

The Slave Mind

Mental Slavery in the 21st Century

By Rachael Pina

Copyright 2013 Rachael Pina

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Table of Contents

The Slave Mind

Programming Our Reality

Money, Money and Yes, More Money

Big Pharma Is Big Business!

Voting: Our Greatest Illusion of Control

America's Dumbed-Down Generation

Independent Thinking Is Fundamental

Liberation From Ignorance

Conformity: The Enemy of the Unique

Speaking Out

Uncovering Your Hidden Strength

Dispelling All Illusions

Freeing Our Minds

Question Authority

Be The Change You Want To See In The World

Seeing The World With Different Eyes

Taking Back Our Control

Finding Your Own Power

Time for a Real Change

The Totalitarian Tip-Toe

The Game Plan: A Blueprint for the Future

Beware of False Flag Attacks!

Let's End The War On Terror

The Choice: Freedom or Slavery

Strengthening Our Determination

THE SLAVE MIND

When we are born, we have something in common with everyone on this planet, and that is we are born into a world that is not of our own making. All of humanity has been in mental and physical slavery in one form or another for thousands of years, and our time is not different.

Our mental conditioning begins very early in our development and often continues until death. Mental slavery is a much more subtle method than physical slavery; it's also the most effective because people are not aware that their minds are being manipulated, so there is little resistance to the conditioning.

Most people believe that they are free to think for themselves, and that their opinions come from their own thoughts. We are constantly told what to think by establishment authorities – politicians, mainstream media, religion, schools, doctors etc., so that by the time we become adults, we don't know how to really think for ourselves. We are expected to accept what authorities tell us, without question. The power elite put these systems into place to keep us under their control.

The primary methods the authorities use to establish control over the public are fear, secrecy, and manipulation of the media. Those that govern the system use these practices to distract people from their deeper purpose in life. The public's attention has been diverted from having a profound purpose in life to a more superficial temptation of sex, consumerism and money. To make matters worse, our freedoms are gradually being taken away by the global elite in order gain greater power and control, and if we succumb to fear, anger and hopelessness, they will be able to exert even more control over our lives and the world.

In this book, we will explore the methods of mental slavery used by those in power in order to manipulate and control society, and what we can do to break free. There can be dangerous pitfalls when we allow the system to think for us.

Remember: "The mind is everything. What you think, you become."

The Paradox of Our Age

We have bigger houses but smaller families;

more conveniences, but less time;

We have more degrees, but less sense;

more knowledge, but less judgement;

more experts, but more problems;

more medicines, but less healthiness

We've been all the way to the moon and back,

but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor.

We built more computers to hold more information to produce more copies than ever, but have less communication.

We have become long on quantity and short on quality.

These are times of fast foods

But slow digestion;

Tall man but short character;

Steep profits, but shallow relationships.

It's a time when there is much in the window, but nothing in

the room.

-The Dalai Lama

When the image of slavery comes to mind, usually there is a vision of Africans in chains. Most people, at least in American society, would never think of themselves in such a situation – but they are.

Slavery of the mind is much more insidious and subtle than physical slavery. In order to break out of a prison, you first need to acknowledge that you are in one; a prison of the mind. Let's ask ourselves the obvious questions about our mental enslavement such as:

What ways are our minds enslaved?

Who is enslaving us?

What is the purpose?

A war has been waged to manipulate our thoughts, opinions and actions. If you don't believe this is true, turn on your television to CNN, FOX or any of the other stations, and just listen. Network commentators seemingly argue over an issue with "opposing" viewpoints, but the real goal is to manipulate your viewpoint.

It is your perception of life and your place in it, which is what all authorities want to manipulate. These authorities do not want the public to use their valuable time to critically think about the downward spiraling direction of our planet and its human inhabitants. This is why our lives are set up so that we don't have much free time. When we're children, school keeps us our minds busy in regimented classrooms and in our adult lives, work keeps us busy with the daily grind. In our spare time, the mass media holds our attention with the official version of world events. The system doesn't want the public to have too much leisure time to think about things such as life, existence, and the world, because you would eventually realize that you are a slave on this planet.

Mental slavery can only happen if you allow it, and when you take control of what influences your mind, you take control of your life. Freeing yourself from mental slavery will dramatically change the perception you have of yourself and the world around you.

Another way authorities manipulate our perception is through fear. Fear is an extremely effective method of controlling a populace.

Every single day, television news reports feed the public stories of terror and tragedy to maintain a fearful condition inside our minds, because when we are frightened, we are easily manipulated. The use of fear to control and manipulate the masses is nothing new, but it is a mistake to allow fear to determine domestic public policy. Commenting on the system's use of fear, political activist Noam Chomsky said:

"The resort to fear by systems of power to discipline the domestic population has left a long and terrible trail of bloodshed and suffering which we ignore at our peril."

The media's fear mongering is used to manipulate the general public into accepting the power elite's further control over society. In recent years, the American public has been frequently bullied into consenting to breaches of its constitutional rights without the possibility to protest. In 2009, a study from the American Journal of Political Science reported that politicians are likely to use fear to make the public agree with decisions they would otherwise oppose. Immediately after the events of the Sept. 11th attacks, politicians and the media continually repeated the words "terrorist" or "terrorism", making the population feel at risk. The fear used from that event, precipitated the creation of the endless War on Terrorism, Patriot Act, NDAA, TSA, and other inhumane endeavors.

Politicians and the media are not the only entities that use fear to manipulate the masses. Religion is another mechanism the system uses to keep the population in continual mental bondage, and for millennia these organizations have used fear to keep us under control. In reality, religions around the world have kept our species in mental and spiritual bondage through fear, shame and conformity. Fear of not going to "Heaven" or going to "Hell", are powerful tools in controlling a population. These same religious powers were also responsible for horrific events "in the name of God" such as the Crusades and The Spanish Inquisition. Despite these facts, people have continued to participate in these types of organizations over the centuries.

We can be free from being manipulated by fear by truly thinking for ourselves, and thinking outside of the little box that the power elite would like for us to be inside. If we are not aware of their tactics, those that control the system can negatively impact our minds with fear, and shape the image we have of ourselves and our world.

Shaking off the shackles of fear can be difficult, but it can be done. Having true courage doesn't mean that you are without fear; it means doing what you think is right despite your fears. If you can learn to control your fear and know when it's being used to manipulate you, it's unlikely that you could be controlled by anyone. Mastering our fears takes time and practice, but it can be achieved.

Only you can release yourself from the prison of the mind.

Indoctrination is another method used in mental slavery.

Indoctrination: to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle.

At a very early age, our parents are the first to indoctrinate us, and shape our viewpoint about ourselves and the world around us. They are the first to teach us the principles of "good and bad" and to obey or there will be consequences. Our parents are also the first to use fear in order to control our behavior. Parents usually have good intentions when indoctrinating their children, and frequently use the same methods from their own parents. In most cases, parental conditioning continues well into a person's adulthood. When we grow into adulthood and become more aware of the world around us, we should re-evaluate some of the ideas that our parents instilled in us to see if these ideas and thoughts are actually are own. We're not responsible for programming we picked up as children, but when we become adults, we are absolutely responsible for correcting it.

After the first few years of parental indoctrination, we are the further indoctrinated with the educational system. Outside of home, school is where we first experience true social conformity and the expectation of obedience. We are all socialized to believe that the purpose of the educational system is to give the population a good educational background. Its true purpose is to indoctrinate the masses and prepare them for a lifetime of economic and mental slavery.

In recent years, our educational system has increasingly been concentrated on passing tests rather than developing our intelligence and creativity. When we allow schools to determine and shape our mental and personal development, we risk not being able to reach our highest potential. Albert Einstein humorously brought this point home when he said, "The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education."

It is important to educate ourselves about the world around us, instead of leaving it to schools and the media. The more time we take to educate ourselves, the better educated we will be. Find a subject that you are interested in, and learn as much as you can, in the time that you have available. You can find topics that may interest you on the internet or in books, and you can learn and think for yourself.

A lifetime of indoctrination can be slowly unlearned and it's our responsibility to shape and determine our own personal and mental development. Each person has the ability to internally shape their own minds, and to be free from indoctrination. We should strive to have an extraordinary life... and not an ordinary one.

Programming Our Reality

Television "programming" and Hollywood movies are the biggest arsenal the elite have in controlling the viewpoint of the public. Television has been more detrimental to society than any other medium. It has shortened our attention spans with its ten second sound-bites, feeding us with irrelevant information and trivialities and offers an emotional rush to keep us watching. On a daily basis, the media replaces serious questions with slick emotional imagery, and serious discussions with screaming matches between two radically opposing viewpoints. The media often portrays serious issues like war as entertainment and propaganda as news.

The purpose of the media is not to show you the truth, but to indoctrinate you with whatever those at the highest levels of power and influence want you to believe. Their job is not to inform, but to misinform and divert public attention from important issues and changes decided by the elite. It is important for us to know how the media's manipulation of the public is covertly linked to the government. In 1928, the father of modern advertising, Edward L. Bernays said:

"The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country...

We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of. This is a logical result of the way in which our democratic society is organized. Vast numbers of human beings must cooperate in this manner if they are to live together as a smoothly functioning society...

In almost every act of our daily lives, whether in the sphere of politics or business, in our social conduct or our ethical thinking, we are dominated by the relatively small number of persons...who understand the mental processes and social patterns of the masses. It is they who pull the wires which control the public mind."

The media's main role is to distort and manipulate our perception of reality. It is vital that we are aware of this fact, so our minds don't get trapped in their manufactured false reality. This is also the purpose for the recent wave of "reality" shows on television. The reason why the media creates these reality programs is two-fold. The first reason is to indoctrinate the masses into believing that it's acceptable for cameras to watch our every waking moments. The second reason is an attempt to manipulate our personal reality. In one form or another, everything on television is geared toward manipulating your perception and viewpoint.

The media also uses major events to divide the nation into an "us against them" mentality. Through the media, the power elite work to keep the public's attention focused on issues that split us into divided camps so that the elite's more important concerns of power and control go unnoticed. Television, movies, and popular magazines provide subtle, yet powerful methods of gaining control, and to distract people from their own purpose in life. The public is continually fed negative information in TV news reports and newspapers, in order to maintain a fearful condition inside our minds. The elite know that people are more vulnerable and easily manipulated when they are frightened. So over the years, these mediums have been increasingly filled with ever more fear, greed, violence, and empty sex. Corporate-controlled media limits the news we receive, and as a result, influences our decisions and the way we think.

In order to be free from the negative influence of the corporate media, we should turn off the TV, and read a book or get your news and entertainment from alternative sources on the internet.

Money, Money, and Yes... More Money

The monetary system is how the power elite keep us in continual economic bondage. It's such a pity that money can determine a human being's lot in life when born into this world. Strangely enough, when you think about it, human beings are the only species on the planet that has to work for money in order to survive. Working for money takes up so much of our mental, emotional and physical energy and all too often, a person's daily struggle to survive can often negatively influence their mental state. We work to make a living, but are we really living? Are our lives truly fulfilled and happy?

"Every effort under compulsion demands a sacrifice

of life energy."

-Nikola Tesla

Quoted from Waking Up: Freeing Ourselves from Work:

"Tesla's quotation captures the reality of the working world for many people. People trudge off to work, do work, return home, recuperate, and go to work the next day. Most people will do this five days a week for most of the year.

Who likes having to work five days a week, having the days and hours of their week decided by someone else, receiving a few weeks in the year as a vacation time, or having to obey orders from a boss?

This is the situation for the masses of people who are workers. Capitalist society is structured such that most people are either unemployed or wage slaves."

Wage and debt slavery over the past 30 years has enslaved millions across America, and it will eventually encompass the planet. In fact, our world itself is a global enslavement system that conditions people to think that they are free in order for them to cope with their enslavement. All of the social advancements in America such as the civil rights movement and women's liberation were ultimately intended to level the playing field and create a nation filled with economic wage and debt slaves. Why enslave only a small portion of the populace, when you can have the workforce of an entire population at your disposal?

The money that people spend their entire lives chasing is controlled by the private banking industry. Over the last few years, the already over-inflated banking industry has collected billions of "bailout" dollars from the governments around the world. In the rush to protect their own financial interests, nations have poured even more currency into the supposedly broken industry, mostly without the public's consent. Concerning the bailouts, The New York Times reports:

"Many people became rightfully upset about bailouts given to big banks during the mortgage crisis. But it turns out that they are still going on, if more quietly, through the back door. The existence of one such secret deal, struck in July between the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Bank of America, came to light just last week in court filings.

