If not already, is the world going incrementally insane by the hour ?

[thepainterdoug]

I have written about these observations before. Is it possible because I'm in the NY , Nj area of the world? yes , to some degree Im sure

But I have had it with people talking "higher vibrations" , much love, "namaste"
rising chakras, other dimensions etc when they can't even function in a civil way in this plain everyday 3 d reality

I have just had several good friends completely confound me with their anger, unwillingness to talk and negotiate, in a way so simple for past generations.

A woman singer I hired, who I picked up in my car wrote me today to tell me she's been "holding it back" but is " offended", that I showed her how to open the door lock inside my car, and now needs to clear it up. I am not kidding. And my car is a classic British mini where things are not normal.

Another friend who is always bemoaning our violent and hateful world, asking why can't the Jews and Palestinians get along, cannot even take a sentinel of constructive criticism I needed to give him without him in return being hateful , angry and resentful towards me.

Its like society is at its 99.9% peanut oil tolerance and can't go much further.

People talking new age love, blessings, and signing off "much love" on their e mails are quickly in the next 5 minutes pissed and ready to tear your head off.

People speak of new age love and enlightenment but can't put the rubber to the road in any actionable way because they have created an on line personality void of reality testing that no way aligns with true reality.

How are big issues to be solved? Wars and intolerances between very different tribes and backgrounds when these people cannot even find harmony among others just like them ?

I can't share or send anything to anyone anymore. No one believes anything. Everyone knows everything .

On the phone, no one listens , just multi tasking, doing their dishes, typing on their keyboards until it's their turn .

Everything rushed, nothing absorbed or appreciated.

all "pre offended "on the streets and in public places

How will people galvanize at a time when truly needed?

WTF!

[Ernie Nemeth]

Hey Doug.
What was in that paint you were using today. lol

[greybeard]

I get that you are annoyed and I agree up to a point.
People who are genuinely into spiritual "evolution" tend not to talk about it.
The only place I actually discuss enlightenment now is here on Avalon.

However people have been getting, angry, protesting about all manner of things as long as I can remember--it has not brought about any peace and harmony. In a nutshell it has not worked not brought about significant change
A problem can not be solved at the same energy level it was created--through anger.

People talking about being spiritual and displaying the manners you speak of will not bring about change either.

A rising tide lifts all boats and the only way I can see out of the mess this world is in is through a raising of onsciousness.

Gandhi brought about change and was non violent--I think he said "You have to be the change you want to see"

It is not down to anyone else.
I affect my own world for better or for worse.
Chris

[Valerie Villars]

Doug, there seems to be a rising level of panic. I don't think most people can name what they are panicked by and so they are becoming more and more unreasonable as they point at everyone and everything besides their own inability to deal with themselves, the world, the unknown fears, the rising levels of pitting one against the other, etc. etc.

[greybeard]

There seems to a lot on u tube regarding cataclysmic coming events.
Im not saying this is a true perspective of what may happen but if it is so people may be aware at a subconscious level that all is not well with earth and this could be unsettling them.

Even sites like Suspicious Observers, balanced down to earth, are talking about and giving facts on a magnetic pole shift and solar minimum--leading to an ice age--Yellowstone seems to be producing more manga.
Increasing Earth Quakes and Volcanic eruptions---Extreme weather.

These are just my thoughts and not necessarily true.
Chris

[RunningDeer]

Maybe too New Agey*, but its helped me understand this escalation of anger and pettiness and layers of lies to distract from the original conversations on-line and in real life.

It’s the idea that waves of energy are coming in. They’ve increased and so has the intensity. The energy waves effect us differently. Most of humanity hasn’t done the subconscious work that’s needed to become more spirit-human. The unaware are the walking-physical with latent spirit. They are still operating from the default mode of yesteryear. So there are many that lash out, blame, get all gnarly, project and soothe with drink, drugs and foods. Which only serves to escalate their interactions and sabotage their surroundings.

I’ve paid attention to what I experience. Like your other thread on sleep (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?105774-Sleeping-a-real-problem&p=1270990&viewfull=1#post1270990), I experienced intermittent sleep hours and/or I wake refreshed after three. But the last two-three weeks, I’ll sleep for nine to ten hours and my dreams are vivid. Sometimes, I require a quick power nap, only to wake two to three hours later.

