(From Laura Knight-Jadczyk) The second objective of stalking is to create a belief in defensive measures that are totally and completely ineffective. And then, the same beings that advise us to pray, to "rebuke Satan," to "just say no" to abductions, take great pains to make sure that these techniques SEEM to work so that more and more people will be deluded into thinking that they are actually protected by silly rituals and prayers and "surrounding themselves with light" and other nonsense. Don't be fooled. Reptoids are NOT demons! They are not etheric minions of Satan. They are variably physical, techno-wizards and they use OUR energy to interact with us and only knowing how to make that energy unavailable to them will provide any protection at all.
[Comment - How does Laura know, with certainty, that the defensive measures taken by spiritually-inclined people, are “totally and completely ineffective”? She can’t possibly prove her claim because to do so would require her to do an exhaustive analysis of the life of each and every person on the face of the Earth, as well as be in possession of certain knowledge that the nature of ontology was such that the defensive measures pursued by spiritually-inclined people were "totally and completely ineffective" - and she has neither the time for the former, nor the knowledge to make the aforementioned kind of judgments (if she did have such knowledge, she wouldn't have written the Wave Series in the way she did).
Moreover, she says that the Reptoids are not demons, but this raises the question of what constitutes a ‘demon’? What prevents saying that Reptoids - techno-wizards though they may be (we shall assume this for the sake of argument) - aren’t vulnerable to being swayed by the whisperings of Satanic forces? How do we know that Reptoids don’t have a nafs (the seat of rebellion against and resistance to truth) which acts pretty much like the nafs of everyone else - whether human or non-human - and, as such, is vulnerable to being led astray by the machinations of emotions, desires, temptation, and satanic whisperings?
There is nothing in what Laura has said within the hundreds of pages she has written that give expression to the Wave Series which necessarily precludes the foregoing possibilities. Consequently, although she claims that the Reptoids are a totally different kettle of fish than are demons and etheric minions of Satan, she hasn’t demonstrated this to be so - not even remotely.
All she has to go on are the ‘clues’ from the Cassiopaeans which stipulate that such is the case. This sounds a lot like the list of Commandments found on Karl’s letterhead ( see: Secrets - (Part Two), toward the middle of the page ) in which because some things have been found to be true, that, therefore, this means that the other things that are said are true as well. For example, if washing one's hands after using the bathroom is a good thing, then, obviously, the moon must be made of green cheese because both are part of the same list of Commandments, and if the first is true, then, surely, the second must also be true - NOT.
The Cassiopaeans have provided Laura with a paradigm or theological set of lenses through which to sift experience, and, they have led Laura and company to look in the directions that the Cassiopaeans want Laura, et. al., to look for pieces of data which could be interpreted to lend credence to what the Cassipaeans are saying. However - and this is conveniently ignored - much of the data which is uncovered is amenable to other possible interpretations of the significance of such data.]
(From Laura Knight-Jadczyk) Now, yes, we know that human beings - ALL human beings - have reptilian genetics... and bird genetics and just the whole gamut. But by disinforming people about the true nature of the 4th density STS hieararchy and state of existence, as such people as Arizona Wilder and others do; by making humans the "physical" or "paraphysical" Reptoids, the attention is drawn away from the actual "control system" of Drachomonoid beings of hyperdimensional, variable physical capability.
[Comment - Actually, we don't know that "all human beings have reptilian genetics ... bird genetics and just the whole gamut." What we know is that there are certain similarities in the genetics of reptiles, birds, and the rest. We also know that the biochemistry of human beings, reptiles, birds and other living beings found on Earth are rooted in processes which exhibit the same general form (although there are many details which differ) involving: DNA, RNA, structural and enzymatic proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, membranes, and so on - we just don't have the slightest idea of how all of this came to be ... and, no, the general ideas of 'evolution' or population genetics do not provide a plausible account of how life came to be or how, among many other things, entirely new phyla came into being. (See: Evolution On Trial, elsewhere within the Spiritual Health Learning Community)
How do we know that the ‘Drachomonoid beings of hyper-dimensional variable, physical capability’ aren’t, themselves, being controlled just as these Drachomonoids control humans? Why should we suppose that the Drachomonoids aren’t, themselves, asleep and need to be woken up or need to wake up?
