but they will eventually try to escape when given the opportunity. That is the nature of the fight.

So how, then, can we stop the bad guys in their tracks? By refusing to play the game!!! Instead of forcing our beliefs on others and making them live like we think they should, it is time to begin practicing tolerance. Love our fellow humans instead of judging them. We don't have to like what they do, but we can still love them. True love is unconditional.

How do we know we are playing the game? What issues trigger our emotions? Gay rights? Islam or Christianity? Separation of church and state? Abortion? Politics? If it sets off anger or sadness, chances are it is something the powers that be use to distract.

What can we do to stop playing the Divide and Conquer game? The first step is to understand that humans typically act out what they have learned in their lifetimes. They don't act as they do just to piss us off!!! We all need to take a little responsibility for ourselves and our actions and not take things personally!!!

The next step is to begin asking questions. How can we show love to this person or group even though we don't like what they are doing? How can we make this a win/win situation where both sides can live as they choose? What are we refusing to see about the other's point of view? The actual questions are endless. What is important is that we begin asking them so we can gain new insights and understandings that might actually change how we act and react in the world.

We can bring in a new era of light and understanding!!! It isn't about fighting the "good" fight. There is never a good fight because fighting always ends in more problems. Choose tolerance. Choose patience. Choose love. In doing so, we refuse to play the game. We all win!!!

~CSE

Divide And Conquer

If you want to understand how the "power elite" controls society, look no further than Baltimore. The whole scenario playing out (or what those who rule us would have you believe) is entertainment, all designed to manipulate the ways we think into certain patterns--certain "sides", if you will. In Baltimore, they are attempting to play the race game and maybe some of the socioeconomic game.

Here's how it works. The media promotes a story that creates division. In Baltimore, it is the story of how Freddie Gray, a black man, died in police custody. What comes to mind when you hear those words? Police brutality? Racial profiling? You can be sure that, regardless of truth, we can all hear bits and pieces of the story that will make us choose sides. Choosing sides is key.

In the Baltimore saga, we are judging police brutality. We are judging the death of a black man in police custody. As people begin choosing sides and violence is allowed to break out (dare I say encouraged by the mainstream media and our leaders), we also begin to see divisions in socioeconomic class as riots and looting begin. Now we have even more issues to separate us from each other.

What our leaders count on is this: fighting each other will keep us so occupied we will not see how they are steering our opinions and our very way of life. They are pretty much free to rule us as they like because we are not paying attention to them. Divide and conquer. 

The power elite maintain their own power by stealing ours. That's right. They have taken your power. Every time you choose to become part of the fight (by choosing a side), you willingly give up your power. 

And there are many sides to choose from!!! Race is just one. Here in the United States, we fight over abortion rights and gay marriage. We fight over politics. We fight over religion. Every time we identify with one side we are choosing our fights and allowing ourselves to be distracted. 

What if we all stopped fighting for a few minutes and asked ourselves, "How can we learn to live together in spite of our differences?" What if we all decided to take responsibility for our own actions and live with integrity (instead of worrying that someone else does not live in integrity)? 

Our world will never get any better if we continue to allow the power elite to rule us by encouraging us to choose sides and fight. They like the problems--they even manufacture the problems--so they can continue to rule.

Decide today it is up to you to make the difference. The truth is, it IS up to you. BE the change!!!

~CSE