Revolution is soo old paradigm

[enfoldedblue]

Revolution is soo old paradigm!

Most of us here have figured out that the stories we have been fed by our society are designed to disempower us and keep us operating within a field of control that serves a minority with their own agenda. Now while the more one really looks out into the world the clearer it becomes that so much of what we see is BS, knowing this, it is still so difficult to discern what out there is truth.

One of the reasons for this is that the controlling minority have placed behind the everyday façade a plethora of disinformation to mislead and confuse those who venture to look beneath the surface.

From my experience this fact makes it virtually impossible to know with any certainty what is really going on in the wider world. I see many who focus on the outer world becoming disillusioned, angry, frustrated and often going around in circles.

However, while the details are sketchy, there does seem to be patterns or trends that become evident. Right now the trend that I am seeing is a move to push people towards revolution type thinking. The stranglehold on the masses is tightening, and as this is occurring there are ‘stars’ being held up in the limelight who are encouraging revolutionary thinking.

These ‘stars’ speaking out may be a natural reaction to the stranglehold...or may actually be ‘directed’ as a part of the minority agenda (these are the type of details that are difficult to decipher with any certainty).

The point of this thread is to highlight my belief that whether this current trend, and all associated details, is ‘true’ or not is actually not as important as it may seem.

What I have discovered is that while deciphering truth ‘out there’ is a messy, elusive task, when we shift our focus and take the time to look within we find a truth that incorruptible. Now it is still challenging because we are all seeing through eyes that have been distorted by social influences, but the more we are willing to be honest and emotionally brave in our examination of ourself the clearer and more ‘true’ our own vision becomes.

What I see with myself and others who have embarked on the journey within is that the more we align with our inner truth, the more our outer world shifts to match.
Personally as I have come to know myself at deeper levels, I have discovered more and more passion and ability to enact change within my own sphere of influence.

For me at the moment my passion is about creativity. Creativity has been stifled by our packaged, automated society and people are increasingly losing this soul nourishing faculty. So I have been developing ways to assist humanity to regain this ability that I believe is central to our being.

My partner has discovered his passion for spreading love and healing through raising awareness of the importance of fermented foods to our wellbeing. He is writing a book and planning workshops etc.

We are having fun with this and the universe seems to be supporting us in our endeavours. We have very limited funds, but there somehow always seems to be just enough. There are synchronicities and opportunities being presented to assist us to move forward.

I no longer see powerful transformation as needing ‘revolution’. Revolution is just pushing against the other side of the dichotomy...which ultimately just helps to perpetuate the dichotomy.

I believe instead the answer is to look within and each discover our own personal gift that we have to share with the world. We each have our own unique piece of the puzzle to offer.

This is the best thing we can do for ourselves and for the all...the dichotomy ceases. There is no more service to self or service to others...they become one in the same...and we step out of the game.

I’m excited, the future I see is very bright.

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If you have figured out a bit about your piece of the puzzle...please share what you are doing. It could be as complex as writing a manifesto, or as simple as helping a disabled neighbour, or writing poetry :)

[GreenGuy]

Revolution is soo old paradigm! ...Revolution is just pushing against the other side of the dichotomy...which ultimately just helps to perpetuate the dichotomy.

I believe you've found a profound truth. Most humans are still so focused on how their material reality appears that this doesn't really compute for them. But the knowledge that you have is spreading. Kudos to you!

[enfoldedblue]

Yes I believe it is spreading. That which was once obscured within the collective unconscious is increasingly becoming clearer and clearer. I remember it used to feel that when I was looking through 'the veil' (for want of a better word) it was VERY difficult to 'see'...like trying to see in the dark. But these days truth seems to be just sitting there, virtually out in the open, just waiting to be perceived.

[Bubu]

"it is still so difficult to discern what out there is truth".

What is out there is a speck compared to what is with you so I agree with you; look within.

"From my experience this fact makes it virtually impossible to know with any certainty what is really going on in the wider world".


What I do is keep the intent in mind and read the actions not the words. The intent is to harm us therefore if they say it is good for you then the opposite is true. And I also keep in mind that they are firmly in control of what is put out there be it mainstream or alternative. One of the popular in alternative health is Dr. Mercola who is this guy do I know him personally? NO therefore I do not believe him. Sure he said something that is undeniably correct but remember that ANYONE WHO GOES FISHING WITHOUT A BAIT, AIN'T GOING TO HOOK ANYTHING.