That the New York Fed would shower favors on a big financial institution may not surprise. It has long shielded large banks from assertive regulation and increased capital requirements. Still, last week's details of the undisclosed settlement between the New York Fed and Bank of America are remarkable. Not only do the filings show the New York Fed helping to thwart another institution's fraud case against the bank, they also reveal that the New York Fed agreed to give away what may be billions of dollars in potential legal claims."

As the economy wavers, it's incredible to see the government hand over tax-payer dollars to the already wealthy banks, while leaving its own citizens to suffer financially. Americans are rightfully outraged by the continual acquiescence of the government to the "too big to fail" private banking industry.

The Federal Reserve Bank controls U.S. currency, interest, loans, and inflation. In 1913, Woodrow Wilson agreed to sign the Federal Reserve Act in exchange for bankers' financial campaign support, but later wrote in regret:

"Our great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit. Our system of credit is privately concentrated. The growth of the nation, therefore, and all our activities are in the hands of a few men, who necessarily, by very reason of their own limitations, chill and check and destroy genuine economic freedom. We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated government in the civilized world. No longer a government by free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and duress of small groups of dominant men."

The protests against social and economic injustice as expressed by the Occupy Movement in the U.S., show that the nation is becoming more aware of the banking industry's role in domestic and international affairs. These movements have spread across the globe, revealing the increasing awareness of the greed and corruption in the industry. It always seems that the richer the corrupt banks get, the poorer we get, and they keep getting richer!

Big Pharma is Big Business!

The extent of our mental enslavement is never more evident than when go to see a physician. When it comes to your physical well-being, there should be no other thought but your own. It is your body, so why would you allow a total stranger to dictate what is best for it? The slave mind never questions the advice their doctor recommends, often unconsciously rationalizing that doctors are in charge of their health. The cost of this reasoning is usually paid in needless pain and unnecessary procedures.

When visiting the physician, we usually trust that our doctor is well-trained and has the best intentions when caring for his patients. This misconception about physicians has led many patients to suffer pointlessly. In reality, the medical industry is a business that makes the majority of its money from the poor health of the public. The repeat business of unhealthy patients for hospitals and physicians is very profitable.

Regrettably, thousands of people die each year due to medical errors that are preventable. The Centers for Disease Control reported in 2007 that 99,000 Americans die annually from hospital-acquired infections. A commentary in The American Association for Justice states:

"In The Institute of Medicine's (IOM) seminal study of preventable medical errors estimated as many as 98,000 people die every year at a cost of $29 billion. If the Centers for Disease Control were to include preventable medical errors as a category, these conclusions would make it the sixth leading cause of death in America."

Cancer is also very profitable for the medical industry. Think of how many doctors and painful procedures cancer patients endure simply to survive. Mammography, for example, is a highly lucrative and competitive business. Mammograms are known to be unreliable in detecting breast cancer, but physicians continue to recommend that

women are screened in this way. Even the American Cancer Society promotes major manufacturers of mammogram machines.

Dr. Samuel S. Epstein, M.D., Chairman of the Cancer Prevention Coalition has been speaking out about the risks of mammography for decades. Regarding the misguided mammography guidelines, Dr. Epstein remarks:

"Mammography screening is a profit-driven technology posing risks compounded by unreliability. In striking contrast, annual clinical breast examination (CBE) by a trained health professional, together with monthly breast self-examination (BSE), is safe, at least as effective, and low in cost. International programs for training nurses how to perform CBE and teach BSE are critical and overdue.

Contrary to popular belief and assurances by the U. S. media, National Cancer Institute, and American Cancer Society, mammography is not a technique for early diagnosis. In fact, a breast cancer has usually been present for about eight years before it can finally be detected. Furthermore, screening should be recognized as damage control, rather than misleadingly as "secondary prevention."

There are other alternative methods for screening breast cancer. Another interesting article regarding breast cancer screenings from World-Wire states:

"There is a safer option for breast screening, however, that you may not have heard of because it is not financially tied to ACS (American Cancer Society) or other public health agencies.

It's called thermographic breast screening, and works by measuring the radiation of infrared heat from your body and translating this information into anatomical images. Thermography uses no mechanical pressure or ionizing radiation, and can detect signs of breast cancer as much as 10 years earlier than either mammography or a physical exam. Whereas mammography cannot detect a tumor until after it has been growing for years and reaches a certain size, thermography is able to detect the possibility of breast cancer much earlier."

There is a time when we have to stop and ask ourselves, why are so many medical procedures actually damaging to the body? Year after year, physicians continually recommend to their patients procedures and medications that are known to be harmful. A perfect example of this is when someone is diagnosed with cancer. Physicians commonly recommend chemotherapy, radiation or surgery, all of which can cause permanent organ damage. If diagnosed with cancer or any illness, it's important to educate yourself about your disease and all alternative treatment methods. You make the final decision; it is your body and ultimately you know it best.

In the medical field, psychiatrists and the pharmaceutical companies are the biggest drug dealers around. When diagnosing patients, a psychiatrist will typically prescribe the seemingly appropriate medication, usually without knowing how that drug will effect you. The mental slave will take any medication a psychiatrist administers, without inquiring about the possible side-effects of the drug. Authors Richard Hughes and Robert Brewin, in their book The Tranquilizing of America warned:

"Although psychotropic drugs may appear to 'take the edge off' anxiety, pain, and stress, they also take the edge off life itself... these pills not only numb the pain, but numb the whole mind."

Anti-depressants were created to hinder the feelings of depression or anxiety, but many anti-depressants cause the same symptoms that they're designed to protect against. The greatest danger in taking these type of drugs are antidepressant-induced suicides. The following excerpt from Dr. Peter R. Breggin's book The Anti-Depressant Factbook: What Your Doctor Won't Tell You About Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Celexa, and Luvox , reveals interesting facts about anti-depressants:

"In debates with my colleagues, I've heard statements like the following:

-FDA approval means that the drug is safe.

-The FDA makes sure that a drug is tested on thousands of patients before it is approved.

-Antidepressants are not mood-altering, they directly improve the disease of depression.

-Antidepressants are like insulin for diabetes, they provide essential missing substances.

-Antidepressants don't cause abnormalities in the brain, they correct biochemical imbalances.

-Antidepressants aren't in any way similar to stimulants like amphetamine and cocaine.

-Antidepressants don't cause withdrawal problems; you can stop them without any ill effects.

-Antidepressants can't make you psychotic, unless you have a preexisting mental illness.

None of the above is true. These and many other myths and misunderstandings about depression and antidepressants..."

It is vital that you think for yourself when advice is given by a doctor. Ask questions about any medication or procedure your physician recommends. You can also go online and research your illness for yourself. Don't forget: It's your mind and body and you are in charge.

"The best doctor gives the least medicines."

-Benjamin Franklin

Voting: Our Greatest Illusion of Control

It never ceases to amaze me to see intelligent Americans surrendering themselves every four years to a different form of slavery - the process of "democratic election" of their president. Unfortunately, most people do not understand that presidents are tools used by a cabal of power elite, and it is they who control the resources, transfer wealth upwards, enslaves us, suppresses our dissent and urges us into wars of greed against our human neighbors around the planet.

The voting paradigm of right and left is meant to divide Americans, and to trick us into believing that we have a choice. When we get tired of the lies and deceit of the Democrats, we turn to the Republicans, but unfortunately more deceit awaits us on the right as Republicans and Democrats are both on the same team. With the American people's growing cynicism of the status quo, a new weapon has been put into power - Barack Obama. As Obama supposedly advocated change, he continues to carry out the same dangerous policies that are destroying America by looting taxpayers to aid the already wealthy banks and Federal Reserve money machine.

Both of the American political parties are sustained and controlled by the power elite. These parties follow the same agenda, which is keeping the populace in perpetual economic enslavement and increasing their control over global natural resources. The illusion of choice gives the masses a false perception that voting matters and that they are making a difference. Actually, voting doesn't significantly change anything in our society; it just sustains the power of the elite and keeps the current system in place.

There are those who argue that participation in national elections only continues the illusion of a self-governing society. As each election year passes, many are beginning to understand that regardless who wins the election, we are always getting pointless wars and broken election promises. Many times the voting process makes people feel powerless because they believe whatever they do or don't do, they never get positive results, so they give up trying. In essence, the voting process is designed to make us believe that we have a voice in what happens in our society, but this is an illusion created by the elite long ago. If you think about it, the only reason you believe that you are living in a free and democratic society, is because of a lifetime of indoctrination that told you to believe it. Your slave masters, the elite, need you to be content with your enslavement, so they can keep you calm and controlled with the illusion of the voting process. In order to complete this illusion, we are given choices in employment, consumerism and lifestyle, and these personal preferences give us an illusion of real freedom. So, you're free to choose your type of slavery and to vote for your puppet president in this sham known as the voting process, which gives us the illusion of control.

People often complain that there aren't any political candidates that represent their viewpoint. Sometimes we get two terrible "choices" in candidates, but instead of choosing not to vote for either of them, we vote for the lesser of two evils. When we vote with this line of thinking, we are not only betraying the values in which this nation was founded, but also abandoning any chance to have a government that is run by people who truly care about the public that they serve. When we vote for one evil in order to avoid a worse evil, we are admitting there is no evil we wouldn't support in the interest of a greater good.

Ultimately, our leaders are here to be servants of the people and to comply with the wishes of society. When considering if voting for any candidate is beneficial to ourselves or our society, we need to ask if voting prevented the important issues such as:

-Bailing out, 'too big to fail' private banks

-Federal restrictions on gun ownership

-Spying on American citizens without warrants

-Indefinite detention of citizens without charge, trial, or lawyer

-TSA's dehumanizing treatment of average citizens at airports

-Spraying unhealthy "chemtrails" in our sky.

Therefore, stop consenting to your own enslavement - fight the illusion and don't vote!

"The people who cast the votes don't decide an election,

the people who count the votes do."

-Joseph Stalin

America's Dumbed-Down Generation

Today's technology helps us to stay in touch with friends and family, so that we can communicate from anywhere. Almost everywhere you go, you'll see someone walking around with their noses buried in cell phones, BlackBerrys, iPhones, etc., but what cost has technology replaced our personal interactions?

Have you ever been to a family gathering and observe people in the same room who are not communicating with each other at all? Before everyone sits down to dinner, there are family members talking on cell phones, a nephew in the corner playing a game with newly downloaded apps on his cell phone, and other family members are listening to iPods. How could something that's supposed to bring us all together also be keeping us apart? The convenience of cell phones offers us connectedness, but they are also ruining our ability to communicate efficiently. Personal interaction and face-to face conversation is being replaced by email, text and instant messaging. Today's modern technology is causing a lack of personal and social interaction, yet most people are completely oblivious to this fact.

Technology has changed the way we interact with each other, but our addiction to it has gotten out of control. University and college professors have taken notice that the English language is being "dumbed-down" to the point where young people can no longer write coherently. Over the years, they have been increasingly concerned about their students' use of "textspeak" in academic and professional situations.

As time goes by, more young people are losing the capacity for grammatically correct writing due to the frequent use of text and instant messaging. High school and college students are sometimes unaware that they are using these language shortcuts in the classroom, and as a result, they often produce written work that is unclear, incomplete, or inaccurate. As one teacher wrote on an online forum discussion, "I have a hard time convincing my students that 'b4' and 'u' are not words that belong on a lab report."

This pseudo-language is becoming such a problem in classrooms that teachers must explain why using it in the business world is not appropriate. Chad Dion Lassiter, Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, mentions an example of how this new language is influencing prospective students' chances for getting into the college of their choice:

"Admissions officers have shared with me that a lot of the essays they're encountering now are deeply rooted in this technological culture of cut-off sentences where you're writing like you speak. After the first few sentences, college admissions professionals toss them to the side."

There is a measure of doubt as to whether college admissions officials will adjust to this social revolution in language, or if prospective college students will need to be more aware of the words they use. Even with all the modern technology at their disposal, the younger generation is losing their know-how when it comes to basic etiquette for important life skills such as applying to college or for a job.

Over-dependency on technology can also affect the learning and concentration abilities of children and adults. In recent years, psychologists have become intrigued by a more subtle and insidious effect of our electronic interactions. They believe excessive use of the Internet, cell phones and other technologies can cause us to become more absent-minded, impatient, impulsive and even narcissistic.

The over-dependence of cell phone use is also creating a culture of rudeness. Have you ever been sitting with friends over a meal or coffee and everyone has their phone sitting on the side? Do they glance at it repeatedly, whether it's buzzing or not? People who are addicted to cell phones often act as the person on the other end of the phone is more important than the person they are with. It's difficult to connect with the person next to you, when your mind is only connected to your cell phone.