To stop with human beings as the only ones who are being controlled seems rather arbitrary. There is no substantive evidence to back up the belief that the Drachomonoids are not being controlled - or, for that matter, that human beings are being controlled by anyone other than their own bad choices.
How do we know that all of this talk about the Drachomonoids is just taking attention away from where it should be centered - namely, oneself, together with one’s spiritual nature and capabilities, as well as one’s relationship with those aspects of the Truth which are going to help realize one’s spiritual potential. All this talk about how tricky, hypnotic, and clever the reptoids are and how they are capable of time-travel to be able to erase evidence, as well as being capable of shape-shifing, and how they are able to control people in positions of influence to be able to keep things under their dominion - even if one gives Laura all of this, none of this knowledge really helps one to become a better STO individual.
Knowledge, without will is nothing - and vice versa. We are not capable, on our own, of acquiring the sort of knowledge or performing the requisite acts of will that would awaken us and help us move along the road of Self-realization.
We need help. Whether one calls this help: Cassiopaean, Revelation, spirituality, unveiling, or the teachings of a mystical way, everybody - including Gurdjieff - indicates that this jump from: being asleep, to: being awake, from: being ignorant, to: having knowledge, and from: behaving poorly, to: behaving wisely cannot be done without the right kind of assistance and support.
To be sure, the individual must struggle, and no one can do this for the individual. Even Laura talks about the need to align oneself with positive influences. The real issue is over the differences of opinion concerning what the nature or identity of such influences are with which one should become aligned.]
(From Laura Knight-Jadczyk) It seems that the STS mode of manipulation includes "synchronous events" and or "signs and wonders" BEFORE a choice is made to do something, which, in fact, "weight" the choice. STO seems to refrain altogether from any kind of overt contact or demonstration, leaving the will entirely free. But then, there is always the little "confirmations" AFTER the choice has been made and the action initiated.
[Comment - Does providing clues and making contact really leave the will entirely free? If one can get someone to follow certain clues, then, one can, perhaps, prevent those people from looking in another directions, or one can stop them from considering, or being open to, other possibilities.
The clues, in a sense, have already biased the process and re-framed reality as a function of the clues. If the clues keep on coming, then, one has an opportunity to re-frame things to a considerable degree - especially if one should be able to sufficiently manipulate the situation to bring people into contact with just the kind of evidence one wishes for the target to sift through and make choices that are colored and shaped by the perspective out of which the clues have arisen.]
(From the Cassiopaeans) A: They are not the only ones! Let us go to the root. Who, or what made you?
Q: (RC) The Creator. (L) Prime Creator.
A: How? And who is Prime Creator?
Q: (L) Everything, I guess.
A: You are "Prime Creator."
Q: (RC) We are creators, but we aren't the Prime Creator...
A: Prime Creator Manifests IN you.
[Comment - To say that the Prime Creator manifests in us or through us is not the same thing as saying that the Prime Creator can be reduced down to us. The Divine Names are made possible by the Essence, but the Essence cannot be reduced down to the Names collectively considered. The Essence is independent of all manifestation, including the Names.]
(From the Cassiopaeans) Q: (L) Okay, so at the root is Prime Creator.
A: But... who was secondary?
Q: (RC) The Sons of God? The Elohim? [Continues below the next comment]
[Comment - What do the Cassiopaeans mean by “secondary”? Secondary in what sense?
Do they mean anything more than that we are their ancestral progeny? Or, are they saying that the Elohim engaged in genetic experiments and modified various strands of DNA to create the human being? If the latter, what evidence is there of this - other than the word of the Cassiopaeans?]
