individuals have amazing capacity to create ...
The following piece generally, not exactly, reflects my own personal view ... illustrates why I do not see OWG ever being successful.
" ... individual people have an amazing capacity to create their own destiny
- and to thwart and subvert whatever plans someone else may be dreaming up."
What is important in my view is an ability to distinguish between "master conspiracy" fears ...
... and the very real acts which are in some way *justified* at the expense of ordinary citizens.
Such acts are the product of groups or agencies which become more violent ...
... proportionate to diminishment of their power, as they more desperately seek to control others.
At the same time, however sovereign each of us may be, there IS one "valid external authority" always.
No earthly *sovereign individual* is yet *self-created* nor is master or controller of any other.
We can remove ourselves from earthly limitations to the best of our ability, but ...
All human schemes are of short duration.
_______
Monday, January 22, 2007
Conspiracies And Freedom
You can't be on the internet without knowing about conspiracies.
Whether it's the NWO (New World Order), the Illuminati, the Freemasons, the Bilderbergers, the Council for Foreign Relations, the Trilateral Commission, Reptilian Overlords - or just plain Jewish Bankers!
In fact, I would say that since the arrival of the internet the word "conspiracy" has become a much-used keyword.
The basic conspiracy theory goes something like this:
There is an elite group who are bent on world control. They have the means and the power to achieve their ends.
From this basic description there are many variations - including the fact that such a conspiracy has been going on for hundreds of years (or even longer). Millions of words, in tens of thousands of pages, in hundreds of books, have been written on the subject.
One of the most enduring conspiracies involves secret societies like the Bavarian Illuminati, founded by Adam Weishaupt in 1776. The Great Seal (on US one dollar note) has been the source of much speculation - as has the significance of that date!
Conspiracies abound on all matter of things - and not all conspiracy theorists tie everything together into one grand one.
The thing is, does a grand conspiracy exist? Do conspiracies exist?
Let's answer the second question first. Certainly conspiracies exist. 9/11 was a conspiracy. People conspired to destroy the twin towers. The question is not whether it was a conspiracy, but who were the conspirators?
There was the JFK assassination - still the talk of conspiracy theorists worldwide. There are those who believe the killing of John Lennon was a conspiracy. And let's not forget the tragic death of Princess Diana - which until this day is a prime subject of conspiracy talk.
There's been speculation about a conspiracy to force down the price of gold. There's evidence that a secret group, known as the Plunge Protection Team, conspires to bolster the US Stockmarket, should it become wobbly at the knees.
There are even conspiracies in literature - like in Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand - where the hero, John Galt, conspires to remove all the productive people from society, so it will implode.
Certainly, conspiracies exist. People do conspire to achieve specific ends. However, the existence of specific conspiracies does not of necessity prove the existence of an overall, all-encompassing super-conspiracy.
For the layman, coming to any sort of conclusion is a daunting task - as there is a wealth of apparently well-documented material on the subject. In fact, this material can be so "impressive" as to literally make converts of people - once read!
So what is one to believe?
To answer that, I want to give you a personal story. Back in 1982 I read all the conspiracy books around - I just soaked them up. I even read the forbidden Protocols of Zion. And I can tell you, I was convinced of a super global conspiracy at the time.
I read The Illuminati Trilogy by Robert Anton Wilson, now a cult classic - which both ridicules and embraces the ideas on conspiracies.
I read John Robison's "Proof of a Conspiracy Against All Religions And Governments ....", and a lot more besides.
Much of the conspiracy literature has a religious tone - involving, as it does, such concepts as the Anti-Christ and the end times etc. And some of it attempts to tie in aliens as part of a super-duper-conspiracy.
To cut a long story short, I ended up rejecting a master conspiracy theory. Why? The answer has to do with the psychological effect such beliefs can have on a person. To believe in such a master conspiracy is to give away your power.
I know that when I was reading this sort of material, I could feel my sense of power draining from me. Why? Because if such a super-conspiracy existed, then it would have to be so all-powerful, that there was no escape; no point in leading one's life in a normal way.
In fact, once initiated into the belief syndrome, one has no choice but to go on a crusade to expose the conspirators! And you soon find yourself leading a life of strangely unreal proportions - where all your energies are devoted to telling others about this conspiracy thingy! You get all evangelical on everyone.
On realising the psychological impact these ideas were having on me (back in the early 80s), I immediately found myself withdrawing as a protective measure - to rethink the whole thing.
Well, many years passed. Much more reading was done. And clearer opinions were formed.
I do not believe in a master conspiracy. I do not believe that such all-encompassing planning on behalf of some highly-placed individuals can accomplish what they set out to achieve.
I believe that even if such organisations/individuals exist, their plans are continually being thwarted. Why? Because individual people have an amazing capacity to create their own destiny - and to thwart and subvert whatever plans someone else may be dreaming up.
I believe the world is becoming less controllable, not more. I believe that the psychological mindset required to fully believe the idea of a master conspiracy is also the mindset of a victim, and therefore totally unproductive. In other words, even if such an assertion were true - believing it to be true would undermine one's sense of personal power - and therefore undermine one's capacity to do anything about it. Like being between a rock and a hard place!
The offshore mindset is completely different world view in my opinion. It is the genuine belief that you have the power to live as sovereign over your own life - that governments, powers-that-be, churches, family, society, hangers on - yes, and even aspiring master conspirators, have no ultimate power over an individual who has realised the truth - that there is no valid external authority.
Being sovereign means just that. It means having the power and the wherewithal to live your life on your own terms. The whole concept of the offshore or international life is based on using strategies to thwart and avoid the various restrictions that others try to impose on you.
Yes, there is one conspiracy worth devoting all your energy to - your own one, the one where you conspire to set yourself free.
