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Jan 7Liked by Todd Hayen, PhD, RP

ever wonder why all transnational corporations ever press for internal employee relations surveys to avoid middle of the road answers on the survey...you are either a 1 or 5, very opposing binomial, happy smiley faces everywhere...

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Oct 23, 2023Liked by Todd Hayen, PhD, RP

Good points, and so relevant to what we witness in the people around us. Complete polarization; no room to discuss; I'm right and you're wrong. And then they have the gall to regurgitate some phrase they've heard in the media as if to validate their stance. The one that gets me most is "The idea that there are only two genders is a social construct." I say, "Okay, so you own a television, but do you have any thoughts of your own?" Surrounded by so many brainwashed people... it's difficult not to lose faith.

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"Sex assignment" is an example of an issue only doctors know anything about...and only the doctors sanctioned by the right people. Determining one's sex has been something that humans figured out a VERY long time ago...without help from any "expert" at all.

I actually find it so fascinating, as it seems you do as well, that ANYONE with any brains at all would claim that the sex of a person is a "social construct"...I know some fancy doctor looking for his place in the celebrity sun came up with the idea in the '60s. But he was soon to be exposed as an idiot (well, it took longer than it should have)...and a liar as well. (Dr. John Money, who is still held in high esteem by some, particularly at the Kinsey Institute...Kinsey, another moron, and I used to admire the guy.)

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Oct 23, 2023Liked by Todd Hayen, PhD, RP

I didn't realize that the gender "debate" existed in the '60's. Cripes! I swear: When anyone asserts there are more than two genders, I think to myself, "Honestly, you can't possibly believe that! And, if you actually do, then you are quite simply an idiot." I have to believe it's more about virtue-signaling. In which case, they're still an idiot.

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Actually (and I just found this out myself) the word "gender" applies to a subjective ideation of a person's sex. The word "sex" is the biological fact, male or female.

Money's work in the '60s was originally focused on hermaphrodites. People born with confused genitalia. There was a famous case of twins, both born male. One suffered a mishap in the circumcision procedure and lost his penis (I guess it DOES happen!!). Dr. Money proposed the boy be raised as a girl. He lied about the results, saying they were excellent, when in fact they were not. It is a long story, and it did not end well.

There is a tiny percentage of people born with confused "sex"...confused genitals, etc. These people are questionable as to what sex they truly are, and have traditionally gone through various surgical and pharmaceutical interventions to help them live a better life. We should not lump in these rare instances with the atrocities that are going on now with gender dysphoria.

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Oct 24, 2023Liked by Todd Hayen, PhD, RP

I have an old Funk & Wagnalls dictionary in which the definition of 'gender' is: The quality of being of the male or female sex. Of course, as you pointed out, there are aberrations/anomalies.

Sadly, while we are told that gender and sex are two different things, the push to align the two almost always results in hormone therapy and surgery, which is permanent. Why not go the counselling route? That way, if they later change their mind, no harm done.

In fact, if the two concepts (gender and sex) are unrelated, then why try to align them at all? Just let it be.

Factor in that so many youth are already confused (and medicated with psychotropic drugs), and you have a recipe for disaster. It's all so very sad.

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I’m with you 100% brother. Yes, I think that definition has been hijacked like so many other things…”the quality of being male or female”…that has been turned into “which sex a person identifies with.”

Hey, therapy is OUT in Canada, it is actually against the law to affirm biological sex if someone identifies with something different than what whey were born with…we are legally required to affirm whatever sex they choose, if not, we are violating their human rights. How’d you like to work within THOSE restraints?? Well, THIS therapist isn’t going to do any such thing. I have not yet had to opportunity to break the law in this regard, let’s hope I retire before I do.

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Oct 24, 2023Liked by Todd Hayen, PhD, RP

That's astounding. So, it's no longer about you counselling a person towards better health; it's about following rules. That blows my mind.

