It has now become clear to many people that we are facing a critical time. The course chosen by humanity will make irreversible changes to ourselves and to our future circumstances. The course we are now on is not the result of entirely random causes, but is being thoughtfully planned and deliberately guided.
Without delay, we should all begin to evaluate the characters of these planners. We should strive to discover what the plans are and judge the merits of these plans. We must ask ourselves; What are the stated goals?; What is the true intent of the planners?;What will be the real results, and can those results be corrected if they are unsatisfactory? With these questions in mind we should consider what our own contribution to shaping the future can be.
Because the shape of the future is guided by those taking deliberate premeditated action, we need to perceive and understand the process. We have a duty to ourselves and to our descendants to cultivate ourselves, and to become worthy competent influencers of unfolding events.
The self-serving character of those currently guiding human society has been clearly revealed in recent years. Institutions, systems, and standards are failing. New ones will take their place. This new order will certainly be a reflection of the character and intent of its own conscious deliberate designers. What may be less obvious is that it will be a reflection of ourselves.
In his dream, the reason given that Nebuchadnezzar was condemned to eat grass for seven years is,” to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.” This reason is always sited as indicating God’s primacy in human affairs. What is seldom recognized is that it reveals an organizing principle of human society.
The Basest of Men
We have no reason to expect our rulers to be morally superior humans. Those in positions of great influence must realize some form of the principle illustrated by Nebuchadnezzar’s dream. They appear to act on a need to corrupt those that they rule. Our shortsightedness makes us fit and deserving to be ruled by those who are clever but horribly corrupt, those” basest of men”. This organizing principal is a natural law. It is the means by which the hand of God guides human affairs. Perceiving, understanding, and acting on this principle will give us a tool to shape the future world. This should not be an arrogant or forceful shaping, one such as we may be tempted to imagine. It will not cause results that flatter our own primacy through precisely stated action. It should instead be something indirect and subtle. We can choose the shape of the future by cultivating ourselves to become fit to live in a better world.
Hesitance to even consider supplanting the established order is quite natural. To some extent, we are all dependent on established systems. Removing these systems suddenly will cause chaos and suffering. Removing them does not guarantee that anything better will take the current system’s place. We must look beyond an immediate certain, but degrading, security and look toward an uncertain future.
I have used the story from Daniel, of Nebuchadnezzar eating grass for seven years, to illustrate the principal, that the character of rulers is a reflection of the character of the public. In modern times, when citizens choose their leaders by voting, the mechanism driving this principal has become more visible. The techniques that induce people to surrender their own personal agency have become more subtle. These techniques must be examined and studied, so that they are perceived and understood.
Another story, Daniel’s dream of four beasts, can be used to suggest a hopeful course to rescue our future from the technocratic enslavement taking shape right now. The pattern shown by the dream can be made useful whether or not you are inclined to believe that these scriptures are divinely inspired. The story suggests a way that the current established order can be dismantled, without creating a new equally corruptible one. In this story, the fourth and final beast, the most terrible one of them all, is destroyed first. The first three beasts are allowed to remain for a short time, but with their power diminished. This storyline seems to reflect something similar to our current condition. An overwhelming global system of control is being revealed. It is assuming authority as we watch. This Beast has sown the seeds of its own destruction by revealing itself.
If enough people dare to examine this monster dispassionately and to speak openly to those that we are in contact with, this unmasked Beast will destroy itself. There will be no need for us to initiate violence. The first three beasts being allowed to remain, in a diminished form, will give us time to learn and to adjust our customs. Those who are old, indigent, or just unskilled because they have been conditioned to dependence on the Beast’s system will not be left in ruins.
The subtle tools needed to guide and shape our future have been hidden in plain view. The sincere words of one who is honest and who has diligently prepared their own heart and mind have potency. Take time to watch the debate between Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz. Consider what you have seen. Dershowitz opens with a confident intimidating bluster. His credibility seems to be based on nothing more than his credentials as a constitutional scholar, though he never cites the constitution itself. His only weapon is a belligerent insistence that mandatory vaccination is right and is inevitable. Kennedy remains calm and civil. He is prepared to respond with documentable facts and with reason. By the end of the debate Dershowitz has lost his confident bluster. He is reduced to asking for concessions that are based on hypothetical scenarios. Honest and accurate words are shown to be able to defeat what at first seemed to be an unbeatable opponent.
