Participate more? Or drop back ?

[thepainterdoug]

Nothing is getting easier. No modern tech is making human life better without a complicated aspect added . We are on a ride thats hard to get off.

Phone- there are so many apps, updates, notices, alerts. New features, texting by finger, voice recording or" voice text " which I have just discovered.
I get a phone call and notices are popping up in front of it. A new call, a text , cant see who it is I am trying to talk to. or driving with maps and loose my direction when someone calls or updates pop up ! lol

whats app. telegram, instagram, messages, non stop, update prompts and all.
maps , google maps, i tunes all happening when driving,
audio books going as well

E mails, I cannot talk to my son. Forget the phone, he is jamming, so e mails or text are the only way.
He gets maybe 500 e mails a day , probably more, so mine just get lost or put on a shelf.
Just to sift thru his e mails is a full time job. By the time he is done and on the way home, he is burnt out and not up for talk.

I tunes now makes music mixes for me, studying my listening habits. I cant seem to just buy a song like I used to.Then some songs or playlist starts playing and I can get it off.

News and media sites, keeping up with whats going on. Emails asking for $$ support . It never ends. The noise in between my ears is often maddening and hard to debrief from.

I am not requesting advice as I already get it. It's a matter of disconnecting. But that has its price as well.

What will it be like in another couple of years? What kind of life is this?
Perhaps this is why we are meant to die off

Feel free to chime in or ignore.

[tendril]

To chime in...
I am a firm believer in IRL. In real life, as in person. Too, like many of my age, I have seen the gambit of the rise of tech. I question it in an ongoing deeply personal way. In an example: Why does the vet need to send me emails fear porn about my dog? I say No as they have an app too. Why on earth do I require this?

Ultimately, it feels tech is a mechanism of control. I say no. I will not comply with the need for technology. It is a simple tool of convenience. I can count, I can discern, and I can decide for myself. No nanny required.

[Pam]

I am undergoing a natural, organic process that has meant I have almost separated from the current culture. I don't feel any desire to interact with most of it. It isn't about bitterness or dislike necessarily. I simply don't appreciate the current culture and the focus of technical obsession with it's ever new apps and increasing complexities and constant updating. I don't find much reason to interact on a social level if I am unable to have a thoughtful conversation or a good laugh or share in the wonder of beauty. Most people seem to be spouting the current programming they are being fed and it has no meaning for me. I am fortunate that I enjoy solitude and my own company. I enjoy spending time with my dogs and working outdoors and doing yoga. There are so many books written in others times I have yet to read.I love to try and figure out the mysteries of life.

It doesn't mean I don't utilize technology. As far as my cell phone goes, I use it for communication and it is nice to have if I am traveling. Texting can be a nice tool, although it definitely has its down side. I try to keep a very minimum of apps on it and definitely don't carry the friggin thing in my pocket all the time unless I am expecting a call and am working outside or going somewhere. I have maintained it as a tool and refuse to let it become more than that. I have never gotten used to people that can't put their phone down. More than once I have gone out with someone that will get a call and proceed to carry on a casual conversation with them when they have committed to spending time together. They don't even seem to have the common courtesy of saying they will call back later. I am seriously thinking of downgrading to a fliptop phone that can still text as I see where the whole smart phone thing is being weaponized against my privacy and will be continuously increased as a mode of control until they get the whole trans-humanism thing up and running.

I guess I can be perfectly content leading sort of a "Walden" sort of lifestyle with an emphasis of spending more time in the natural world rather than the synthetic one. It will be interesting to see how having this evil and deceit rising to the surface will ultimately effect mankind. Will it be our demise or will the power of those developing courage and a commitment to a kinder, more cooperative world make enough of a difference energetically to get us through to a changing of frequency from the current trajectory?

[thepainterdoug]

Tendril/ so true regarding your dog. All of this is so intrusive and so unnecessary. I get an update ever day about impending weather doom in my town.
yesterday it said, dangerous snow squall warning, first of the year.
remained sunny out all day.

Its my take on covid as well. I look out the window, down the street and walk outside. I dont see or hear about a pandemic, not now ,not a year ago. No one dying, no ambulances and town chatter about who died etc. No one removed from my condo complex. ITs only on the news !
i guess the dumbing down over the last 20 years has really truly worked!

And regarding tech, in Jurassic Park, Jeff Goldblum says when the T Rex appears regarding cloning, , just cause you could have , doesnt mean you should have.

[RunningDeer]

Now and again I have to disconnect from everyone. It’s been like that for as long as I can remember. In the last year, I bounce back sometimes within hours or overnight. I figure it's because I’m evolving into Paula-New; the one that is creating a new world. For now, it’s a small world. I envision it expanding one day. There are moments when I’m impatient, and other times I am sadden to believe I’m undeserving of it.


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Hodgepodge snippets:

I unsubscribe to emails when I’ve ordered on-line. It cuts down on the garbage emails.

When I send email to family I add on the Subject line: Paula - [and add a brief description of topic]. I no longer take it personally when they don’t respond tout suite. Everyone is going…growing through this transition. I’d wager my family is unaware of it.

I’ve only downloaded a few apps for the iPad/mini-iPad. I’ve deleted apps if there are pop-ups.

Last month, I discontinued my home phone service because I always kept it unplugged. Even one call a day from advertisers was one too many. I’m now $648 a year richer. This past summer, I sprung for a cheapo cell phone and have service with [i]Tracfone (https://www.tracfone.com/home) for $22 a month.

Suggestion: Turn off Genius in iTunes to stop those pop-ups and/or suggestions.


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[thepainterdoug]

Thanks Running deer I need to sit down and do housekeeping on all these devices.

[Open Minded Dude]

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[lake]

I guess it depends on each person .... I have been thinking for some few years to 'leave' the internet.
Would it be of any use to me to do so .... it would make things difficult but .... I do consider that the 'black mirrors' are taking us lower, into a lesser place ....... from which we may never be able to leave!
The words "Never put on the VR googles, as you will never know if you took them back off" .... keep running around in my head.

60/40 right now that I turn it all off and return to a more simple way of life .... just leave all this behind!

[Bill Ryan]

...on all these devices

Made me laugh. (But not at you! :bearhug: )

I only have a computer (a regular one, a small 13" 2015 Mac laptop), and I keep in touch with the world via the forum and a handful of news sites I visit regularly.