(From the Cassiopaeans) A: Who is that? Remember, your various legends are "seen through a veil." Here comes a shocker for you... one day, in 4th density, it will be your descendants mission to carry on the tradition and assignment of seeding the 3rd density universe, once you have the adequate knowledge!!! In this part of your 3rd and 4th density universe, specifically your "galaxy" it is the region known as Orion that is the one and only indigenous home of human type beings... reflect on this! Indigenous home base, not sole locator. What you are most in need of review of is the accurate profile of "alien" data.
[Comment - What, exactly, do they mean by “seeding”, and why should this be a shocker? Why can the seeding only be done when we are, supposedly, in 4th density, and why does it depend on having “adequate knowledge”? The last time I looked, one didn’t need to have very much special or adequate knowledge to impregnate someone. Why will this seeding process be the mission of our descendants? Why not us? And, who is it that assigns such a mission and why and under what authority?
Why is it that what we "are most in need of review of is the accurate profile of 'alien' data"? Seemingly, what we are most in need of reviewing is how: (1) to wake up; (2) to align ourselves with the right sort of STO forces; (3) to acquire knowledge; (4) to act in accordance with such knowledge; (5) to realize our essential identity and unique spiritual capcity]
(From the Cassiopaeans) Q: (RC) I thought that humans originated in Lyra and then a war broke out there and they ended up in Orion.
A: Lyra is not inhabited. There have been homes in all places, but some were/are transitory, and some are not. Pay attention to Orion! This is your ancestral home, and your eventual destination.
Here is the absolutely accurately accurate profile of Orion to follow: This is the most heavily populated region of your Milky Way galaxy! This is a region that extends across 3rd and 4th density space for a distance as vast as the distance between your locator and it.
There are 3,444 inhabited "worlds" in this region. Some are planets as you know them. Some are artificially constructed planetoids. Some are floating space barges. And some are "satellites." There are primary homes, travelling stations and incubator laboratories all in 2nd, 3rd and 4th densities. There are overseer zones in 5th and 6th densities.
Approximately one half is STO and one half is STS. Together, along with many other colonies, located elsewhere, this is called, in translation, Orion Federation.
Orions created grays in 5 varieties, as cybergenetic beings, and installed them on Zeta Reticuli 1, 2, 3, and 4, as well as on 2 planets orbiting Barnard's Star. The Reptilians also inhabit 6 planets in the Orion region in 4th density, and are owned by the Orion STS as slaves, and, in some cases, pets!!!
The name "Orion" is the actual native name, and was brought to earth directly. Study the legend of the "god" of Orion for parallels."
[Comment - The Cassiopaeans appear to be working very hard (perhaps too hard) to provide specific information which, seemingly, lends credence to their story and gives the illusion of providing particular facts which are true, but none of this can be verified. Furthermore, even if all the foregoing information were true, the material is irrelevant to the task at hand since none of that information can help a person to awaken or to struggle in the direction of being STO rather than STS.]
(From the Cassiopaeans) Q: (L) Are the Orion STS the infamous red-headed Nordic aliens?
A: Yes, and all other humanoid combinations.
Q: (L) Okay, if it started with the Nordic types, and that is where the other humanoid combinations came from, what genetic combinations were used for human beings? Black people, for instance, since they are so unlike "Nordics?"
A: The Nordic genes were mixed with the gene pool already available on Earth, known as Neanderthal.
[Comment - Doesn't this just play nicely into racial prejudices and stereotypes.]
Q: (L) What was the genetic combination used to obtain the Oriental races?
A: Orientals come from a region known in your legends as "Lemuria," and are a previous hybridization from 7 genetic code structures from within Orion Union, designed to best fit the earth climate and cosmic ray environment then existent on earth.
Q: (L) Okay, what about the Semitic and Mediterranean peoples?
A: Each time a new flock was "planted," it was engineered to be best suited to the environment where it was planted. Aryans are the only exception, as they had to be moved to earth in an emergency.
Q: (L) If races are engineered on earth to be "best suited," what factors are being drawn from or considered regarding the Semitic race?
A: They are not engineered on earth, but in Orion lab as all others. They were "Planted" in the Middle East.
