My great idea for a protest! (Page 1 of 2)

Me, too! Sounds like a plan to me.

Cool!!

Well, that's three then!

Guess what my fortune cookie just said too?   I went back to the break room and there was one laying on the table, unopened, from lunch which was Chinese food today, so I grabbed it thinking, "Alright, tell me something prophetic!"  This was after I had just typed the intro post to this thread and then logged out.

WELL....

It says, "Your example will inspire others!"

My lord!    Well, let's go then!   I'm tellling you, I'm so ready to do this!   I also think scrawling "LIES!!" on the outside of newspaper machines when nobody's looking like someone did here, at downtown, is a great idea too.  But you didn't hear me say that.  (cough.)  Nope.

Spread the word....it's all lies, and we're damn tired of it!

Lyra,
I'm glad u posted this because this is something I think about alot of the time, I can't stand the crap in the newspapers, the media manipulated bullshit that is told to the world to give everyone a false sense of security of that everything is alright in the world and nothing more goes on than what is said. The most annoying and fustrating thing is that people do know that alot more does go on that what is told (some know more than others) but we sit back and do absolutely nothing about it because we think we can't, I mean what can one solitary person in the billions of the world do to stop what is happening, this is the mindset of people and are made to feel this way so no changes are made and we are kept at our regressed state and are used as a food source and kept in control like sheep in a pen, i mean ffs sheep have more freedom than we do!!
Sorry I'm going on a "censored" rant at the moment ,i'm holding back all the swearing and cursing as I dont think it is appropiate and its nothing u guys dont know about, but as u can probably tell this is one of the biggest source of fustration for me, that people cannot see what is happening or that they do but think they can do nothing about it, "we are powerless mentality", and through this thought pattern the manipulation rules supreme!
The bullshit that is presented, in the news and papers, all the celebrity shit and the interest in other people's lives astounds me,  the way people view each other, that we must look this way, eat this way, talk this way, walk this way (reminds me of a song), which in turn makes people hate themselves for what they think they are and what they should be and look like and not who they are in themselves, making them depressed,angry and unhappy, feeding the "loosh hungry" entities, giving in to exactly what they want us to feel.
So the point i'm trying to make is that this is the way to get people to realise their power in society, yell and demand the truth, make it known that there is more out there, and that everyone that cares about the state of the world do have power to make these changes and demand to be told the truth. We are ready for the truth and for some it needs to be told to.
Lets demand the truth be told, lets wake up the sleeping and the slightly waking and make them realise they do have the power to make the changes that are very much needed in this world, they just need someone to follow because that is what most are used to, lets become the leading sheep and gather all the others to become human "beings", and not human "doings"!
So lets cover the newspaper stands with "LIES", write to editors and demand the truth be told, demand the celebrity and the like bullshit to be wiped off the news especially front page, demand why the f... this is being presented as being important to our knowledge, we dont give a rats ass about who sleeps with who, what cosmetic surgery has been done on "who cares"!
The sad thing about this is, is that people actually care about this shit, its like they need to know that someone has more of a shit life than they do, so it makes them feel better seeing this or that it makes them miserable because they think they are missing out on something in life.
If people actually saw what was really going on instead of this covered up and useless crap that people perceive as important news or "entertainment", they might actually start caring about what is going on apart from their materialistic lifestyles that they seem to care about so much, how they look to everyone else and what everyone thinks of them!
Getting off track here I know, lets just call it release of my long time held up thoughts, and fustrations with the world which i now feel better about.

Funny thing is, is that all this is meant to be like this, isnt it ironic, don't you think.

Count me in!

Hi Lyra, all.

I so appreciate the thinking (and frustration )behind your suggestion as I work in the media. Apart from the telly stuff, I work on a radio news and current affairs programme about Africa. It is a constant balancing act to try and seed in ideas that help people to make sense of our reality in relation to that zone of our planet. I do my best knowing that one can only go so far before you become a target, or funding suddenly gets cut. I know its limitations and work within them, always seeking to push the boundaries further and further.