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Oct 21, 2023Liked by Todd Hayen, PhD, RP

I think there are a few factors. One is definitely the government indoctrination centres we call schools. Remember when we were actually taught how to think and not what to think? Education and social media go a long way toward explaining why younger generations are so indoctrinated and unable to engage in debate.

Efficiency, as per your checklist example. The privileging of so-called efficiency will go a long way in bringing about digital ID, facial recognition, implantable everything, and all the evil nonsense we know they want to implement. I just had lunch with my BFF who now has adult onset Type 1 diabetes. I'm sure it had nothing to do with the injections...but I digress. She says it's so very convenient that her endocrinologist can access her blood sugar via the app that continuously measures it. The black and white thinking that technology and efficiency are only for the good prevents people from seeing the downsides. Ask questions about the dangers of technology and you're labelled a Luddite. No nuance there!

A handmaiden of efficiency is laziness. People have become intellectually lazy and can't be bothered to check their premises or do the requisite studying to engage in real debate. I guess point one about government indoctrination centres applies here too. Remember during Convid when the media would discourage people from doing their own research because it's "dangerous" not to listen to the experts? As Jimmy Dore said in one of his comedy routines, doing your own research used be called reading. All that efficiency and time saving technology has brought about has seemingly not given people more time for reading.

The last thing off the top of my head is fear of the unknown, and so radical dismissal enables fearful people to live with the illusion of certainty. Todd, like you I have always been someone who questions everything and I have gone deep enough to understand that most things are nuanced. I can live with questions. I remember answering my door many years ago and being subjected to the Jehovah's Witness spiel, which normally I wouldn't endure. I guess I was in the mood to engage that day and they asked me why I wouldn't want to know how we got here and what happens after we leave this earthly life. I shut down the debate altogether when I answered that I don't really care how we got here, it doesn't affect my day-to-day life, and I was perfectly OK living with questions. They simply couldn't keep engaging with someone who was willing to live with uncertainty and didn't seem bothered by it. Might be the only time these folks gave up of their own accord instead of having the door slammed in their faces.

Interesting topic and lots to unpack!

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All incredibly good points...

And you are sure it is Type I diabetes, and not Type II? Type I is basically a pancreas shutdown...that could very well be vax related. I'm not doctor, of course...and I guess whether it is or not is irrelevant...oh my...this is becoming unbearable.

I know what you mean about the "machine continuously taking blood sugar measurements"...people generally LOVE this convenience. I find it abhorable. Just as I find a digital ID under the skin, with all my med records on it abhorable. Am I crazy?? I hate this idea first because it just gives me the major creeps...not even because it is an invasion of privacy with a huge probability of being abused...that isn't even my first concern. I am not a machine, and I refuse to be monitored like one!!

Anyway...enough ranting...thanks for your comment...

Oh, one more thing...I LOVE your comment that you don't really care how you got here!! Perfect. I don't "care" either, I just find it intriguing to think about and research. But I think I am like you, it doesn't mean anything to me to "find out"...same with "purpose" and "meaning"...I am HERE, that is enough meaning for me. Purpose is what I do every day, and that is totally up to me...no mystery there...

I had Moonies visit me when I was about 23 or so. Two pretty girls come to the door, of course I let them in. They said they had something very important to tell me. It was interesting to hear, but I didn't buy it at all. I started asking the sorts of questions that make them cross you off their list...which they did.

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Oct 22, 2023Liked by Todd Hayen, PhD, RP

Yes, it's Type 1 which is why I'm fairly sure it's vaxx related. Like you, I find the idea of being constantly monitored invasive and abhorrent. She normally would too, but now that she'll be a patient for life I guess convenience won out.

I have come to embrace David Icke's view that we are infinite consciousness having a brief human experience. So now, for new reasons, I care even less about how we got here and stuff like meaning and purpose. Maybe it'll become more clear wherever my consciousness lands next. I like how you phrased it -- we're here and it's up to us to make meaning of our lives every day. I just want to be a good person and live without regrets.