Our government, their ignorant accomplish, is forcing us to consume iodine by requiring all salt manufacturer to add iodine in the salt. Therefore I believe that taking supplemental iodine other than that what is present in natural food, if there is any, will poison the body and no amount of scientific research be it alternative or mainstream will convince me otherwise. "action speaks louder that words". It's pretty simple read the action not the words. Copy paste is something that does not interest me a bit unless accompanied by experience or analytical deduction.

I'm excited about the future too, that's what living is, to be in constant excitement (if possible) like a child with his hands full of new things to explore all the time.

And let's pray for those who dread the future.

[enfoldedblue]

"it is still so difficult to discern what out there is truth".

What is out there is a speck compared to what is with you so I agree with you; look within.

"From my experience this fact makes it virtually impossible to know with any certainty what is really going on in the wider world".


What I do is keep the intent in mind and read the actions not the words. The intent is to harm us therefore if they say it is good for you then the opposite is true. And I also keep in mind that they are firmly in control of what is put out there be it mainstream or alternative. One of the popular in alternative health is Dr. Mercola who is this guy do I know him personally? NO therefore I do not believe him. Sure he said something that is undeniably correct but remember that ANYONE WHO GOES FISHING WITHOUT A BAIT, AIN'T GOING TO HOOK ANYTHING.

Our government, their ignorant accomplish, is forcing us to consume iodine by requiring all salt manufacturer to add iodine in the salt. Therefore I believe that taking supplemental iodine other than that what is present in natural food, if there is any, will poison the body and no amount of scientific research be it alternative or mainstream will convince me otherwise. "action speaks louder that words". It's pretty simple read the action not the words. Copy paste is something that does not interest me a bit unless accompanied by experience or analytical deduction.

I'm excited about the future too, that's what living is, to be in constant excitement (if possible) like a child with his hands full of new things to explore all the time.

And let's pray for those who dread the future.

What I find is that there is no clear system to decipher truth...it would be great if it was as easy as 'if they say it is good it is bad'. But as you point out they need to mix some truth in there to make some swallow it.

In terms of health I have come to realize that there are few blanket truths. Our bodies are so complex and unique that what is health inducing for some may be poison for others. Once again, I believe, it comes down to getting to know ourselves...in this case our bodies, and taking responsibility for learning to listen to their innate wisdom.

Glad to hear you too are excited about the future :)...I think the childlike approach is a real key.... thanks for sharing.

[AutumnW]

Great thoughts. I have been feeling the same way. Pushing people to their limits and then encouraging revolution would necessitate a rapid crackdown that would backfire on revolutionaries. Best to boycott the corporatocracy and shop locally. You can do more by staying as far out of the system as possible, than by taking up arms.

[Inaiá]

Great thread, enfoldedblue. Thanks.

I have been thinking about that too: revolution.

There are so many believes, so many minds and hearts... We are individuals in so many different existencial rithms. And our expertise in comunication is not so acurate...

So, what i trust: Be it sunny, be it night; be it muslim, be it skeptical, what should not ever be compromised is the health of our relationships - our relationship with ourselves, with other humans and animals, with our planet and the universe. We gotta honor it, existing. I just hold on to what looks more True to my mind and heart, and try to live by it. No ideals should overshadow our care for our relationships. In the end, it's their nature that count. We've been reading hundreds of different cooking books for a long time. Now, it's time to start cooking. And yes, there are degrees in growth. Yes, ideas and ideals are fundamental, but, we know, they are not everything. We gotta cook. And we wanna do it right.

:wave:

[Dennis Leahy]

I see an inactive "response" to tyranny/oppression as acquiescence. I see an over-active (violent) response to tyranny/oppression as playing into their hand.

I think you accurately sense/observe that we are being goaded/baited into making the type of typical revolutionary actions (violence) that they are well-prepared to deal with. It would be a huge, disastrous mistake to take the bait.