I feel like I’m sleeping my life away, but another part of me understands there’s changes going on right down to the cellular level. There are times when I feel the downloads. It’s energy that I feel in my head. And although not as intense, it washes through my body. Sometimes there are chills and warmth associated with the downloads. (oxymoron)

I don’t talk about it much because too many want proof. It just doesn’t work that way with me. Things are spontaneous and they’ve always have been. The more I go with the flow, the more of me is revealed, i.e. the parts I forgot about in my younger years combined with the knowledge and wisdom that I’m working on daily.

♡

P.S. I am NOT New Age. I ditched the religion several years ago.

[Metaphor]

@thepainterdoug, I hear you. Dont have an answer to your questions but have been thinking in the same lines.

[ripple]

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Its like society is at its 99.9% peanut oil tolerance and can't go much further.

[/QUOTE]


You are right , Doug , but move that description on a stage . So many ( most) people have not yet learned coping mechanisms in an enormously changed internal landscape .

The mind is only a pattern handling 'thing' , and that is etched into its very essence -- if you don't learn to connect dots ( make patterns ) the predator will kill you , and if you are unable able to read nature to obtain the right food in the right quantity etc .you will also die '

The Internet has increased incoming information so much that it is difficult to assess by how much . Many thousands more stimuli arriving and at far greater speed .

The mind desperately seeks patterns, but without filters the task of finding ones which are reliable quickly becomes difficult and then increasingly impossible, . The mind gets so desperate that it even tries to see patterns in white and random noise

-- one way Conspiracies develop ----- and for many they become medicine -- they dupe the mind into accepting patterns that do not even exist . This has been shown experimentally .

This all touches on what is known as Patternicity and the accompanying need to create pattern Authorship . It blows bombshells into Synchronicity believers . But against that , Synchronicity can easily become a useful mind crutch --- it provides a

coping mechanism .And provides ways of assigning Authorship .

Worth considering, imho, because huge numbers of people will become increasingly confused , irrational , violent and then use violence to address their perceived problems and new enemies .

But smart people should be OK if they plan now .

[Savannah]

I’m defiantly observing the same thing. I think it has multiple factors as noted in the tread responses. The world is going through a lot right now.

The world will be changed by some kind of mini ice age or polar flip (scientific fact, not a belief). Some know it, others may just sense it or as Running deer noted are being effected by the Solar System changes.

Our political ideologies are at an extreme all over the world. There is a raging war between the Nationalist globalist cabals and I think people are shutting down and fearful. People naturally fear or have anxiety in response to change, even good change.

There are different social programs, controlling beliefs with different agendas used on different generations. Thus I find those much younger than me are so different I have to remain at a superficial level with them or it will end very badly.

Many on Avalon have been learning and waking up most of their lives I think that inoculated us to some degree. Not to mention many here may be different (DNA, ET, learned from past lives etc.). We have more tools of discernment to judge what’s going on politically. We have certain self-protective spiritual beliefs that allow most to perceive life and death as just a transition. We are all in the physical and have survival instincts but few here (if any) actually think death is the end.

What I see is normies adopting new age phrases without ever understanding what they really mean and those ideas don’t really change them as people. New age phrases such as “ You create your own reality or You are what you think, ”…is complex and not literal. If it were we have would thunk the world into perfection a long time ago.

[thepainterdoug]

Earnie/ just some harmless paint thinners, benzine, next to my 5 G router sipping some Absinth.

what...

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grey beard/ I hear you.

i just want to see some rubber to the road.

[greybeard]

Running Deer
As said on that thread my sleep pattern is shot to hell and more or less exactly what you said on your post here.
Kundalinihas become very active and when meditating its as though I have something pulling strongly at my forehead also sounds like birds chirping in my ears--only when I meditate.

Ive been a bit impatient with people--not like me.

Also all of a sudden I have got interested in Videos on the work of Edgar Cayce---what he said about entering into a golden age and us being in Armageddon at this time makes sense--I dont normally go there so to speak.

On the whole Im as usual down to earth but I have to work at it which is not normally necessary.

I feel guided to meditate more, up the other spiritual practices--mantras etc.