[Comment - Why should one accept any of these stories about genetic hypridization, genetic manipulation, and biological lab work on, or in, Orion? There is absolutely no proof of it, and Okham’s razor - although just a methodological device or technique - would tend to indicate that employing all of these separate, alien, biological experimental scenarios to account for differences in race involves the generation of assumptions beyond necessity.
Presumably, to say that all were Created by one God, even if we don’t how this was done, constitutes a much simpler perspective. Certainly, by saying that all human races were Created by one Creator places us at no more of a disadvantage, than does the Cassiopaean paradigm, as far understanding what went or how.
Perhaps, the Cassiopaeans are spinning a biological story because of the technological/scientific character of our times. That is, they may feel that human beings in this day and age might be a lot more open to considering a 'biological/genetic/DNA-manipulation' idea than we might be prepared to accept the idea of Divine Creation, even though both frameworks contain issues which we cannot prove and do not understand. If the Cassiopaeans are seeking to deceive, then, perhaps, they will select whatever medium of discourse is current and has the potential to hold sway within a culture or people as the point of leverage for inducing belief in the story being spun.]
(From Laura Knight-Jadczyk) Q: (L) I want to get back on my question that you have not answered... I want to know who, exactly, and why, exactly, genetically engineered the Semitic people, and why there is such an adversarial attitude between them and the Celts and Aryans.
A: It is not just between the Jews and Celts, if you will take notice. Besides, it is the individual aural profile that counts and not groupings or classifications. But, to answer your question: there are many reasons both from on and off the planet.
Q: (L) Why was Hitler so determined, beyond all reason, even to his own self-destruction, to annihilate the Jews?
A: Many reasons and very complex. But, remember, while still a child, Hitler made a conscious choice to align himself with the "forces of darkness," in order to fulfill his desires for conquest and to unite the Germanic peoples. Henceforth, he was totally controlled, mind, body, and soul, by STS forces.
Q: (L) So, what were the purposes of the STS forces that were controlling Hitler causing him to desire to annihilate an entire group of people?
A: To create an adequate "breeding ground" for the reintroduction of the Nephalim, for the purpose of total control of the 3rd density earth prior to elevation to 4th density, where such conquest is more difficult and less certain!
Q: (L) Do you mean "breeding ground" in the sense of genetic breeding?
A: Yes. Third density.
Q: (L) Did they accomplish this goal?
A: No.
Q: (L) So, the creation of the Germanic "Master Race" was what they were going after, to create this "breeding ground?"
A: Yes.
Q: (L) And, getting rid of the Jews was significant? Couldn't a Germanic master race be created without destroying another group?
A: No.
Q: Why?
A: Because of 4th density prior encoding mission destiny profile.
Q: (L) What does that mean?
A: This means encoding to activate after elevation to 4th density, thus if not eliminated, negates Nephalim domination and absorption. Jews were prior encoded to carry out mission after conversion, though on individual basis.
[Comment - What was the nature of this 'mission'? Why should the mission only be activated after conversion to 4th density? How were individuals supposed to carry out the assigned mission? What was the purpose of the mission, and whose purpose was it?
The idea of DNA encoding which is activated after elevation to 4th density would seem to suggest that one is still biological after moving to 4th density and that the transition process and/or the nature of things in 4th density are such that certain strands of DNA would be activated that could negate the Nephalim agenda of domination and absorption. Again, why make changes in spiritual, conceptual or conscious processes a function of DNA? Why make consciousness, spirituality, and the like a function of DNA-genetic manipulations? Why reduce spirituality down to the physical realm or to biology and biological engineering? What proof is there that this is the case?
Who told these 'Master Biologists' about the relationship between DNA, consciousness and spirituality? And, if no one told them, how did they discover it? Was it purely a serendipitous event or series of such events? Is there any actual relationship between DNA coding and either spirituality or consciousness?]
(From the Cassiopaeans) Q: (L) Well, if that is the case, and the aliens are abducting people and altering their genes, can they not alter the genes so that higher level souls simply cannot come in?
