The Long Time and Enelram
By
M. Marlene Oaks
Some of you may remember the Long Time, however some
of you may be lingering in its echo.
If you remember, there were loosely defined groups,
and some few were in more than one group. Occasionally, a few would switch
groups, but that was not usual. Let’s see if we can remember the main groups.
1. There
were the Wailers. They screamed and
cried, even rioted over matters they knew
little about. They loved to make a scene, whether it was in their homes or out
in public. They encouraged onlookers to join in. It became sort of a sport,
screaming, jumping, waving signs, breaking things. It is thought generally that
they craved extreme attention, were addicted to their own adrenaline, were paid
to act this way, were mentally ill, or some combination of these. Each event seemed
to have a mixture of these.
2. Closely
affiliated were the Instigators.
They loved to get the Wailers going. They thought up often outlandish schemes to
get the Wailers wailing and even otherwise Normals wailing too. They made up
problems that often seemed so ridiculous that it was difficult to imagine people
could actually get upset about whatever was their outrage of the week. Historians
have surmised that part of their payoff was power. It made them feel as if they
were powerful because they could cause so much disturbance in the Force.
3. There
were the Lumps. They lived mostly what
was called “virtually.” They ate, drank
liquids, eliminated like others, sort of, but their lives were lived in virtual
realities. At first it was what were called “games,” but at some point they left
the outer life and entered almost fully into virtual life.
4. Then
there were the Subversives who wanted
to end all freedoms, take power, take everything but bare survival needs from
the people and take everything else for themselves. They often were the ones
feeding the crazy, and often confusing, so-called issues to the Instigators. They
tried to confuse the language, excite rage over opposite ideas, make up phoney
categories to defend vehemently, and eliminate all logical debate. They worked
on shutting down free speech. They despised all spirituality, tradition, even
the nuclear family. They worked to sneak Subversives into seats of power. The
leaders worked in the shadows for the most part, but it is also from this group
that the Iron Rulers emerged.
5. The
Iron Rulers took ultimate power. Their
Subversives had eventually succeeded in crumbling all that had been held sacred.
No one could question them lest they disappear. This had been seen in history
before, but not quite like this well-planned, gradual shift. It had been an
elegantly planned and sinister plot. First
they accused the traditional leaders in all areas of things opposite of what they
were doing, but what the Subversives and Iron Rulers were doing both behind
the scenes and also in plain sight. It began slowly, gained momentum, and then
in one final swoop, the Iron Rulers took over. It was a terrible time.
6. The
largest group for quite a while was the Normals.
They worked. had families, went to religious
services, played actual sports, took vacations, voted for other Normals whenever
possible (there came a time when Normals became afraid to run for office). They
were amazed by all of the crazy ideas and demonstrations, but didn’t know what
to do about it for the longest time. Under the Iron Rulers, they just tried to be
invisible.
7. There
were the Criminals, distinct from
the other dysfunctional groups, but in some cases, also part of them. They did
not obey laws. They stole, murdered, subverted, raped and were in general violent. The Subversives and Instigators had abolished
institutions that kept them apart from others, so they pretty much did as they
wanted.
8. Another
major group was the Thinkers. This
group was not subject to the hypnotic tactics or threats of the Wailers, Instigators,
or Subversives. This group professed critical thinking, free speech, self-control,
creativity, and the like. For quite some time, this group has shrunk in size
regularly. During the time of the Iron Rulers, they went underground, still working
on ideas to get everyone free. It is
often thought that their Renaissance was what turned it all around, likely in
conjunction with the Lightbearers.
9. One
other group made up those times, the Lightbearers.
This group not only studied the wise ones of before the Long Time, but also
walked in two planes – this planet and the Spiritual Realm from where we came and
someday will return. They were incredibly upsetting to the Subversives and
Instigators, and were eventually almost wiped out during the time of the Iron Rulers,
as they had been attacked from time to time before the Long Times in ancient times.
They knew too much and so were inimical to the powers. They could not be
controlled.
We have some writings
of a few Lightbearers that were somehow saved from the scrubbing process. Of
course, we are fortunate to have the writings of current Thinkers and Lightbearers
to help us stay out of recreating the dark days of the Long Time and the horrible
days of the Iron Rulers ever again.
One such person is
known as Enelram. We do not know for certain if this is a male or female, but current
scholarship consensus thinks female is most likely, so we will go with that for
now.
We think it is likely she
got rounded up somewhere in the first half of the 21st century, when
they rounded up everyone over 90 to eliminate them as drags on society.But
first they took all of the Thinkers and Lightbearers that they could find.Then later, they took many
of those over 50, because they remembered how it had been.
There needs to be more
research on those days. It is important to learn what went awry so as not to
repeat those terrible mistakes. I’ll get back to you when I have more information.