Top 5 Rules of Cell Phone Etiquette

1. Be considerate and aware of others when using your cell phone in public. Do not speak loudly on your cell in public, because everyone doesn't need to hear your private conversation. Follow the 10 foot proximity rule. If possible, keep at least 10 feet from the nearest person.

2. Watch your driving while on the phone. The majority drivers who cause accidents are talking on the phone or texting while they drive. Postpone conversations during hazardous driving conditions, or when available use a hands-free device.

3. Turn your phone off in movie theaters, hospitals, classrooms and doctor's offices. These are obviously places where you can disturb other people with your private conversation on the cell phone.

4. Show respect for others by giving them your full attention. Try to avoid talking on the cell phone when you're already engaged in a face-to face discussion. If you absolutely must take a call, it's good etiquette to ask permission of the people with you.

5. It's also common courtesy to put your phone down when you're ready to order from a business, whether it's in a restaurant, cleaners or the grocery store.

The obsession with various technologies has consumed much of our lives. A recent study of 16 to 24 year olds has discovered that 75% say that they "couldn't live" without access to the internet. People who are aware of this fixation have made a decision to limit their exposure or even set computers and cell phones aside at certain times.

There is no easy way to conquer our dependency on technology, but instead of clicking on the TV or the computer, go outside and walk the dog or visit a friend and talk in person. Let's stop being slaves to cell phones and computers. Technology isn't the only option, and too much of anything is never good for anyone.

"I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction.

The world will have a generation of idiots."

-Albert Einstein

Independent Thinking is Fundamental

Something is missing in today's society, especially the on political front and that is independent or critical thinking. Independent thinking means making sense of the world based on your own observations and experiences, rather than just depending on the word of others. Independent thinkers are those who can reason independently and operate outside of the boundaries of group thinking.

People who are dependent thinkers automatically accept whatever they are taught, and rarely ask themselves if the information they receive is really accurate. Whether we realize it or not, many of us fall into this category. Independent thinking is an ability that allows an individual to question information from any authority. In reality, most of us are not truly thinking independently when we unquestioningly accept the values or ideas ingrained in us by parents, teachers, churches, and the media.

If we take a moment to analyze our deeply held beliefs and notions, we might begin to notice that some of our beliefs are essentially false. To help us better understand the origin of our beliefs, we should with ask ourselves: Why do we believe the things we have been taught our entire lives? In order to find that answer, we must learn to think in different ways - we must learn how to think "outside of the box". To gain the ability to think outside the box, you should begin reading outside the box. Actively learning new and different ideas can vastly improve your independent thinking skills.

When forming new beliefs, people who think independently will not easily agree with the beliefs of others; rather they try to figure things out for themselves. Free thinkers are often faced with unpopular beliefs and varying viewpoints, and as a result, they become much more critical about what they see and hear. Gaining the ability for independent thinking can also help us increase our aptitude for self-education. Intelligent free thinking is a skill that can be learned at any age; it's just a matter of self-determination.

Someone with good independent thinking skills is able to:

-Evaluate and weigh arguments

-Understand the logical connections between ideas

-Identify contradictions and mistakes in reasoning

-Solve problems methodically

-Contemplate the reason for one's own beliefs and values

If you work at cultivating these qualities, it can inspire you to explore a different way of thinking and will lift the limitations of your current thinking pattern. After you develop the ability to think independently, you can use that ability to free your mind from ignorance and limitation.

We all have unique minds with the capacity to conceive many ideas, and our minds can be used to think about almost anything in a multitude of different ways. Anything that intentionally limits a person's mind to a single way of seeing the world, cannot be acting for good; such is the case with the so-called "educational" system. One of the most detrimental effects of the educational system is that it limits our independent thought, and as a result, we are taught to copy, memorize and repeat someone else's theories and philosophies without the option for independent contemplation. It is vital to introduce independent thinking in early childhood, because it's one of the best ways to develop and strengthen a young person's mind.

The capacity to think independently can provide you with a motivation to discover better ideas, smarter opinions, and a willingness not only to abandon old ideas, but to actively seek new ones. Try to release yourself from common assumptions, whether it's those you've made or have been given to you, and work towards ideas and beliefs of our own choosing.

In order to fix the problems looming ahead of us, there is one thing we must get command of – our thinking. Imagine a world where people are inspired to think for themselves, instead of instinctively conforming to social norms. There has never before been a more important time to develop and improve our independent and critical thinking skills. Exercise your innate ability for independent thinking and travel the road less traveled. Ultimately, with our freedom of thought, we can enjoy the satisfaction that comes with knowing that we are truly the master of our own mental power.

"Freethinkers are those who are willing to use their minds without prejudice and without fearing to understand things that clash with their own customs, privileges, or beliefs. This state of mind is not common,

but it is essential for right thinking..."

-Leo Tolstoy

Liberation from Ignorance

Let's face it, we are all ignorant of something. Ignorance is simply the lack of knowledge or education, and it's the single greatest tool the system uses in controlling the public. If controlling the masses is your game, then making sure relevant and accurate information is not freely available. In fact, in order to find real information and knowledge, you have to research it on your own.

It is our responsibility to take steps and educate ourselves about the world around us. In an age when we have the internet, knowledge about any subject can be right at our fingertips. There is a staggering amount of information online, and sorting through all that information in search of sound knowledge can be very difficult. Like all sources of media, the internet can also contain confusion, half-truths and lies, so use your own discretion when searching for information online.

The condition of ignorance is harmful to our society, but sometimes we're ignorant by choice. There may be times when we don't want to understand certain information because it contradicts what we already know. When people submit to this type of ignorance, they can avoid learning new and potentially valuable information. It may seem easier to simply accept what we are told by authorities, but independent thinking is needed when searching for new information. Whether you're talking about climate change, terrorism or national security, you can see the difference between those who build their opinions upon a framework of facts and those who don't.

At some point we must realize that ignorance about ourselves and our world is the root of all of our delusions, but to know more is not always the answer. We must also understand the knowledge we receive if we are to truly become aware of our environment. When we open ourselves to new ideas and information, we expand our minds, and in time, we'll understand that all things are possible. As we continue to find and understand new information, we will come to know that freeing ourselves from ignorance is one of the most important and rewarding endeavors we can accomplish in our life.

In order to build upon your level knowledge, you should dedicate at least one hour each day reading educational information. There are countless subjects on the internet for you to learn or you can visit your local library. Once you begin learning on your own, you'll begin to realize how unaware you really were of the world around you, and hopefully this will give you even more incentive to continue your self-education. Having an accurate understanding of the world and ourselves, is the first step to true freedom. Therefore, take the time to educate yourself, because you are what you know.

"Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance."

-Confucius

Conformity – The Enemy of the Unique

Conformity is the inclination to align your behavior, opinions and attitudes with those around you, and it is yet another method the system uses in order to control us. In one way or another, most people live their entire lives in conformity, and the state of our planet reflects that condition.

Those who are trapped in conformity never stray from the group for fear of being punished, ridiculed or rejected by group members. The fear of what others think of us is a powerful motivator for conformity. The moment we conform out of fear, we deprive ourselves of our own unique nature.

Our strength of character has much to do with conformist behavior. A great deal of inner strength is needed when struggling against conventional beliefs, but truly knowing and accepting yourself is half the battle. The more you know yourself, the less affected you will be by another person's opinion of you. Objectively examine your own inner qualities without fear, shame or guilt, and accept yourself as the unique person you are. Who you are belongs to no one but yourself, and you never need to apologize or justify it to anyone.

A true non-conformist is an unconventional freethinker who always follows their own path. In the past, non-conformists were considered to be menaces, rebels, rabble-rousers and even heretics by the establishment authorities, but today they are simply the ones who refuse to accept the status quo. It is the non-conformists who agitate society's norms and eventually instigate change. We owe all progress and innovation to those who had the courage to be different.

Some non-conformists resist the mainstream culture by having unconventional lifestyles, but even those who live on the fringes of society want and need acceptance from others in their own group. Non-conformity does not mean dressing the opposite of what the in-crowd is wearing, it means rendering decisions based on your own opinions regardless of what the majority thinks.

Common traits of non-conformists are:

-Saying things to people that make them uncomfortable

-Keeping odd schedules

-Breaking society's archaic rules

-Defining success by different rules

-Not being afraid to disagree with anyone

-Not being intimidated by authority

-Living as an outsider or loner

The art of non-conformity is easy if you are strong enough to be true to yourself and live life on your own terms. When we think, act, or believe the same way as everyone else, we cease being unique and special. So, don't worry about what other people think. The only person in the world important enough to conform to is yourself.

Be fearless, be yourself, and live the life you want.

"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make

you something else is the greatest accomplishment."

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Speaking Out

In the beginning of our nation's history, patriotic citizens have fought to protect and maintain the rights granted in the First Amendment of the Constitution: the right to know what the government is doing, the right to question its actions and policies, and the right to speak out against them. Our rights to gain access to the government's information and to speak out against what is learned are inter-related in our Constitution. It is also important to understand that the mainstream media and the public it serves depend on each other in the self-governing society that the Founders intended for our country.

Lately politicians and the media have branded those who dare to speak out against oppression as being disloyal, and as a result, many are afraid to speak up and criticize government policies out of fear of what may happen if they do. Ordinary Americans have acquiesced too often to governmental tyranny, and by their silence, they have been party to the persecution or imprisonment of those who bravely speak out.

Time and again, people who do speak out against the system are seen as unpatriotic, politically incorrect, or even crazy by the media. In reality, we owe a great debt to those who had the courage to agitate the system to create positive change for all Americans. During the course of our turbulent history, those who've had a desire for truth and justice have always chosen to speak out against the unjust laws and practices of our government such as slavery, segregation, discrimination, and war. Even when their personal freedom and safety were at stake, these brave people spoke up and were aware that they would be chastised, ridiculed, arrested, marked as traitors and even killed. In fact, while courageous people such as Martin Luther King, Jr., Susan B. Anthony and Harriet Tubman are commended as American heroes today, in their time they were deemed enemies of the state. Likewise, at the onset of American Revolution, the Founders of our nation were also demonized by most of their fellow citizens.

In the last couple of years, the attempt to silence dissenters has become increasingly apparent. Government agencies such as The Department of Homeland Security has labeled anyone who disagrees with government policies or supports the 2nd Amendment should be suspected as potential terrorists. Regardless of the tyranny before us, we should never be afraid to speak out against the near nullification of our Bill of Rights and Constitution.

The unprecedented show of militarized police force against innocent American citizens after of the Boston Marathon Bombing has opened the eyes of many people to the obvious erosion of their freedoms, and they are bravely speaking out against the breaches in our Constitution. There are many similarities between the evolving police state in America and the formation of Nazi Germany. Regarding the complete takeover of Germany and Austria, the evil and tyrannical Adolph Hitler once said:

"The best way to take control over a people and control them utterly is to take a little of their freedom at a time, to erode rights by a thousand tiny and almost imperceptible reductions. In this way the people will not see those rights and freedoms being removed until past the point at which these changes can be reversed."

From these words, we should learn that tyranny and oppression typically happen in small increments over a period of time, and this is now happening in our country. The unrelenting push toward an out of control government is causing the destruction of our civil rights. Thankfully, many people are waking up, standing up and speaking out against the infringement of our rights and freedoms. For positive change to take place, more citizens need to assert their sovereign rights and speak up about recent government intrusions.

Our First Amendment states that we have the right to speak freely without government interference, and we need to protect that right by speaking freely about government violations of our constitutional rights. Stay strong and defend our rights and liberties by fearlessly expressing your own personal standpoint.

"Many people, especially ignorant people, want to punish you for

speaking the truth, for being correct, for being you. Never apologize

for being correct, or for being years ahead of your time.

If you're right and you know it, speak your mind.

Speak your mind even if you are a minority of one.

The truth is still the truth."

\- Mohandas Ghandi

Uncovering Your Hidden Strength

Living life sometimes involves confronting fears and doing what's right in the face of adversity. It's true that we can learn from life's most challenging situations, and finding our inner strength helps to face these challenges and achieve our purpose. It takes time to build inner strength, but with patience and persistence it can be done.

There comes a time in every person's life when they'll need to tap into their inner strength, because we all need the ability to weather difficult moments successfully. A person with a strong inner foundation has the emotional and mental resources to confront difficulties of all kinds. As a rule, people who have inner strength possess greater resilience when being tested by life's tough moments.

