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Coping: "Bob" Asks for Advice

October 26, 2012



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"I feel like a desperate, freedom-loving wild-animal in a cage, that will kill itself trying to smash through the bars ."














Henry, I'm doing okay, thanks for asking. I managed to land a job with an insurance provider, as a Business Analyst. 

You'd think I'd be thrilled, but I find it increasingly difficult to live-in this world, going about frivolously, "working", interacting with completely ignorant, brainwashed folks in the process... I'm quite discouraged at the moment. 

Once you learn the truth, you can't unlearn it, or so the saying goes. Well, I find myself wondering if Id be better off as the old, ignorant me. 

My wife thinks so, though she wont come right out and say it. She says I'm so serious all the time, I never laugh anymore, that I seem vindictive and bitter toward the world... and its true. I am.

See... knowing that my schooling was a device designed to make me a subservient little employee and tax slave that would embrace the hive mind. 

Knowing that getting a job where I'm told when to arrive and when to leave (which translates into what time I am to sleep and wake), what to wear, when I may eat and for how long, maybe even the appropriate time to defecate...

Knowing that it's all an extension of schooling, that damned brainwashing process our parents unwittingly put us through, that the government is now telling me to do with my own daughter... 

It doesn't even make me sick, Henry. 

It make me feel like a desperate, freedom-loving wild-animal in a cage, that will kill itself trying to smash through the bars because that's just how much it wants to be free... that's where I'm at right now. 

I'm so angry, and I'm so tired at the same time. I feel like a shell-shocked veteran, the difference being that it is my life which is the war.

I'm not sure where to go from here. I know I must "work" to obtain that precious green paper that everyone around me adores so goddamned much. 

But beyond that,  I'm actually debating unplugging for a while: staying away from the internet, ignoring email, ignoring my favorite news websites & blogs, putting down my books... and reading one thing only:  my Bible.

Sorry for the weighted nature of this email. If you have any suggestions or methods that work for you re: how to cope and function in the fable while being aware of reality, I'd love to hear them.

"Bob"

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Related- Makow "How to Survive the New World Odor" 






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Comments for "Coping: "Bob" Asks for Advice "

Stephen Coleman said (October 27, 2012):

You can be wide awake and still be happy and love life. Your feelings are exactly that, your feelings. Circumstances may have put them there, but with proper understanding you can have complete and effortless control over your emotions.

One part of our brainwashing regimen is not to recognize our emotions or our responsibility over them. Blaming our slave masters enables them to control us through our emotions without our knowledge or consent. Your article is all about how you indeed are being controlled even though you are wide awake. Any and every negative and unpleasant feeling you have is weakening you right now.

This is the truth that will set you free.


Wade said (October 27, 2012):

To say that I understand all you said, and are feeling, is a huge understatement.

I am so angry with the average person in this Country....This anger is always with me, even when others do not see it come out. It is extraordinarily frustrating to know the truth,
have your eyes opened, and watch while you and everyone you love are being pulled into the abyss by the vast majority of our sheeple, ignorant, arrogant, and complacent, fellow citizens.
Who have all ate to much aspartame and drank to much flouride.

I want to encourage you to follow your self preservation instincts and just read your Bible...GOOD IDEA Bob.

Please be assured that your are a long way from being alone in your frustrations. We are a small percentage of the population Bob, but we do exist. Listen to your heart...it is smarter than your brain.

God bless you,


Brian said (October 27, 2012):

I'll echo Jim by saying that taking the red pill means you have chosen to be in the World but not of it.

That you are recognizing the temporal illusion cloaking true reality.

That you understand your presence here and now means you have chosen to contribute towards lifting those veils in ways you can't help but discover

That the innate state of joy that defines who and what you really are will enable you to laugh your way through this manufactured existence.

That even if you cry along the way you never lose sight of the fact that the truth of Love always overwhelms whatever causes sadness in the first place.

Just buckle up and try to enjoy the ride at every turn. This empowers your contribution, whatever you find that to be.

It ain't about "Me" or You" in our silly little egoic roles. All praises and glory to the Great Spirit in All!


S said (October 27, 2012):

About this time last year I "woke up" and, to put it rather bluntly, had a mild nervous breakdown of sorts regarding our reality. I finally understood what the phrase "paradigm shift" meant, and it came with a punch to my soul.