- David MacGregor
- http://www.sovereignlife.com/blog/2007/01/conspiracies-and-freedom.html
.
" ... individual people have an amazing capacity to create their own destiny
- and to thwart and subvert whatever plans someone else may be dreaming up."
What is important in my view is an ability to distinguish between "master conspiracy" fears ...
... and the very real acts which are in some way *justified* at the expense of ordinary citizens.
Such acts are the product of groups or agencies which become more violent ...
... proportionate to diminishment of their power, as they more desperately seek to control others.
At the same time, however sovereign each of us may be, there IS one "valid external authority" always.
No earthly *sovereign individual* is yet *self-created* nor is master or controller of any other.
We can remove ourselves from earthly limitations to the best of our ability, but ...
All human schemes are of short duration.
_______
Monday, January 22, 2007
Conspiracies And Freedom
You can't be on the internet without knowing about conspiracies.
Whether it's the NWO (New World Order), the Illuminati, the Freemasons, the Bilderbergers, the Council for Foreign Relations, the Trilateral Commission, Reptilian Overlords - or just plain Jewish Bankers!
In fact, I would say that since the arrival of the internet the word "conspiracy" has become a much-used keyword.
The basic conspiracy theory goes something like this:
There is an elite group who are bent on world control. They have the means and the power to achieve their ends.
From this basic description there are many variations - including the fact that such a conspiracy has been going on for hundreds of years (or even longer). Millions of words, in tens of thousands of pages, in hundreds of books, have been written on the subject.
One of the most enduring conspiracies involves secret societies like the Bavarian Illuminati, founded by Adam Weishaupt in 1776. The Great Seal (on US one dollar note) has been the source of much speculation - as has the significance of that date!
Conspiracies abound on all matter of things - and not all conspiracy theorists tie everything together into one grand one.
The thing is, does a grand conspiracy exist? Do conspiracies exist?
Let's answer the second question first. Certainly conspiracies exist. 9/11 was a conspiracy. People conspired to destroy the twin towers. The question is not whether it was a conspiracy, but who were the conspirators?
There was the JFK assassination - still the talk of conspiracy theorists worldwide. There are those who believe the killing of John Lennon was a conspiracy. And let's not forget the tragic death of Princess Diana - which until this day is a prime subject of conspiracy talk.
There's been speculation about a conspiracy to force down the price of gold. There's evidence that a secret group, known as the Plunge Protection Team, conspires to bolster the US Stockmarket, should it become wobbly at the knees.
There are even conspiracies in literature - like in Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand - where the hero, John Galt, conspires to remove all the productive people from society, so it will implode.
Certainly, conspiracies exist. People do conspire to achieve specific ends. However, the existence of specific conspiracies does not of necessity prove the existence of an overall, all-encompassing super-conspiracy.
For the layman, coming to any sort of conclusion is a daunting task - as there is a wealth of apparently well-documented material on the subject. In fact, this material can be so "impressive" as to literally make converts of people - once read!
So what is one to believe?
To answer that, I want to give you a personal story. Back in 1982 I read all the conspiracy books around - I just soaked them up. I even read the forbidden Protocols of Zion. And I can tell you, I was convinced of a super global conspiracy at the time.
I read The Illuminati Trilogy by Robert Anton Wilson, now a cult classic - which both ridicules and embraces the ideas on conspiracies.
I read John Robison's "Proof of a Conspiracy Against All Religions And Governments ....", and a lot more besides.
Much of the conspiracy literature has a religious tone - involving, as it does, such concepts as the Anti-Christ and the end times etc. And some of it attempts to tie in aliens as part of a super-duper-conspiracy.
To cut a long story short, I ended up rejecting a master conspiracy theory. Why? The answer has to do with the psychological effect such beliefs can have on a person. To believe in such a master conspiracy is to give away your power.
I know that when I was reading this sort of material, I could feel my sense of power draining from me. Why? Because if such a super-conspiracy existed, then it would have to be so all-powerful, that there was no escape; no point in leading one's life in a normal way.
In fact, once initiated into the belief syndrome, one has no choice but to go on a crusade to expose the conspirators! And you soon find yourself leading a life of strangely unreal proportions - where all your energies are devoted to telling others about this conspiracy thingy! You get all evangelical on everyone.
On realising the psychological impact these ideas were having on me (back in the early 80s), I immediately found myself withdrawing as a protective measure - to rethink the whole thing.
Well, many years passed. Much more reading was done. And clearer opinions were formed.
I do not believe in a master conspiracy. I do not believe that such all-encompassing planning on behalf of some highly-placed individuals can accomplish what they set out to achieve.
I believe that even if such organisations/individuals exist, their plans are continually being thwarted. Why? Because individual people have an amazing capacity to create their own destiny - and to thwart and subvert whatever plans someone else may be dreaming up.
I believe the world is becoming less controllable, not more. I believe that the psychological mindset required to fully believe the idea of a master conspiracy is also the mindset of a victim, and therefore totally unproductive. In other words, even if such an assertion were true - believing it to be true would undermine one's sense of personal power - and therefore undermine one's capacity to do anything about it. Like being between a rock and a hard place!
The offshore mindset is completely different world view in my opinion. It is the genuine belief that you have the power to live as sovereign over your own life - that governments, powers-that-be, churches, family, society, hangers on - yes, and even aspiring master conspirators, have no ultimate power over an individual who has realised the truth - that there is no valid external authority.
Being sovereign means just that. It means having the power and the wherewithal to live your life on your own terms. The whole concept of the offshore or international life is based on using strategies to thwart and avoid the various restrictions that others try to impose on you.
Yes, there is one conspiracy worth devoting all your energy to - your own one, the one where you conspire to set yourself free.
- David MacGregor
- http://www.sovereignlife.com/blog/2007/01/conspiracies-and-freedom.html
.
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