Amidst The Death...Fragile Life!

A short respite from the doom and gloom, to take a quick look at new life coming into the world. These are cardinal chicks; a mated pair of cardinals nested in my hedge and built this small home. I've been watching over the eggs - and befriending the parents - for weeks, hoping the eggs would make it to hatching time (and hopefully more). Yesterday they were speckled eggs. Today they are chicks, hungry for some predigested-worm-love from mama.

Good luck, young birds.

Commentary - 2012-04-03

A while back, I hypothesized this: any civilization with a population sufficiently educated to even be able to survive an event such as this will inevitably produce in 'the masses' someone who will see the truth and bring it forth.

And if no one ever brought forward the truth, would that be better? The calamities themselves would (and will) eventually induce panic from fear of the unknown, which is the most powerful fear of all.

'The beast will out', as Anthony Hopkins said in the remake of The Wolfman.

So what matters isn't whether the truth comes out, but who brings it, and when, and with what motivation? To bring down government? That'd be a terrible mistake, since they know what we're facing, they're the ones trying the desperate mitigation efforts that are however imperfectly protecting us, they're the ones who have the 'Plan B' information. We need them. They need us too. Everyone needs everyone in a time like this.

The problem is the backlog of lies that undoubtedly stretches back decades. Nobody in government has yet had the courage to tell the truth, because that would mean owning decades of lies, and 'they' (the ones in office now) didn't make that problem, they inherited it. Notice all the retirements this year, even from people secure in their districts who could easily continue receiving those Congessional and Senatorial monthly checks. They don't want to be around to accept blame for lies they themselves probably didn't know about until recently, lies that may have begun even before they were born. I don't blame them.

Clearly we have a systemic flaw in government, that even allowed this to happen, for the lies to build up into this seemingly unconquerable mountain of deception. We should fix that flaw - and any others - as we move forward.

My goal, I see now, isn't merely to expose this truth, but to try to make it less painful for 'them' to tell the truth and heal this rift, because if we don't, then far fewer will survive. This isn't the time for rugged individualism, but for concerted cooperation and shared sacrifice on the grandest of scales.

Take a step back and consider this from Obama's position. He knew squat about this until he won the election. Bush knew this problem was about to explode, so he basically handed Obama a timebomb and then booked off to 200,000 acres in Paraguay or whatever (far from the potentially soon-to-be-angry mobs of Americans). That's why Obama looked so furious at the 9-11 ceremony, and that's why Bush looked so scared. It was like the ultimate sabotage.

And could Obama himself just come out and tell people this? No, he couldn't! He had to keep that inherited mountain of deception going, to buy our civilization time to institute new technologies, infrastructure changes, laws, R&D, preps for as many as can be saved, that kind of thing.

That must be hurting him, seeing all the death and destruction, and still, he must feel that he can't yet tell us the truth. Fear of the reaction of the masses must be overwhelming. And if 'we' go to war with 'them', I assure you 'they' will win, though it would be the most Pyrrhic victory of all time.

But as I mentioned, we're approaching the time when events themselves will be so catastrophic, so horrifyingly bad, that the masses - us - will panic simply from fear of the unknown. That would be, I think, worse than anything.

If I can explain this properly, if 'they' can find the courage to tell the truth, and if we can forgive the lies, then we can all turn our focus to survival, to building the best future we can from our bleak circumstances. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. This extinction event is the enemy of everyone. So everyone should be friends. Every erg of energy we spend attacking each other is an erg of energy less that we have to save each other.

Instead of hardening our hearts, it is time to soften them. If we can do that - and it will take many to make a difference - then the truth will flow, and our chances of survival and the number who do survive can only increase.

Another thing: we must never be forced to make this kind of sacrifice again. Whoever survives, they must never ever forget all the lives lost that allowed them to live, and which allowed humanity to have a future at all. The monumental grief-saturated sacrifice made by our generation must be so deeply burned into our racial memory that the lessons we learn cannot ever be forgotten and the mistakes we have made cannot ever be repeated.

I wish everyone well, in every country, of every color, of whatever religion or none at all. Let's tear down the artificial barriers that divide us and become one people, working toward one goal, with hope and compassion and - difficult though it may be to summon - forgiveness. Whoever you are, I stand ready to embrace you as a friend and work with you for our common good.

United Civilization: The Way Forward?