So as Paula has said Im convinced that there are different energies coming in to us now.
Cayce said that there will be a new root race --DNA change.
That not all will be of a high enough vibration to enter the golden age
Women's wombs will only accept a higher vibration spirit to birth.

I just dont normally go into separation of any kind and my main "thing"is non-duality--Self realization it is just single minded in its approach--so as said this not my normal focus of attention.
Confused.
Chris

So this may be unsettling.

[thepainterdoug]

savannah says/ What I see is normies adopting new age phrases without ever understanding what they really mean and those ideas don’t really change them as people. New age phrases such as “ You create your own reality or You are what you think, ”…is complex and not literal. If it were we have would thunk the world into perfection a long time ago.

so true. quantum physics , very mis understood by even the fathers of it, says so called matter is altered or determined by the observer. yes this is a strange phenomena but doesn't mean you can make a racehorse out of a jackass just by looking at it. /

all this speculation is good, but carry with you the essentials you learned as a child as well. your common sense, treat others as you want to treated,, and so on

if the me too movement has an adult woman offended by me showing her how the door lock works, her and others are throwing the baby out with the bathwater .

[ErtheVessel]

There is a saying i've heard which is "Contempt is a container for repressed feelings" and those repressed feelings usually include fear and self-doubt (and as Valerie says, panic).

I've been disillusioned many times over the years by those who profess some kind of spirituality, and yet in real life are lacking in any kind of true spiritual depth.

For example, I had a friend who I had known since I was 12 (many years ago :)). At the age of 24 she became a nun in the Catholic church and moved to Italy, where she remained a nun for 24 years. This, to me, implied that she was serious about the depth of her spirituality. I exchanged letters with her over that period and was always "impressed" by her dedication and the seemingly deep spiritual intent in her life.

She left the convent after 24 years and came back to the States. Then she got married to a really kind and steady man. A few years after that, I ended up in a life situation where I asked her if I could live with her and her husband for a few months while I got my life back together after some difficult troubles. I discovered in actually living with her under the same roof that, behind closed doors, she was actually probably one of the most negative, complaining and critical people I had ever met. Twenty-four years in a convent did not make her spiritual on any real level - only as a superficial mask. My guess is that she has deep, even crippling, insecurities and self-doubt that cause her to hide behind a mask of spiritual achievement and accomplishment. Spiritual "status."

I agree with greybeard and would say that most people who are genuinely spiritual are pretty quiet about it.

I think perhaps things in our culture, like social media, emphasize the superficial as something to aspire to. Developing real character and growing one's soul is arduous and sometimes very painful work. There are not many people who are genuinely interested in that - but they are interested in the false prestige of appearing somehow "advanced" as if it were a commodity.

And, I have to say, for any woman to be offended by your thoughtful and gallant explanation of how to open your car door, has jumped on the faddish bandwagon of childish and empty moral superiority. I know a lot of women who are NOT like that. Don't lose hope, Doug, not everyone is a six-year-old walking around in the costume of a grown-up body. Not yet, anyway. :)

I know I've only commented on a portion of what your OP was about, so I hope this isn't too off topic.

[thepainterdoug]

thanks much Erthe vessel. it all contributes. i can open up and be honest here at Avalon and also accept disagreement as well , when done in a respectful way.

what is Love? so many say it constantly, but so few know anything about it. and less applying it

words have impact, meaning and power

at least they once did

[ErtheVessel]

Yes, "What is love?"

What an incredibly important question. And the older I get, the more I know it is not what I used to think it was.:confused:

[greybeard]

Earnie/ just some harmless paint thinners, benzine, next to my 5 G router sipping some Absinth.

what...

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grey beard/ I hear you.

i just want to see some rubber to the road.

This is the paradox of spirituality.
The superficial impression is that you shouldn't do anything but its subtle.
Action can be very effective but its the intention the heart behind the action that counts.
if its out of anger it just makes the situation worse.
Chris

[johnf]

There is a saying i've heard which is "Contempt is a container for repressed feelings" and those repressed feelings usually include fear and self-doubt (and as Valerie says, panic).



I think perhaps things in our culture, like social media, emphasize the superficial as something to aspire to. Developing real character and growing one's soul is arduous and sometimes very painful work. There are not many people who are genuinely interested in that - but they are interested in the false prestige of appearing somehow "advanced" as if it were a commodity.

