While reading "Irreducible Mind," again on mysticism, I was reminded of two other books recently read, "AD" and "The Synchronicity Key." In both these latter books, there is a conspiracy group at the center of the theses: for AD, the "Breakaway Group" and for The Synchronicity Key, the Federal Reserve. The former most people know about, although not by that name; these would be the Men in Black, the small group of people - and perhaps aliens - whose job it has been to keep the world at large from acknowledging alien contact. Historically, the group (supposedly) was formed after WWII when contact was made (Roswell and more) and the government decided for reasons of national harmony that the disclosures should not be made. There may be other reasons as well, including hiding new technology from competing nations, but in any case, the inside group was formed to dis-inform the public - to ridicule any who said they had contact - and to deal directly with the alien threat and/or contact. The thesis is that this group became convinced that mere elected officials could not be trusted with this information, and thus became a "Breakaway Group," accountable to no one and now international in scope. Secrecy is kept through ridicule of exposers and death threats or actual murder.
In The Synchronicity Key, it is the Federal Reserve that becomes the boogeyman. This group is international and has existed for centuries before the Reserve was formed under Woodrow Wilson, using the Reserve as a continuation of their dominance of human history. Their silence has been bought through a hierarchy consisting of sociopaths, no one reaching high into the organization without having been told to do unconscionable things, things that only sociopaths could do and still live with themselves. Thus for self-preservation, self-aggrandizement, and with no sympathy for human kind, silence has been maintained. The two books cross paths over UFO's - where the same control freaks might be running the show.
Both try to cover the obvious fault of all conspiracy theories - that any organization of any size would never be able to contain the information for long. In a way, both books' explanations are plausible - many people, including these authors, HAVE exposed the conspiracy, only to be ridiculed by mainstream commentators. Unfortunately, the logic is circular - they prove their theses through their own subjection to ridicule, but without the nuts and bolts, or indisputable facts, that are necessary. But how could they get them? - again proving their theories through lack of proof.
I do not write this to ridicule the authors, but rather to show that they have a point. Let's take psi phenomena - esp, clairvoyance, telekinesis and the like. If one - anyone - looks at the evidence, it is clear that these "powers" exist. Exactly how, or whether for good, evil, or both, is another matter, but the proof of these abilities is nearly 100%. And yet - mainstream science and the dominant culture at large refuse to budge on the issue. We have to ask "why?," and when we do, it is easy to subscribe to a conspiracy theory of sorts. Who is insisting that things that exist must NOT exist? Why is this error so dominant in the mainstream world culture?
We can look at another issue. In "Irreducible Mind," the authors show how unconvinced mainstream science is of the authenticity of the mystical experience - this despite the undeniable fact that the mystical experience is at the basis of all the great religions. Has humanity been that stupid for so long? Are the Buddha and the Christ simply misunderstood (or psychotic) philosophers? Millions have had some contact with this experience - as has this writer - and I understand the reluctance of empirical science to believe in it. In much of its essence, it IS beyond the empirical scope, although the authors of "Irreducible" believe it is testable to some extent - just as all the psi powers are (for instance those in ecstatic states are able to control breathing and body temp, and some can make permanent changes to their physical bodies). Yet the fight against these things - from fact-based psi phenomena to deep religious beliefs to international cabals to UFO's - is so strong, so dominant, that the view towards life as we are told to understand it refuses to change because of this resistance.
Again, why? We do know that the Reformation period led to questioning of ecclesiastic authorities, and for good reason, but to question the base of all religions themselves? To become so blinded in so many ways as to not allow ANYthing beyond a certain materialistic scope to pass?