To find your hidden inner strength, you must discover ways to endure life's problems calmly and peacefully. When doing this, you will learn that whatever helps you find inner peace will also help you find your inner strength. Reaffirming your spiritual beliefs, getting in touch with nature or doing something to nurture yourself can help you connect with your inner power.

During hard times, it is important to discover different ways to find your hidden strength, so don't be afraid of doing some soul-searching to find the answers that you seek. Take the time to ask yourself some introspective questions:

What really matters to you?

What is your life's purpose?

What would really make you happy in life?

What kind of life do you want to live?

If you have free time, what do you want to do most?

When facing life's challenges, most people tend to look outward instead of inward for the answers to their problems. For some people looking inward can be difficult, but that is where real solutions can be found. Feelings of inspiration, peace and happiness are usually found when one seriously looks inside themselves. Exploring your inner world can help you access inner strength you probably never knew existed. Meditation is a great way to develop more inner strength and awareness. You can also listen to guided meditation CDs, to provide a deep inner sense of comfort and peace.

Even though we may not realize it, each one of us has inner strength and it's just a matter of locating and utilizing it. To build your inner strength, you need to learn to recognize and harness your emotions. When life becomes too arduous, remind yourself that you have been through tough times before, by doing this you will remember that you are a strong person able to conquer any problem you encounter. At times, our inner strength may be difficult to find particularly during our darkest moments, but finding your hidden strength can increase positive feelings of about life and the people around you.

Facing life with a positive and optimistic attitude can aid us in building our internal strength. Rather than allowing our problems to defeat us, we could take control of life's little setbacks, and by doing this we will be able to appreciate that we are never given more than we can cope with. During tough times, our inner strength creates a way for us to experience an unwavering sense of our own confidence, capability and potential. I encourage you to accept whatever challenging situation you are facing, and learn to use it to transform your life.

"Anyone can give up, it's the easiest thing in the world to do.

But to hold it together when everyone else

would understand if you fell apart, that's true strength."

-Unknown

Dispelling All Illusions

Our first step towards freedom starts with liberating our minds from the illusions we have about ourselves and the world around us. Most of us don't think we have any illusions, and that we see everything quite clearly. To truly understand our world, we need to set aside everything we've been taught. But unfortunately, most people believe what they are told, and we are not being told that the world is an enslavement system.

Today's modern slavery system requires that we give large portions of our day in servitude to a business or corporation, essentially giving control of our daily lives to others. Most of us are convinced that without work our lives are empty or incomplete. This system has programmed us with the delusion that we are born to work, and that if we work hard and make lots of money, we'll have a good life. Instead of truly living, we end up slaving our whole lives away for money, with little or no time to appreciate the good life. As a result, we never have the time to fully discover ourselves or experience true freedom.

Rather than treating the public like the human and spiritual beings that we are, this corrupt system treats people as economic resources and defines us by our "roles" as taxpayers, consumers, workers, or voters. We are programmed to want to thrive as economic slaves, without being critical or complaining about our predicament. The system as a whole wants us to be content with our enslavement, which that is why it characterizes slavery as freedom.

The enslavement system keeps us in a state of fear and uncertainty which makes us crave structure and routine, something the system also offers. We are brought up with the desire to be "tied down" to something on a long term basis such as a job, house, marriage, or having children. Consequently, many of us do not truly experience new adventures or enjoy all that life has to offer due to daily rigid routines.

Our life experience is determined by the structure of our society, and that structure influences every facet of our lives through education, the media, health care, cultural and sporting events, religion etc. However, the structure of society was not created by chance or emerged by accident; it was a deliberate strategy to enslave the masses, implemented over the centuries and continues with ever more sinister intentions today.

Regardless of how society's structure was created, the truth is that those who control governments, the media, education and banks exert an extreme influence over every aspect of our lives, thoughts and opinions. The current enslavement system instills in us that we need to follow a four steps in order to be successful and happy:

Step 1 Spend tons of money on a comprehensive "education" and obtain

everything you want during this youthful stage.

Step 2 Use this "education" to get a decent job.

Step 3 Spend the next 40+ years working your tail off until you pay

everything back from Step 1.

Step 4 Congratulations – you're now 65! You've endured a lifetime of enslavement, and now you get to spend the rest of your health-ridden life to do with as you wish. Although, many find this extremely difficult because they do not know how to live a life that is different than the one they've had for so long.

In today's world, most people's days are so demanding that they don't have the time to look at their own lives and see that they are victims of this terrible system. When you look at it, many of our expenses force us to spend our precious lives toiling for the things we want or need. This is the way the system keeps the public in perpetual debt slavery, and it is our responsibility to free ourselves from this form of enslavement.

We can never be free of debt slavery until we learn to have less expenses. Wanting more material things only means having more expenses. The more we want the more chances of not getting everything we desire, resulting in sorrow and disappointment. When we want less, we start to appreciate the things that truly matter in life, and as the saying goes: "Sometimes, less is more."

"Today as always, men fall into two groups: slaves and freemen. Whoever does not have two-thirds of his day for himself, is a slave, whether he be: statesman, a businessman, an official or a scholar."

-Frederich Nietzsche

Freeing Our Minds

One of the finest tools humans are given is our wonderful and complex minds. As we begin to understand our minds, we'll need to determine what is governing our thoughts, and by doing so we free ourselves of mental slavery. Mental slavery is the most effective and malevolent of all slaveries, but it has one vital flaw: when the chains break, there is no going back – once a mind is freed it can never be cast in chains again. A free mind makes a free human, and free humans resist tyranny in all its forms every step of the way.

It's natural to think we are in control of our own minds, but we all have involuntary mental chains which control many of our thoughts and restrict the effectiveness of our thinking. The secret to true mental freedom is to continually enhance your knowledge through self-education. Gaining new knowledge, concepts and ideas can help you to strengthen and discipline your mind by continually challenging what you know.

To free your mind, you will need to learn how to think beyond conventional methods. In order to do this, you'll need to be aware of the ploys that the government uses to manipulate your mind. The mental manipulation techniques that are used is detrimental to our thought processes because it distorts the energies that keep our minds in balance. To reverse this process, you will need to protect yourself against its influence by:

Stop Watching Television:

Television has become the number one tool for manipulating society. There is no other control mechanism that creates more bias, fabrication and manipulation than television - with its tedious sound bites, disassociated facts and images, and a proclivity for government and corporate propaganda. Through the media, television distorts news events and turns war, crime and tragedy into entertainment.

Stop Reading Mainstream Newspapers and Magazines:

Mainstream newspapers and magazines do not represent a true or accurate picture of the world, especially in America, where media diversity is almost non-existent. You can find alternative reading sources in magazine or book stores, and it's easy to find good alternative magazines in your local library.

Get Your News and Information Online:

Since watching mainstream news is a complete waste of time, getting your news and information from the internet is a great place to learn about what is going on in the world. The following websites are alternative news sources from a more global, independent, accurate and less nationalistic perspective:

RedIceCreations.com EndTheLie.com YearZero.org

IndyMedia.org MotherJones.com DavidIcke.com

Greenpeace.org CorpWatch.org YellowTimes.org

TomPaine.com DisInfo.com InfoWars.com

WorkingforChange.com TruthTheory.com OneWorld.net

AlternativeNews.net BeforeItsNews.com Newsmax.com

CorporateWatch.org Rense.com Nomorefakenews.com

Stop Waving The Flag:

Walking down any street you cannot miss seeing the American flag in front of many homes in America, and many citizens feel that having that this flag demonstrates their true patriotism. Real patriotism is standing up and speaking out against the injustices that our government perpetrates against its own citizens and are committed to repairing our broken system. In reality, waving the flag only shows which country we live in, and not the extent of our patriotism. Let's stop hiding behind the flag and start putting our energy to good use by actively defending the principles that our flag stands for.

Get Out Of Debt:

Debt is one of the ways the system keeps the public in economic enslavement with mortgages, borrowing, lending, etc. Unfortunately, some people have no choice but to be in debt because they feel that their very survival depends on it. But the majority of people are in debt because they have bought into the lie that they "need" a faster car, a bigger house and the latest flat-screen television, all of which only feeds the over-inflated corporate and banking industries. If we can learn to be free from enslaving debt, we will be one step closer to real freedom.

As we move more towards mental liberation, we will begin to understand that we no longer need society's model against which to measure ourselves. When we become truly free it's natural to want to network with others like ourselves who are working toward freedom. To gain mutual inspiration from others, it is vital that we converse with those who are in the process of awakening. Many of us who are undertaking the journey of awakening has been helped by others in some way, and we can express our gratitude to the entire process of awakening by helping others do the same.

Question Authority

It is a fundamental right for any society to question authority. Throughout our lives, most people are taught to unquestioningly obey those in authority, whether it's our parents, police, doctors, or government leaders. We are programmed to believe that the public functions best when ordered from the top-down. Most of us think that we should listen to those in authority because they have the knowledge, expertise and power that we don't. But in doing so, we also learn to distrust our own wisdom and the power of our own authority.

Societies around the world are essentially dependent upon those in authority. The purpose of those in power is to make decisions, and implement policies on behalf of society to enhance our standard of living. However, leaders who are elected into power can often be harmful to that society if their opinions and decisions are not questioned by the public. During the course of history, those who had the courage to question authority were the catalysts for change. Asking questions is not only human nature, it's also a human right. Questioning authority and maintaining a skeptical attitude about all facets of government are the first steps to sustaining a healthy society.

Many of us don't question the information we receive from politicians, the media or the educational system; and without correct information, we as individuals cannot make good decisions. To expand our level of knowledge, we should first question everything about life and the world around us. Questioning leads to understanding, and it is the basis for all learning.

As a society, we have failed to not only ask relevant questions, but to ask them loudly enough that they can't be ignored. Let's start with these questions:

Why are things the way they are?

Who's really making the rules?

How can we change this mess we're in?

The general public is starting to notice that the mainstream media does not ask hard questions regarding what's really going on behind the scenes. The self-serving propaganda that the media renders is portrayed as fact, and the public is not supposed to question the decisions by those in charge. In a special interview with the Red and Black Revolution, Noam Chomsky said:

"I think it only makes sense to seek out and identify structures of authority, hierarchy, and domination in every aspect of life, and to challenge them; unless a justification for them can be given, they are illegitimate, and should be dismantled, to increase the scope of human freedom.

Naturally this means a challenge to the huge institutions of coercion and control: the state, the unaccountable private tyrannies that control most of the domestic and international economy, and so on. But not only these. That is what I have always understood to be the essence of anarchism: the conviction that the burden of proof has to be placed on authority, and that it should be dismantled if that burden cannot be met."

Authority figures such as politicians, police, churches, etc. want us to mindlessly do what we are told without question, because it makes keeping us under their control much easier. There are so many social rules in our world, but we should never blindly do what authority demands without some kind of critical analysis. I challenge you to question any authority, not disrespectfully, but in the spirit of understanding of what is really happening. In 2012, an excellent article The Perils of Blind Obedience to Authority written by Glenn Greenwald which states:

"People who resist the natural human tendency to follow, venerate and obey prevailing authority typically have a much different view about how oppressive a society is than those who submit to those impulses. The most valuable experiences for determining how free a society is are the experiences of society's most threatening dissidents, not its content and compliant citizens. It was those who marched against Mubarak who were detained, beaten, tortured and killed, not those who acquiesced to or supported the regime. That is the universal pattern of authoritarian oppression.

The temptation to submit to authority examined by compliance bolsters an authoritarian culture by transforming its leading institutions into servants of power rather than checks on it. But worse, it conceals the presence of oppression by ensuring that most citizens, choosing to follow, trust and obey authority, do not personally experience oppression and thus do not believe – refuse to believe – that it really exists."

People who do not question authority sometimes feel it's subversive or even unpatriotic to question those in power. To question something means that you do not understand a particular matter, and would like to know more about it. There is nothing treasonous about gaining information, especially if it directly affects your way of living. Actually, those who have the courage to question decision-makers about government policies are patriots, because they understand that citizens must be active participants, not passive bystanders, for democracy to work. If we continue to allow authority figures to think for us and accept their interpretation of reality without question, we will eventually head down the road to ruin.

Throughout history, the act of blind obedience to authority has lead people to make decisions that are not in the best interest of their society. At the Nuremberg Trials after WWII, the Nazi war criminals' only defense for their horrific actions was "I was only following orders," but they were held accountable for the their actions. People who blindly obey those in authority usually think laws should be obeyed just because the law exists - even unjust laws. Failure to think about our actions "because my boss said so" or "because we've always done it this way" or "because it's the law" or "because I was only following orders" can sometimes lead us to do unethical or immoral acts.