A cliché play on words juxtaposes "revolution" with "evolution", and that is getting closer, but is still passive. There are forms of rebellion and revolution that are far removed from what TPTB are expecting and/or hoping for.


Revolution is just pushing against the other side of the dichotomy...which ultimately just helps to perpetuate the dichotomy. On the other hand... think of Lao Tzu's words in the Tao te Ching, regarding the supple branch overcoming the fierce wind. Yes, "pushing" can be a revolution. So can "yielding", if done as a tactic, part of a strategy.

When I speak to people about the concepts in The Reset Button, I try to ascertain the language to best get across the ideas. For someone with your insight, I'd point out that the major "actions" called for in The Reset Button are


a stay-at-home, nationwide, General Strike (no picket lines, no confrontation)
boycott
divestment


...and YOU would get that these define an entirely different set of revolutionary actions - not just "non-violent" but actively yielding.

Many people do not have that insight, and so these exact same actions will be seen by them as pushing/stiffening/fighting, though in reality they are actions that are yielding/remaining flexible/waging peace.

This is far different than being either afraid to revolt, too comfortable to revolt, or feeling as if any action taken is impotent and self-defeating.We are vastly more powerful united than as individuals, and that is true with action based on a "yielding" strategy as well as a "pushing" strategy. Individuals who transform themselves help themselves, help their families, and help the surrounding community. It most certainly is (must be) a part of the revolution. But, taking action as a large group will also mean helping the world community and Gaia. Think of TPTB as a cluster of toddlers with loaded machine guns. We, lovingly, parentally, need to carefully get the machine guns away from them, and get the guns disassembled. We need a large united group of loving individuals to take the destructive power away from TPTB. It is our responsibility (to the world) to safeguard the world. We must not let the world, and Gaia, down. We must try. We must succeed.

By the way, The Reset Button also includes in its strategy, that during the nationwide General Strike, that we should enjoy block parties, laugh, sing, dance, and communicate with our local community members. It is a completely different kind of revolution - a revolution that they cannot crush.

It is time for a revolution - but a new kind of revolution.

Dennis

[AutumnW]

Yep...divestment. There is no point buying locally and boycotting if you own corporate stock. I ditched all my shares years ago on purely ethical grounds

[enfoldedblue]

YES to everyone that has posted here.

As autumn points out taking action on a local level is important. I think the more self-aware we become the more we naturally think about the ways we spend our energy.

And Inaia, yes our relationships are so important, I think when we learn to truly love ourselves (something we've been programmed not to do) we naturally want to reach out and treat everything and everyone with the same level of love and compassion we give ourselves.

Dennis, It's funny because I posted this elsewhere and through the discussion there I joked that I probably should have titled this writing "Revolution --when externally directed'' is so old paradigm". I get that you are a great planner, and I suspect that as this transition progresses your role will become more hands on. I think what you suggest is great, however, I personally don't think we need to try and organize everybody...to me that is the old way and the logistics (unless you have the media etc within your grasp) is extremely difficult (though on a local level I see it as achievable).

Do you have any strategies to make your vision happen on a mass scale? Would it have to occur on a mass level to work?

I feel what is occurring is an organic fluid process, with everyone taking their cues from within.

Thanks for sharing everyone :)

[Curt]

Revolution as violent resistance is old paradigm. But I like the way Dennis imagines it could be: as a way of waging peace through non-compliance, and tactical yielding.

Think Ghandi and MLK.

Catherine Austin Fitts has some good sugestions: only bank with local credit unions or locally owned banks. Set up cooperative local investment groups to help fund local businesses. Don't put any money into the pockets of big business. Keep it all local, and grow it locally.

In essence, these are practical ways NOT to play their game.

If half of us took these steps, not a single Molotov cocktail would need to be thrown.

[enfoldedblue]

Revolution as violent resistance is old paradigm. But I like the way Dennis imagines it could be: as a way of waging peace through non-compliance, and tactical yielding.

Think Ghandi and MLK.

Catherine Austin Fitts has some good sugestions: only bank with local credit unions or locally owned banks. Set up cooperative local investment groups to help fund local businesses. Don't put any money into the pockets of big business. Keep it all local, and grow it locally.

In essence, these are practical ways NOT to play their game.

If half of us took these steps, not a single Molotov cocktail would need to be thrown.