Most everything I need to know about the world (and what people in the world are all saying and experiencing) is reliably shared on Avalon every day. If there's something on Twitter I might be usefully aware of, it'll be there in a forum post, and I'll find it. :thumbsup:

My very old and simple cellphone, which I think cost me $20, I never use unless I'm on the road and trying to co-ordinate a meeting with someone in town, which is once in a blue moon. I have no cellphone signal at home, and I disconnected my landline years ago.

I have no social media accounts at all except for email. No Facebook, no LinkedIn, no Instagram, no Twitter, no nothing. Social media is an addiction. It really is, in the truest sense of the word.

I sensed the quicksand-danger of the internet way back in the late 90s and was VERY reluctant to get involved. It took me a long time even to start using email, and I recoiled from Facebook like it was something poisonous. :)

That was purely instinctive. I didn't know a tiny fraction as much about all that as I do now, but I still picked it all up intuitively.

Like Paula, I've gradually grown to be rather a recluse (and an extremely happy one!), and I've been diligent in keeping my life very simple.

I live simply, communicate simply, eat simply, take care of myself simply, and profoundly appreciate all the simplicities around me, most definitely including everything that's natural, green and magical — and there's a LOT of that to be appreciated if one chooses to connect with it all. It's all still out there. :)
:happy dog:

[Johan (Keyholder)]

Like most here, I am for "drop back".

Retreating in Nature in Belgium (and the surrounding countries) is not so easy, but I DO believe it is still possible, at least to a serious level.
Limiting the use of internet (what's necessary, and that depends on what one is occupied with), NO social media (or again, what is necessary to reach people that also want to limit "radiation exposure" - some of us have to be like "beacons" so that other people càn "get out", when they opt to do so), and if possible a "flip-phone" instead of a - (stupid..) - smart one.

It's an adventure to even TRY to get back way more into real life. I can suggest that to everyone here.

[Open Minded Dude]

I only use a PC for all things private (email, music, browsing, etc.) and one other PC for work. I also only use a flip phone still from pre-Iphone times. I bought a smartphone a few years ago but I don't use it. I seem the only person in the world who had one and was utterly bored by it. I do not like small screens so I left it where it is since it had no extra cost for me (the sim card for that one was into the bargain with my internet provider). Officially as a private person I am not on any Social Media. I had a FB account for my artist project but I deleted it again. I just don't like FB and its design and functionalities. In other words: I thought it sucked. Twitter is a no go and I certainly use a lot of YouTube if you see it as Social Media but also in anonymous form and with an artist account. So I still go a lot under the radar and am more disconnected than connected in my view. But not entirely. Keeping up a certain level to 'stay tuned in' is okay.

'The dosage makes the poison' as the saying goes.

[SpookyMulder]

Just like Bill, I have no so called social accounts. Nothing, no interest, never had any and will never do. Thas is simply digital cocaine for the people, used to turn folks into addicts, observe and study them. I walk around and look at people as if they were QR codes!
Litteraly, all they spent their time doing these days is scanning their phones, it's funny how they are allowing algorithms dictate their very life or what's left of it. I personally got refused so many jobs because I didn't have a Linkedin or FB. They cared, I didn't.

For example, I don't bother with the likes of spotify or whatever streaming service out there as I use Kodi (https://kodi.tv/) to listen to my music, it's all offline and you can organise anything the way you want. It's open source and free with the best audio engine you can find on any player around.

I don't use YouTube but an alternative called Freetube (https://freetubeapp.io/) to watxch whatever videos put on YT, the beauty of it is that you don't need a google account or to log in to suscribe to any channel, download the application, pick the channel, suscribe and Bob's your uncle; open source and free too.

For browsing, I use my own customised version of Firefox to disable all form of telemetry and spying poo-poo (as there is) otherwise well, Tor is your compadre!

If your pc or laptop gets old in the teeth, well a little Linux treatment will do the trick to give it a new lease of life. Pick your choice, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Whonix, Mandjaro, Pop_OS, MX Linux, Endeavour, and the list goes on.

There are many other things you can do or try, alternatives, and open source tools to free yourself from the shackles of the corporate prison. It requires a bit of research and trying but hey, a few of us can help. This is why Avalon was built for in part, and right now time is of the essence.

It's hard to swim against the tide, when everybody around you seems to swim towards where the sharks are and you watch from the lifeguard tower telling them to pay attention to that very tide, at the end of the day it is their very choice and we have to accept it and have compassion even though harder these days.

There is only one thing more porwerful than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time has come.

[Gemma13]

I'm also reclusive, only put my little burner phone in a drawer 6mths ago to finally get a smart phone, much to the joy of family and friends because the emojis they send me are no longer a bunch of empty squares. But what has really struck me recently is how little in common I have with those around me.

As many outliers here know that's been a cross to bear most of our lives, but a trip away recently visiting family and friends drove it home even further as I was hoping to find a glimpse of evolution in my local sphere after many years of self exile.

Not so, conversations were painfully bland and stuck in a groundhog day from years ago. When I attempted to raise the bar a bit because the inevitable happened and it was my turn to share with my cousins what I was up to, they all froze and looked at me like deer stuck in headlights. When the cousin I thought would be the smartest in the room came to my rescue, his authoritative translation to everyone was so basic I then looked at the group like a deer stuck in headlights.

I had described a novel I was starting to write that would juxtapose human heart Wi-Fi vs synthetic A.I. Wi-Fi in the evolution of our species. I gave several examples when I saw jaws starting to drop and knew I had to help them along. I kept it fairly low key though with Sophia and her citizenship, transhumanism and spirituality. After the awkward silence the rescue cousin said, with a condescending chuckle, "It's going to be about when you're at work and your phone reminds you it's time to call Mum for her birthday."

Now as much as this response could factor in, the gap between a phone calendar and The Matrix was disheartening. I looked at my plate of food, praised the cook, nodded and smiled like a robot to all the chatter that started up again whilst retreating into another world inside with a stark reminder of why I spend so much time on my own.

But the point of this was not the fact that they didn't have a clue about what I was talking about, I never expected that, it was the lack of curiosity to even ask just one question. Not one! If someone started talking about a world or topic I didn't know much about I would have to zip my mouth up from time to time to give them time to respond to the million questions I would love them to answer.

It is the lack of curiosity, let alone imagination, that I think is one of our biggest hurdles.