On the other hand, there is another belief that oppression does not result from blind conformity to rules and authority. Professor Haslam, from the University of Queensland, conducted an experiment on blind conformity. His study revealed that blind acts of followership result from identifying with authorities who characterize vicious acts as virtuous. Professor Haslam explains:

"Decent people participate in horrific acts not because they become passive, mindless functionaries who do not know what they are doing, but rather because they come to believe -- typically under the influence of those in authority -- that what they are doing is right."

Power for power's sake has and always will be a very dangerous thing and since absolute power corrupts absolutely, it's our responsibility to always keep authority accountable to the people. If we don't, we'll only have ourselves to blame and the time is fast approaching when it will be too late.

"Men in authority will always think that criticism of their policies is dangerous. They will always equate their policies with patriotism,

and find criticism subversive."

-Henry Steele Commager

Be The Change You Want To See In The World

We all want the world to be a better place, but if you had the power to change the world, where would you begin? Would you start by ending all war, poverty, crime and suffering? These are truly questions of the ages, which most people have pondered for millennia. Lasting change will not going to come from some religious or government leader, social movement, or revolution; it'll happen when we seriously make the decision to change ourselves.

The simple truth is, if you want to live in a world filled with kindness, generosity, open-mindedness or any other virtue, you must first start with yourself. If each person on this planet were willing to work on correcting their inner flaws and give the best of themselves to others, the world would truly be transformed. Changing our own nature is one of the most difficult tasks a person could accomplish, but if we are committed to transforming ourselves, it can be achieved. For personal transformation to take place we, we need to gain the ability to continuously change the way we see ourselves and the world, and we do this through self-education.

Educating ourselves of about the past and the present will assist us in our own personal development. One of the most important pursuits that a dedicated self-learner can engage in is reading. You can gain deeper understanding of yourself and the world by enhancing your learning and reading skills. To gain a well-rounded foundation of knowledge, try to read from a variety of subjects such as: politics, social sciences, fiction, philosophy, self-help, biographies, or any subject that appeals to you.

Searching and selecting your own material can be challenging and gratifying to any independent learner, but it's also a good opportunity to give yourself a good base of knowledge which can help shape your personal and mental development. As an independent learner, you can make your study time more efficient by using only the learning techniques and subject matters that work for you.

The path to a brighter future begins by taking personal responsibility for the choices we make in our lives. Most of us do what we believe to be right based upon our beliefs, circumstances and upbringing, but we often avoid taking responsibility for our problems by blaming others. We don't always have control over what happens to us in life, but we do have control over how we react to life's problems. This is now the point in your life to ask yourself how you wound up here, and to think about everything that has brought you to where you are now. When you accept responsibility for the decisions in your life, you will be more empowered to change any situation in your life that you want.

Honestly looking inside ourselves can help us take responsibility for the decisions we make in our lives. As we focus less on blaming and judging others, and concentrate more on improving ourselves, we increasingly come to see that we are all one human family, and that we can choose to transform our world by working together for the good of all. When we challenge ourselves to be better people, we will make a positive impact not only in our lives, but in the lives of others.

It takes courage to understand and accept our own weaknesses and flaws, but as we work to accept and value every part of ourselves, the door to transformation opens. This will allow us to more easily and naturally access our fundamental nature. To become the master of your own destiny, you must learn to control your dominant thoughts. It is important to understand that the power of your thoughts creates your reality, and our inner world has an external effect on the world around us.

The inner world of our thoughts is the basis for everything that we see in the outside world. To be the change you want to see in the world, settle on a specific plan or

strategy that you would be willing to follow such as:

\- Acknowledge the behavior that you want to change.

\- Write down why it is important for you to change in this area, and what circumstances brought you to this stage in your life?

\- Before you have reached the desired change, try to imagine what your future self would be like after your transformation.

It is sometimes difficult for us to believe that one person can make a change in our world. Our internal revolution doesn't require legislation, currency or permission from anyone else. It only requires that you have the willpower to monitor your own thoughts and actions, and then model that change to others. One of the best quotes of individual transformation is from Daisaku Ikeda: "A great human revolution in just a single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a nation and perhaps, even a change in the destiny of all mankind."

Once we achieve personal transformation, we should come together in our communities to support each other in making positive changes than can transform fear into understanding, acceptance and love. When we join together in groups, we inspire each other by exchanging information about all that is hidden from us, and explore ways to move away from conflict. Gathering in our community to support each other with these intentions will eventually develop a growing network of inspiration and empowerment around the planet. We must work together and identify our shared problems, learn to listen to one another with mutual respect and try to find solutions that work for all of us.

These suggestions can help you to transform the collective awareness of the world by changing both our own personal lives and the world around us. Together we can to stop destructive actions of the global elite, but before we do, we must first develop and change ourselves. So, don't focus on changing the outside world without first having a strong inner foundation. By reminding ourselves that the most powerful change starts inside each one of us, we can develop an inner balance and strength that can then work towards positive change in the world.

"When I was a young man, I wanted to change the world. I found it was

difficult to change the world, so I tried to change my nation. When I found I couldn't change the nation, I began to focus on my town. I couldn't change the town and as an older man, I tried to change my family. Now, as an old man, I realize the only thing I can change is myself, and suddenly I realize that if long ago I had changed myself, I could have made an impact on my family. My family and I could have made an impact on our town. Their impact could have changed the nation and I could indeed have changed the world."

-Unknown Author

Seeing Our World With Different Eyes

The way we live our lives has a lot to do with how we see the world and ourselves. Our personal transformation begins by continually changing the way we perceive ourselves and our environment. When we look at our lives from a viewpoint that is cynical, negative, distrustful and without hope, then this is what our lives will feel like - it's all a matter of perception. As soon as we begin to change our perception of ourselves and the world, we start to see our lives as progressing, changing, and evolving, and that is the life we would begin to live. When we realize that we are in charge of our own perceptions and behavior, we will always have the capacity to change.

Changing your viewpoint is no simple task, but achieving it can an enormously impact your life. To do this you must adjust your way of thinking from an over-awareness of negativity to an awareness and appreciation of the positive. Many of us are afraid to question our various preconceptions, thinking our world would collapse if we started doubting the foundation of our beliefs. Realizing that we have been wrong about something can be humbling at first, but it can also be empowering when we own, accept it and begin to change our thinking. Be honest with yourself by acknowledging your own biases and be open to changing your mind if you find that your preconceptions are incorrect or misleading. When a person genuinely opens their mind to all possibilities, they easily admit that their ideas or beliefs were wrong and are willing to change their perspective.

It is important to pay attention to your thoughts. Learning to scrutinize your thoughts will help you develop a better sense of self-awareness and consciousness. Challenge your assumptions and beliefs on a regular basis, and be willing to see how conditioned you might actually be. Start with the search for truth – regardless of what you find, and continue in your exploration for true knowledge. It is normal to feel defensive or uncomfortable when first learning new information, especially if that information contradicts what you already know. Be courageous when learning new ideas, because seeing something from a different perspective can raise your own perception and awareness to allow you to find better solutions. Over a lifetime, our perspective is influenced by many factors such as:

Experience

Your personal story begins with your upbringing which is the basis for most of your perspective. Past experience shapes our present perspective and as we move beyond our former perceptions, we start seeing the world for what it is. Our life experience deeply influences the way we think. When we learn to move beyond what we've been taught and gain new understanding, we can positively change our perspective.

Knowledge

Most people see themselves and the world according to what they know. A person that has a good base of knowledge is able to increase their own awareness - and awareness is the foundation of our perspective. Limited knowledge and education restricts our viewpoint, therefore giving ourselves a good knowledge base can widen our perspective because it can open the mind to different ways of thinking. When we start to realize that there is so much that we don't know, our perspective will shift to one of curiosity and wonder and a willingness to learn more. The more we learn, the more we start to question the things we don't understand – and that's when our perspective truly begins to transform.

Fears and Doubts

Fears and doubts can change our perspective and they can also keep us chained to the present. These emotions can be devastating because when you allow fear and doubt to dominate your perspective, your reality becomes narrow and begin to see the world as you fear it is. By overcoming fear and self-doubt, we are able to evoke a very powerful shift in perception of ourselves and the world around us, and it will allow our light to shine more clearly from our true selves.

Desires

Your wants and desires influence your perspective because they influence you to see things as you want them to be, not as they really are. A good example of this behavior is when we love a person so much that we can't see their faults. If we blindly allow our desires change our perspective, it can lead us to a perilous path and one that could be headed for disappointment.

Environment

Your day-to-day surroundings can have a powerful impact on how you see yourself and the world. Our cultural background, religion and political views also influence our perspective. In almost any environment, you can choose move beyond these mental barriers to truly gain your own perspective.

It's important to be aware of how our perception of reality is created, and we should also understand that everything we see isn't always as is seems. Case in point, the news media intentionally creates drama from world events to elicit fear - fear of other people, fear of the terrorists, fear of the weather, or fear of the economy. This is related to what is called "Cultivation Theory" and it suggests that television and other types of media are responsible for influencing, or 'cultivating' the public's view of reality. The media slowly and imperceptibly shapes the perception of ourselves and our culture as a whole. A person who is aware of this fact can escape the media's grip by simply tuning them out.

The ability to routinely change our perception can help us develop a better aptitude for critical thinking. As we begin to see the world differently, our perception and awareness instinctively change. Use that changed awareness to search for the answers that will further your self-education. If you start to search for the answers that you seek, what you find may be more than you ever imagined.

"It is one of the commonest mistakes to consider that the limit of our power of perception is also the limit of all there is to perceive."

-C.W. Leadbeater

Taking Back our Control

Over the past several years, the system has continued to become a larger part of our lives regardless of which political party is in power. Many people are now talking about the intrusive "nanny state" which is being created before our very eyes. Our greedy and out of control government has been trying to exert its full range of dominance over our lives. Currently, the government seems to have a ravenous hunger to watch, track and control the population. If you don't think so, try to get onto an airplane without getting your private parts touched by TSA employees. As our human rights continue to be stripped away, there are those who still believe that we "live in the land of the free."

Today, it seems like the federal government has gained almost undisputed dominance over virtually every area of American life. It increasingly regulates more and more of our most basic actions - from how much water is in we can use, to what brand of medication we take. Our government is becoming progressively more unrestricted and undemocratic, and this is very damaging to the standard of self-government.

Government infringement is slowly digging ever deeper into our lives in countless ways. Unfortunately, these days most Americans expect the government to care for them from cradle to the grave, fix all of the society's problems and to be the supreme authority. This form of society is in direct opposition to the idea of a "limited government" that the Founders tried so desperately to preserve in our Constitution.

The American people need a wake-up call, because without liberty and basic human rights, our country cannot work. The following are examples of how the government is attempting to take even more control over our lives:

The Loss Of Our Health Freedom

It wasn't long ago when average Americans had control over their own health care choices, but that is no longer true today. In recent years, there have been major changes in our healthcare laws, and Americans are now required to participate in a mandatory healthcare system by purchasing health insurance. Our insurance choices are now guarded by countless regulations. When the new health care laws become fully implemented over the next decade and insurance premiums pay only the most cost-effective treatment, the American people will realize how much health freedom they have actually lost.

Loss of Safety In Our Homes During States of Emergency

Unfortunately, we are entering a time when we are not even safe from armed gunmen forcing their way into your home without consent. No, I am not speaking of your average criminal, but heavily armed militarized police. During the aftermath of the Boston Marathon Bombing, nearby neighborhoods were swarming with full tactical law enforcement personnel. At gunpoint, police intimidated and forced innocent citizens from their homes while they entered and searched their residences. Citizens are now being treated like terrorists in their own home. Is this the America you want to live in?

The Dehumanizing Treatment of Citizens at Airports

Authoritarian governments throughout history have always sought to dehumanize their citizens. Regrettably, that is exactly what is happening in America today. If you want to get on an airplane in the U.S., you will now be forced to either let TSA agents stare at your naked body with unhealthy scanning devices or let agents grope your entire body including your genitals. Many people in America swear that they will never fly as long as these policies are in place. What happens when these scanning machines or "enhanced pat-downs" start showing up at our schools, highway rest stops, shopping centers, sporting events, and eventually in our homes? Has America really become so dangerous that we must all be treated like prison inmates?

Gun Bans in the U.S.

Every person should have the right to self-defense and it seems that some U.S. legislators think that citizens should solely rely on law enforcement to protect them. The U.S. Constitution, which is still in effect, gives citizens the right to "bear arms". Some people who accept the gun bans feel that this part of the Constitution is obsolete, but since abuse of armed citizens is rare and successful defense against assault is common, used responsibly, personal gun ownership rights should continue be upheld.

