Humans, for quite some time now, seem to think the only real worry in their day-to-day life is staying alive and keeping their bodies somewhat intact. The minor worries, although ultimately the worries that actually keep our minds the most occupied with thought, are the “lessor” concerns—roughly in this order of priority: money, relationships, happiness (a consequence of keeping the first on the list in a satisfactory balance.) I won’t quibble on this order, or even on this list; I just threw it out there off the top of my mind. My point is that people will worry more about the quantity of life than the quality—but in reality it is the quality of life that will impact them the greatest if effort isn’t made to keep it high. Most people whom I have met through my psychotherapy practice don’t believe this—neither do I more often than I would care to admit.
As you so ably point out we’re trapped in a world of delusional ideation. Buried at the heart of this is betrayal. So from a therapeutic or compassionate stance how do we support others in reaching satisfactory resolution without ourselves falling victims to this betrayal?
I've come to believe that one of the fuel sources for the mass delusional psychosis (in addition to fear, which was the catalyst), is pathological narcissism. Now not only unchecked but actually encouraged and promoted as a virtue, excessive focus on the self and its perceived emotional needs appears to be sustaining the larger delusional illness. I see this expressed everywhere in Los Angeles, where I live and work. I will be writing more about this in my own Substack later this month.
an acquaintance of mine that fled war torn Bosnia told me that people there only began to wake up when they were starving to death. The coming food shortages (all by design) may be the splinter that is needed to put a crack in those under the mass formation psychosis spell.
I came across part of a message I sent to the mayor of my town almost 2 years ago— who has since passed away (Let the vulture-esque thoughts begin!)—- that I reflected on while reading your deep thoughts in your piece entitled ‘The Great Divide’:
“First of all, I firmly believe that mainstream media (including the CBC that I trusted and loved for decades…) have instilled fear and irrational thoughts in the minds of their viewers. Social media and other platforms have contributed negatively in the same way. The result has been that people see their fellow citizens now as potential threats to their health and well-being. As someone I read put it, ‘others’ are seen as ‘bio-weapons’ now. This is profoundly upsetting, and I don’t know how we ‘go back’ from this mentality? Certainly, asking to don a face-mask/shield in public (outside of medical/clinical settings) will not solve this conundrum. I am far more fearful of the future now compared to post- 9/11 —-mainly because of the reasons I will share, and society’s ongoing reaction to this ‘virus’.”
I won’t add more of the above letter, but was surprised how many of my concerns from back then came to light between 2020 and 2022.
Now, unrelated to the above—and since there is always hope— the title of your newsletter must certainly be linked to this fact:
“A shrew-like animal that snagged insects from ferns lining the shores of freshwater lakes 160 million years ago, might be one of the first "true" mammals to walk the Earth, back when the dinosaurs roamed, a new fossil suggests.” from ‘Skinny Shrew is Oldest True Mammal’, Live Science online
It’s gotta be great to be “true as a shrew”!
Thanks for sharing—- both to the author and the commenters on this newsletter. It often makes me feel sane again in a seemingly insane world.
Some tiny little rays of hope - a medical clinic which remains unnamed had only one employee unVaxxed. Over Xmas, COVID hit all staff but the unVaxxed.. the others are noticed and are starting to and wonder.
Dr. Julie Ponesse says keep pushing forward with the truth. She says when 10% of the people know it, the narrative crumbles.. we must be getting close!
Yes, my spidey-sense was tingling right from the get go with all of this. It just all seemed so planned and co-ordinated and advanced all these New World Order objectives (to be rebranded as “Great Reset”).
What I also noticed right away was that there were no opposing viewpoints permitted. There were always two sides to the coin until lately. Suddenly news sources at opposite ends of the spectrum were in lockstep agreement on all covid decisions and mandates. I remember seeing an article in an online newspaper reporting on the astonishing fact that covid had resulted in the complete disappearance of the flu. I thought this must be some kind of satirical article but when I read it, they claimed that not only had the flu disappeared but that it was due to the fact that people were following the health guidelines! I noticed a comments section and I thought that surely someone would point out the obvious bullshit in all this. But it was a steady stream of “people” patting each other on the back for complying completely to everything like the good sheep they are. But I also noticed a number of comments that had been removed for offensive comments. This was the first time I had noticed the blatant censorship of opposing views. It is now common practice, even resulting in social media bans all the way up to assets being frozen or people being “dealt with” by authorities.
So what is one to do? Scream at the TV or monitor like that famous scene in the movie Network? For me, I have always found solace in listening to music. It can either calm me or further enrage me depending on what I think I need. It also means I have a vast amount of lyrics rattling around my brain. So this article brought me to my favourite album by my favourite artist - Hemispheres by Rush. The song itself takes up the entire first side of the vinyl album. At its core, it is about the battle between the heart and mind or love and reason. This lyric seems relevant to what you were discussing in the article about people being divided and struggling in this new dystopian world. Here are the lyrics for the section titled IV. Armageddon The Battle of Heart and Mind.