[thepainterdoug]

Many of you have seemed to setttle in to a good balance. Congratulations! Enviorment is key. Im in my city so long and yet pretty much a recluse here.
But its different than being out in the expansion of nature and space.
I have no interest in travel. The answer for me is going within, the spirit, and conversations with God

[Sadieblue]

Sometimes I think I have outlived my time, but I try to stay away from tech. as much as I can. I even still use checks, and write out my monthly bills, stamp them and put them in the mail box for the mail carrier to pick up. I don't like to carry my phone outside with me, but my daughter insist, just in case you fall and need help. I do enjoy my computer and it is a desktop, I have the IPhone, Notepad, and other trinkets that have been given to me by my family, I wouldn't even have the cell phone if my daughter didn't pay the bill. I use it rarely, I prefer my house phone which I do have, and hate the texting bit. If you want to talk with me, call me on my house phone please...it doesn't get hot in my hand like the cell does. All this Tech stuff is not for me.

[Harmony]

I find the quietness of nature does help to move your focus within, and it is helpful to be able to do that when you are in any situation as well.

When I read Gemma 13's post above about being with people, I often feel the same, feeling some how so alienated because what is so important inside of us has no meaning to another, almost like existing with one foot barely in this world and it's concepts, yet loving the beauty and magnificence of this world at the same time. I would love to read your book Gemma, those exact thoughts of what it would be like living in a world based on love and trust and caring, the only key needed to enter that world, a key that can only resonate with goodness, and how our abilities with our beings alone could surpass any AI abilities ever çould.

Our inside, our true essence, not the knowledge of the essence, seems to what we are being called to fine tune.

[Mike]

I had an intuition about wifi devices long ago, much like Bill did. I didn't even have a cell phone till I was 27 years old. I held out for a long while, and I liked it that way. Back then I would have been pleased if all that tech was destroyed and everyone was forced to communicate thru smoke signals. In 1995 I dropped out of a college course because they wanted me to set up an email address. Emails seemed preposterous to me at the time. I just didn't feel right about any of it.

But I quickly discovered that if I wanted a job - and more importantly if I wanted to hang onto my girlfriend - I'd need both a phone and an email address. For a while I still maintained a distance from this stuff, but when I finally got that first smart phone it totally corrupted me. I imagine it's sort of akin to taking that first hit of crystal meth, or heroin. Suddenly i was the archetypal converted primitive. Makes me a little sad to think about it.

I got carried away over the years but I'm finally settling into a balance. I operate online in fits n spurts. I'm not on social media (Ive sent exactly 1 tweet in my life...to Stephen King, because I simply had to tell him what a dipsh!t he is. But that's it). The closest thing I have to social media is Avalon, and I try to stagger my participation here lately (few weeks on, few weeks off). I think it's a healthy thing to do.

I deactivated my Skype account because I was getting deluged with messages, and I felt a constant and annoying obligation to respond to all of them. It drained me, because I'm a bit of a loner at heart, and I find that people - in general - take from me more than they give to me. That's my fault too. When I find myself in some kind of dialogue with someone - be it voice or text - I feel like they expect me to entertain them in some way, and I will frequently oblige by lapsing into my little performing flea act. It's a terrible flaw and I'm trying my damndest to stop

I'm getting better finally at establishing my own pace tho. People call me frequently and I just don't pick up anymore. They can call 10 times and I'll ignore the bloody phone 10 times if I don't feel like talking. Even with text messages..I take my sweet time responding. I almost treat them like handwritten notes that get delivered by foot. It might be a while before you hear back from me

Thing is, people begin feeling entitled to your time and energy if you continually give it away. Uncharacteristically, I exchanged a flurry of phone calls and texts with an old friend of mine recently...and now he's angry that I'm not responding. It's amazing. I think he thought we were just going to carry on like that for the rest of our lives:)

[RunningDeer]

Many of you have seemed to setttle in to a good balance. Congratulations! Enviorment is key. Im in my city so long and yet pretty much a recluse here.
But its different than being out in the expansion of nature and space.
I have no interest in travel. The answer for me is going within, the spirit, and conversations with God
That's how I walk in nature. It all begins with going within and pretty soon it’s hard to tell what’s within and what’s without. I’m lifted by the conversations with the wind, the trees, plants, animals, birds, insects, the rock walls.

With the seasonal change, life’s mostly in hibernation now. I wished the sleepy life a good winters rest and I’ll see them next spring.

Winter winds are still available for conversation. I expand way out. Wind blows through and helps to clear out the energetic debris. I visualize and watch the DNA and energetic bits in the auric field shake up and shake out and repair. What happens in the auric field also happens within. It’s all the same to me.

[Gemma13]

Harmony:  I would love to read your book Gemma,

Thanks Harmony...I'll have to get cracking then :)  The plot is outlined fairly well in my head and I'm just starting to put it down on paper.

I had kinda given up on the idea of ever being able to do something about it because it's something that I feel strongly needs two to tango; so it wasn't even on my radar a few months back.  But it is now, thanks to kind encouragement, lovely support, and guiding intelligence that I am blessed to receive from a friend. 

[Mashika]

I have an android phone, i'm mostly on airplane mode except when i'm out of reach of wifi or signal is poor to use the data plan. if i know i'm going to be off for a while, from good signal, i do enable radio signal for the sim card, so i can get important messages if something may happen, or a phone call. Otherwise i do keep track of messages on Vk and Telegram, mostly from family and friends i don't want to lose touch

I am subscribed to around 40 separate channels in Telegram, and several other places in Vk and Reddit

Every morning, i take my phone out of "No Disturb" mode and then the following happens:

Around 400 notifications come in at once

Then i start scrolling through them:

"Biden said xx.." swipe away
"Putin said xx.." swipe away
"This or x politica.." swipe away
"You won't believe what this perso.. " swipe away
"This programming course will make you a geniou.." swipe away
"40 lost calls from Hom..." swipe away
"Where the F*** are yo..." swipe away
"Free ebook about xx." swipe away
"The end of the wor.." swipe away
"I like you and want to mee.." swipe away
"I don't know you but please add me as a frie..." swipe away

IF i want to check Telegram, i open the app and check the channels i like the most, and i often unsubscribe from those with 'sensational news" and clickbait, it's an endless cycle but sometimes i find a channel that posts good stuff first, then 2 months later it turns into 'another one of those', so away it goes. I also mute some friends for months, when they keep doing odd stuff, like posting memes about being an incel or such :HELP!:

Then some times, good stuff comes in, like someone just saying Hi! and is a person i loved to talk to, or actual good video recommendations from subscriptions on youtube or other places. And good quality news on twitter or reddit, but also there you can select who and what to listen for, so i have a very short list of subscriptions there

I have the phone setup so that only people who i have in my starred contacts can go through the 'no disturb mode', everyone/everything else gets swiped away as soon as i check my phone every morning

I think most important thing is, you may have all those social media apps, but select well what/which ones and what to subscribe for, and keep it clean, subscribe to something you think is interesting, then if a dumb message comes in, delete the subscription right then and there, don't wait or think it twice. That stuff doesn't matter. Just like talking to someone on the street who first says "Hi" and then turns nasty 10 seconds later, why bother? Keep walking away, it's pointless to pay attention

I don't think there's anything bad to check what's 'out there', but never let it grow into a monster that keeps you busy checking it every 5 minutes. Just check once a day, curate the feed and remove any app you find no use for, after testing it for a day or two

It's also important to always be on top of the game, but how could you, if you don't try it at least once? But as said here on the thread before, once you check it out, and if it looks malign, then you should just skip immediately, right?