I am certainly open to peaceful revolution...though I must say the logistics of external organization perplexes me. I see change coming and the way it appears to me is as a very freeform evolving organic love driven process.

We will see how this change unfolds :)

[Delight]

When people use words like revolution, when it means turning around, that implies a wheel to me at the moment. A wheel means the medicine wheel. The spherical geometry of the wheel is very interesting to me at this time. In the ancient days, the circle was the teaching that kept humans in sync with cycles of natural life. The wheel was multidimensional. To draw a circle on a flat surface is nothing like a sphere where the outer limits can contract or expand.

I think they understood from a different way of perception. We are now changing our perception in an even new way, perhaps. It is spiraling out from a center.

When one looks at a flat circle or a wheel , one can trace the edges in a revolution or also travel a cycle like from an event or idea all around to return to the start. That is the round of history. History is in the artificial construct humans have created. But there is another figure too...the triangle. This can be a three dimensional pyramid. People often talk about the hierarchy of power.

There is an even differnt way to see hierarchy than the artificial construct.

We have been torn away from the way we the natural world operates. People say this all the time. My feeling is that we are altering in the collective mind as we each return to the center of our wheel that is actually a natural sphere. The old paradigm was so repetitive out of artifcial constructs. The choices looked narrow as laid out in linear sequences.

The way I look at this is that we have multiple choice based on how large we stretch out from our centers. The power to stretch is literally streaming through us. I have been studying manifestation technology because the new paradigm is not revolutionary but spherical. We are meant to be involved in creation in ways we have no idea but feel are just out of reach.

I have evidence that shows me we can just reach in (through the heart to a new intelligence) and grab a whole new experience than we even can imagine. But one has to expect the ability is possible.

One cannot pour new wine in old casks. That is a biblical metaphor but lately I am understanding how all these ideas have a larger context. It seems to me there is a new wonderful paradigm as you say... consciousness is expanding me and all of thees!

[Mark]

Great thread. Great points all. I'd like to add to Delight's awesome comments.

Revolution as you stated, is cycling. The cycle of culture within an Age is repetitive, mirroring the cycles of nature. Movement, evolution, revolution, over and over again. The dynamism of culture requires shifting expressions of human thought and civilization and we have based our conceptions of past, future and even the Now upon the false belief that because things have been a certain way they will continue to be that way.

In these days when the planet is acting in a way that it has never done before in the modern and historical periods, revolution comes to mean something different, as the theme of the OP and the comments suggest. I would add that this shift in the manner in which people will deal with the upcoming shift in cultural expression here in the States and in the Western nations in general has the potential to be different from the ways that we've seen the impositions of the global elite addressed in other countries like Egypt, Syria, et al.

The nature of the West is different, as an accumulation of individuals from many cultures, not necessarily beholden to the hatreds and grudges of sectarianism as holdovers from their countries of origin. The West - the USA in particular - has the potential to evolve, not revolve and, by so doing, become an exemplar for the rest of the world. To my friends in other countries, this is not a slight. This is recognition of the fact that the USA has, since its inception, been a model. A tainted model, yes, as all things human must be, but it remains a place where some people in other nations would still, unto this day, sell their eye-teeth to come to while others observe the nation from a distance in fear and dismay.

Living in the Belly of the Beast inculcates a certain perspective. In my decade and more living in countries overseas, I have been able to observe the nation from without, to see how others see the country and its people. Their viewpoints are correct, for the most part. Americans can be greedy, materialistic, shallow, loud. Our music can be offensive, aggressive, our politics hegemonic in nature, our culture crass and overbearing, our economics, predatory. And yet, somehow, still, the nation remains magnetic in its influence around the world. The American perspective is not American exceptionalism. The Western perspective, at its core, is not European or White exceptionalism. This said, despite the many of limited insight who claim it to be so. It is higher and, yes, based upon Masonic-cum Templar-cum Mystery School principles imbedded in this nation's origins and continuation, dealing with life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness. The brotherhood and sisterhood of humanity.

