For significant change to occur, a certain percentage of the population must believe in it, or at least have an opinion on it. Some studies on tipping points, also known as critical mass, say it’s 5% or less, while others say it must be more than 10%.
Humans are powerful creator beings. Our thoughts are things. Therefore, whether it be on a local level, nationally, or internationally, that force can be used to guide civilization toward either darkness or enlightenment.
Mind Control and Mass Consciousness
When you look at the tactics used by those in positions to manipulate public opinion (i.e., mainstream media, politics, entertainment, religions, and education systems), the results are fairly obvious. You simply need to step outside the box for a moment and observe what is truly going on amidst the noise of accepted normalcy.
News reports, for example, are synchronized locally, regionally, and across a nation and carefully curated internationally so that reporters repeat, word for word, the same “news” to the eyes and ears of the populace tuning in at the same time every day. The system in place is quite effective at disseminating a unified message, which everyone then discusses the next day, worries about, or is otherwise influenced by. The news is, by definition, superficial, predominantly negative, visually disturbing, spiritually deflating, and mood-altering. Its purpose is to steal your gaze and infuse your mind with all manner of distortions and illusions.
One could argue that this is a pretty ingenious method of disseminating false information and instilling fifty shades of fear while shaping a cultural narrative. Simple ideas that are widely shared within a system are frequently the subtle, slow poison that is constantly ingrained into our mental and emotional constitution. Then, when you juxtapose that with the opposite extreme, say the aftermath of something like 9/11, you have two incredibly potent tools for controlling the entire gamut of public perception.
Today we have social media and the algorithms therein that aggressively curate and control your feed — a clever play on words if there ever was one. Their singular goal is to keep your eyes glued to your screen and using their service, scrolling endlessly between happy cat videos and darkness and doom. It will undoubtedly have the effect of narrowing your point of view and altering or affirming your opinion, good or bad.
Reclaiming the Narrative
I believe that much of our general understanding of the nature of reality is suspect. Ten different people can have the same experience in ten different ways. So, which one is real? Which one is true?
The point is that how we perceive our world shapes it. What we think about and believe in our hearts shapes and informs our experience of reality. It influences how we interact with the world and our fellow Earth inhabitants. Our values, beliefs, and biases shape our life story, how we make decisions, how we choose careers and life partners, how we respond to any given situation or event, and how or what we teach and model for our children.
Being aware of the prevailing narrative is critical if we are to have any chance at rewriting it or shifting its momentum. Will we know when or if we’ve reached a critical mass of, say, 11%? Will we be awake and aware enough to notice if the ideas being put forth are our own, or that of someone or something else?
Eyes open.
Love your life.