The enemy does still have one great advantage. The debate was seen by relatively few people and Dershowitz continues to be featured in mass media as someone who is offering credible expert opinion. This media format lacks the back and forth exchange of the Kennedy-Dershowitz debate. It does not test the ideas that are offered. The direct, face to face, communications of human society’s members have been replaced by a ubiquitous one-way input of ideas. The multitudes of recipients of this thought are never reminded of the fact that Dershowitz’s character has been exposed. They are not reminded of his intimate connection to the Jeffery Epstein affair. In other words they are not told that the Beast has exposed itself and that it has already sown the seeds of its own destruction.
The Beast’s advantage can be overcome. Human Society’s members are like cells in a body. Each one must function independently, but must also communicate with neighboring cells. The Beast hijacks the function of the cells of this living body, which is all of humanity. It does this by supplanting the natural and necessary communication between neighboring members and between overlapping communities. The body thrives when its many interconnected members cooperate while functioning independently.
The Beast cannot effectively manage the complicated and chaotic organism that is a healthy human society. This one-way input of ideas and attitudes is more than a guidance system. It also shapes human minds. We are thereby conformed to a limited number of forms. The afflicted society when deprived of its chaotic complexity becomes more predictable. It is manageable like a machine. It is less like the vast complex living organism that it should be.
This advancing regimentation induces us to, and attempts to require that we surrender our own agency to the Beast. When human society is in its more organic form, each member is of value, because we serve the comfort and needs of each other. Society in a regimented mechanical form diminishes the value of human life. The value that we offer the Beast becomes the highest priority. Our services to each other are not regarded as meaningful contributions to this system, except to the extent that they maintain our ability to serve the Beast. Because a great deal of human energy and creativity must be wasted, it cannot all be channeled to the oligarchy’s benefit, we are increasingly at risk of being regarded as useless eaters.
The services that we render for each other’s benefit can effectively function outside of the system. If this practice were allowed to thrive, it would threaten to destroy the illusion, that dependence on the Beast is natural, and that it is an inescapable necessity.
It is established that this regimented social organization has a debasing and authoritarian trend. It is suggested that the pattern given by Daniel’s vision of four beasts may offer guidance to change this course without initiating violence, and also while maintaining the stability necessary to avoid catastrophic suffering. It is also suggested that the powers of observation, reason, and honest communication will facilitate the Beast’s self-destruction.
We must face uncertainty. There are hazards to deal with. How can so many unthinkable abuses and atrocities be faced without we ourselves becoming vessels filled with hatred and contempt?
We must strive to set worthy examples for those arrogant or foolish enough to want authority. We should support the wellbeing of the whole body of humanity by individual introspection. Even now, while force and deceit still control the world, we should hold those with humility in the highest esteem. Even though we are still trapped by this ubiquitous growing Beast, we should, to the best of our ability, adjust our speech to honestly reflect reality. Do not hide from reality by consoling each other with myths of duty to the system. Make judgements about who or what has imposed these obligations. Strive to discern what purposes these duties really serve.
In Booker T. Washington’s autobiography Up From Slavery , he describes the difficulty that newly freed slaves faced while trying to learn to manage life as freemen by using the phrase, “A Harder Task Than Making Bricks Without Straw” . We ourselves should now choose to face the burden of adapting to life as free people. If we fail to make this choice, then we are instead choosing, by default, to accept for ourselves and to condemn future generations, to a technologically enhanced enslavement. This advanced form of domination will alter our physical, mental, and spiritual natures. The possibility that we could have been something better will be hidden forever.
