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DMW's avatar

Good observations, RIB.

As I read and ponder of this, my mind is trying to recalibrate, like the GPS in the car that is rerouting based on new events or a wrong turn.

These patterns of corruption have been clear for some time if one knows where to look (even if the identities of the original perpetrators are sometimes unclear– another discussion.) However, I am trying to reframe this evidence of organized evil against the concepts of "Catalyst" as described in the Law Of One series(negative experiences/entities as part of the scheme necessary for our own spiritual development in this plane of existence).

It seems risky to simply ascribe any challenges in our world to some inevitable and natural unfolding of this cosmic drama, as it could easily lead to acceptance/passivity and ultimately impotence, in contrast to our need to rise up and embrace the role we have accepted and thereby become someone more capable and realized in the process. "The show must go on," even if we are sharing jokes backstage between sets.

On the other hand, this makes me think about hierarchical structures in society as described by Jordan Peterson and others (which I may not fully understand), that would suggest that in establishing hierarchical control systems as most species do, we have allowed and tolerated the aggressive behavior that leads to the authority that we crave, even while we acknowledge the cost to the individual…(lobsters, etc. If you are familiar with Jordan's work.)

I wonder if that genetic/primordial programming might also be somehow playing a role in the development of these controlled structures and, to a degree, be somewhat inevitable and uncontrollable? Of course, the perpetrators would understand us and use it to their advantage as well, clever bastards that they are. And, evidence of the complex interweaving of events and influences and the fabric of this universe.

I'm still trying to recalibrate my thoughts on all of this, but thank you for prompting my early morning mental exercise :)

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Michelle's avatar

I concur. Also add to the list: Don’t surrender control to helpful attorneys in collusion with judges, who aim to exclude concerned family members from caring for incapacitated loved ones. Speaking from personal experience here. My attorney informed me that it is a well known secret that judges will appoint a non-family member to be a guardian in order to drain the estate. The level of corruption in family courts in Houston is staggering.

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