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I am sure you are doing a good job of that...

I think I made up a new word...abhorable...?? The spellchecker didn't tag it...so funny. So I have exposed my ignorance! Funny...abhorable...

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Oct 23, 2023Liked by Todd Hayen, PhD, RP

Language is fluid these days, just like gender (kidding!). I kind of like your new word...other than it sounds a bit too much like adorable.

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Remember that comic whose schtick was using wrong words that sounded like the right word?

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I don't but my hubby does! He can't remember the name though, which speaks to our age.

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Oct 21, 2023·edited Oct 21, 2023Liked by Todd Hayen, PhD, RP

It is the non-shrews that are rigid and are the relationship breakers, their motto could be, my way or the highway, you dummy.

The non-shrews were easily and quickly emotionally convinced to make decisions with superficial gloss of "the science" that they may now regret. Staying in the dark about matters is less of a cognitive challenge as they have to protect their pride. Things like masking, experimental jabs, not visiting elderly relatives, keeping kids out of school, and so many others, were silly and obviously invented on the fly as the world overall had never behaved in these ways, ever. But non shrews justified, defended and practiced these harmful policies and then insulted those who didn't.

Two approaches were used to manipulate people that were especially effective: the emotional claims and the tribal black and white presentation of matters. The divisiveness culturally having already been present from issues such as Brexit and Trumpism was helpful in implementing dumb ideas on a highly strung and divided population.

We should be wary of these in the future as they will surely be used again.

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Absolutely, there is a lot to be wary of! The non-shrews (I prefer the moniker "sheep") are not difficult to figure out. Their resistance to what we call truth is rather obvious foundationally—they resist anything that contradicts their masters. That's it. They need no "reason" no "logic" no "rationale"...their loyalty can even break through obvious harm, sickness, even death, not only to themselves but to their children. They are hypnotized by authority.

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Only a few of my friends "READ TO LEARN" instead of read to be entertained .

I was in a great MLM and worked my butt off for 4 years but people I hosted refused to learn the methods of explaining it and instead let their initial excitement jump the gun. The first people they asked out of excitement were those they loved the most and wanted to help.

They learned what Jesus meant when he said "A prophet is not without honor, except in his own home and in his own country.......

In other words today, since WE KNOW YOU, you can't know more than the TV set.

My brother in law owes my wife and I for a roof over his head in a nice house, a bed to sleep in, his meals and a great internet signal. Without us all he would need is a piece of cardboard, a felt pen and a street corner. He knows everything about everything you talk about and laughed at me when I explained the jab he was going to take had nanoparticles in it.

He took it anyway and tried to tell us how safe and effective it was and how we should take it.

Now he has a continuous cough. His brother got mad and said "we were stupid f'n people because we wouldn't take it. Now he has turbo prostate cancer. Neither of them will bring up the jab today.

Those of us of my family and friends that just said HELL NO, to it are called conspiracy theorists by the uninformed TV watching rest.

One friend said no but his wife and inlaws all took it. His wife had to remortgage their home to help pay her live in nephews hospital bill when he went into a coma and had to have bleeders installed in his brain to let the clotted blood back out. Now he is pretty well mentally disoriented and handicapped at just over 30 when he was an awesome Carpenter before the jab.

I am almost at the point of just letting Darwin work his magic on the TV MSM addicts because all We now preach to is the Choir.

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True...but the choir needs support and validation...

I have been fortunate that none of my sheep family or friends have suffered. Which of course makes it hard on me as I am looked at as a complete loon. Of course I have to resist the urge to wish harm on people I know in order to "prove I am right" (I don't have problem resisting this with those I love). I do wonder if this "death by vaccine" has been a bit overrated. I know no one personally who has suffered at all.