The Universe divided
As the Heart and Mind collided
With the people left unguided
For so many troubled years
In a cloud of doubts and fears
Their world was torn asunder into hollow hemispheres
Some fought themselves, some fought each other
Most just followed one another
Lost and aimless like their brothers
For their hearts were so unclear
And the truth could not appear
Their spirits were divided into blinded hemispheres
As you so ably point out we’re trapped in a world of delusional ideation. Buried at the heart of this is betrayal. So from a therapeutic or compassionate stance how do we support others in reaching satisfactory resolution without ourselves falling victims to this betrayal?
I've come to believe that one of the fuel sources for the mass delusional psychosis (in addition to fear, which was the catalyst), is pathological narcissism. Now not only unchecked but actually encouraged and promoted as a virtue, excessive focus on the self and its perceived emotional needs appears to be sustaining the larger delusional illness. I see this expressed everywhere in Los Angeles, where I live and work. I will be writing more about this in my own Substack later this month.
an acquaintance of mine that fled war torn Bosnia told me that people there only began to wake up when they were starving to death. The coming food shortages (all by design) may be the splinter that is needed to put a crack in those under the mass formation psychosis spell.
I came across part of a message I sent to the mayor of my town almost 2 years ago— who has since passed away (Let the vulture-esque thoughts begin!)—- that I reflected on while reading your deep thoughts in your piece entitled ‘The Great Divide’:
“First of all, I firmly believe that mainstream media (including the CBC that I trusted and loved for decades…) have instilled fear and irrational thoughts in the minds of their viewers. Social media and other platforms have contributed negatively in the same way. The result has been that people see their fellow citizens now as potential threats to their health and well-being. As someone I read put it, ‘others’ are seen as ‘bio-weapons’ now. This is profoundly upsetting, and I don’t know how we ‘go back’ from this mentality? Certainly, asking to don a face-mask/shield in public (outside of medical/clinical settings) will not solve this conundrum. I am far more fearful of the future now compared to post- 9/11 —-mainly because of the reasons I will share, and society’s ongoing reaction to this ‘virus’.”
I won’t add more of the above letter, but was surprised how many of my concerns from back then came to light between 2020 and 2022.
Now, unrelated to the above—and since there is always hope— the title of your newsletter must certainly be linked to this fact:
“A shrew-like animal that snagged insects from ferns lining the shores of freshwater lakes 160 million years ago, might be one of the first "true" mammals to walk the Earth, back when the dinosaurs roamed, a new fossil suggests.” from ‘Skinny Shrew is Oldest True Mammal’, Live Science online
It’s gotta be great to be “true as a shrew”!
Thanks for sharing—- both to the author and the commenters on this newsletter. It often makes me feel sane again in a seemingly insane world.
Some tiny little rays of hope - a medical clinic which remains unnamed had only one employee unVaxxed. Over Xmas, COVID hit all staff but the unVaxxed.. the others are noticed and are starting to and wonder.
Dr. Julie Ponesse says keep pushing forward with the truth. She says when 10% of the people know it, the narrative crumbles.. we must be getting close!
Yes, my spidey-sense was tingling right from the get go with all of this. It just all seemed so planned and co-ordinated and advanced all these New World Order objectives (to be rebranded as “Great Reset”).
What I also noticed right away was that there were no opposing viewpoints permitted. There were always two sides to the coin until lately. Suddenly news sources at opposite ends of the spectrum were in lockstep agreement on all covid decisions and mandates. I remember seeing an article in an online newspaper reporting on the astonishing fact that covid had resulted in the complete disappearance of the flu. I thought this must be some kind of satirical article but when I read it, they claimed that not only had the flu disappeared but that it was due to the fact that people were following the health guidelines! I noticed a comments section and I thought that surely someone would point out the obvious bullshit in all this. But it was a steady stream of “people” patting each other on the back for complying completely to everything like the good sheep they are. But I also noticed a number of comments that had been removed for offensive comments. This was the first time I had noticed the blatant censorship of opposing views. It is now common practice, even resulting in social media bans all the way up to assets being frozen or people being “dealt with” by authorities.
So what is one to do? Scream at the TV or monitor like that famous scene in the movie Network? For me, I have always found solace in listening to music. It can either calm me or further enrage me depending on what I think I need. It also means I have a vast amount of lyrics rattling around my brain. So this article brought me to my favourite album by my favourite artist - Hemispheres by Rush. The song itself takes up the entire first side of the vinyl album. At its core, it is about the battle between the heart and mind or love and reason. This lyric seems relevant to what you were discussing in the article about people being divided and struggling in this new dystopian world. Here are the lyrics for the section titled IV. Armageddon The Battle of Heart and Mind.
The Universe divided
As the Heart and Mind collided
With the people left unguided
For so many troubled years
In a cloud of doubts and fears
Their world was torn asunder into hollow hemispheres
Some fought themselves, some fought each other
Most just followed one another
Lost and aimless like their brothers
For their hearts were so unclear
And the truth could not appear
Their spirits were divided into blinded hemispheres
You can find the lyrics to the whole opus here - https://www.rush.com/songs/cygnus-x-1-book-two-hemispheres/
Thanks for another thought provoking article, Todd!