A: Not incarnative process, natural biological processes. Incarnative involves strictly ethereal at 5th density and lower, and thus is enveloped in triple cycle "veil" of transfer which is impregnable ay any means. However, any and all 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th processes can be manipulated at will and to any degree if technology is sufficient.
[Comment - How can genetic engineering be considered a natural biological process if the Semite race was - allegedly - created in a Orion lab? What is a ‘triple cycle veil of transfer’ and why is it impregnable by any means and how did this triple cycle veil of transfer come about?
The foregoing 'explanation' - involving the idea of a 'triple cycle veil of transfer' - is not an explanation. It offers the apperance of an explanation without the substance.]
(From Laura Knight-Jadczyk) During a discussion of all these secret societies with my guest, RC, I was informed that I MUST read ALL of the Holy Blood, Holy Grail series of books if I ever expected to understand ANYTHING! It was only in there that I would find out the REAL key to who was on first. And, in RC's opinion, it was the Priory of Zion!
The WHO?
The Prieure de Sion! They were at the bottom of everything! Until I knew about them, I could not claim to know anything.
Well, heck! I had hardly ever heard of them except in an article about the Lincoln, Leigh and Baigent books. How come I had never come across a mention of them anywhere else? I had certainly dug pretty far and deep. Just who were these guys?
...
At about the same time of the publication of Gerard de Sede's book L'or de Rennes, another document attributed to Henri Lobineau was deposited with the Bibliotheque Nationale entitled Dossiers secrets. Lincoln et al say it was:
...a thin, nondescript volume, a species of folder with stiff covers which contained a loose assemblage of ostensibly unrelated items - news clippings, letters pasted to backing-sheets, pamphlets, numerous genealogical trees and the odd printed page apparently extracted from the body of some other work. Periodically some of the individual pages would be removed. At different times other pages would be freshly inserted. On certain pages additions and corrections would sometimes be made in a miniscule longhand. At a later date, these pages would be replaced by new ones, printed and incorporating previous emendations.
The main thrust of this odd collection of items was the establishing of Pierre Plantard de St.-Clair as a direct lineal descendant of Dagobert II, who was assassinated in 679 and was not known to have had any legitimate issue. It seems that the name "Lobineau," was derived from the Rue Lobineau near Saint-Sulpice in Paris, the church that plays a significant part in the story of Berenger Sauniere.
[Comment - One thing that comes to mind after having read the foregoing (the above set of excerpts is only a small selection from the actual material to be found in Laura's Wave Series of essays) is that everything seems to be structured as an elaborate, complex, subtle, multi-layered, and deceptive puzzle which must be solved through tremendous feats of mental concentration, hermeneutical acrobatics, and the like. I remember something similar being a trademark, of sorts, for much of Gurdjieff's approach to things, as well.
Although, for various reasons, the Secrets of Creation may be hidden, they are - according to the mystics themselves - hidden in plain sight. One is not led to Divinity by solving elaborate puzzles or tracking down arcane clues and re-assembling them through leaps of creative genius - rather, one is led to Divinity by Divinity ... one is taken by the hand, and one is fed the ‘kernals’ (the essential truths) which are necessary for the purification, calibration, understanding and application of the knowledge that is given.
Seeking, sincerity, struggle and longing need to be on the side of the human being (and even these are present only by Divine largesse), but the teaching, showing, unveiling, and guiding are done via Divine support and succor. The lessons to be learned are spiritual in nature in the sense that what one learns readies the ground for whatever spiritual knowledge God chooses to bestow into the receptive 'earth' or soul/heart.
However, spiritual knowledge does not come from intellectual efforts or from ingenious efforts of de-coding, and the like. In fact, the presence of these kind of decoding and mental gymnastic activities indicates - at least to me - that there is something wrong with the manner of understanding to which one is being led by means of such activities.
In other words, the latter sort of understanding involves something other than what can help one to struggle toward realization of one’s essential identity and unique spiritual capacity. As such, such knowledge if not outright misdirection and disinformation, is irrelevant to spiritual work, and, thereby, becomes a waste of one of the most precious resource we have - our time.]