I often think of that old Jimmy Stewart movie "No Highway in the Sky" where the main character tries to convince authorities that the wing will eventually fall off their new planes. They all took him for a loon until what he predicted actually happened...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqYKPvmVEe4

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We are haven a lot of died suddenly or died unexpectedly in our town. Most of my rural friends and family didn't take the jab

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I am actually curious about this. I see a lot of different people every week, and yes, I do hear of THEIR friends and family dying suddenly (some, but not a lot). However, for me personally, I know of no one who has had a serious adverse reaction to the jab…yes, a few who got really sick after taking it, but no one with turbo cancer, or other maladies…and certainly no one I know who has died…

I know that doesn’t mean anything…it doesn’t take away from the fact these deaths ARE happening…but statistically it means (as we already knew) it is not massive genocide….with people dropping in the street….which I thought it could have been when Vander Bossche started talking…

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Oct 21, 2023Liked by Todd Hayen, PhD, RP

“Just tell me what to think so I don’t have to think for myself”.

My cousin asks why we can see the charade and her friends can’t. “What makes us think for ourselves?” I don’t know. Seems like people are lazier about figuring things out, being curious. People used to wonder why

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Yeah, it does seem to be that simple, but it is still a matter of "why do I do this and other people do not?" I recently watched (for the fifth time) David Lean's "Lawrence of Arabia"...the first time I watched it years ago I read every book I could find on T. E. Lawrence, then read books on WWI and on the Middle East and the Arab world in general. I couldn't get in enough "learning"...I do this with everything (every movie that has a historical bent, I usually learn as much as I can about the topic.)

I am insanely curious, and love to learn and know things about things. I have found that most shrews are like this...they are not always "book readers" but they are indeed curious, and like to "know" things...and when some things just can't be learned from external sources, they will look within, or trust in God, nature, Jesus...this I think most of us have in common. I would love to have a big party where we all sat around for weeks and just TALKED about stuff!!!

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Do you think we could get along? I’m beginning to wonder if peaceful coexistence is possible anymore

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"...they will believe what the 'right people' tell them."

Goes to the issue of authority, as well as to what constitutes "right," which, as you suggest, is often just a foil for perceived-to-be-more-or-less-on-my-side for now, wearing-my-team-jersey, for now.

One of the tricky things in here, Todd, is that, when all of those team affiliations fail to deliver (e.g., as they are doing now) we human beings resort to ourselves (the only one I can *truly* trust--the guy in the mirror). We make ourselves out to be that "right person"--above the team; above the fray, the ultimate moral-rational arbiter, possessing in ourselves the do-what-thou-wilt autonomy and authority to sort it all out, given enough time and thought.

The Bible eviscerates this universal conceit. It makes the radical claim that God is light and that in Him there is no darkness at all. It paints a picture of the named, singular, living creator God alone as having the authority and power to separate black and white, good and evil, sweet and bitter. And it describes us, even in our highest civilizational, technological, and intellectual achievements, as utterly lost in darkest night, dead men walking (that is, bound to die, without the power to raise ourselves) because we are stuck in our trespasses and sins, unable to wash filth with filth. It even goes so far as to say that those who reject Christ Jesus as this ultimate authority (and gracious filth-washer) *prefer* darkness to light (God). Thus, in the end, they get it... forever.

Proverbs 3:5-7 sums the case well: "Trust in the LORD with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight. Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil."

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Thanks for this insight...I would love to sit somewhere with you for a few days and hack through some of this stuff. When I read it, I put it into my own understanding...which of course may not be correct...I see the line "do not be wise in your own eyes" meaning that "unreal things can influence you"...and that God/Christ is the only "real" thing there is. But I do not see God/Christ as separate from "self"...God is real, MOST of "self" is illusion—material manifestation, thoughts, fears, even evil (although evil/satan can "talk us into" believing God is not part of us). But God is not separate from our own awareness of self. Semantics I am sure, but it is easier for me to see it this way...

