The Enemy We Don't Believe In
In tonight's absolutely mythic episode of Game of Thrones, "The Queen's Justice," (7:3) there was one line that particularly struck me. In conversing with Tyrion Lannister atop of Dragonstone, Jon Snow laments, (may not be exact) "It's hard to convince people to fight an enemy they don't believe in." When I heard the King in the North speak these words, I realized, "Hey, that's how I feel a lot of the time!"
Just as in Westeros, we too are opposed by a force that seeks to crush the life out of us, but most people will mock the notion that such a force exists. Even those that do believe are often fractured by debate over whether it's the Illuminati, aliens, archons, or the devil. I think all of those labels fit to a degree, and all describe the same shadowy entity that has been a guiding hand through much of recorded history.
As Jon with Dany, our first step is to convince others that this threat is real; there is a real power out there that is anti-human in every sense of the word. It doesn't want us to lead free, creative, imaginative, novel, loving lives. It wants us to be content living in our boxes, sleeping on our square beds, working in our cubicles, and staring at our variously shaped square screens. It wants the world to be like the beginning of every dystopian story you've ever read or seen. It wants us to be eager consumers of physical goods and entertainment in order to bind us to its collective will and feed off our energy.
Just like the White Walkers.
To challenge this enemy of Life on Earth, we will need all (or a lot more anyway) to stand together in defying it. To do that, we must first prove its existence, or make a good argument anyway, but I have a feeling this will become considerably easier in the near future.
In response to what Jon says, Tyrion remarks (something like) "It's much easier to get people to fight enemies they already believe in." Now imagine if this real-life power used its influence to create an enemy out of someone that already fits the image of what many see as a villain in order to convince the world that it is this figure that represents everything wrong in the world today, distracting attention away from what is really going on in the process? I wonder whom that might be.
(archonmatrix.com)
Great episode and brilliant observation too, that's what I have been thinking about lately as well. I think this person knows what he's doing but the people fall for antics and the media enjoys the profit because of the entertainment value of these distractions.
Yeah, but the truth will be revealed in the show and real life. Hopefully it won't be too late. Thanks for your comment!
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Very Interesting
Thanks for saying so!
I felt the same way while watching the scenes with Jon and Tyrion. I imagine a lot of people probably did. What's good is that, just as in the show, the predators will inevitably be revealed, and that has to happen for everyone to take true ownership of our world, be it Earth or Westeros/Planetos.
This was a great post, Sam.
I agree that there are forces at work that would like to hook us into their agendas.
I don't know how organized and linked to each other these forces are. I mean how consciously they're orchestrating the B.S. with which they baffle us.
I suspect there is a certain amount of deliberate planning on the part of some of the powers that be.
But I think that some of the dynamics at play are simply the result of the Group Ego Mind, if that's an appropriate description of it.
In any event, whether the element of Ego collaborates across the board or not, I think the most constructive way for us to deal with it is to disengage from it, to acquire some detachment, for example, through meditation.
I also think our behavior -- including seemingly small things, like how we spend our money -- demonstrates how assimilated with The Borg or how independent we are.
For me, even what I eat is part of how I interact with The Matrix (to use an analogy from yet another movie).
Great point, Judy. I agree how we spend our time and money can be choices that affect not just our own lives, but influence those around us too.
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