And, I have to say, for any woman to be offended by your thoughtful and gallant explanation of how to open your car door, has jumped on the faddish bandwagon of childish and empty moral superiority. I know a lot of women who are NOT like that. Don't lose hope, Doug, not everyone is a six-year-old walking around in the costume of a grown-up body. Not yet, anyway. :)

I know I've only commented on a portion of what your OP was about, so I hope this isn't too off topic.


I kept what I found to be the most important points out of ErtheVessels post. And in these lines you mentioned what I think is the most important part of what is happening. I think we are all facing some sort of inner urgency to move through our defensiveness, and drop things that are making life more difficult than it is. Many who come to places like Avalon to discuss things like this have been at it for longer than others. I agree it is a very arduous process, and the hardest part is the earliest stages.
I think the entire population is on some sort of cusp before "they" move into the real work. Shaming others is easier to do than feeling ones own shame and evaluating it's reality, also true of judgement and similar internal behaviors. In the mean time stuff is coming up for people and going into combat mode is part of the content of that stuff, so it turns into acting out instead of owning one's own part and trying new healthier behavior. Sadly this sort of stuff is feeding into some very dangerous situations as far as politics, wars etc. As far as volcanic stuff, and solar minimums etc, as discussed in other posts those things are also feeding into the mix, but until those things happen in our area we can't do much but look at how responsibly we are owning up to our own thoughts and emotions. So in general I think the biggest factor in all this is lack people even knowing how to deal with their own emotions.



John

[badmotorfinger]

I *love* original minis- great wee go-karts!... but it's about a ton too light, half the necessary height, & (unless you've fitted a full racing cage) way too flimsy for me to drive in amongst today's distracted-by-their-cellphones folks driving SUVs literally double the weight & size- you're a braver man than I !!!

As far as folk being programmed, as they are, to take offence at ridiculous "micro-aggressions" etc. these days, I tend to just tilt my head slightly & give longer-than-usual eye contact in silence with a slightly raised eyebrow where needed (I've had a few instances where my refusal to deviate from respectful commonsense is enough to break the spell- not many, but a few). There will be no apologies, thank you. There may be an explanation of my words/actions for clarification if the individual is civil & reasonable, but I'm not going to pander to nonsense. Indeed, I refuse to waste any time on such things. The tricky bit is not letting behaviour of the badly-infected get you down! I have a silent-mantra-with-a-cheeky-wee-10sec-breathing-focus thing I tend to have to employ much more often these days following such an exchange, to cleanse myself of the PlagueOfNonsense™ that's been let loose by the social engineers. ;)

[Caliban]

Doug,

That woman wasn't pissed about the lock. She's probably angry at men in general, or at her father or ex boyfriend. But it's easier to take it out on someone where nothing's at stake.

Besides that bs, I think people are just fed up. They may not know it, or know what they're fed up about, but we are. We're fed up with living our lives through these electronic screens day after day. Having no real deep contact with anyone. We're fed up with a women's movement/me too that doesn't want to get to the root of the matter, but blame everything on "toxic" masculinity. We're fed up with jobs that mean nothing to us, with violent television terrifically produced but brutal and ugly. We're fed up with leaders and wanna be leaders who are stuffed full of corporate money. We've seen the lies too many times.

We feel ripped off but can't put our finger on how. This techno world has gotten out of control. We weren't ready for it and still aren't. We're fed up 'cause we think no one's listening to us. We're fed up because we know we no longer know how to listen.

[Bubu]

Its already but is getting better. You just did not notice the insanity before. as you learn more you will see more. Accept more, love more....

As for why people is so negative, Try to watch a drama or war movie and observe you inner vibration. Its as if people open the TV a number of times each day to tune up to the negative vibration. This is just one of the many

[thepainterdoug]

BuBu/ well I have noticed, and been noticing for a long time. but the slices are getting thinner, more refined, more absurd.

at wost, my showing her how to use the lock was being polite, considerate and helpful. at best, quite simply ,a gentleman.

should I open a door for a women, am I now going to hear, " I know how to open a door! "

fck that and this. Im not backing down. Im calling it as it is.