In the past, and still today for a few groups, mystical traditions and truths were kept away from the masses until, as initiates, they understood enough to know. I understand the reason for that with mysticism - for me, it is the un-explainable that we with such experiences cannot help but try to explain - because unless one is truly "in" or near a certain point of knowledge, one can really misunderstand and misuse what is being said. But no one, or few, questioned the validity of such knowledge centuries ago. Why then are we now constantly being told that all this other stuff, from God to UFO's to telepathy, is nonsense? Is someone in control, some conspiratorial cabal that wished to retain all this power for itself? It is logical. Or is it merely the ego that has finally dominated the conversation, to the exclusion of all knowledge and power that is beyond its control? I believe the latter, but in light of the suppression of knowledge that is happening today, I can understand the belief in the former. FK
In The Synchronicity Key, it is the Federal Reserve that becomes the boogeyman. This group is international and has existed for centuries before the Reserve was formed under Woodrow Wilson, using the Reserve as a continuation of their dominance of human history. Their silence has been bought through a hierarchy consisting of sociopaths, no one reaching high into the organization without having been told to do unconscionable things, things that only sociopaths could do and still live with themselves. Thus for self-preservation, self-aggrandizement, and with no sympathy for human kind, silence has been maintained. The two books cross paths over UFO's - where the same control freaks might be running the show.
Both try to cover the obvious fault of all conspiracy theories - that any organization of any size would never be able to contain the information for long. In a way, both books' explanations are plausible - many people, including these authors, HAVE exposed the conspiracy, only to be ridiculed by mainstream commentators. Unfortunately, the logic is circular - they prove their theses through their own subjection to ridicule, but without the nuts and bolts, or indisputable facts, that are necessary. But how could they get them? - again proving their theories through lack of proof.
I do not write this to ridicule the authors, but rather to show that they have a point. Let's take psi phenomena - esp, clairvoyance, telekinesis and the like. If one - anyone - looks at the evidence, it is clear that these "powers" exist. Exactly how, or whether for good, evil, or both, is another matter, but the proof of these abilities is nearly 100%. And yet - mainstream science and the dominant culture at large refuse to budge on the issue. We have to ask "why?," and when we do, it is easy to subscribe to a conspiracy theory of sorts. Who is insisting that things that exist must NOT exist? Why is this error so dominant in the mainstream world culture?
We can look at another issue. In "Irreducible Mind," the authors show how unconvinced mainstream science is of the authenticity of the mystical experience - this despite the undeniable fact that the mystical experience is at the basis of all the great religions. Has humanity been that stupid for so long? Are the Buddha and the Christ simply misunderstood (or psychotic) philosophers? Millions have had some contact with this experience - as has this writer - and I understand the reluctance of empirical science to believe in it. In much of its essence, it IS beyond the empirical scope, although the authors of "Irreducible" believe it is testable to some extent - just as all the psi powers are (for instance those in ecstatic states are able to control breathing and body temp, and some can make permanent changes to their physical bodies). Yet the fight against these things - from fact-based psi phenomena to deep religious beliefs to international cabals to UFO's - is so strong, so dominant, that the view towards life as we are told to understand it refuses to change because of this resistance.
Again, why? We do know that the Reformation period led to questioning of ecclesiastic authorities, and for good reason, but to question the base of all religions themselves? To become so blinded in so many ways as to not allow ANYthing beyond a certain materialistic scope to pass?
In the past, and still today for a few groups, mystical traditions and truths were kept away from the masses until, as initiates, they understood enough to know. I understand the reason for that with mysticism - for me, it is the un-explainable that we with such experiences cannot help but try to explain - because unless one is truly "in" or near a certain point of knowledge, one can really misunderstand and misuse what is being said. But no one, or few, questioned the validity of such knowledge centuries ago. Why then are we now constantly being told that all this other stuff, from God to UFO's to telepathy, is nonsense? Is someone in control, some conspiratorial cabal that wished to retain all this power for itself? It is logical. Or is it merely the ego that has finally dominated the conversation, to the exclusion of all knowledge and power that is beyond its control? I believe the latter, but in light of the suppression of knowledge that is happening today, I can understand the belief in the former. FK
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