I have friends who are a dictionary of memes and quotes, all picked up from social media. It's impossible to have a real human conversation with them, they are just social media bots by now. They allowed the social media monster to take them over :)

I just think it is the same as how you select friends out there, or what tv channels, radio stations to listen to, maybe it's a bit harder but you can just avoid subscribing to stuff you don't like and then keep that practice and in the same way that if you don't like a person for whatever reason you just stop hanging up with them. Kind of like that?

[Mashika]

I had an intuition about wifi devices long ago, much like Bill did. I didn't even have a cell phone till I was 27 years old. I held out for a long while, and I liked it that way. Back then I would have been pleased if all that tech was destroyed and everyone was forced to communicate thru smoke signals. In 1995 I dropped out of a college course because they wanted me to set up an email address. Emails seemed preposterous to me at the time. I just didn't feel right about any of it.

I had an email address way before i even knew what an email address was :P It is from around 1999 or so. It's been there forever and i never truly used it until probably the last 6 years or so. But as time passed, it was imported into the new servers and eventually turned out to be a great choice, i have my official name on that email address, which turns out to be something most people can't get anymore. That's great for business and stuff :)



But I quickly discovered that if I wanted a job - and more importantly if I wanted to hang onto my girlfriend - I'd need both a phone and an email address. For a while I still maintained a distance from this stuff, but when I finally got that first smart phone it totally corrupted me. I imagine it's sort of akin to taking that first hit of crystal mesh, or heroin. Suddenly i was the archetypal converted primitive. Makes me a little sad to think about it.

I got carried away over the years but I'm finally settling into a balance. I operate online in fits n spurts. I'm not on social media (Ive sent exactly 1 tweet in my life...to Stephen King, because I simply had to tell him what a dipsh!t he is. But that's it). The closest thing I have to social media is Avalon, and I try to stagger my participation here lately (few weeks on, few weeks off). I think it's a healthy thing to do.

In Soviet Russia, you don't have Avalon, Avalon has you... :P



I deactivated my Skype account because I was getting deluged with messages, and I felt a constant and annoying obligation to respond to all of them. It drained me, because I'm a bit of a loner at heart, and I find that people - in general - take from me more than they give to me. That's my fault too. When I find myself in some kind of dialogue with someone - be it voice or text - I feel like they expect me to entertain them in some way, and I will frequently oblige by lapsing into my little performing flea act. It's a terrible flaw and I'm trying my damndest to stop

Mostly just keep walking, like when you find someone crazy on the street warning about the end of the world coming in 2012 and you check your calendar and it's 2021....



I'm getting better finally at establishing my own pace tho. People call me frequently and I just don't pick up anymore. They can call 10 times and I'll ignore the bloody phone 10 times if I don't feel like talking. Even with text messages..I take my sweet time responding. I almost treat them like handwritten notes that get delivered by foot. It might be a while before you hear back from me

Thing is, people begin feeling entitled to your time and energy if you continually give it away. Uncharacteristically, I exchanged a flurry of phone calls and texts with an old friend of mine recently...and now he's angry that I'm not responding. It's amazing. I think he thought we were just going to carry on like that for the rest of our lives:)
LMAO, why does that happen so often? Why won't you reply! I just sent you a message 2.345 seconds ago!!!!!!

Addiction is the reason :P

[Mike]

Masha you're so right - it is addiction. I was just telling a good friend that if there is such a thing as sin, then boredom is the greatest sin there is. The spirit can't tolerate it. It will take all kinds of senseless risks to avoid it. It's why people who've had liver transplants go back to drinking. They know what the consequences will be but they've calculated that they can't be as bad as the boredom.

I'm going thru that now. I've had this heart issue for so long, and I'm finally getting healthy. It's actually a pretty dangerous spot to be in, because as my energy has been increasing my tolerance for boredom has dramatically decreased. I want to drink some beers, I want to excessively use wifi devices (alcohol and wifi just cripple my heart) etc. I know what the consequences are (hell!) but it still requires all my willpower to avoid those things. Addiction is a bitch, as they say.

As far as my friend goes, he's much less tolerant of boredom than me. He's like a little kid - he needs to be occupied all the time. And anything that fills that void can quickly become addictive. At the moment the addiction is chatting with me. And it's not because I'm such a wonderful conversationalist..it's because I'm all he's got!

He's called twice in the last 10 minutes. I didn't pick up.. He just texted me and said, "that's not cool". And I'm thinking, what's not cool is you f#cking calling me every 10 minutes when I clearly don't want to talk:) If I don't pick up the phone on the 7 previous calls, that should be a clue, right? But no, he'll keep calling. It's astounding.

Re walking: i do walk alot now! I find it to be pretty meditative. It's my last great escape from everything. It's sacred in a way. But If I start murmuring sh!t about the upcoming apocalypse to complete strangers and laughing maniacally at the sun, I'll know it's time to call it a day I think. I got nothin left to do I'm afraid.

[jaybee]

What drives me nuts is that all this technology could be used for good but seems to now be going down the slavery road - from memory didn't Tesla discover free energy a long long time ago but because no one could make a profit from it, it wasn't developed - then he ended up destroyed and alone with only a pigeon to talk to...... and inventors who develop 'free energy' get persecuted, even killed and their inventions buried -

I saw a programme many years ago - one in the UK in a series called Horizon - where they looked at possibilities for the future - I remember being very impressed with one bit where a man was stood holding a cauliflower (think it was a cauliflower) :) next to this fairly small portable unit - that could grow (create) fruit vegetables in around a day or two - I presume the idea was that all the environmental conditions were replicated and speeded up - and I thought what a brilliant idea - so people could grow their own food in their home very quickly - -

Horn of plenty kind of thing - cornucopia - :)

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Re my own use of phones - I like to keep it to a minimum - I have a bog standard flip phone - a Senior's one because I like the big numbers on it - haha - I don't really like having a phone conversation and usually it's to wrap up something that's too long for a text - the very few people/friends I'm involved with texting - mainly for brief necessary communication - we finish the exchange quickly with a whole text comprising of a kiss... an X ... and that signals that it's the end and acknowledges that their text has been read...