[thepainterdoug]

Running dear. I live for the beauty of dreaming. And pray for my lucid dreams when they come. Perhaps its most valuable of all times.

thanks

[waves]

painter... I burst out laughing at your OP. I think it could double as an awesome treatment for the first episode of a new sitcom. Made me think there's a great opportunity to highlight these generational differences.

[AriG]

I attempted, quite a few years ago, to expose a nefarious agenda to separate humankind from its soul- it’s now here and it’s ugly and dangerous. Best advice? Stay as far away from city centers as you can. It’s so sad, but it appears to have begun. I frequently have to drive Interstate 75, and I can assure you that the experience makes ‘Mad Max’ look like Romper Room.

[thepainterdoug]

waves/ please fill me in on more. love i caused laughter.

[Bubu]

BuBu/ well I have noticed, and been noticing for a long time. .

"If not already, is the world going incrementally insane by the hour ?"

I thought you were asking

[ZenBaller]

The level of mental/emotional noise in the world is unprecedented at the time, because of technology. For example, you have already transmitted the energy of your small tantrum to hundreds (thousands?) of people that have read this thread (no offense). Before the internet, only a handful of people would have felt it. However the state of humanity is better than ever in every single way compared to all known history. Because the same applies for Love, compassion, empathy. It's probably the first time in human history that we have spiritual access to such beautiful states of consciousness, collectively. The question is where do you put your attention.

[wnlight]

" I know how to open a door! " I heard that thirty years ago, but I still will open a door for a woman. Hate is in the air and the airwaves. I visited a friend a few weeks ago who had the TV on while we were talking - tuned to CNN. I could feel the HATE flowing out of that TV broadcast like magma from a volcano, and I asked my friend if he can get ESPN2 - just so I could get him off of CNN. I suspect that most of the media is spewing hatred out to the populace and causing much of the insanity. This might be planned by TPTB. I don't watch it. Even the so-called comedy shows beam their canned laughter after one cast member insults or demeans another cast member. That is comedy today.

[thepainterdoug]

ZEN Baller/ The question is where do you put your attention.

yes true. the seemingly small event with the door lock, was something I didn't put any attention to at all. in fact, i didn't know it could even be in the ballpark of infractions and complaints . it was only a week later when i received an e mail telling me how offensive it was. now its got me thinking , if when on the subway, should i offer a seat to a young woman, will it do the same? or hold a door? I do this for men woman and child. How silly it all is. what really got me is she said it was one of the things she had to air out with her boyfriend. Im sure glad I'm not him .

[wondering]

thepainterdoug, Something that comes to my mind that I think really applies in this situation, as in a recent thread, is that it’s not about you, it’s never about you. To feel that and know it is helpful to me when someone really reacts to something that I did, and I think, wow! where did that come from? After many years of working on this type of thing, I get what seems to be the truth, for me, that in this case, it really is not about me. If it was something I did or said, that’s another issue.

[Sunny-side-up]

Hi thepainterdoug, I hear you.

I've noticed over the last year that more and more people seem to be loosing the ability to have common self preservation, especially on the roads o.0.

Plus more and more people don't seem to have common descent manners.
They just push in and don't give way, they rush past you just to sit in front of you up the next cars exhaust pipe.

This may be a localized problem (Some radiation in my area, 10 mile radius) or just the fact I live in South London :(

Just seems like every one (generalisation there, some are still considerate) are out for them selves and won't give you an inch!

I give way to people all the time, and git dumbfounded, stunned reactions, they look almost worried that it is a trick of some sort.

[Bubu]

Hi thepainterdoug, I hear you.

I've noticed over the last year that more and more people seem to be loosing the ability to have common self preservation, especially on the roads o.0.

Plus more and more people don't seem to have common descent manners.
They just push in and don't give way, they rush past you just to sit in front of you up the next cars exhaust pipe.

This may be a localized problem (Some radiation in my area, 10 mile radius) or just the fact I live in South London :(

Just seems like every one (generalisation there, some are still considerate) are out for them selves and won't give you an inch!

I give way to people all the time, and git dumbfounded, stunned reactions, they look almost worried that it is a trick of some sort.

I've been to many countries, compared to traffic in the Philippines I'll say most countries especially in Europe has mild traffic, except Bombay India. I normally gave way to other drivers when necessary example when a driver is trying to cross the road and the traffic on my side is slow. I normally get a short beep from the other driver as a way of saying thanks. Its a growing trend in my place, and people seems to find relief that someone in the middle of the rat has the time to be calm, helpful and friendly. Frankly I am surprise to know that some of you who are well off than us seems to complain more. I'm with Zenballer on this.

