Cowardly New World

I will start this article reiterating what you already know. My experience is not necessarily the experience of others. In fact, one of the primary reasons I write is because I am fascinated how often my experience IS the experience of others—and quite a few others at that! But this time I have my doubts. My observations in this article are rather subtle, so I am not even sure if anyone is hit by this particular absurdity the way I have been. But I’ll give it a go.

My day-to-day habits have been quite altered by the happenings of the past three years. Some of these alterations are obvious, like, for example, I used to be quite comfortable moving about in a crowd of fellow human beings, being under the trance of thinking we were all rather similar in areas where it counts. Not so much anymore. I really don’t trust anyone I wander the streets with these days; and I particularly do not trust anyone I see in a mask—and there are lots of them.

Thinking this way isn’t exactly a behavioural “habit,” but I would guess you know what I mean. My previous habit, or assumption, was that I really didn’t have to think much while milling about the ‘hood. Now I do. I guess similar to the way things were in the Wild West of years past. My trust level is at an all time low.

I feel like most people are too stupid to “look out for me” in any useful way at all if it came down to it. Cowards.

I also see this new world cowardice in other ways. There are the obvious ways seen in people obsessed with fear. This boils down to an abject fear of life itself. The people gripped by this don’t seem to notice it, or at least don’t define it as “fear of life” but when you think about it, that is really the only explanation. If people are willing to restrict their breathing in of air when they take a walk to the supermarket, then they definitely have an obsessive fear of the basic element of life—air.

We see this “fear of life” everywhere. We see it in the reliance on medication to make us suffer less, medication in an attempt to ward off every sort of ailment, or threat of ailment, imaginable. Fear of the possibility heart failure, fear of the possibility of clogged arteries, fear of the possibility of strokes, fear of the common cold, pollen, the air we breathe—these fears are driving the pharmaceutical companies to make even more pills, elixirs, and injections. When you look past even the flimsiest veil you can see that the object of these fears are mostly fabricated, and most of the conditions that the people fear can be resolved naturally, in ways that are not driven by fear—and when I say driven by fear, I am not saying driven by concern, and rationale to stay healthy, but by fear. There are of course clear exceptions. There are many things out there worthy of being “fearful” of such as bee venom, or serious heart disease, or failing kidneys, or other conditions that can cause severe harm if encountered. But where did these things come from in the first place? Can we trace it back to an instillation of fear through fear?

What I mean is that a medical intervention is sought because a fear is pushing it. A natural intervention comes naturally with no fear driving it, maybe a concern for adverse consequences, but not fear as I am describing it here. Eating healthy food, living a healthy life, walks and communes with nature, with loved ones, a stress free work environment, etc.—all these things are natural and are driven by natural impulses. If we do these healthy preventatives because we fear the consequences if we don’t do them, then we are falling for the same negative results of brainwashing—we are then living in a world of boogiemen, ready to kill us at every opportunity. Yes, we are so far distanced from a natural life we may not think of these joyful preventative interventions as “natural”—but they are.

We are brainwashed to think that living a natural life is not a solution. The environment is so toxic (not just with material pollutants, but with spiritual and emotional toxins) that we think that is natural. It is not. It is certainly to the advantage of the big power movers to keep it that way and to keep us brainwashed and believing this myth. If the huge medical system would collapse because people were healthier, the entire economy of the world would collapse. The world economic system is dependent on people being sick—universities depend on grants for research, pharmaceutical companies depend on sales of snake oil, farming depends on quick sales of fast and processed foods, on and on. Why do you think the entire public health focus is now on invisible diseases? Diseases that only “science can see and define” (and of course it isn’t real science) as the number one enemy of humankind, requiring pandemic treaties and world control? Why not tackle, with the same exuberance and dedication, issues like diabetes, obesity, and world starvation? Just a few on a long list, and these major issues having been created by the very system that feeds off of them.

How is submitting to fear of death and suffering cowardice? If all this were not driven by the agenda, there would be little reason to define this result as cowardice. But please keep in mind when I use the word “fear” I am not meaning “concern.” Nor am I speaking of the sort of “fight or flight” fear we would feel if trying to escape a hungry leopard chasing us through the jungle. I am talking about the sort of fear mongering we experienced during the “Covid pandemic.” And I am also considering the fact that we as a society have been conditioned to fear everything and anything in order for the agenda to have an easier time supplying us with the antidote. Are we cowards for this? Not all of us, but the many who just go along with it are then fearing their own shadow, they are fearing life itself, and although there is a good reason to be a coward, they still would suffer that label.

What other cowardly things can I point out? Oh there are many. I consider the mass exodus from work in an office, or some other onsite facility, to working at home to be at least the first attempts at the creation of cowards? How cowardly is that? Many would say, “not at all! It is a good thing!” And undoubtedly in some circumstances it is a good thing, or not as bad as it might seem. However, the instigation, and purpose originally cited for this mass move was based almost entirely on fear and cowardice. “We must stop this horrible scourge from taking the life of fellow human beings, you must stay home! Leave your work, leave your shops, your offices. Stop spreading the invisible death! Its not safe to go to work!” Adventure is out the window. Excitement in learning new things, being with interesting people, facing challenges in the big world outside of the house, having to actually be interested in how you are dressed, and how you present yourself in public as a reflection of your character and “who you are.” All this is also out the window. Sure, many people have worked from home successfully for decades and compensate for these other things that are suddenly ripped away from the human experience of “going away from home to work.” Again, if this mass change in the social paradigm came naturally there would not be much concern, but it didn’t. It came about through manipulation, through a desire to keep people at home, away from communities, and thus isolated and weak—its incentive, in my humble opinion, is to make people cowards.

From management’s perspective it is lazy and convenient, but for different reasons. The responsibility of creating a healthy work environment, with healthy incentives, for a group of humans being creative in a conducive atmosphere, is a responsibility most management would like to shirk. That’s too much work and narrows profit margins. This may look pretty in the short term, but killing human spirit and oppressing the “human initiative” to be gregarious, happy and productive through human interaction, will adversely affect the bottom line in good time. Cowards don’t think of that.

Generally, cowards are at either end of most Zoom sessions. Particularly doctors. What is it with this insane move toward doctoring via Zoom? Really? Cowards. Also, conferences I used to go to in interesting places such as the picturesque Wiltshire area in the UK, or magical Abydos in Egypt, no longer take place in those exotic, and exciting locations. The participants in these particular cases are the ones who are the cowards. Few want to bother to travel, few want to face the “all too real” (HA!) possibility they could get sick from some exotic bug flying around “out there.” Few want to take the other risks in traveling, always ready to pounce when a person lives a “worth living” life. In some cases, the cowardice is found in the conference presenters—it’s cheaper, it’s easier, it’s less risky.

And ya know what? I am as much a coward as the next guy. I have bought into all this myself and have suffered greatly for it. I am ashamed of being a coward, and hope to do something about it so I don’t live the rest of my life in fear. I am sure many of you are braver than me, and sure again many of you stand about where I stand. Yes, human nature will eventually prevail, and its insatiable appetite for adventure and excitement will again drive people to go back out into the world and live! Or will it? I kind of doubt that. I think that ship has sailed, and it is too late to be saved by instincts that have long been oppressed beyond recognition. It is now all about living like the Bubble Boy, safer for sure—and cowardly.

But maybe I am wrong.