Before getting into the media, I spent a good two decades doing the kind of protests you are advocating. I was your regular community activisit. In the bigger picture nothing changed, but in terms of the individuals doing the work, there was huge growth in understanding the realities of how this STS realm is set up. Based on such experience, I no longer take part in protests, as I think one cannot change the heart of the beast so to speak, but one can prod a few of the beast's unknowing servants out of their slumber if their inclination is to be of STO. This is done one person at a time through networking. I also understand that this world is this way for a reason and that is just fine. The work many students of esoterism speak of is about changing yourself. Again, this can only occur one person at a time.

The best I can currently think to "do" is to be a living example of the principles that I have spent most of my life working and indeed protesting to see. I try to do an inventory of my daily actions to see if I acted in a manner that fits with my stated STO intentions. That is tough work, as one faces many little "demons", the biggest one of which is denial.

Yes I am perhaps a dreamer too, but I now know what is possible to make an exponential difference, without the illusion that there will be a world revolution and that the STO paradigm we ache to see will be a reality in my or my son's lifetime. This is a long haul journey I think. So I look within whilst living in the world, and hopefully, the little I do can make a difference on levels that I am not aware of.

The media is the hypnotic voice of the Matrix. Thousands of letters bemoaning the lack of truth in the media won't make a difference. The idea that the media is there to reflect reality is part of the illusion too. Sorry; didn't mean to poop on your parade. I just think apart from venting some frustration for yourself, nothing else in the bigger media picture will change.

Maybe we need a title thread called "So you think you can change the world?". Don't take this personally as it is the idea that I think is idealist, not the intention.

V

I don't think you've given in too easily....    It's the same stuff I think about too.  I go around in circles trying to figure out whether it's worth it or not.

Back in 2003 I made up almost 500 fliers regarding the impending Iraq war, using those great sarcastic cartoons and pictures from David Icke's headlines page, fliers which slammed and mocked Bush, brought attention to the travesty waiting to happen over in Iraq, with website info. at the bottom for where people could go to protest, including info. about the big march on Washington that was scheduled, I mean, the whole deal.    Montalk made a good one which likened Bush to Hitler....took the classic photo of Hitler with the Eiffel Tower behind him and doctored it so it was Bush's face and the WTC in the background.  !!     That was CLASSIC.   Went out every night distributing them on car windshields all around Ft. lauderdale, at Target, Barnes and Noble, Whole Foods Market, various restaurants, even on my neighbor's doors all around my neighborhood.  Why?  I don't know.  Because it helped bring attention to the situation.  It was my way of doing SOMETHING, however small and insignificant.  Did I think that it was going to actually stop the war?  No.  Did I think it would make a difference?  No.  Not in the big scheme of things, no.   But I knew that me doing that was better than nothing.   I can't explain why, I just know that.   To not do something would have been worse.   I knew that there were people who were exiting J. Alexander's restaurant, Target, Barnes and Noble, etc. going back to their cars with full stomaches and not a care in the world, stuffed full of personal satisfaction who then got a big jolt when they read those fliers.    Some probably got angry and crumpled them and tossed them on the ground.  Some may have agreed and thought "Yeah!!  Right on!  Somebody out there like me!"  Some may have been neutral, but their curiousity was piqued, so they may have taken the flier with them....seeds being planted for later on..............I'll never know, but I can only hope.

We as individuals won't change anything on a large scale all by ourselves in one shot by one single action, no, but I believe small little actions done by enough people can create change in a big way eventually, somehow, someway.....

Vuyiswa, I very much agree with your position.  In fact, I'm astounded that someone else sees it as I do.  Most people do not consider that option as a viable solution, while we believe it's the only solution that would accomplish fundamental change in our reality.  Toltec knowledge says reality is a dream that can only be transformed by transformation of the dreamers.

It's 12F here, so I guess they figure they've got a captive audience!