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Back when I worked for a Toronto company, I would have suggested we sit down for a bite at Ginsburg and Wong. But in making that reference, I'm revealing how long ago that was! :)

Seriously Todd, if you ever make it down Boston way, look me up. But because this ain't about me, you're *much* better off just opening your Bible and reading the gospel according to John from front to back--in one sitting, if you can. Then do it again. Or switch to Luke.

I'll pray the Lord open your eyes b/c, I can tell you from experience, as someone who aced the academic thing then the elite management consulting thing: it ain't about raw brainpower. It's about repentance and faith.

If you're on the west side, or out near Guelph, you could do a whole lot worse than to take a drive out to talk to the guys at https://trinitybiblechapel.ca/. During crazy-time, they showed the that the Lord had given them brass cojones: clarity for sure. They're the real deal.

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Oct 21, 2023Liked by Todd Hayen, PhD, RP

Not religious, but would still talk to you! I remember Ginsburg and Wong very well so I just had to chime in. We must be of a similar "vintage."

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Ha! Yep. Definitely feeling vintage when I get out of bed these days!

Religion = (at least) a theory of origin, meaning, destiny, purpose, and how you know things; a set of principles you use to make life decisions which you take to be valid. Do you have those? I have not yet met anyone who doesn't. It's not a matter of whether, but which. I.e., everyone has a religion of some sort. I have also not yet met anyone who does not borrow heavily from the Christian worldview which says why we ought to expect order and continuity and prefer rationality to nonsense.

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Oct 22, 2023Liked by Todd Hayen, PhD, RP

I'm iffy on origin, as in I don't really care, and even destiny and purpose. I do have a very strong moral compass and a set of principles I use in order to make life decisions. I'd say they come from a place of reason/logic rather than from ancient texts or top down dictates. I'm sure we are not all that different, especially since we both identify as shrews!

One of my key guiding principles is do whatever you like so long as it doesn't infringe on anyone else's rights. Just don't impose your world view on others and we'll all get along just fine. So whether we came to that via religion or lived experience doesn't really matter. I'd rather focus on what unites us than on petty differences.

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When you say, "a place of reason/logic," the God of creation does something akin to Ronald Reagan's quip during the Republican primary debate in NH in 1980 when he said, rather testily: "I'm paying for this microphone!"

All things came into being through Christ, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. He upholds all things by the word of His power. We ought to thank Him for logic and reason (and minds to speak and type, e.g.). Instead, we assume order as just kinda floating there, causeless. We thereby infringe on His right to all praise and honor and glory and worship for (among other things) creating order out of chaos.

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Oct 21, 2023Liked by Todd Hayen, PhD, RP

Idiosyncrasy and neural plasticity seem to have been removed from the dictionary and most human beings. But not the shrews!

Early in the plandemic I foolishly thought logic would work. My friends would go silent when I presented my case. I interpreted this to mean that they were considering my point of view and mulling over my points. But the reality was they were just waiting for me to shut up. Nothing got through to them, and it never will. Most of them don’t speak to me at all anymore.

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Synchronistic that you would make this comment today. I just finished writing a new article titled "So What?" that addresses the sort of response you used to get from people you were trying to convince...I used to do that too, and no longer bother

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At first it seemed so easy to point out something that was so obvious. It's like taking pictures of raccoons in your garbage and showing them to your wife who was wondering why the garbage was all over the lawn. "Look honey! I figured it out! It was raccoons! Look at the pictures I took!" and she says, without even looking at the pics, "Nah...I think it was the wind..."

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Apologies for the perfunctory response but burdensome tasks await!

Dismissal and demeaning are all part of the Agenda.

Such uncouth responses discourage and damage the ability to think, investigate, and analyse but only allow the officially aligned answers (the shallow and or inadequate/incorrect ones) to be accepted. We are being trained to be passive, receptive and stupid.

The answer is to challenge with questions. When accused and dismissed as being a conspiracy theorist, we respond – are you a corruption denier? If possible, continue with what, who, where, etc - questions to provoke curiosity. And please accompany such ripostes with joyful, playful laughter - unless our adversary/loved one are armed.

