Ideologues

 I watch with fascination, and maybe a little horror, as partially aware people rant and rave about some position orthe other. They are wound up emotionally, so not able to use their higher thinking. They are sometimes led to violence. They are civilizations' downfalls all across history. They are controlled by false and nonspiritual ideas. they are not skilled in critical thinking and ao are easily led whichever way their friend or leader leads them. The herd cries "get them" and they do. Group think takes over and bad things happen.

This can happen in any area. In politics we see it. Ranting and raving about this or that party or person, as if they actually knew what was going on behind the scenes and oblivious to how they are being manipulated. There is almost nonexistant civil discourse regarding ideas and principles and consideration of all points of view.

We see paid demonstrators riling up young people to loot and burn and attack. Actually it is to bring down society, but the wild demonstrators think at first it is for some bogus cause and then are so wound up in emotion, they are out of control. The puppeteers behind it all laugh.

I sometimes wonder it Hitler could have been stopped, if people stopped and thought about what he was actually doing, and if they really wanted all that violence and death.

We see it in religiion. Some clergy get people whipped up in emotion and seed in them wild ideas quite unlike the original teaching. All the while, some of the leaders are doing the opposite in their own lives. Think of the clergy who abuse children sexully, or  have multiple affairs with young women, or who live in mansions in lusxury. There is very little actual scholarship going on, if any. There is a twisted and literal interpretation of scriptures with no understanding of what's really being written and by whom.

I don't know how we are going to do it, but I thihk it is urgent that we wake up and help others wake up. We are in a more precarious situation than ever before because of media and also our advanced weaponry. We who see and understand, need to be voices for reason, for thinking beyond the boxes we are in, to step up and live in freedom mentally. 

Please deeply consider this.