At a blinding pace, more of our rights and liberties are being attacked and stripped away from us, but most people are too busy just trying to survive that they don't even have time to think about the bigger issues. At the end of the day people are so exhausted from serving the system that all they can do is flop on the couch and turn on the television. It has gotten to the point where most of us just sit in our homes and enjoy the "freedom" of the programming that is always being thrown at us through our televisions. Incidentally, the vast majority of that programming is generated by only six corporations (Time Warner, Walt Disney, Viacom, CBS, NBC, News Corp.) that control almost everything that we watch, hear and read. These corporations exert their power and influence to control the public's perception, yet most people are completely unaware of this fact.

The American people urgently need to wake up to what is happening to their country before it's too late. I believe that there is no single good act that can bring about our society's transformation - that can only be accomplished by a thousand daily unsung acts of individual courage. The limit of a tyrannical government is determined by the fortitude of those whom they oppress, so where is your line in the sand and when does your servitude stop and your resistance begin?

We must come together to find a common purpose and be of one mind in searching for answers that will elevate society, not oppress it. Together, no power on Earth can stop us from achieving our goals. When we stop doing the bidding of our slave masters, their seemingly indestructible power will eventually fade into mist, and they will be puppeteers without puppets, and commanders without troops.

"We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion:

the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases,

while the citizens may act only by permission."

-Ayn Rand

Finding Your Own Power

Some people live their entire lives giving their personal power away for others to wield. As spiritual warriors, we need to stop relying on someone else's brainpower and intelligence and start trusting our own inner wisdom. A person's power lies in the ability to choose their destiny, but only if when we realize that we have that capacity. In fact, many people have never had the opportunity to find their own power because most of us are taught to follow the status quo and the rules.

The elite would like us to believe that we are helpless against such massive power and authority, but we are not helpless. In reality, we are powerful spiritual beings with the ability to choose the course of our own future with courage and dignity, but only if we choose. Many times in our lives, we fail to create our own life choices and give that power away to others. The power to become who you are meant to be lies inside of yourself, and only you can harness it. The choice is yours, you can choose to harness the full potential of your own power or you can choose to give it away.

In most cases, we give our power away to anyone who we perceive has power over us, whether it's politician's, doctors, police, religious leaders, teachers, or even our loved ones. Authority figures are sought wherever possible to make sure that we have somewhere to place our power. We are taught at an early age that those in authority know what's best for us. A good example of this is when we freely surrender our power to doctors instead of contributing to our own healthcare choices. Other examples are when we give our government the authority to tell us whether we're married or not; and when we allow religious leaders to define our own understanding of God. When we believe that these things have power over us, we stop assuming responsibility for ourselves and our lives.

We have been programmed with the belief that we are ordinary humans and nothing more. We have not been taught that we are divine, creative and unique beings with the greatest potential. The underlying assumption of those in authority is that they should be able to freely exert their power over the public, and that average citizens should be as subordinate as possible. The ancient Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu believed that the biggest problem in the world was that individuals thought of themselves as powerless. In an excerpt from the book The Tao of Power, author R.L. Wing explains:

"Lao Tzu believed that when people do not have a sense of power they become resentful and uncooperative. Individuals who do not feel personal power feel fear. They fear the unknown because they do not identify with the world outside of themselves; thus their psychic integration is severely damaged and they are a danger to their society. Tyrants do not feel power, they feel frustration and impotency. They wield force, but it is a form of aggression, not authority. On closer inspection, it becomes apparent that individuals who dominate others are, in fact, enslaved by insecurity and are slowly and mysteriously hurt by their own actions. Lao Tzu attributed most of the world's ills to the fact that people do not feel powerful and independent."

Taking ownership of your power can seem difficult and uncomfortable, but in the long run, it's much easier to exercise your own concept of power than it is to blindly follow authority. Throughout our lives, we have been indoctrinated with the notion that people in power and authority are more valuable than ourselves, and that we as individuals are insignificant. This probably explains why we revere celebrities and other famous and powerful people, because we actually think that these people are more important than ourselves. When we start to imitate celebrities and other influential people in terms of fashion and values, we essentially disregard our own uniqueness.

Attaining personal power can provide you with a sense of calm and confidence that comes from knowing that you create your own reality. Everyone is confronted with life's challenges, but what matters is what you do about it. Personal power is about knowing and trusting that you create your own reality and can change it at any time. It can also provide you with a motivation to think in new ways, take more risks and say no to the things that hold no value for you so that you can move forward.

As a rule, the feeling of powerlessness should never interfere with our personal growth and success. Rather than giving our power away to others, it is important to understand that each of us has the ability to become the powerful individuals we were always meant to be.

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear

is that we are powerful beyond measure."

-Marianne Williamson

Time For A Real Change

As noted in the beginning of this book, we are born into a world not of our making. Most of us just accept that this is the way things are and try to work inside the system as best as possible. But as responsible citizens, we can no longer sit idly by and just let things happen. First, we need to put down the TV remote and educate, examine and open our minds to new ways of thinking so we can help solve problems that have been slowly developing over the years. It's time to work together to achieve a plan of action for social change, one that works towards a peaceful and sustainable civilization, and one that is free from slavery in all it's forms.

From childhood we have been taught that our nation is governed by a "democratic" process, and it is becoming more evident by the day that an elected party can trample the rights of the citizens as easily as a sitting monarch or dictator. As each day passes, more awakened Americans are affirming that they are no longer content remaining silent witnesses to the line of injustices being perpetuated by our criminal government. This corrupt system controls and manipulates society by sufficiently dumbing-down the population, making us docile and eventually disarming citizens which will make us completely defenseless. When the government receives enough power to completely control the masses, the real tyranny will begin, and it may then be too late to effectively resist. The growing tyranny in America is turning countless citizens into reluctant activists showing that they are no longer placated by joining protesting demonstrations that usually accomplish nothing.

A true revolution would occur if the public understood what is really happening to their world, and who is pulling the strings behind this corrupt system. One of the ways to change our country is to boycott corporations whose policies benefit only the wealthy and replace it with a system that solely benefits the public. Some people may doubt whether or not boycotting and replacing this elitist system that now oppresses our society is even possible, but we will never know if we continue to do nothing. Our freedom will return when we stop being dependent on the system for food, water, health, money, security and manufactured goods – that's true independence.

Regrettably, many of us don't realize that our daily patronage of the global elite's corporations, institutions, and organizations endow them with nearly limitless power, wealth and control. Although a single Coke or Pepsi could seem like an inconsequential contribution to this massive global corporation, it is through billions of people buying their products on a daily basis that gives the elite considerable power, wealth and influence. When we take into account that from month to month our earnings either go to taxes or large corporate interests, we'll begin to understand why there exists such a large gap between the power and influence of the global elite and our own.

Real change cannot be attained overnight, but with hard work and a willingness to work together, it can be achieved. Over time, if each one of us took action towards accomplishing new ways to build a free society based on mutual cooperation, we could turn our world toward a more positive direction. Today, the power elite who dominate the planet, only do so because they possess an immense network involving billions of people wittingly or unwittingly contributing to their agenda.

The true power of the people doesn't always necessitate hitting the pavement and protesting all the things we wish to change. To rebalance this situation in our favor, we must stop giving our money, time and attention to the elite's corporations; if we do, the power of the wealthy corporations and the system itself could end if we simply changed our choices such as:

-Stop drinking Coke and Pepsi

-Stop shopping at Walmart

-Stop eating at corporate-owned junk food restaurants

-Cancelling all credit cards

-Cancelling all but internet connections

-Becoming local deputies instead of joining the military

Our pursuits and pastimes can either completely empower us or they can inhibit our growth and progress as human beings and as a society. When we choose to vegetate behind the television watching sports, consuming alcohol, and watch Hollywood movies, we are not only entertaining ourselves but we're also promoting the institutions that oppress us.

Peace, progress, and prosperity is something average people have always yearned for. So, we must now get started to help in whatever capacity that we can to create our own local networks to carry out a collective agenda that is independent of the global elite's, and create a new society that is based on positive progress. When we band together, form our own organizations and focus our collective power, only then will social change happen. It doesn't need to be a well-oiled organization at first, it can simply be a group of hobbyists or enthusiasts of any variety that get together simply to pool resources and share interests. It is important that we have a full understanding of how necessary it is to organize and work together as a community, rather than hand over our responsibilities to a centralized government with corporate interests.

Progressive social change can result from extensive public education, sustained agitation, and inspired collaboration across the divides of race, gender and class. In the midst of all the turmoil, conflict, pessimism and cynicism surrounding us, there can be growing movements that would transform our world into one that values and respects all people, life and the gifts that nature has given us.

We can no longer accept the answer, "that's the way we've always done it." We need new ways of doing things in every aspect of our society. A real revolution can happen today, but not by burning cities and masked rebels waving flags, but with communities that no longer depend on a corrupt an unjust system we all know must come to an end.

"A little rebellion is a good thing."

-Thomas Jefferson

The Totalitarian Tip-Toe

While most Americans believe that we truly live in the land of the free, they would be completely oblivious to the fact that their country is slowly becoming a copy of Nazi Germany. When people have little to no conception of their subjugation, it makes them the perfect subjects to rule and this is the current situation in the U.S. which is getting worse every year. The buildup of our surrendered freedoms to fight the War on Terrorism is quickly changing our nation from a constitutional republic toward a totalitarian state.

Ever since the September 11th attacks, policies have been put into place that allows the government to freely search, track, frisk, and spy on the population. For over a decade, the War on Terrorism and the War on Drugs has been slowly evolving into being the government's war on us, the American people, and a war on our freedom. Even though U.S. politicians and media tell the public that the government's intrusive, Nazi-like policies are to the stop terrorists, they themselves have been terrorizing the American people and the world by treating us all like criminals.

While some people believe this concept is far-fetched, the climate of fear that has been instilled in American culture over the past few years has propelled the U.S. into building a complete grid of surveillance and control that bears alarming similarities to George Orwell's fictional narrative 1984. The only difference between today's America and Orwell's storyline is that Orwell's dystopian society is obviously totalitarian. Our country currently functions under a "soft tyranny" which depends upon the power elite's control of the nation's media, economy and politics while preserving the necessary illusion of personal choice and freedom.

The parallels between Nazi Germany and the United States are becoming more similar by the day. Most Americans have never learned what life was really like back in Germany under Adolf Hitler. At that time, Germany had developed into a totalitarian police state that ruthlessly repressed freedom and individual liberty. The following is from an interesting article featuring Kitty Werthmann's experience in Austria during the Second World War. Ms. Werthmann was a child living in Austria when Hitler took over her nation. This is her invaluable eyewitness account:

"What I am about to tell you is something you've probably never heard or read in history books. I am a witness to history. I cannot tell you that Hitler took Austria by tanks and guns; it would distort history. We voted him in. We elected him by a landslide – 98 percent of the vote," she recalls. Everyone thinks that Hitler just rolled in with his tanks and took Austria by force. Not so.

In 1938, Austria was in the deep era of the Depression. Nearly one-third of our workforce was unemployed. We had 25 percent inflation and 25 percent bank loan interest rates. Farmers and business people were declaring bankruptcy daily. Young people were going from house to house begging for food. Not that they didn't want to work; there simply weren't any jobs.

My mother was a Christian woman and believed in helping people in need. Every day we cooked a big kettle of soup and baked bread to feed those poor, hungry people – about 30 daily. We looked to our neighbor on the north, Germany, where Hitler had been in power since 1933. We had been told that they didn't have unemployment or crime, and they had a high standard of living.

Nothing was ever said about persecution of any group – Jewish or otherwise. We were led to believe that everyone in Germany was happy. We wanted the same way of life in Austria. We were promised that a vote for Hitler would mean the end of unemployment and help for the family. Hitler also said that businesses would be assisted, and farmers would get their farms back. We were overjoyed, and for three days we danced in the streets and had candlelight parades. The new government opened up big field kitchens and everyone was fed.

Before Hitler, we had very good medical care. Many American doctors trained at the University of Vienna. After Hitler, health care was socialized, free for everyone. Doctors were salaried by the government. The problem was, since it was free, the people were going to the doctors for everything. When the good doctor arrived at his office at 8 a.m., 40 people were already waiting and, at the same time, the hospitals were full. If you needed elective surgery, you had to wait a year or two for your turn. There was no money for research as it was poured into socialized medicine. Research at the medical schools literally stopped, so the best doctors left Austria and emigrated to other countries.