Prior to my awakening I was a Bush supporter and defender, and I ignored "conspiracy theories" without even looking into them. While I had a couple of friends who are aware of what is happening in the world, I dismissed them outright and felt I had all the answers. It was not until a close friend of mine told me of a major conspiracy, one in which I am still reluctant to openly discuss with others, that I decided to debunk him by sifting through the evidence. However, the evidence was overwhelming in nature and thus began my journey "down the rabbit hole."

I feel very connected to "Bob" and the others that have posted comments on the thread. I feel like I now live two lives: one in the "officially approved" world and one in which both truth and paranoia reigns. Fortunately, I have navigated my new reality fairly well: I am doing excellent work with my college classes and planning for a future that I know may never come about. I purposely stay busy and distracted, and I find I have a greater appreciation for life.

But all-in-all I doubt EVERYTHING I hear from "official" sources. Where I live Fox News is the main source of news, but I have the ability to filter out virtually everything I see and hear. And I even question some of the alternative news sources I find online. I decided that I will have work hard for the truth and no longer assume that I will have it conveniently delivered to me.

The worst part is dealing with others though. I know how they think because I was once a skeptic of alternative views to consensus reality, and to hear the Left vs Right, Democrats vs Republicans arguments can be maddening. I just simply want liberty for everyone and have no idea how to encourage it along, other than to stay true to myself.


Juili said (October 27, 2012):

Learn to enjoy the simple things of life. Your wife's smile, your daughters laughter. Spend time in nature. Become creative, learn a new hobby. Take the Bible with you, that is memorize verses that really mean something to you and when you need a break from those annoying workmates talking about nothing think on a verse.

When you can laugh and smile and find fulfillment outside of their plan, you have an oasis of peace which they cannot break.


Jim said (October 27, 2012):

Having worked in Corrections...with criminals...for nearly 24 years I, too, suffer from the same feelings of desperation and disillusionment. And having chosen the red pill only compounds those feelings.

My salvation is in nature and my friends. My soul is restored when I'm hiking around in the mountains or walking on the beach.

Then when I want some good old fashioned, cut-loose kind of fun, I'll hang out with my buddies and have a few drinks.


Tony Blizzard said (October 27, 2012):

My two cents, having been in this war pretty much up front for over 50 years:

When the mind, body and heart say "ENOUGH," go do something else. Physical is best. Gardening, mechanical/electrical work on your car or household appliances that need it, if you have the ability. Paint a room in the house. Hell, crosswords, I do them regularly. Besides, they're on the funnies pages, the only part of a daily newspaper worth reading - unless you have learned to read "between the lines" in the business section, as the money boys do. There you get an accurate picture of what's really going down when you tune out the fluff meant for the sheep.

Spend no time whatsoever with regular MSM. EVER!

Concentrate on the problem instead of causing yourself unending grief with every symptom set up for the agenda of the money men using their criminal "bank credit" at usury, private exchange medium to buy the world.

No one can overcome all those symptoms so long as "they" have unending cash to blow and you are denied enough to even live properly. I've been at that over 50 years and have seen no real inroads against the enslavement of the world, ever, in that time. Don't beat your head against an unforgiving wall for nothing. You'll just suffer burnouts more often. And despair.

Above all, to keep you sanity, recognize that God is in control. Sometimes I wish He wasn't so patient, but it is foolhardy to question His ways.


Al Thompson said (October 27, 2012):

1. Turn off the stinking TV and stop listening to talk shows. I have severely limited what I take in and I've notice that when I do that I actually have a mind and I can use it to my benefit. When it is quiet, we have more time to think.

2. Before taking any action, try to figure out if it is good or bad. Ask yourself if God would be please with what you are doing. If the answer is no, then forget about it. Everything that we do bad, we get back even more evil.

3. Never allow yourself to get depressed. When I feel that coming on I just set it aside. I don't cave in to it because depression isn't going to do me any good whatsoever. Evil wins when we submit to depression.

4. Never make any decisions based upon fear. And by that I mean not the fear as you would have of fire so you don't burn yourself, but don't be afraid of satanists. These people are the ultimate losers and nothing that they do means anything. The whole product of a satanist is pure misery. Don't allow them to influence or ruin your equanimity.

5. Abide in the natural law which I think are the same as the commandments given by God. They don't change from one day to the next.

6. Spend more time with your wife and children. You can only control yourself and your family. Understand that government people and religious people are losers because they continually lie to gain advantage. Stay safe with your family and never allow these two things to influence you any longer.


Jim said (October 27, 2012):

We have a choice in life to take the "red pill" or take the "blue pill". Which one did you choose?