[Mike Gorman]

From your remarks concerning music, and being directed to 'play lists' I compile my own selections from downloaded MP3 tracks from YouTube, you can make your own selection this way - each video has an audio track which can be separated from the visual data leaving only the audio MP3 - free tools on the Web enables this. At least you can direct your own music library!
This is the big difference, I find, we have been conditioned to remain passive while our behavior is analyzed and an Algorithm tells us what we must do, this paternalistic aspect of the 'Web Life' is the one I resist fiercely,
with Web 1.0 we had much more say in how we 'browsed' the web and what we consumed - it was a much more individualistic approach - in the past 15 years or so we have all been duped into accepting the authority of the new mainstream, Big Tech have swamped our lives and we will consider ourselves Luddites, or very wayward if we do not comply!
The WWW offered a possible choice of direction, we seem to have accepted the DARPA authority option, Tm Berners-Lee wanted us to have free access to publishing and to enhance the intellectual life of people, that is still possible but we have to be conscious and willful, I am noticing that the web has become a new norm, I do not like what I am seeing, and I am supposedly one of the 'high priests' of Tech, I am starting to visualize a rustic retreat, owning land and growing my own food, I am retreating away from tech, it looks very much as if Dystopia has become a reality.

[Pam]

I'm also reclusive, only put my little burner phone in a drawer 6mths ago to finally get a smart phone, much to the joy of family and friends because the emojis they send me are no longer a bunch of empty squares. But what has really struck me recently is how little in common I have with those around me.

As many outliers here know that's been a cross to bear most of our lives, but a trip away recently visiting family and friends drove it home even further as I was hoping to find a glimpse of evolution in my local sphere after many years of self exile.

Not so, conversations were painfully bland and stuck in a groundhog day from years ago. When I attempted to raise the bar a bit because the inevitable happened and it was my turn to share with my cousins what I was up to, they all froze and looked at me like deer stuck in headlights. When the cousin I thought would be the smartest in the room came to my rescue, his authoritative translation to everyone was so basic I then looked at the group like a deer stuck in headlights.

I had described a novel I was starting to write that would juxtapose human heart Wi-Fi vs synthetic A.I. Wi-Fi in the evolution of our species. I gave several examples when I saw jaws starting to drop and knew I had to help them along. I kept it fairly low key though with Sophia and her citizenship, transhumanism and spirituality. After the awkward silence the rescue cousin said, with a condescending chuckle, "It's going to be about when you're at work and your phone reminds you it's time to call Mum for her birthday."

Now as much as this response could factor in, the gap between a phone calendar and The Matrix was disheartening. I looked at my plate of food, praised the cook, nodded and smiled like a robot to all the chatter that started up again whilst retreating into another world inside with a stark reminder of why I spend so much time on my own.

But the point of this was not the fact that they didn't have a clue about what I was talking about, I never expected that, it was the lack of curiosity to even ask just one question. Not one! If someone started talking about a world or topic I didn't know much about I would have to zip my mouth up from time to time to give them time to respond to the million questions I would love them to answer.

It is the lack of curiosity, let alone imagination, that I think is one of our biggest hurdles.

My dear Gemma, I so enjoyed and totally understood your story. You really are good at telling a story, and I for one will love to read your book!!! And the part about the lack of curiosity is so very true. As far as anyone I know except for my son, it seems to have left the planet. No desire to even mildly debate anything. I find that strange. I don't think I would have much enjoyment without curiosity.

[Ernie Nemeth]

I also have to comment on that post Gemma.

It is the lack of curiosity that astounds me also. How is it that they have no curiosity? What occupies their minds? Are there huge gaps of time when they are not thinking at all? Do they go blank and not even realize it? Do they spend their time fantasizing about being rich, famous, important? Or do they imagine sex with their favourite actor/actress? Are they immersed in someone else's life on twitter? What do they occupy their time with?

The other thing that makes me wonder is, how can an uninformed drone, which is the average person in this society in my estimation, have opinions on every manner of thing but know nothing about those things beyond their opinion about it?

Makes me shake my head.

[thepainterdoug]

gemma
i was going to get to responding to your very relatable story but got distracted.

i just finished after 7 years of work, my musical hypnotta. at thanksgiving, not one person asked me about it, not one person ever asks me about anything. I ask them, they dont ask me.

they dont want to be reminded of who they no longer are , of the vibrancy , curiosity and excitement they have lost. they are all good people but they have let the world beat them down to a diminished shell of themselves.

gemma, you are a threat to them , as I am to mine. i guess thats why we are all here.

[Heart to heart]

Bill, I truly believe the simpler one’s life becomes the more intuitive and intelligent one becomes. You are an icon of an exemplar for us all ❤️🌟🙏

[thepainterdoug]

Heart to Heart, WELL SAID! It comes from the top.

Reminds me of the saying , dont listen to what someone says, watch what they do.

[Arcturian108]

I meditate twice a day, which does a good job of erasing most of the stresses of modernity, plus my husband (he stood over me just now to add that bit). Then I do a yearly cleanse, by going into complete silence for the first week of the New Year. Having been doing that for about 20 years. Does a real good job of putting things back into perspective, and reviving deep recesses of untapped energies. It makes it crystal clear how much energy we use to talk at all.

[SpookyMulder]

All true that, that people's future has been taken away from them only to be sold back to them at a higher price with many more restrictions and limitations, basically for a lot less value that it was originaly worth. In the last 12 months or so, I have personally lost of my so called friends or people who pretended to be.

I have no desire to become a human 2.0

Apart from a very, very few remaining people around me, I am accepting the fact that basically Avalon is somehow the last place where I and others can hold the light for the ongoing fight we are all facing, and to support each other in times of need.

Thank you to Bill for having established this "Village" years ago and thnk you to all of you who populate it.

:shielddeflect:

[DaveToo]

*** Post alert. This will likely turn into a rant!
There is a tie-in between this thread and a topic from the latest
Corbett Report New World Next Week series where they discuss
a news item from the U.K.

I noticed a long long time ago that we make many technological devices not be because we need/want them, but rather because we simply can make them.

Someone dreams up new devices, sometimes at a domestic level, sometimes at a military level etc.
And then it’s as if we must put the devices to use, regardless if they are really needed or not.
Of courses there’s always the financial incentive to create new tech devices. But society will more often than not accept almost anything new that comes their way, with open arms.