Because of healthcare, our tax rates went up to 80 percent of our income. Newlyweds immediately received a $1,000 loan from the government to establish a household. We had big programs for families. All day care and education were free. High schools were taken over by the government and college tuition was subsidized. Everyone was entitled to free handouts, such as food stamps, clothing, and housing.

We had another agency designed to monitor business. My brother-in-law owned a restaurant that had square tables. Government officials told him he had to replace them with round tables because people might bump themselves on the corners. Then they said he had to have additional bathroom facilities. It was just a small dairy business with a snack bar. He couldn't meet all the demands. Soon, he went out of business. If the government owned the large businesses and not many small ones existed, it could be in control. We had consumer protection, too. We were told how to shop and what to buy. Free enterprise was essentially abolished. We had a planning agency specially designed for farmers. The agents would go to the farms, count the live-stock, and then tell the farmers what to produce, and how to produce it.

In 1944, I was a student teacher in a small village in the Alps. The villagers were surrounded by mountain passes which, in the winter, were closed off with snow, causing people to be isolated. So people intermarried and offspring were sometimes retarded. When I arrived, I was told there were 15 mentally retarded adults, but they were all useful and did good manual work. I knew one, named Vincent, very well. He was a janitor of the school. One day I looked out the window and saw Vincent and others getting into a van. I asked my superior where they were going. She said to an institution where the State Health Department would teach them a trade, and to read and write. The families were required to sign papers with a little clause that they could not visit for 6 months. They were told visits would interfere with the program and might cause homesickness. As time passed, letters started to dribble back saying these people died a natural, merciful death. The villagers were not fooled. We suspected what was happening. Those people left in excellent physical health and all died within 6 months. We called this euthanasia.

Then they took our guns. Next came gun registration. People were getting injured by guns. Hitler said that the real way to catch criminals (we still had a few) was by matching serial numbers on guns. Most citizens were law abiding and dutifully marched to the police station to register their firearms. Not long afterwards, the police said that it was best for everyone to turn in their guns. The authorities already knew who had them, so it was futile not to comply voluntarily.

No more freedom of speech. Anyone who said something against the government was taken away. We knew many people who were arrested, not only Jews, but also priests and ministers who spoke up.

Totalitarianism didn't come quickly, it took 5 years from 1938 until 1943, to realize full dictatorship in Austria. Had it happened overnight, my countrymen would have fought to the last breath. Instead, we had creeping gradualism. Now, our only weapons were broom handles. The whole idea sounds almost unbelievable that the state, little by little eroded our freedom.

This is my eye-witness account. It's true. Those of us who sailed past the Statue of Liberty came to a country of unbelievable freedom and opportunity. America is truly is the greatest country in the world. Don't let freedom slip away. After America, there is no place to go."

We can see disturbing parallels between Ms. Werthmann's account of the Nazi occupation of Austria and what is happening now in America:

-Gun Seizures

-Loss of Freedom of Speech

-Nationalized Healthcare

-Nationalized Welfare State

-Farms and Businesses Taken over by the State

-Gradual Erosion of Constitutional Rights

Now is the time to create a dialogue about America's stealthy slide toward a totalitarian society. While our leaders and their corporate puppeteers continue to relentlessly seize and destroy our basic rights, we as a society should speak out against the dehumanization and the unconstitutionality of the emerging police state.

The Game Plan: A Blueprint for the Future

The Georgia Guidestones is one of America's most mysterious monuments and is located in rural Elberton, Georgia. This structure is made up of four 16-foot-high slabs of granite, positioned around a central column and topped with a capstone weighing 25,000 pounds. Engraved into the surface of each slab is a list of 10 principles for creating a new society, written in 8 modern languages. On each the four sides of the capstone are written the words, "Let These Be Guidestones to An Age of Reason" in Classical Greek, Sanskrit, Babylonian cuneiform, and Egyptian hieroglyphs. The central column and capstone are also equipped with holes, astronomically aligned so that the Guidestones can serve as a compass and clock.

One of the many mysteries of the Guidestones, is that no one knows exactly who commissioned it or why. The instructions on the monument appear in eight languages, and parts of the message reflect an ominous New Age ideology. In recent years, many researchers have been baffled by the Guidestones' message, and this has caused speculation and rumors of conspiracy regarding a shadowy group of men who are planning to reduce and subjugate the world's population to build a "New World Order."

Many conspiracy theories surround this structure, but based on the evidence available, the most widely agreed upon theory is that the Guidestones are meant to instruct the dazed survivors of some impending catastrophe as they attempt to reconstruct civilization. Some people strongly disagree to the message of the Guidestones and have even vandalized the monument, spray-painting it with slogans such as "Death to the New World Order." Vandalism against this structure is not surprising considering that it lies in the heart of America's Bible Belt, and its existence has produced emotional reactions that range from fascination to horror.

THE MESSAGE OF THE GEORGIA GUIDESTONES

Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature.

Guide reproduction wisely — improving fitness and diversity.

Unite humanity with a living new language.

Rule passion — faith — tradition — and all things with tempered reason.

Protect people and nations with fair laws and just courts.

Let all nations rule internally resolving external disputes in a world court.

Avoid petty laws and useless officials.

Balance personal rights with social duties.

Prize truth — beauty — love — seeking harmony with the infinite.

Be not a cancer on the earth — Leave room for nature — Leave room for nature.

Over the years, many researchers have been labeled conspiracy theorists because they believe that the Guidestones predict plans for a future global tyranny. Through their research, they believe that the men responsible for its creation are connected to a shadowy and hidden power structure of the elite. Are the Guidestones the missing evidence of the global elite's plan to enslave mankind?

When we read between the lines, we can discern the true significance of the message in the Guidestones. The first rule etched on this structure would restrict the world's population to under 500 million people which would require the eradication of nine-tenths of the world's human inhabitants. For decades, global depopulation has been a goal of the world's elite, and many famous people have also openly called for it. Conspiracy theorists believe that the tenets of the Guidestones are the basis of the New World Order, where 6.5 billion people will be murdered so that the remaining population would be more easily controlled and manipulated.

The global elite also know that most of the work requiring manual labor on planet Earth is finished. Freeways cover the planet, and other infrastructure such as communication systems, water facilities, and institutions have been completed and only need minor maintenance. Much of the natural resources have been mined, cultivated, and stockpiled in warehouses and store shelves around the world. Now that the world's infrastructure is in place, the workers are simply in the elite's way, and they've devised a plan to eradicate most of the world's population in accordance with the first rule of the Georgia Guidestones' 500 million population cap.

The second rule of the Guidestones essentially suggests the management of family units. If we read between those lines, this rule entails the creation of laws structuring the number of children per family. Furthermore, "improving diversity and fitness" can be obtained with "selective breeding" or the sterilization of undesirable members of society. This process used to be called "eugenics" until the term became politically incorrect because the Nazis utilized this method to remove "undesirable" traits in the population.

The last few rules of the Guidestones essentially call for the creation of a world government, ruled by the elite who would regulate all aspects of human life such as our laws, faith, social duties and environment. The Guidestones describe an "ideal world", as intended by the secret society's elite, and can be considered the missing evidence that links a connection between the global elite and the rush for a New World Order.

It is important that we pay attention and learn more about the Georgia Guidestones, so that we can increase our understanding of the true intentions of those in power.

"Some even believe we are part of a secret cabal working against the best interests of the United States, characterizing my family and me as 'internationalists' and of conspiring with others around the world to build a more integrated global political and economic structure – one world, if you will. If that's the charge, I stand guilty, and I am proud of it."

-David Rockefeller

Beware of False Flag Attacks!

The definition of false flag terrorism is when a government stages a top-secret operation in which government forces pretend to be a targeted enemy while attacking their own forces or people. The so-called "terrorist attack" is then falsely blamed on the enemy in order to justify going to war against that enemy or to rationalize stripping the public of their basic human rights.

This form of terrorism is a favorite political tactic utilized by governments worldwide; it is often used to influence national and international policy. When a false flag event occurs, the media is immediately utilized to generate hype of the incident to shape public opinion. Every false flag event brings us one step closer to the ultimate goal of governments \- which is total control of the population. Just look at what happened in Boston – when another tragedy struck, we were told that the answer was to continue to tighten security, but if we continue down this path, security will eventually become so tight that it will choke the life out of our country.

The question that we should be asking is: Could the United States government devise a false terrorist attack against its own citizens by pretending to be a terrorist organization of some sort, in order to justify expanded security powers? The answer to that question is a resounding YES! There are many examples of false flag attacks throughout history. For example, shortly after his appointment as Chancellor of Germany, Adolf Hitler persuaded German President Hindenburg that the Reichstag (parliament) must be disbanded. As new elections were scheduled for March 5th; Hitler had continued meetings with industrialists and military leaders to talk about his plans to rebuild Germany's military power.

On the evening of February 27, 1933, the Reichstag building was set on fire. At the urging of Hitler, President Hindenburg acted in response the next day by releasing an emergency decree "for the protection of the people and the State," which declared: "Restrictions on personal liberty, on the right of free expression of opinion, including freedom of the press; on the rights of assembly and association; and violations of the privacy of postal, telegraphic and telephonic communications and warrants for house searches, orders for confiscations as well as restrictions on property, are also permissible beyond the legal limits otherwise prescribed."

In recent years, Americans have felt the sting of Nazi-style oppression in their neighborhoods. After the Boston Marathon Bombing, residents in Watertown, Massachusetts experienced martial law as militarized police were filmed going door-to-door forcing innocent citizens from their homes at gunpoint. Once residents were torn from their homes, they were then ordered to run down the street to be further frisked by police as scores of armed militarized police watched. The mainstream media's story was that these searches were completely voluntary, but this is obviously untrue. On that day, thousands of police locked down Watertown and essentially "terrorized" the residents into leaving their homes while police unlawfully entered and searched; all of this was done to search for a wounded 19 year old kid who was found cowering in someone's back yard.

An unprecedented show of force was used in Boston and Watertown while legions of police wandered around people's homes and private property, public transportation was shut down, businesses were required to close, and a no-fly zone was enacted over the city. As this madness continued, military helicopters flew over neighborhoods and the city quickly resembled a war zone. On that day, the 4th Amendment ceased to exist in Boston. Former Texas Congressman Ron Paul, criticized the wide-scale effort by law enforcement to capture "suspects" following the Boston Marathon bombing:

"I mean, we had martial law out there. The federal government is not supposed to be our police force. It's criminal that people tolerated this so much..."

Watertown residents being forced from their homes at gunpoint by police.

Is this America - the land of the free?

How can the authorities legally and constitutionally force their way into innocent citizens homes at gunpoint, drive them out of their residence and treat them as criminals? Most people are completely unaware that President Obama recently signed Section 1031 of the NDAA bill, which defines the entire United States as a "battlefield," and essentially suspends the U.S. Constitution. It also allows U.S. citizens to be snatched from the streets, hauled off to a foreign detention camps and held indefinitely without trial. This Bill asserts that "any person who has committed a "belligerent act" faces indefinite detention with no trial or evidence to be presented.

As Americans, we should not delude ourselves into thinking that our government would never carry such out terrorist acts against its own citizens, because it has happened many times before (i.e. 9/11, Oklahoma City Bombing, Sandy Hook shootings etc.). It is important that we are alert and understand the martial law agenda the elite have been planning for America. It is also vital that people know about the important role that our deceptive government and the media news machine play in all false flag events. In all honesty, the mainstream media has become the lapdog of our government, because they either intentionally ignore or cover-up the most important details of these incidents. During these events, the role of the media is to prepare the minds of the public to believe that Islamic militants are behind these bombings, which gives the U.S. government a license to go to war or declare martial law. Once we fully understand the primary plans of the elite and how they covertly operate to cause a state of disaster to our nation which will finally lead to martial law or war, we will be better prepared to resist such actions.

We are now at the point where the leaders must provide justification to the American people and the world for going to war with Iran. At that time, if another false terrorist attack occurs, we must not allow the elite to deceive us into another reckless and bloody war. As Paul Craig, Former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, said:

"Ask yourself: Would a government that has lied us into two wars and is working to lie us into an attack on Iran shrink from staging 'terrorist' attacks in order to remove opposition to its agenda?"

Hopefully, the American public will wake up to the fact that their "benevolent" government would indeed intentionally put their own citizens in danger in order to further their own goal which is total control.

"Naturally the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country."

-Hermann Goering

Question Everything!

What do these events have in common?

