The New World Order and ‘Preppers”.
They both say, “The world is to be destroyed”, and all that will remain is the New World Order and the ‘Preppers’. So…this New World Order’s foundation will start with these two groups which, in reality, have the same aim – “The Self Cherishing Me-First Foundation”. The rest of us will have to leave – dead! Not a very nice way to start a new world is it?!
The internet seems to be full of fear mongers, sowing seeds of doom and destruction, and their attempts to save themselves from Death. How does that work? What is so idiotic is that by the time something did actually happen (and we have had so many predictions!) people will have died anyway. If we spend our life fearing and preparing, and we have to die anyway, what was the use of all that worry?
Just look closely at the people who perpetuate the illusion that they will be saved. Are you going to live your life according to their values?
Live life how you wish to live, in clarity and harmony. Better to chant OM MANI PEME HUM (a very profound mantra on Compassion), than to hold on desperately to a handful of gold and some cans of food. At our inevitable deaths, those will all be useless.
The one thing this hysteria does have in its favour is that it heightens our sense of self, and the emotions – and so this becomes easier to see.
The moment of so-called death, and afterwards, is so precious for our spiritual development. The only thing in which we can trust is the very nature of our own awareness.
Sticks and stones may break my bones.
Consciousness can be distracted.
Essence can never die,
because it is not a creation.
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Be at peace. Be sane.
(There are some bad things going on in the world, but we don’t have to make it worse.)
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Not a very positive perspective on future events is it ? It does seem that my unchangeing essence knows about the death scrolls and bardos, because of that knowledge essence is forced to stand against what it percieves as evil/wrong or a battle that must be fought while in human form, which is temporary state of essence’s awareness of itself.
So I still feel it’s good to prepare for the physical body’s needs for survival and battle tools and supplies, as there will be a need for survivors that have knowledge and wisdom to benefit what’s left of society/humanity when the time comes to pass.
We have the same feeling.
However, the stress all this is causing is concerning.
I understand what you are saying here, Tony – I think!
There is what seems to be an almost exclusively N American mindset of “doomsday prepping” which we, in Europe, find quite disturbing and very alien (in fact, I don’t know where you’re from, but I’m pretty sure that most people where I live wouldn’t even know what a “prepper” is!) They have an apocalyptic vision that the end of the world is approaching (for a wide range of reasons) and spend – to the rest of us – an insanely large part of their time, energy and money or preparing for this. And their mindset that goes with that – to the rest of us – is not attractive.
So yes, I choose to try and live my life in clarity and harmony. I choose to strive to see the best in people, believing that they have good intentions. I may be wrong, but that’s my choice. I don’t think I’m falling into mindless complacency: I have taken a few precautions, but I have not intention of letting this take over my life. There is a balance between perceived risk, which engages our emotions, and rational analysis of our fears. One of the saddest things must be investing a large part of one’s life preparing for some huge disastrous scenario, only to die in a car crash.
And as you say, we’re going to die anyway, at some time. Is that so bad?
Daisy