There are so many tech gadgets built into new cars these days, that are no longer options. Every car will have them. As far as I’m concerned most are unnecessary and even annoying (especially the beeping ones). Have any of you been aurally assaulted as you were leaving/entering your car by a deafening car horn honk? Did you notice that almost all the people who activated the honk are far clear of their vehicle when they do it?

Participate more? Or drop back?

When cell phones first started to come on the scene 20+ years ago I sensed there was something
sinister about them. This was way before they started to become ‘smart’.
I remember being in a pharmacy with my brother and he got a call from his wife on his cell phone.
He handed me his phone to talk with her. This was the very first time I held a cell phone in my hand.
I recall bringing the phone to my ear and immediately feeling a strong tingling in my hand and tension in
my temples. I wanted to have nothing whatsoever to do with that device and handed it back to my brother as quickly as I could.

And then as the years passed I kept seeing more and more people walking along sidewalks either staring
down into their phones or busily chatting on them. I could see into the future. It was so easy.

When I was young and I would walk along a sidewalk on a busy street I could make eye contact
with dozens and dozens of people. It was the natural, human thing to do. Today that’s virtually impossible. More than 50% of people walking along a sidewalk today are totally immersed with their cellphones. Anyone else walking along is a blur, a distraction. And they will continue through intersections totally preoccupied with their phones at great danger to their safety.

Participate more? Or drop back?
And how about forced participation?

How about being forced to participate in unnecessary technology?
Like almost every time you try to make a call to a business or government agency etc.?
Isn’t it so much fun to be forced to push buttons for 5 minutes or more before you are granted
the privilege to possibly speak with someone? It’s more than likely that after that period of time
(and pushing many buttons) you will simply be placed in a cue waiting for someone to pick up the phone.

How about the latest trend at big box stores of being forced to become an unpaid ‘employee’ of the store?
Yes I’m talking about the trend of cutting down on cashiers in favor of installing self-checkout
kiosks. It has come to the point where you are practically forced to use these machines if you don’t want to wait up to 15 minutes or more in line for the privilege of having a human being serve you.

You are expected to learn, on-the-fly, how to operate the self-checkout machines so that you can help the businesses save money by cutting down on employees. Brilliant!

And how about the latest vax pass technology coming to a store, restaurant or pub near you?
Don’t you feel simply thrilled to be able to whip out your phone and comply in order to gain entrance
to a venue that never used to screen patrons? Ahhh.. isn’t technology a wonderful thing?

So what was that tie-in that I mentioned at the top of my post?
This one has to be one of the sickest, disgusting uses of technology I have
heard of to date.

The U.K. government is mandating the microchipping of all pet cats!
Anyone failing to comply will be forced to pay £500.

You can read all about it here:

Cat microchipping to be made mandatory
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cat-microchipping-to-be-made-mandatory

[Delight]

It has occurred to me that if we had a massive CME, we might wipe out all the technocracy. I have been contemplating this with glee. It would be a serious trial and I would not have the internet any longer but IMO it might be for the best. I am not a good prepper and I am a senior citizen. Probably I will be extinct soon but I would like to see the end of the technocracy happen. That would make me happy.

In the meantime, I do love the internet and I actually feel that I have a "communing" relationship with ideas and the people I hear. Probably I spend way too much time online.

[Gemma13]

DaveToo: Every car will have them. As far as I’m concerned most are unnecessary and even annoying (especially the beeping ones).

Agree. As much as technology is significantly useful, there are lots of useful idiots inventing ridiculous add-ons that more useful idiots pay to have installed.

The car beeping thing is my pet hate. I can no longer sit with my door open listening to songs because I get abused repeatedly with "Hey idiot, you have your door open".

Bloody Sophia the robot probably came up with this idea to help out her mates waiting in line to start driving cars for us, followed by a "robots must be smarter" imbecile having a genius, lightbulb moment of how important it must be to tell humans they are too stupid to be allowed to make this simple choice ever again.

[ExomatrixTV]

emails problem

Maybe if you both use a different & separate email for the soul-purpose: in case of emergencies within family & close friends network ... Same applies to making new (different) private social media accounts make something exclusive for a limited group and your problem is (partially) solved.


I know it takes some extra effort ... I do it for years and it pays off. :tea:

(Almost) everything in life can be a (smarter or dumber) choice ... and I certainly do not mean this judgemental ... as I am far far from perfect ... I speak in general terms, me included.

cheers,
John

[SoulValor]

These technologies are not evil or bad - but how you implement them (the frequencies being used for instance) and how you use them (social media addiciton for instance) may be. Just like money isn't bad or evil - but the way it gets used by some (blackmailing, dependencies) may be. Or how it is horded, distributed etc (banks) may be. So it is all up to one self how you use it and how you set it up and maintain it (the cell phone, the PC - only have necessary programs, run a good firewall and anti-virus program, adblockers, don't allow popups or push messages etc). And also if you care to protect yourself against their frequencies and EMF. In other words, do your homework.

If you do take proper care, the internet and even social media can be a blessing. Think about this forum here....without the internet/computers, it wouldn't be here and all these people wouldn't be here either. Without the internet we wouldn't have been able to meet so many like minded people (and converse) with them over the years. Sometimes even switching over to real life with them! And isn't it kind of an advantage to get to know a person only online first? You can do a lot more filtering before deciding to really let that person into your physical space (aura).

When the internet started around 93/94 here I immediately saw the advantages of it and jumped onto it. Best decision of my life! However, I did not go with the cell phone craze (which started around the same time). I felt completely different there. I did not own a cell phone until a few years back - and that's only because I have to. I cannot pay my bills/do my banking anymore without a cell phone. So once a month I use a cell phone now. And once a month - due to this - I also have to switch on my wireless. :bigsmile: Afterwards I immediately turn it off again. It's all kind of absurd....:crazy:

Wouldn't it be wonderful if we had cell phones and cell towers that would operate on human/nature friendly frequencies, even promoting health? Such frequencies exist as you know and it would totally be doable. Same with the EMFs. All decives could be done in such a way that the EMFs would not be harmful but even life enhancing. :sun: So I've come full circle with my post. Here's to hoping! :cheers:

[Patient]

Hey Doug! One the best things that you can do to start with is to bring this conversation to the table - which you have done - thank you!

Reading through the posts, it seems that we can all control how much we really need to use the tech that is around us.