Boston Marathon Bombing

Sept. 11th

World Trade Center Bombing

London Subway Bombings

Oklahoma City Bombing

The Estonia Catastophe

Norway Olso Attacks

Sandy Hook Elementary School Shootings

Batman Shooting - Aurora, Colorado

Live terror drills were conducted featuring the same scenario on the days these "terrorist attacks" happened, but the media has completely ignored this fact. It is no mere coincidence that terror drills were performed on the same day as these attacks, because the responsibility for the horrific attacks seems to lie not with Islamic extremists, but with several high-ranking members of the military and members of the U.S. Government. It's time for all Americans to wake up to the ever expanding deceit and despotism of their own government.

Let's End The War On Terror

In recent years, when people talk about the war in Iraq or Afghanistan they say that the war is a mess and has gone terribly wrong. However, the truth is that the war is going exactly as the global elite planned - a never ending war to expand military control into other parts of the world. American troop casualties and hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqi and Afghani deaths mean nothing to the elite who are behind of this madness, because it's all about gaining power and ultimate control.

Since the start of the War on Terror, our constitutional rights and freedoms have been continually stripped from us under the guise of "national security". This criminal war has the added advantage of being unwinnable, and as a result, perpetually serves those who want more power. Throughout history, world leaders have thrived on suffering, stress, fear, conflict, division, and inequity. They have also engineered and funded wars, terrorist attacks, revolutions, famines, genocides, and assassinations, while feeding the public lies and cover stories about them. For example, if you do a little research you will see which American corporations, organizations and individuals funded Adolf Hitler and brought him into power. When we take the time to investigate our history, we will see the "hidden hands" directing world events becoming more apparent.

At the beginning of the of this war, both the United States and United Kingdom persistently hyped the threat of Al-Qaida, and over the past decade issued many false flag scares to frighten the public into accepting even more limitations on their freedom. Essentially, the War on Terrorism is an excuse to limit civil liberties, impose censorship and to deny rights guaranteed to American citizens under the U.S. Constitution. This so-called war can also be considered a psychological campaign focused on deceiving the American people into willingly submitting to violations of their human rights.

Many leaders around the world who have spoken about these issues have faced ridicule, censure and sometimes even death. Such is the case with Britain's Robin Cook.

Former British Foreign Secretary, Robin Cook

Robin Cook disclosed just after the London transport bombings, that Al Qaeda was the name of a CIA database of US-trained Mujaheddin. He was also seen as a tough critic of Tony Blair and the United States for the Iraq War. One month after making this statement he mysteriously "died" while walking in northwest Scotland:

"The truth is, there is no Islamic army or terrorist group called Al Qaida. And any informed intelligence officer knows this. But there is a propaganda campaign to make the public believe in the presence of an identified entity representing the 'devil' only in order to drive the 'TV watcher' to accept a unified international leadership for a war against terrorism. The country behind this propaganda is the U.S., and the lobbyists for the U.S. War on Terrorism are only interested in making money"

Robin Cook believed that real terrorism could not be won by military force. In 2005, he wrote an article in The Guardian which stated:

"Bin Laden was, though, a product of a monumental miscalculation by western security agencies. Throughout the 80s he was armed by the CIA and funded by the Saudis to wage jihad against the Russian occupation of Afghanistan. Al-Qaida, literally "the database", was originally the computer file of the thousands of mujahideen who were recruited and trained with help from the CIA to defeat the Russians. Inexplicably, and with disastrous consequences, it never appears to have occurred to Washington that once Russia was out of the way, Bin Laden's organization would turn its attention to the west. The danger now is that the west's current response to the terrorist threat compounds that original error. So long as the struggle against terrorism is conceived as a war that can be won by military means, it is doomed to fail. The more the west emphasizes confrontation, the more it silences moderate voices in the Muslim world who want to speak up for cooperation. Success will only come from isolating the terrorists and denying them support, funds and recruits, which means focusing more on our common ground with the Muslim world than on what divides us."

In May 2013, President Obama made a speech at the National Defense University in Washington which was designed to lay the political groundwork to wind down the War on Terror which began 12 years ago. The speech was the first time he had delivered a framework on how to end the conflict that has defined U.S. National Security policy since 9/11.

Even though the War on Terror is supposedly at a standstill, American citizens are still being targeted with drones overseas. In recent news regarding drone air strikes, U.S. News & World Report states:

"Last year The New York Times reported that John Brennan, now director of the CIA, which administers most of the secret drone attacks abroad, and President Barack Obama maintained a so-called "kill list" of individuals approved for death by drone strikes. In February The Times reported that a Justice Department "white paper" outlined the Obama administration's legal justification for killing U.S. citizens abroad without trial...

The ACLU is suing the U.S. government for documents about their drone program. Hina Shamsi, director of the ACLU National Security Project said:

'The government must disclose its still-secret targeted killing memos so the public can determine if they contain criteria as vague and elastic as its definitions of 'imminence' and 'feasibility of capture. The letter also underscores how little the public still knows about this unlawful program and its consequences, including the previously unknown killing of a fourth American citizen more than a year ago. It does nothing to shed light on the government's legal criteria and factual basis for the killings of thousands of non-citizens – including reportedly hundreds of civilians – in a program that is unlawful, dangerous, and unwise."

If we want to live in country that is free in name only, displaying all the qualities of a dictatorship, then all we have to do is continue to go in the same direction. So, keep on trusting the government, waving our flags, supporting our troops murdering in far-off countries, watch television, and vote every few years. We can then congratulate ourselves that we are the "free world", looking with scorn on the barbarity of dictatorships in many developing countries. If that is what we want, then we will have it soon, sooner than we can possibly imagine. There is a massive military program happening in the U.S. to attain civilian control intended for when the public finally realizes that they no longer have their freedoms ... but by that time it will probably be too late.

"What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or in the holy name of liberty or democracy?"

-Mohandas Ghandi

The Choice - Freedom or Slavery

Over the past few years, we have seen more crimes committed against the public by government officials, whether it's from militarized local police, DHS, TSA, or crimes committed by our government against other nations. Our country has increasingly been less free, and our rights to life, liberty and property are often infringed by these government bullies. At the beginning of our nation, those who bravely fought for the American Revolution had rebelled for reasons far more petty than the crimes of violence, theft, and trespass that our local, state and federal governments have been committing against its own citizens. The time comes in our lives when we have to ask the questions:

How much longer am I going to allow this system to enslave me?

How much longer am I going to maintain my slave mentality?

When am I going to take responsibility for my inaction?

To most Americans, slavery is defined as people who are taken and held by force, compelled to work involuntarily and are the property of others. In our modern times, most people would find the very idea that they belong to someone else is nothing short of ludicrous, which only goes to prove how strongly they have been indoctrinated through their lifetime.

To fathom the depth of our enslavement, we must first understand that the elite who own the private banks and print our interest-bearing slave money, also own the bank that owns your mortgage. It is they who own the company you work for, and own the company that built your car and sells you the gas as well. They are the ones who manufacture your food, clothes, drugs, and your television with its mind-enslaving content. As modern slaves, we owe our soul to the company store. Instead of working to get ahead, we accrue massive debt, which doesn't make us richer, it makes us poorer, and we get the privilege to work for decades to pay it back.

This begs the question as to why so many Americans continue to trust the very institutions that enslave them. Thanks to many decades of government-controlled schools and propaganda-oriented media, most people in our society are completely programmed to not question or challenge the current system and are encouraged to not dwell about their own perpetual servitude.

Alright, so I'm a slave... now what?

As we begin to realize that we are slaves, it's normal to feel rage, despondency, paranoia and hopelessness. The modern slave system feeds on these negative emotions, and if we act on them it only makes the system stronger. During these times of awareness, our emotions can cause us to lash out at the system, but if we do, the system is designed to crush and discredit any dissenter with its dangerously oppressive laws and corporate-owned media.

Completely freeing ourselves from the system can be extremely difficult, because in the real world we have personal needs and obligations that come from being human. Putting food on the table and a roof over the heads of our loved ones are bonds that we simply can't sever and walk away from. As adults, we might be able to live with the way things are, but is that what we want for our children? In that case, if we're not ready to cut all ties to the system, does that mean we have no choice but to continue being slaves forever? The answer is absolutely not - there is always a choice.

You can continue to work, pay the mortgage and taxes, be a responsible spouse and parent, and still have a free mind. The real revolution happens inside of each of us, but what you do once you free your mind is entirely up to you. That's what being free means. In the meantime, there are many things you can do as a freed mind slave, because staying within the system doesn't mean we should be docile and simply accept the way things are. On the contrary, the free mind always finds creative ways to fight the tedium of our daily lives by becoming the leading edge of resistance to the system. Without its invisible chains, the system is full of flaws and weaknesses, so we should make the most of that advantage.

The American people clearly see there's a problem in their nation regarding our dwindling rights and want effective solutions, but are unaware of the real choices and solutions; which is why so many people are following the crowd down the road to perdition. As future events unfold, you will see more awakened citizens standing up and speaking out to oppose the endless parade of injustices being committed against We the People by a criminal government that has long since lost its legitimacy.

It is our choice which kind of world we want to live in. We can choose to live our lives in fear and continual blind servitude to the system, or we can live in a free society where all human rights are respected and preserved.

Freedom or Tyranny?

Rigged elections

Living in a police state

Forced dependence on oil

Propaganda instead of news

Beat and jailed for protesting

Forced to "earn a living" just to survive

Forced dependence on a FIAT currency

A judicial system bent in favor of the state

An indoctrination system rather than an education system

Forced to give most of your earnings to a centralized authority

Live in constant fear of harassment, extortion and

incarceration for not obeying orders

Strengthening Our Determination

As we embrace a new outlook in our complete opposition to this terrible world system, we must always strive to keep our resolve to make changes when we are confronted with an oppressive society. Many citizens are understandably outraged with our government for stripping away the public's basic rights, and feel that there is no justifiable reason for innocent American citizens to be treated like criminals or terrorists. On the other end of the spectrum, there are those that feel that there is nothing wrong with the government listening to private telephone calls, or reading their emails and texts. They believe that since they've done nothing wrong and have lived a model life, they have nothing to hide so they have nothing to worry about. Unfortunately, it's the latter group of people who are threatening societal progress in America. You may have a great life, and have no problems with the actions of your government, but somewhere down the road our government may do something, large or small, to which you may object.

When we allow the government to gather personal information on ourselves, we are also consenting to the government collecting information on everyone. If enough people comply with the system or just fail to oppose it, the perceived national consensus sets the stage for what the elite want: the ability for the government to completely control everything that we do and say. This is how most oppressive governments around the world work. When everyone is a suspected criminal, or everybody has something to fear being exposed and the government knows everything about you, that government has the absolute power to completely destroy dissent and political activism.

Throughout this book, I have often referred to our country as a democratic nation. Our private and public schools teach us that our Founding Fathers introduced democracy to America, however, the Founders thought democracy was an evil practice and deliberately tried to make the United States a republic. The dictionary defines a republic as "a state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly by them." Our educational system has brainwashed the public into believing that our nation was always intended to be a democracy and that this practice is equitable, fair and benign. Thomas Jefferson believed that America should avoid democracy when he said:

"A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine."

The Founders of our nation gave us an important system of protective checks and balances which is a vital part of the Constitution. These checks and balances were created to prevent the government from becoming too powerful and oppressive to the people it serves. The forefathers of this nation knew that if this country ever became a democracy, tyranny would not be far behind. The time is now for us to ask ourselves if America is turning the great nation the Founders intended, or is it slowly turning into a totalitarian state. If we discover it's the latter, then it's up to each and every patriotic American to set things right. Whether we realize it or not, the fact is that when we fail to speak out against the unjust practices of our government, we are actually contributing to our own enslavement and oppression. It's time to stand up and be counted because when we do, we will inspire others to do the same.

As the days and months drift by, it is essential that we muster up our strength of mind and spirit, so that we can face the struggles and challenges ahead successfully. Remember to always seek the truth and fortify your mind by researching subjects on the internet or in books, because the more you know, the less they will be able to manipulate you with their deceitful methods. By educating ourselves about the true nature of our world, we can free ourselves from the elite's influence.

The time is fast approaching when all authorities will try to take our freedom from us. When that time comes, we must firmly say NO! The global elite are trying to stop our spiritual and societal evolution, and they know that a population that possesses awareness cannot be manipulated, controlled or enslaved. Unfortunately, the elite have many weapons against us and they know how to make use of them, but once we learn how to protect ourselves against them, we will be free and nothing will ever stop us from reaching our highest potential.

Until then, please don't forget how important each one of us really is. Don't forget you are magnificent spiritual beings that already know everything. All answers reside inside you, because we are all connected to each other and to the Universe. You know what you have to do, just let your heart and inner awareness be your guide.

"Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage."

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

As always, don't forget to...

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