Why cant we be more helpful and inspire others instead of complaining? The world is f**** up people complain all the time and we knew it. Shall we join them?

[Flash]

This seems to be general state of affairs in all North American cities and surrly in most large European ones as well My take is that there are 3-4 causes into all these cities.

1: the higher and higher levels of stress on all people due to many causes.

2. The ways generation y and gen. Z have ben raised as being the marvelous extraordinary kids. They were always right as children and never corrected. They are spoiled and cannot accept they can be wrong and adapt to change. Their nervous system has not grown to take challenges, in fact the are weak and often narcissists or highly depressed.

Plus, they were vaccinated to the max, ruining their system and polluted with pesticides and preservatives. Endocrine and immune system gone.

We add to this the cell and tablets and social media, that further ruins their brain.

And lots have been raised without fathers.

What is left other than being spoiled in all meanings narcissistic brats.

3. Most cities are a soup of mixed cultural values that clashes with each other. No more common culture. In Montreal, most places, I do not feel at home anymore, I feel like I am somewhere else. Having lived elsewhere, in other countries, I know plain well that some cultures are destructive for the make up of others. No more common values.

4. We are imposed to be politically correct. We cannot ever mention what I just did here, without a barrage of insults and reproaches , reject and sometimes jail (depending on which people you talk against or how widespread your talk has been. Ex: David Icke in Canada, or Jordan Peterson.

[Bubu]

3. Most cities are a soup of mixed cultural values that clashes with each other. No more common culture.
'
we need a common respect not "common culture". And I have to tell you in the middle of chaos you missed number 4 :bigsmile:

[thepainterdoug]

Flash you raise many a good point. i feel we have too much, were spoiled, and so we need invent more problems , take up more issues even down to the nuance.

if we were in dire conditions, without food water, etc do you think anyone would take up issue if you did any of these minor things? Ever see the movie, The Road? Were spoiled , and the young today are encouraged since a child to be great be a winner, be the best, and conquer all. but this is not how a healthy society works.


BuBu/ one needs to identify and site a problem, an issue before it can be rectified and course corrected. the minor incident that appears Im complaining about , contributed to my loosing this person in a working relationship. this was costly to me. Letting things slide is not an answer for me, That being said, my main energies go to making a better world on an everyday basis .

[greybeard]

"When people express anger its never for the reason they think they are angry"
Thats a quote from ACIM--basically it might be the last straw but its a result of past frustration.
Its the domino effect--tip one and all the others are added in subconsciously.

The people mentioned in the first post---its a bit like "we are the in crowd" on the spiritual journey and superior to all others, ha ha -- a few drinks and that's out the window, all spiritual (assumed) qualities forgotten.
Frustration is part of life and can be safely expressed.
In this duality frustration is there to define its opposite
Disregard for others defines compassion and so on.
You cant have one without the other---but--once know and experienced you have choice.
I can, most times, let others be without a reaction--without wanting to change them--tey are as they are.
Peace reigns.

Chris

[Agape]

I think you’re only correct in your observation and enthropy -chaos- of the world does increase by the hour. So does uncontrollable movement of everything within the system, people, energy, thoughts, information, just about everything observable and invisible as if all the rivers of human destinies reached common delta.
So many cultures, languages and fates have merged that never met each other or for millions of years that are now bouncing of each other and revolting against their own uniqueness submerged and lost like boats who lost their captains in the greater sea of Life.
We are almost there ..witnessing this prelude and mirage of possible human apocalypse that we brought upon ourselves. We lost so much for the hope in greater humanity. For that faint glimmer of faith in Unity so immaterial that it turned all the rest of our safeties to chaos .

Let’s blame it on terrorists :) I’m completely certain I’d have chosen peaceful and orderly life ..

[TEOTWAIKI]

It's been my own personal experience when I feel angry, out-of-sorts, depressed or lethargic it can usually be traced to higher levels of cosmic radiation coming in from the sun. I'll check space weather and sure enough there will be upticks or spikes in incoming energy.