Technology continues to advance quicker and quicker. But we do not have to advance with it - at least not in all aspects of our lives. I have struggled with this throughout my career. At one point in my life I had approximately 22 mobile phones on my desk and the tech was moving so fast that it was necessary to commit at least 4 hours of work time just focusing on educating one's self in an attempt to keep pace.

At the same time, I didn't want to have a facebook account or put my info on Linked-In. I would go directly to people to speak to them in person rather than email if that was possible. I was obviously the odd duck in the building in that regards. :)

At the time, I did what was necessary for me to provide for my family. That is the crutch of the problem. Many people are in positions where they have to use certain tools as part of their job. Now I use the tech as little as I have to with my work to get the job done. Lucky for me I found a way to work from home and still be able to provide. Yes I have to use my phone and computer but I rarely answer my phone (depending on who it is that is calling) and I can get up and walk away from my desk anytime I want to.

I am worried about my kids. They have grown up in this mess and so much of their life is communicating with other kids online - I hope this pandemic crap will be over soon so I can get them involved in more activities outside with other kids.

In the meantime, it seems that being aware of this tech issue and limiting the use of it when you can is all anyone can do.

So again, thank you for starting this thread and we should keep it busy so that more people might take a moment to rethink some of the things that they do and how they are living their lives.

There is a really good movie that often comes into my thoughts. "Transcendence" with Johnny Depp. If you have not seen it, it is about this very topic.

Maybe one day the sun will hit the earth with enough energy to knock out our electronics. Of course that could be very problematic, but depending upon the severity it might help humanity to change course a bit.

Or we could use another larger "hippy movement". :)

Free energy would really change the landscape - maybe one day!!

[Mari]

I'm also reclusive, only put my little burner phone in a drawer 6mths ago to finally get a smart phone, much to the joy of family and friends because the emojis they send me are no longer a bunch of empty squares. But what has really struck me recently is how little in common I have with those around me.

As many outliers here know that's been a cross to bear most of our lives, but a trip away recently visiting family and friends drove it home even further as I was hoping to find a glimpse of evolution in my local sphere after many years of self exile.

Not so, conversations were painfully bland and stuck in a groundhog day from years ago. When I attempted to raise the bar a bit because the inevitable happened and it was my turn to share with my cousins what I was up to, they all froze and looked at me like deer stuck in headlights. When the cousin I thought would be the smartest in the room came to my rescue, his authoritative translation to everyone was so basic I then looked at the group like a deer stuck in headlights.

I had described a novel I was starting to write that would juxtapose human heart Wi-Fi vs synthetic A.I. Wi-Fi in the evolution of our species. I gave several examples when I saw jaws starting to drop and knew I had to help them along. I kept it fairly low key though with Sophia and her citizenship, transhumanism and spirituality. After the awkward silence the rescue cousin said, with a condescending chuckle, "It's going to be about when you're at work and your phone reminds you it's time to call Mum for her birthday."

Now as much as this response could factor in, the gap between a phone calendar and The Matrix was disheartening. I looked at my plate of food, praised the cook, nodded and smiled like a robot to all the chatter that started up again whilst retreating into another world inside with a stark reminder of why I spend so much time on my own.

But the point of this was not the fact that they didn't have a clue about what I was talking about, I never expected that, it was the lack of curiosity to even ask just one question. Not one! If someone started talking about a world or topic I didn't know much about I would have to zip my mouth up from time to time to give them time to respond to the million questions I would love them to answer.

It is the lack of curiosity, let alone imagination, that I think is one of our biggest hurdles.


I resonate with that so well! I had a similar experience when speaking to the family (dutifully) on xmas day. Now, while I'm able to downgrade my conversation to their basic level, I found that they simply weren't interested in anything I was getting up to, and nothing of my ideas would ever penetrate. They just don't inhabit my world and are simply not up for any subject which is out of the little Box of their thinking. Yes, total lack of curiosity, imagination and anything which smacks of original thinking.. It became rather strained, pretty quickly and we respectively hung up with sighs of relief.

The schism was bought home to me when some relatives visited a year ago. Straight off a long journey by train, they were hungry and we treated them to lunch in our local Wetherspoons pub. Now bearing in mind that we hadn't seen each other for about 20 years, you would think that there would be a lot of catching up to do. Hell no! Coming back from the bar with a tray-load of drinks, I staggered to the table and saw all 5 of them simultaneously looking down at their smartphones, totally absorbed, and indeed, all through the lunch, kept on checking the bloody things, as they 'pinged' away like a pinball machine. It IS an addiction, to be sure.

Needless to say, my husband, son (who lives with us) and I, have never had smartphones, just basic matchbox-sized ones, no social media accounts with big tech, and basic email. We are happy and contented with that, and our 'excitement' if you will, comes from nature, as Bill wonderfully describes. I guess they see us as hillbillys. We wouldn't swap our simple uncomplicated world with theirs for anything. We WILL have the last laugh, however, as it becomes very clear that big tech is for nothing more than tracking, social control and conformity. I warned said relatives about this, but just got blank looks and a hurried change of conversation.

[Mari]

'Wouldn't it be wonderful if we had cell phones and cell towers that would operate on human/nature friendly frequencies, even promoting health? Such frequencies exist as you know and it would totally be doable. Same with the EMFs. All decives could be done in such a way that the EMFs would not be harmful but even life enhancing. :sun: So I've come full circle with my post. Here's to hoping! :cheers:'



SoulValor, this will be the norm in future. As the frequency of the planet rises and humanity with it, the old stale technology of control will die. We have everything to hang on for.

[Mari]

It has occurred to me that if we had a massive CME, we might wipe out all the technocracy. I have been contemplating this with glee. It would be a serious trial and I would not have the internet any longer but IMO it might be for the best. I am not a good prepper and I am a senior citizen. Probably I will be extinct soon but I would like to see the end of the technocracy happen. That would make me happy.

In the meantime, I do love the internet and I actually feel that I have a "communing" relationship with ideas and the people I hear. Probably I spend way too much time online.


I have had a feeling for a long time that mother nature will do her bit to (ultimately) bring us back to our true Human senses. A huge CME may well do that.

[East Sun]

When cell phones were new some aware person said, "Boycott anything that says SMART."
And that was a smart thing to realize. My son is constantly on his cell phone. I told him
gently what they were about, also about the dangers of the jab ect. He does not listen,
the same with his Mom. I told them both that I'll only say this once so listen, and said
my mind but to no avail.