Thanks, Todd!

Kindest, Zara.

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Thanks Zara!! Yes, "corruption denier" is a good one...and that very succinctly is a huge part of the problem. People seem to defend corrupt individuals in power to the point of being laughably ridiculous. But...they have not LOST their ability to discredit what they identify as corruption, in other words, they do believe corruption can exist. Look what they did to Donald Trump!! And to Putin!! And anyone else "certain people in power" tell them are corrupt.

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Oct 21, 2023Liked by Todd Hayen, PhD, RP

Love that; “corruption denier”! I’m using that! Thank you!

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You're most welcome!

Have fun!

xxxx

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Oct 21, 2023Liked by Todd Hayen, PhD, RP

My personal take is that the masses are being trained to make instant decisions based on very little information. I think it started when we had a thousand channels on TV and you didn't know what you wanted to watch. So you clicked for the next channel, watched for a few seconds and decided to stop or move on. Now there are apps that further ingrain that behaviour. Dating apps where you decide usually based on a photo whether you are interested or not. Video apps like youtube or instagram where you watch something for a few seconds then swipe to the next.

People now have very short attention spans and want instant gratification. I was on a plane recently and noticed the guy in the row in front of me was watching a movie on a tablet and simultaneously playing a game on his phone. Ironically, the movie he was "watching" was Rain Man where Dustin Hoffman's character was frequently distracted.

I really believe this is something that was designed so that people would generally not spend too much time thinking about anything. When a decision was required, they would then generally fall back on "public opinion" that the media had implanted and side with that. And don't try to tell them any different because that would make them have to think and who has time for that?

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Very good points, as usual. The "instant gratification" craze is probably one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. I remember working in Hollywood speaking to film editors about this craze to cut, cut, cut...which they blamed on MTV (remember that?)...this was back in the '80s/90's. They editors were saying that audiences can't keep their focus on a film scene unless there were a dozen cuts in as many seconds. This is easy to see when watching old pre 1970's films...and in particularly the older ones from the '30s and '40s...you could have a stationary camera for an entire scene, and all was good.

I liked your correlation with this "instant/distraction" and decision making.

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Oct 21, 2023Liked by Todd Hayen, PhD, RP

Such truth! Even my conservative friends don’t want to hear anything that may make them think they might have made a mistake or didn’t ask any questions regarding “the experiment”. They just don’t want to talk about it, regarding the current events. “What difference does it make now”, most will say. “We can’t do anything about it”. I think, especially in our age group of retired folks, they just want to enjoy their lives, and I get that; we can’t live depressed in doom and gloom all the time, but they refuse to look at the world we’re leaving to our grandchildren. I think much of it is helplessness and, to me, that really scary. We have lost courage and righteousness indignation at what we feel helpless to address. How do we truly affect anything? I believe maintaining a high frequency of awareness and truth is the first step as we know collective consciousness is key and perhaps that is there. I believe getting involved, at the local levels, is critical to our immediate environments. But I also know most folks have worked hard, raised their kids, volunteered endless hours and just want to relax. Perhaps the hardest thing for many of us is that we don’t see the next generations doing their part. They are more self-centered, so busy with their lives and far less invested in their neighborhoods, their children’s schools the world at large. I believe this began when we abandoned faith institutions. People have become less connected, they just don’t want to get involved. They interact with their diminished world of their personal technology. It’s a radical dismissal of all but their chosen circle that agrees with them. This is truly dangerous and sad.

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I just finished an article titled "So What?" that addresses a lot you say here. We can all write on and on about similar stuff because it is all tied together in some way.

There are so many problems with this picture it is easy to get confused and lost (at least it is for me). But it is also clear that there are very fundamental things that we have lost as a culture, and nearly everything else we see in the details are consequences of those missing fundamentals.

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