The earth' shields are thinning and patchy in place and we are being exposed to more and more bursts of radiation. We have magnetic receptors in our bodies like most other creatures in the animal world that are responding to these bursts.

Jut my two cents worth...

[Flash]

3. Most cities are a soup of mixed cultural values that clashes with each other. No more common culture.
'
we need a common respect not "common culture". And I have to tell you in the middle of chaos you missed number 4 :bigsmile:

Je ne comprend pas tes commentaires, ou bien tu n’as pas compris les miens?

I do not understand your comments -in a litteral way. Or you have not understoid mine?? But something is not understood here

[XelNaga]

Hello Friends,

You have pointed to a very real issues that cause the "craziness" in our world (social media, msm, stress, all different kinds of pollution that is affecting us, many different cultures in one place, "doom-prophecies", etc.)

If I may, I would point to something else as well. If we are to believe in what's been said in many channelled materials and many spiritual works, we have reached the end of our spiritual cycle. The time to finish this "class" and move to the next have come. I think that I can say that not more then 10% of people have done anything in that regard. As some have mentioned, the influx of new energies is definitely affecting us, and I'm sure it affects us greatly and differently, depending on our "spiritual level". If 90% of people have no spiritual side to their lives, I'm sure that this will effect them negatively.

To add a little bit of Jung here, he said that one of most important aspects of working on our self is the shadow work, to work with the deepest and darkest parts of ourselves. What if that is exactly what is happening, people have completely neglected their shadows, and their spiritual side, and with the end of the cycle and influx of new energies, the shadows are emerging all over the place. IIRC, our shadow will project our flaws on other people, so we are constantly mad at everyone and everything.

PS: thank you brother thepainterdoug for this thread, you gave me an idea for a new thread :highfive:

[Pam]

Hello Friends,

You have pointed to a very real issues that cause the "craziness" in our world (social media, msm, stress, all different kinds of pollution that is affecting us, many different cultures in one place, "doom-prophecies", etc.)

If I may, I would point to something else as well. If we are to believe in what's been said in many channelled materials and many spiritual works, we have reached the end of our spiritual cycle. The time to finish this "class" and move to the next have come. I think that I can say that not more then 10% of people have done anything in that regard. As some have mentioned, the influx of new energies is definitely affecting us, and I'm sure it affects us greatly and differently, depending on our "spiritual level". If 90% of people have no spiritual side to their lives, I'm sure that this will effect them negatively.

To add a little bit of Jung here, he said that one of most important aspects of working on our self is the shadow work, to work with the deepest and darkest parts of ourselves. What if that is exactly what is happening, people have completely neglected their shadows, and their spiritual side, and with the end of the cycle and influx of new energies, the shadows are emerging all over the place. IIRC, our shadow will project our flaws on other people, so we are constantly mad at everyone and everything.

PS: thank you brother thepainterdoug for this thread, you gave me an idea for a new thread :highfive:

XelNaga, I would love for you to do a thread, I'm sure it will be very interesting. Looking forward to it.

[RunningDeer]

XelNaga, I would love for you to do a thread, I'm sure it will be very interesting. Looking forward to it.
XelNaga's thread: "Is it our obligation to do something about this insanity in the world?" (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?105912-Is-it-our-obligation-to-do-something-about-this-insanity-in-the-world&p=1273075&viewfull=1#post1273075)

[thepainterdoug]

XelNaga/ thanks my friend and thanks for picking up from my comments. i will see you thread .

Thanks Running dear and all the great members for commenting here.

[petra]

BuBu/ well I have noticed, and been noticing for a long time. but the slices are getting thinner, more refined, more absurd.

at wost, my showing her how to use the lock was being polite, considerate and helpful. at best, quite simply ,a gentleman.

should I open a door for a women, am I now going to hear, " I know how to open a door! "

fck that and this. Im not backing down. Im calling it as it is.

I consider this kind of thing to be a "hyperdimensional attack". You were acting according to your nature, and all of a sudden BAM, shot to the heart! That's how "they" get you to react.

If you think of "attacks" more like clues, or even questions, you can learn quite a bit about yourself in the process. The key thing is to know your own weaknesses.

If you were to go back in time and have to do it again, you'd have probably politely showed her every single time. But now that you know trying to be polite might offend someone, you might hesitate before being polite again.