Assume for the moment that my hypothesis is correct, and we do indeed face this epic extinction event on Earth. Clearly, we haven't been told about this, so the truth has been and is being held back from us.

Do you feel angry about that? I did, at first. But ya know, if they'd told us all that this might happen 30 years ago, then we wouldn't have had the lives we've had. And our global economy would have been weaker, our technology less developed. Our odds of getting through this bottleneck would have been reduced if we'd all known. The fear would have sapped our strength, our vibrancy.

Obama found out in 2009, I think. He had that Alice in Wonderland party at the White House and that is when he probably told his staff and friends (many of whom subsequently left their positions). So realize this: Obama was lied to for just 3 years less than you, or me. He too was lied to, just like me or you, for most of his life. I think that's why he looked so angry and gave that apocalyptic speech at the 9-11 thing: he might have made different choices in life if he'd known this was coming. Bush looked fearful, as if expecting Obama to tell the truth that day, and throw all blame on Bush.

Well, blah blah blah. The world is as it is. We have this severe problem. The blame game will drain us of strength. We need two things to happen: we need 'them' (those who know the truths that have been hidden from the rest of us) to have the courage to tell the truth. And then the rest of us must somehow summon the strength to forgive the lies so that we tear down that barrier, that Wall of Lies, and we become just we. No them and us. Just us. United, we could fight this problem much more effectively.

So, this line of thought led me to consider the possibility of the human race rapidly reorganizing into one civilization. And...I think that is what's going to happen, or at least 'they' are going to attempt it. That may in part also involve tearing down the Wall of Lies. I certainly hope so.

Yet, if this is what is about to happen, it will be painful. Many will resist. There will be violence. 'National sovereignty!' many will cry. I can understand that point of view. But I do see truly vast improvements in problem-fighting capability if the whole planet were one civilization. Then it wouldn't be 'China's incredible manufacturing capacity'. It'd be OUR incredible manufacturing capacity. It wouldn't be 'Germany's awe-inspiring engineering prowess' but OUR awe-inspiring engineering prowess. It would be a substantial evolution from our current more tribal approach. And don't just think 'One World Order' - there is no limit of one world per civilization, and I think 'we' (human beings) do have people on Mars and the Moon, possibly substantial numbers. Once the Wall of Lies is down, then that portion of human civilization might now be big enough and ready enough to turn around and help us.

What are those cities in China for, the empty ones? Maybe that's what they're intending on bringing to the table in terms of instant contribution to the new human civilization, to help our island brothers and sisters as their lands become unsurvivable. Or to help us residents of the U.S., for that matter. And why wouldn't they help if we are to be the same civilization?

If we do that - become a UNITED CIVILIZATION - then we would have a much better chance of surviving,  and preserving and healing the Earth.

I believe I do sense this coming. I think the human race uniting will ultimately be seen as one of the single most defining moments in human history, if we can do it, and the only thing stopping us is us. I hope Obama can tear down that Wall of Lies. It is probably costing more lives to maintain that Wall than maintaining it is saving now. If that happens, if the Wall of Lies comes crashing down, then I know that at least I will stand behind a united human civilization, and I must hope that many other folks will as well.

And hey, some of those changes might actually be nice: debt? What debt? Our economy is based on growth. Our population will be in decline. Untenable. Soooo...why do we owe 'China' money? They would be us. European debt, any debt, your debt, his debt, her debt, whatever - eradicate it. With a new human civilization paradigm, one of the luxuries is starting with a blank slate like that. College debt? Hah, we'd better be educating the crap out of our people, to innovate, help push technology. Amish tech (as much as I admire it) isn't going to save us from this problem.

We stand now at a crossroads of human existence, one of those times that defines all the times to come. Will Obama find the courage to cast aside the chains of deception and become the first Leader of Truth? Will we be the generation that all future generations look back to and wonder: how did we come together and face down such a challenge? We are that generation? Us?! I have to have hope that yes, we can be - we must be - that generation, as improbable as it may seem. The alternative is unthinkable.

If you are a religious person, you may wish to be prepared to make adjustments to your faith. I don't know exactly what is behind the Wall of Lies, but I suspect it will shake the foundations of all religions. (I am glad to be an open-minded agnostic.)

Are you ready for the ride of a thousand lifetimes? Me either. But it's coming anyway. One way or another - with truth or with deception - the howling wind of change approaches.