Fortunately, I am retired and can avoid a lot of the insanity. They may catch up with me eventually, demanding that I take a shot, ​ and I hope I can do what I have planned to say and do, nothing violent except a punch to someone's face,
followed - up by a side - kick. how affective that would be, as an octagenarian I
don't know.
Their guns would take care of the rest.

[Hermoor]

DaveToo: Every car will have them. As far as I’m concerned most are unnecessary and even annoying (especially the beeping ones).

The car beeping thing is my pet hate. I can no longer sit with my door open listening to songs because I get abused repeatedly with "Hey idiot, you have your door open."

This made me laugh. I'm glad I'm not the only one. Beeping cars drive me nuts.

After one or two weeks with my first beeping car the smoke was coming out of my ears. It was the seat belt alarm. I was driving on a private road with no other traffic for very short journeys at a maximum speed of 20mph, collecting some heavy parcels and driving back again. I didn't feel the need to use a seat belt.

The garage wouldn't stop the beeping for me, they said it was against the law. I thought "Enough of this garbage. Time to get the fuse diagram and toolbox out." So I studied the car's electrical fuse diagram. The idea was to pull the alarm's fuse out and shut it up. Unfortunately the fuse in question was also used for other essential functions. Typical, the bandits!

Then I thought I had two choices. Phone a friend, or pfaff about with fiddly little wires in tight spaces and disconnect the alarm sensor wires myself. I phoned a friend who actually had a genius solution. He went to a breaker's yard and spent pennies on a seat belt buckle. He'd just slot the spare buckle in and drive around his farm all day without being beeped at. Sweet!

Fast forward some years and a lot more car functions beep at us now. Curses to all of them. Like when I stop at a post box for twenty seconds to post a letter and as soon as I open the door I get beeped at because the engine is running and the lights are still on. It's mind-numbing and still gets on my nerves.

[Hym]

Never have used wifi as I felt it unnecessary when an ethernet cable is all I've used, as well as anyone visiting here, providing an ethernet cable to the guest room. Seeing the science showing the negative effect wifi has on the body's electromagnetic health was merely a confirmation of why I'd followed the feeling.

I once carried an android with me when doing one job in film, a job that required us to send pictures of items needed for the set designer to pick out, items that we would then take back to the set for dressing. That was the only time I carried one with me.

I do not keep one on at home, ever. I have a land line. I do take a cell phone with me when I travel but only turn it on when I need to contact anyone. I did quite well for all of those years before, traveling, working away from home, without having a cell phone turned on when I was away from my wife and child, and things worked out well all around.

I never missed any opportunities by not having a device turned on while I'm out. In fact I'm sure, from my living that not having one on while out and about has kept me tuned in to all that is happening around me, much, much more than having that annoyance and constant signal sending, receiving does to the subtle body and all it can do without that primitive frequency knocking about around me.

It's quite enough having so many other people turning off their lives, their sensitivities, their natural maturation of becoming more perceptive and truly interactive with the energies around them. I find it extremely inhuman to be so controlled, so addicted, so unaware of the unhealthy pulse, the arrhythmia that is the current of cell phone communication.

[Ernie Nemeth]

My biggest surprise ever was when my parents bought me my first stereo record player.

When I first heard it I had the headphones on and it blew my mind. I still remember how incredible the effect was. Until then it had been mono only. Not sure but I think I had Killer on, by Alice Cooper, Under my Wheels. I think just after FM radio made its debut.

I can't think of any other innovation that came along that affected me more.


GsBrCX5Y5GA


They promised us so much back then. Life was going to be a marvel!

It's funny and a bit tragic that after all this time I would remember stereophonic headphones as the very best technology ever managed to give us that actually blew my socks off...

[amor]

Although I do have an account with a site similar to Facebook, I seldom have any use for it since I only communicate with family I have never met in person and some I have not seen since I was a child. In my lifetime, I have only had one soul friend who died in 2010 and the rest always seemed to belong to another mind set with whom the world of ideas hardly existed. It was only possible to keep communication going by being very circumspect and polite rather than to really communicate the world in my head. My mother always feared her children would be murdered and so kept us close and away from wandering around with others. Then we traveled and lost contact with even those few we knew. If I landed among Aliens, I would hardly feel the difference there because I have suddenly become a recluse and may as well be in quarantine. I returned here four years ago and know exactly three sets of neighbors to speak to. The others, I never even see. My communication is entirely on this computer, a pc many many years old. I am over sixty-five and true to the saying, rolling stones gather no moss, I have gathered no friends. Overseas, I enjoyed sea bathing and looked younger than my age. I injured myself doing my own property repairs and going to a hospital is the same as committing suicide today. The doctors, who say they are on the INSIDE, meaning they are paid to dispose of you, cannot be trusted. This Christmas I treated myself to a serious third degree burn, spilling hot liquid from the oven on my instep. It is healing well, but it brought to the fore how isolated this period of life can be and how very lonely, even to those people who try to tough out any situation on their own. Last night, the tears I have been holding back since my mother was murdered in the hospital came flooding out. I could feel her presence and have heard her voice more than once. I asked God to simply let me sleep out of this world, quietly, since there was nothing left in it I cared to experience. I know I am far from alone in this. I am usually cheerful, but I am only human after all.

On the subject of cell phones and their seemingly unnecessary complication, it is because THEY have devised it within a plan of surveillance, control and currency similar to China. I have only a landline (lost the instruction booklet) and wish I knew how to Block the only people who call me by Robocall. They never give up. If I had a Smart phone, I would place it under my 35 year-old car wheel and drive.

In response to a poster above who spoke of the next piece of technology to be landed on us, the Alternative Reality Goggles, I have intuitively seen this as the next and perhaps final technology device to suck us into the next level of UNREALITY or MATRIX, descending from our perception of this world to yet another world, stacked one inside the other like the famous Russian Dolls. Perhaps we will all be ROBOTS in that next Reality. I do believe that we on Earth are on an experimental station where they move us from one level of torture to the next. My posts do make me sound like some sort of monster, but I am nothing but a quiet, gentle loving soul who cannot believe the world I am in.

[Sunny-side-up]

Hi thepainterdoug It's simple.
View the information and make the connections you really feel are worthy, keep them up to date.
Be functioning in that way and everything else use discernment on, can I do anything about it, do I wan't it in my reality or not.

:sun:

[Mari]

Hi thepainterdoug It's simple.
View the information and make the connections you really feel are worthy, keep them up to date.
Be functioning in that way and everything else use discernment on, can I do anything about it, do I wan't it in my reality or not.

:sun:


In other words....make technology your servant and not your master. Live by that credo and you wont go far wrong.