(From Laura Knight-Jadczyk) [...]Q: Now, from putting the information about religions together throughout the centuries, I am coming to a rather difficult realization that the whole monothiestic idea, which is obviously the basic concept of the 'sons of the law of One,' is the most clever and devious and cunning means of control I have ever encountered in my life. No matter where it comes from, the religionists say "we have the ONE god, WE are his agents, you pay us your money, and we'll tell him to be nice to you in the next world!"
[Comment - Is the problem monotheism, per se, or is the problem people’s tendency to be proprietary with respect to the truth and believe that only their theological version of things encompasses the truth? Quite frankly, although I understand what she is getting at, she appears to both a little too loose with her use of language as well as too sweeping in her generalizations about monotheism.
Monotheism means having one God. Monotheism, per se, doesn’t say anything about the nature of Divinity other than that whatever that nature is It gives expression to one, supreme God. As such, the idea of monotheism leaves completely open the issue of the nature of Divinity - that is, the Divine Nature is to be sourght and explored - to whatever extent this is possible - and not imposed by fiat.]
(From Cassiopaeans) A: Clever if one is deceived. Silly truffle if one is not.
Q: Well, I know! But, uncovering this deception, this lie that the 'power' is 'out there' is unbelievable. So, the Kantekkians were the 'Sons of Belial,' which is not the negative thing that I interpreted it as at the time. And the 'Sons of the Law of One,' was perverted to the monotheistic Judaism, which then was then transformed into the Christian religious mythos, and has been an ongoing theme since Atlantean times.
[Comment - Not every conception of monotheism posits a God ‘out there’ - as necessarily involving a Divinity Who is removed from human beings. Judaism need not be interpreted in this fashion, and Christianity does not have to be force-fit into such a conceptual straight-jacket.
So, why should Laura and company insist on interpreting monotheism in such derogatory, narrow terms. This is all the more puzzling given that the real substantive aspect of her argument - and an aspect with which many people of all different spiritual traditions might agree - is directed toward only those individuals who insist on treating monotheism as expressing a dogmatic, rigid, exclusionary theological position that should be imposed on others, whether the latter people want this or not.
Laura has offered no plausible argument which would legitimize or render valid her apparent desire to move on from the point noted above, with which many people would agree, to the further conclusion that, therefore, monotheism in its entirety is suspect and corrupt. The latter simply does not follow from the earlier premise concerning those forms of theology which seek to be dogmatic, rigid, and authoritarian with respect to both its own adherents as well as all those individuals who do not accept such a theological orientation.]
(From Laura Knight-Jadczyk) In the autumn of 1996, the BBC presented another Rennes-le-Chateau program that essentially "debunked" the whole thing. They were now saying that the parchments that were supposed to have been found by Berenger Sauniere were modern forgeries. It seems that they were forged by a close associate of Pierre Plantard, the Marquis Philippe de Cherisey. Apparently, they had quarreled and one ratted on the other. Pierre Plantard was exposed as a subversive with Nazi connections and extreme right wing political inclinations. Not only that, but M. Plantard had convictions for crimes of deception.
The so-called Secret Dossiers of the Priory of Sion that had been planted in the Bibliotheque Nationale where shown to be very clever fabrications combining a deep knowledge of history combined with masterful divergences into fantasy. And so on.
Apparently, from the research done for this program, it was learned that Gerard de Sede knew that the documents were forged either before his first meeting with Henry Lincoln, or very soon thereafter. Henry Lincoln and his associates worked for ten years unaware that they were being led down the primrose path.
[Comment - While the research done for the BBC program could have been rigorous and correct, the fact of the matter is, one is faced with precisely the same problem in relation to the BBC material as when trying to assess the truth in the Holy Blood, Holy Grail book. More specifically, unless one actually tracks down every last piece of information given - whether in the television program or the book - and attempts to authenticate such information, then, one really doesn’t know who, if anyone, is telling the truth.
