Who is advising whom?
So, here you are, sitting in front of what Brits call the telly that you have not turned on since October, 2001, and waiting for a miracle that hasn’t happened ever since or, probably, ever in your life. You may have even gone to the polls in the US in hope for a miracle that might finally happen, because surely enough, it never has. Jon Rappoport even joked about it yesterday morning by asking who had won the elections:
(1) the mail-in voters;
(2) the ones who counted the votes;
(3) the Dominion machines that somehow happened to malfunction all the time, yet never been disqualified.
The devil is usually in the details.
In the US, for tax exemption and for the option of moving money freely around, you must either found a non-profit (the kind of racket the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is running) or a religious assembly. While the former are obvious crooks, not all religious establishments are necessarily crooked (well, even St. Paul worked for his upkeep without fundraising, but the latest brand of religious “leaders” happily utilize their flock’s donations towards the upkeep of themselves and that of their extended families, but as the fake pope said a few years ago, “Who am I to judge?”).
These are desperate times for many, especially the ones who are only now realizing it’s game over, so they’d better make peace with their Maker. As about 70% of them cannot even make an independent personal decision, they are desperate to seek out “prophets” and whoever else to make their decisions in their stead. Not everyone has “heard the Tao before they turned 40 or 50,”* so they don’t have a hotline to the Creator. I’m not blaming them; I simply mean to point out that they are ripe offerings for bottom feeders, religious or not.
There are two kinds of religious bottom-feeders:
The ones who know they are crooks, but don’t realize it’s the end and their money will not be worth a good fart soon, so they lure in those without a compass and profit from them for the little time left to enjoy the fruits of their crookery;
The ones who are unsure themselves, so they want to collect more misguided souls, because they believe that if there is a billion of them, they will represent “the truth.” The actual truth, in the meanwhile, is that even 203 quadrillion flies are not necessarily right about suggesting that the most fantastic way to survive is by eating crap.
Yes, there are honest people who truly want to help. The problem is that they cannot help anyone who is not asking for help. I have encountered pushy ones who wanted to convince me that I needed their “help,” and the only way I managed to get rid of them was by telling them I had all the help I needed.
One thing is certain: as soon as your self-proclaimed savior is asking for your money, the house of cards collapses and they prove themselves for what they are: bottom-feeders.
As far as I can see, the only way to get promoted to one’s own self comes from the person’s acceptance of personal responsibility. The link to astral domains is only a bonus that one might or might not receive.
Money is only money, but some of the religious personages are moles, who will or have already asked you for your financial support and/or your personal information. Beware…
*The “inner voice” is present in most religions; it is supposed to connect the self with the “universal self” that goes by many names (my favorite is the “Little Inner Old Man” from Nordic mythology). In Tao Tze Tung, the author declares that every mature person must have made contact with the universal person that is the center of all things (and Taoism is not even a religions).
Useful post, and sooo connected to your other essays. These make me assess my history of how I arrived at my ‘now’ and what that is. I live under the same roof with the guy who is legally my husband. He left the planet about 10 yrs ago when he was saved by Jesus, all in- mega church. I keep my mouth shut most of,but not all of, the time as it is useless to argue with a belief. I do bring attention to inconsistencies, such as taking responsibility for one’s body and not loading it up with Oreo cookies and wine, which is most evenings and shows up in an ever enlarging body and achy joints.
I half expect him to run off with an evangelical comrade who fawns the same song. Pretty sure he stays around due to inertia and my aptitude for organizing and fiscal responsibility. Stunning how almost all the flock are trashing their existence here in this life, on most every aspect of living- physical, financial and rat race participation, they await their promised reward.
Meanwhile, here on the ground, I work to maximize the beauty that I see everywhere , gardening- such a continuous learning curve that gives exercise, fresh air, a good amount of food, that I keep discovering new ways to save and prepare.
When I’m not at my work bench or in the gallery shop- where I maintain a gorilla garden behind the shop to play in.
I have a humbling respect and amazement for the power that brought this playground about! Just doing my best not to be a weed. ( although I’m learning weeds have their place too)
Grateful for your sharing Ray, and for your wise wife’s assistance. She was the one that knew about the fruit leather ;)
All organizations are undermined to serve the hierarchy. Serving the hierarchy is to sacrifice oneself. yes, all organizations are technically hackable, now. You'll have to do your own thing, start by planting a garden.