[thepainterdoug]

hi Petra/ i have seen things slipping for quite a while. it builds and reaches new levels of ridiculousness , and then I need to share it.

I have spoken to many people recently who feel as I do. we are shooting ourselves in the foot, and I can help but feel its been planned and orchestrated.

I will remain true to myself . after all , Im good at it

[petra]

hi Petra/ i have seen things slipping for quite a while. it builds and reaches new levels of ridiculousness , and then I need to share it.

I have spoken to many people recently who feel as I do. we are shooting ourselves in the foot, and I can help but feel its been planned and orchestrated.

I will remain true to myself . after all , Im good at it

The level of orchestration would knock your socks off. I remember thinking things have gotten "too stupid to be real"!!! That's a joke though - it's real alright.

Sounds to me like your friends / family are being used against you. That happened to me (get the hell away from my family, assholes!), and the only way I was able to calm down is by realizing they're absolutely unaware of it.

[graciousb]

Social media is likely greatly to blame for the mood of increasing anger, in my opinion. There's great YT video I recently watched called ''Plugged In'', by Richard Grannon. One of the experts interviewed pointed out that the social media is DESIGNED to create separation and misery, that it's ''weaponized envy''. Young people particularly who have grown up ''plugged in'' are most affected, suicide rates have skyrocketed for young women particularly. Apparently people are getting a sense of worth from being the first to ''call out'' an outrage or misstep by someone else, because if they are early notifiers of whatever the outrage du jour, their posts will be liked and shared and the 'notifier's' profile will gain more followeres. The bottom line was how toxic it is to be caught up in this faux reality. So many are infected with this misery and are actually tribal about whatever they are ''against''. An awful way of being, but very likely this is contributing to the prickly sensitivity. It's an era of new age Grand Inquisitors, with a bit of McCarthyism thrown in for good measure. I've really enjoyed hearing the talks on YT from the ex professor from Evergreen College and his wife, about this whole topic.

[Rhogar]

I have written about these observations before. Is it possible because I'm in the NY , Nj area of the world? yes , to some degree Im sure

But I have had it with people talking "higher vibrations" , much love, "namaste"
rising chakras, other dimensions etc when they can't even function in a civil way in this plain everyday 3 d reality

I have just had several good friends completely confound me with their anger, unwillingness to talk and negotiate, in a way so simple for past generations.

A woman singer I hired, who I picked up in my car wrote me today to tell me she's been "holding it back" but is " offended", that I showed her how to open the door lock inside my car, and now needs to clear it up. I am not kidding. And my car is a classic British mini where things are not normal.

Another friend who is always bemoaning our violent and hateful world, asking why can't the Jews and Palestinians get along, cannot even take a sentinel of constructive criticism I needed to give him without him in return being hateful , angry and resentful towards me.

Its like society is at its 99.9% peanut oil tolerance and can't go much further.

People talking new age love, blessings, and signing off "much love" on their e mails are quickly in the next 5 minutes pissed and ready to tear your head off.

People speak of new age love and enlightenment but can't put the rubber to the road in any actionable way because they have created an on line personality void of reality testing that no way aligns with true reality.

How are big issues to be solved? Wars and intolerances between very different tribes and backgrounds when these people cannot even find harmony among others just like them ?

I can't share or send anything to anyone anymore. No one believes anything. Everyone knows everything .

On the phone, no one listens , just multi tasking, doing their dishes, typing on their keyboards until it's their turn .

Everything rushed, nothing absorbed or appreciated.

all "pre offended "on the streets and in public places

How will people galvanize at a time when truly needed?

WTF!

Hail mate,Do you really surprised from that situation?I live in Iran(forgive me for bad grammar if you spotted any) and two month ago on the radio i heard "the doctors who perform "Elf ears" and "Cat eyes" surgery will be severely punished".

"Cat Eyes" َalthough they did not achieve full potential yet, but imagine this, Andrzej Sapkowski gonna be so pissed off if he would hear that they gonna produce hordes of witchers armed with smart phones instead of swords!He may summon the Eredin to hunt these idiots.
And "Elf Ears", i don't even know what to say about that, i think Tolkien will be pleased though,I will inform you if Orc race is available until then pray for Malacath:facepalm:

This place is insane mentally and physically.