I've got a general mentality, and then I have what I DO. As a much younger person, I can imagine myself going out trying to provoke something to see how far I could push my individual liberty. Archetype change as they age. I don't do things like that anymore.
But for the concepts of handing away rights and freedoms? I've got a part of me still tuned into Art Bell and early Alex Jones before he became Rush Limbaugh's twin brother in the sci-fi areas. Alex used to be pretty hot in reporting things in the periphery. Such as, this virus is just a bad cold, and the government is going to use it to obtain yet more power. With every Crisis, there has been a vast expansion of 'higher power'. It certainly happened in the last Crisis. Everything we think of as modern in America came from then... in terms of the Collective. Where, the Personal came later with Awakening, of course.
I'm not a person that is loving this situation. Not just because I feel interruption of MY life and those I care about, but because I inherently despise being told what to do. I'll admit that. Yet, it comes from my youth in the raw rebellion against powers of any kind. I don't like them nor the idea of anyone in 'office' telling people on the ground how to live. And I've a long-standing hate for ever-encroaching authorities who say they are doing good but just becoming personally wealthy through influence.
You say sacrifice. You anecdoted the story of the man who wanted to DO something when told not to. He was trying to do something... and action... to assist. He was being told exactly what to do but didn't want to do that? Wanted something else instead? We are being told to sacrifice by NOT doing something. By not doing ANYTHING.
There was an article today, someone blasted "this is not a WAR, far from it." Which is true. No one believes they are battling anything. There is no war. By the narrative here, many of us will die................................. OR WE WON'T. There is no real or true diagram of any of it.
We are being told, stay inside of you and/or others will die.
We need to really think about that for a moment instead of knee-jerking.
I go out every day, I get a coffee and since this, I've been driving around observing. Going to the store when I need something. Definitely exercising outside without fear. I am being told by others "you go out too much" and "you are putting others at risk" and "why do you want to spread the virus".
Part of me feels this is what, in youth, I would have reared my head up and thought the world mad. Never have I seen the WORLD on lockdown. The entirety.
We have not known or understood ANYTHING about what's going on except it's SO serious, most of us either will die or we won't. And when we don't, we will be adulated and praised for being "good" citizens who "sacrificed" for the greater good. When most of us do not die, we will collectively drink that libation unto ourselves in congratulations, not realizing or even caring what we gave up in the meantime.
I don't partake, really, of the good "conspiracy" idea at my age, conspiracy simple meaning a questioning, but part of me is still there. Part of me would rather see a complete decimation since the planet is overrun with populace anyway and is dying because of it. We ARE killing the planet and it's only a matter of time before it's dead and so are we as we know it.
THAT'S PART OF ME.
The other part is doing what is necessary and trying to get past this. I'm no Millennial sneezing on bananas in youtube. I'm also not an old man in the house calling all my family members daily waiting for the shoe to drop. I am never going to live that way. We are all informed by our experiences.
*** I must add
Since understanding the Saeculum, I know this isn't the end, AN end, only a turning. I expected it, no one knows what it will look like, it will pass, and we'll see what comes next. I know and accept it must happen. We don't know what events of circumstances cause it, sometimes we only know after the fact. That has helped me deal with this situation. It's also helped me to get perspective, if I don't allow myself to be too distracted, I will catch nuances of things like abuse of liberties and rights as power is grabbed.
But for the concepts of handing away rights and freedoms? I've got a part of me still tuned into Art Bell and early Alex Jones before he became Rush Limbaugh's twin brother in the sci-fi areas. Alex used to be pretty hot in reporting things in the periphery. Such as, this virus is just a bad cold, and the government is going to use it to obtain yet more power. With every Crisis, there has been a vast expansion of 'higher power'. It certainly happened in the last Crisis. Everything we think of as modern in America came from then... in terms of the Collective. Where, the Personal came later with Awakening, of course.
I'm not a person that is loving this situation. Not just because I feel interruption of MY life and those I care about, but because I inherently despise being told what to do. I'll admit that. Yet, it comes from my youth in the raw rebellion against powers of any kind. I don't like them nor the idea of anyone in 'office' telling people on the ground how to live. And I've a long-standing hate for ever-encroaching authorities who say they are doing good but just becoming personally wealthy through influence.
You say sacrifice. You anecdoted the story of the man who wanted to DO something when told not to. He was trying to do something... and action... to assist. He was being told exactly what to do but didn't want to do that? Wanted something else instead? We are being told to sacrifice by NOT doing something. By not doing ANYTHING.
There was an article today, someone blasted "this is not a WAR, far from it." Which is true. No one believes they are battling anything. There is no war. By the narrative here, many of us will die................................. OR WE WON'T. There is no real or true diagram of any of it.
We are being told, stay inside of you and/or others will die.
We need to really think about that for a moment instead of knee-jerking.
I go out every day, I get a coffee and since this, I've been driving around observing. Going to the store when I need something. Definitely exercising outside without fear. I am being told by others "you go out too much" and "you are putting others at risk" and "why do you want to spread the virus".
Part of me feels this is what, in youth, I would have reared my head up and thought the world mad. Never have I seen the WORLD on lockdown. The entirety.
We have not known or understood ANYTHING about what's going on except it's SO serious, most of us either will die or we won't. And when we don't, we will be adulated and praised for being "good" citizens who "sacrificed" for the greater good. When most of us do not die, we will collectively drink that libation unto ourselves in congratulations, not realizing or even caring what we gave up in the meantime.
I don't partake, really, of the good "conspiracy" idea at my age, conspiracy simple meaning a questioning, but part of me is still there. Part of me would rather see a complete decimation since the planet is overrun with populace anyway and is dying because of it. We ARE killing the planet and it's only a matter of time before it's dead and so are we as we know it.
THAT'S PART OF ME.
The other part is doing what is necessary and trying to get past this. I'm no Millennial sneezing on bananas in youtube. I'm also not an old man in the house calling all my family members daily waiting for the shoe to drop. I am never going to live that way. We are all informed by our experiences.
*** I must add
Since understanding the Saeculum, I know this isn't the end, AN end, only a turning. I expected it, no one knows what it will look like, it will pass, and we'll see what comes next. I know and accept it must happen. We don't know what events of circumstances cause it, sometimes we only know after the fact. That has helped me deal with this situation. It's also helped me to get perspective, if I don't allow myself to be too distracted, I will catch nuances of things like abuse of liberties and rights as power is grabbed.