A further issue is whether the issues being talked about in any of these books or television programs is focused on material that is at all relevant to finding out who one is, in essence, and what one’s spiritual capacity is, if any, and what, if any, purpose is served by one’s being, rather than not-being. All of the issues explored by Laura (the books, programs, etc.) require one to devote tremendous resources, energy, and time to issues which, in the grand of scheme of things, don’t seem all that relevant to the purpose of life ... interesting, perhaps, just not very relevant or of much use to the practical problem of what is the meaning of life.
The existence of Lizzies who want to eat me doesn’t tell me anything about the meaning or purpose of life and that 'fact' - if it is a fact - doesn’t tell me anything about who I am or what my spiritual nature is all about. All the information about the Lizzies says is that there are some creatures who want to feed on me, and I already know that such entities existence - in the world of animals, insects, reptiles, and spiritually, as well. The fact (?) there is one more entity which wishes to eat me - so what? This fact has nothing to do with the practical problems of my life UNLESS those beings are feeding on me right now and, thereby, preventing me from pursuing the purpose of life.
Laura and company say that unless I am awake I will be, and am being, consumed by such creatures. Moreover, according to the Cassiopaeans, protection can be found in knowledge - but knowledge of what? ... knowledge that there are creatures who wish to feed on me, or knowledge of the truth about my relationship with the reality and the truth and my essential self?
The latter sort of knowledge appears to be a lot more critical than knowledge about the Lizzies and all the ways they may be controlling the world around me. I have no control over the latter sort of issue involving world domination. However, I may have something to say and do about trying to control my own little fiefdom, together with what influences and forces rule there, as well as what values I serve - and, perhaps, this is where a person's attention should be directed.]
(From Laura Knight-Jadczyk) There is a "rule" of espionage which goes: observe the facts, ONLY the facts, and extrapolate backwards to discover WHO benefits from a given situation, and this will give you the key to the underlying truth. Well, I have been doing this about the events of history and geography for most of my adult life, and it is a most productive exercise no matter what is being assessed.
[Comment - The foregoing 'rule' assumes that one can identify what constitutes a fact in any given case, and this is not always so easy to do. Sometimes ‘facts’ are the end result of a very complicated series of assumptions, observations, questions, reflections, intuitions, and conventions - any one of which may be steeped in problems that skew just what it is that one believes a given ‘fact’ alludes to, or gives expression to. The foregoing also assumes that one’s analysis of : (a) who benefits; (2) what the nature of that benefit is, and (3) whether, or not, such a benefit is actually motivating certain behavior, is correct.]
(From Laura Knight-Jadczyk) There are many things to be gone over in a sort of "cold" and analytical way - even including this business of "synchronicity" that we both have experienced in this matter. This "amazing" confluence of "clues and artifacts" tends to convince us that our ideas are correct... but I have found that, often, the matter is much more complicated - like a chess game. Some of these "synchronous" events are like a move on the chess board by these "unknowns" and they are waiting to see if we will see through the ruse... We can either make the mistake of "falling into the trap" of taking the piece "offered" while we are being set up for a swift and stunning mate. NEVER underestimate the cleverness and cunning of the opponent.
[Comment - Our most clever and cunning opponent is our own nafs - that is, the capacity within us that is rebellious toward accepting the truth about the nature of reality. Whatever other opponents we may have, they attack us through the vulnerabilities to which the unredeemed nafs gives expression.]
(From Laura Knight-Jadczyk) I guess I have a couple of axioms I live by: one is "get results." The other is: "when all the lies are stripped away, what remains is the truth."
[Comment - What, exactly, does getting results entail? Results according to what criteria and standards of evaluation? Results for what purposes? Results according to what methods and assumptions? Results at what costs ... to ourselves and to others?
With respect to the second axiom mentioned above by Laura, when can one be sure that all the lies have been stripped away? What tests demonstrate that all the lies have been stripped away? Can one always tell when one is being lied to, or does one always know when one is lying to oneself?]
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