This might or might not have been the original intent of the founding fathers. That is, for it to spread throughout the populace as an overall way of living, adopted by all members of all groups, in and out. But we, as humans, tend to have very limited perspectives and an understanding of the butterfly effect and the visceral reality of quantum entanglement, connecting us all at the most basic level of communication and resonance. Quite probably, they had some understanding of the cycling of Ages and the cusp upon which their endeavor stood as a hallmark in the annals of human history, and realized that these ideas and the underlying Truth they evoke were inevitable, despite the evidence of their lived experience and the state of the nation and the world at the time of the nation's inception.

Whatever the case may be, the ideas spread, and the continuous war against controller interests continues unto this day, despite appearances to the contrary. The cultural influence of Native peoples, of the enslaved Africans, those from the Pacific Rim became part of the overall consciousness of the nation, creating something new, something unique upon the face of the earth. On the surface, Westerners, particularly Americans, appear docile, hypnotized, sedated. But when you talk to people around the country, you begin to realize that there is a common core of discontent, of suppressed intransigence with the current order of things, even among many deemed asleep by the Awake and Aware community.

To put it simply, people here are waiting for a sign. The panopticon of technological control that currently surveils and threatens those of the West, the cameras, the internet monitoring, the limitation of potentiality by the hardening of class lines, the continuing efforts to divide by ethnicity, all seem overwhelming when viewed from without. But from an internal viewpoint, and as evidenced by the increasingly evident programming in the mainstream toward the introduction of Alternative technology, magic, Armageddon scenarios and the revelations of secret orders and controller factions, fundamental change has arrived.

They are preparing, attempting to program, for it, as best they can. But these uncontrollable forces will be released and something different will indeed occur, this time around. The revolution will once again become evolution, or more, and we will shift upwards, into the expression of something different. The strategies mentioned here, divestment, non-participation, are all possibilities. What has not been mentioned is the world changes, and how that may influence and affect the outcome. What is certain, is that nothing is certain. Nobody knows, no matter how fervently they may claim to, exactly which plans the elite will enact, and when, or what is going to happen to the sun, the solar system or the planet.

Whatever happens now will happen in a spiraling fashion, not a circular one. Is there even a word for that? After about 5 minutes at the etymology dictionary, I choose Exvolution, comprised of "Ex" which, among its meanings is included "upwards, from, out of", and "volution" from the latin root "volvere", "to roll", implying a continuous movement not implicit of a return but a new movement upwards and onwards.

I'm a writer. I can make up words. :)

[enfoldedblue]

Delight and Rahkyt thanks for your contributions. You both raised some great points and things to think about. After reading both of your posts, I was left contemplating the implied cyclical nature of revolutions. In the past they were cyclical in that even when breaking point was reached between the oppressed ant the oppressors...and change inevitably flowed....eventually the overall energies reverted back to the same old powerful few dominating the majority (even if the visible players were different the dynamic was the same).

Indeed this time feels different. We are evolving beyond the linear framework...I like the sphere concept because it does feel as though we are in the process of expanding dimensionally. It is very exciting...and a little daunting because we are in the process of marching towards new unfamiliar ( well from this perspective) territory.

Love to you all

[Mark]

Indeed this time feels different. We are evolving beyond the linear framework...I like the sphere concept because it does feel as though we are in the process of expanding dimensionally. It is very exciting...and a little daunting because we are in the process of marching towards new unfamiliar ( well from this perspective) territory.

We are indeed. I honor the materialist aspect that wants to maintain the status quo of history but we are living in times where history is not the best indicator of what is coming next.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAi3VTSdTxU

[Delight]

Indeed this time feels different. We are evolving beyond the linear framework...I like the sphere concept because it does feel as though we are in the process of expanding dimensionally. It is very exciting...and a little daunting because we are in the process of marching towards new unfamiliar ( well from this perspective) territory.

We are indeed. I honor the materialist aspect that wants to maintain the status quo of history but we are living in times where history is not the best indicator of what is coming next.

Thanks Enfolded Blue again for your thread and thoughtfulness.

That is an awesome video from Michael Jackson.
Thanks Raykyt for your writings.
Does anyone notice more and faster synchronicity? Here is an example....I wrote yesterday about being creators from the center of the sphere. Then here comes along a video that is quantum science to study. I want to be a quantum sociologist in Raykyt's coined Exvolution.

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