Promoting a culture of individual introspection, coupled with local communication that radiates into, and receives input from other communities, will build a foundation to elevate our debased species so that we can finally realize our most virtuous potential. Becoming worthy examples for those “basest of men” who will ultimately seek leadership roles is a delicate matter. It should be approached with deliberate forethought and care. Holding humility and other subtle virtues in high esteem is counterintuitive. This is true only because agents of the Beast have already had success debasing our natures. Becoming vessels that consciously decide which influences are worthy to fill and guide us, will correct this easily enough. Facing advanced well established evil, while not being consumed or absorbed by it, will be a more difficult task. The hatred, rage and contempt that we allow ourselves to be filled with are goads that these “basest of men” use to drive us toward destructive thoughts and actions. The hostile emotions are shortcuts to action. They deprive us of the benefits of forethought, reflection and caution. They make it possible for the “basest of men” to control those who should be setting standard
Pity the Oligarchs
Pity their twisted minds
Pity their corrupt hearts
Trapped in indulgence
Perceiving rage outside
Are we consumed by the rage they see in us?
Then pity ourselves
The self-serving cruel rulers have elevated themselves. They enjoy this apparent superiority. They appear to believe that it is rightfully theirs. When shown in the proper light they are horribly distorted. Being seen in this light is not as much fun as being feared while being admired.
An abused dog will still wag its tail when the master comes home. It will still beg for scraps and be grateful to receive them. Are we dogs, or are we masters of ourselves? If we are masters of ourselves, then we, as conscious vessels, will choose what to fill ourselves with. We will strive to discern which influences are worthy. We will not imbibe their venom when it is offered. We will perceive it dispassionately and deal with it with our reason still intact.
The first steps needed to safely dismantle empire may be ungratifying. They are observation and discussion. They do not seem to challenge the Beast’s continued existence. These first steps impose on our time and our energy. They require study of how the system works and consideration of how it has been imposed on us. Acknowledging that the Beast has already exposed its own nature, and that it will destroy itself, is a victory that forces us to face an uncertain future. Shaping this future requires us to assume the responsibility of cultivating ourselves, and the responsibility of contributing to the development of our surroundings. This must be done with humility, forsaking self-aggrandizement.
Those who take these first steps may feel alone, while they recruit the reluctant, skeptical people, which they are in contact with. With truth on our side, and with the obvious threat posed by the Beast growing clearer, this will reverse. The skeptics will become increasingly isolated. The need to fully expose this Beast will be more universally understood. When conversations about a safe, and hopefully peaceful transition have become commonplace, this transition will have already begun.
In the process of exposing the true nature of the Beast, an early demand should be the end of privileges of official secrecy. Obviously this demand will not be met by the core of perpetrators within the Beast. If whistleblowers are received gratefully into the comfort and safety of the masses, the shell of an illusion of legitimacy will crumble quickly. Destruction of the privileges of official secrecy must extend into the web of alliances that are attached to the Beast. Humanity can no longer afford to be guided by secret plans, or to tolerate secret communication in any official capacity. The purge of secrecy will include all public-private partnerships. It will extend into banks that issue national currencies, defense contractors, computing, surveillance, mass media, and many fields of research.
As horrible crimes are being exposed, and as agents of the still living fourth Beast continue to create confusion, we must remind each other to never forget, that the shape of the future world will be a reflection of what we ourselves are becoming. A new fashion of introspection and self-discipline must continue to take root. If the goads that the Beast has used against us are not disarmed, we cannot become discerning gatekeepers, vessels that consciously choose which influences are allowed to fill and shape us.
After we have established the foundations of a better world, let us take care to always remember that the potential for human society to be misled and abused is still real. We must always remind ourselves of how close to an inescapable technocratic tyranny we came. In his book UNESCO: its purpose and its philosophy, Julian Huxley wrote this, as part of a discussion about management of the human species, “Thus even though it is quite true that any radical eugenic policy will be for many years politically and psychologically impossible, it will be important for Unesco to see that the eugenic problem is examined with the greatest care, and that the public mind is informed of the issues at stake so that much that now is unthinkable may at least become thinkable.”. We should study our history so that we can ensure that those things that should be unthinkable remain unthinkable.