If you took the "red pill" you can't go back.

Living in reality and Truth is not easy, physically, mentality, emotionally, or spiritually.

Few of those you live and work with have taken the "red pill". They do not relate to you. Nor you to them.

What did you expect? Acceptance, easy living, at-a-boys, encouragement.

No. Only tough guys survive. Quit feeling sorry for yourself. Get tough in your heart and mind.

This life-style ain't for wimps.

Join the elite group of others who have chosen to live in Truth and reality.

Don't expect much. It is not easy. If you are expecting "easy", forget it. It ain't going to happen.

But, the good news you will be Free!


Robert said (October 26, 2012):

"The whole promise of a brighter, probably a very bright, future for the world lies in doing the best possible things in the best possible way ” --Major C.H. Douglas, Economic Democracy

Society today is designed to keep people under control and supplant their personal interests and
initiative, modulated through a monopolistic money system. This is against nature and hence causes emotional friction everywhere. What people don't realize is that the financial system
is an artificial construct and could be altered to "release reality" rather than to dominate and constrain it.

While the influence of money is pervasive, there are still areas in life where one can pursue "the best possible objectives" and derive satisfaction from so doing.


Dan said (October 26, 2012):

The System classifies your symptoms as 'burnout'. The define the symptoms as "negative attitudes about work priorities due to prolonged stress". That's their way of dismissing people who complain that their negative attitudes are a healthy response to a negative system.

Coincidentally this week the mainstream media has been reporting a significant increase in 'burnout' in American employees. They attribute this to longer hours for less money, and little chance for 'advancement'. Millions of employed Americans feel perpetually threatened with losing the jobs they have.

I concur with Dan-A's suggestions. You're working for a corporation. All that matters there is your performance numbers on your 'eval' each quarter. You may be caring what they think of you too much. Consider that whenever you leave that job you're never going to see from those people ever again, so what they think of you personally doesn't matter.

You don't sound suited for the reptilian emotional environment, so my advice is to do your best to get good 'evals' where you are, while you involve yourself and family in church community, and explore the career possibilities in that denominations' business administration - or if you have another skill value you'd rather do for a living, pursue it. My point is, you seem to need a more 'human' career, in a work environment where empathy matters, instead of 'masks' and concealment.

I can recommend a short easy book with a powerful message. It's an old book, "You Are Not the Target" by Laura Huxley. That book helped me when I'd gotten on the wrong track for me -- banking! If you've gotten on the wrong career track for you - be patient, envision the kind of people and environment and work you feel comfortable with. In as little as 2 years, you can be there.


Devi Dasi said (October 26, 2012):

It is the nature of the soul to serve. Everyone serves someone. Even the queen of England serves her corgis and a person who is too selfish to serve anyone will serve his own senses. So Bob has found himself in a situation that in order to serve his family he is forced to accept a master that he doesn't respect. His reality is that he is living in a less-than-prosperous situation. My spiritual master, Srila Prabhupada, said that prosperity comes from: husband and wife being harmonious, having a storage of grains and not being forced to show respect for someone who is not respectable. Apparently Bob doesn't respect his working situation/superiors and thus is feeling impoverished.

He is on the right path to happiness, however by reflecting and apparently looking towards God through the Bible. Unfortunately the Bible is a collection of books which have been translated and sorted through by various imperfect people through the ages. My advice is to take spirituality as an interactive and dynamic experience and directly ask Jesus for assistance.

The soul is naturally happy and the real nature of the soul is to serve God. All Bob has to do is to is to ask Jesus to help him reconnect with is original position as a servant of God and he will be helped to make the right decisions. The material world is God's place for tough love. He sometimes shows His love by putting us in intolerable situations where we are forced to look towards Him for answers. Good luck, Bob.


Sam said (October 26, 2012):

I was in the same position as you 2 years ago. I worked in a cube farm, staring at a computer and my only excitement was what was new on the vending machine wheel-of-death. It was playing absolute hell on my health. I had severe stomach problems, depression and it was hell on my marriage and family. I prayed very often for release. It came when my stomach ailment advanced to a point where I had to leave my employment.

After two years of taking care of the house and family I realized the world was open to me. God never left me but I was bull-headed enough not to pay attention to the signs. My stint as a stay-at-home father ended when I got a new job that had both inside and outside (sunshine!) physical work. It was a great prayer answered. Look for those little signs Bob, that’s God whispering to you.


Mike said (October 26, 2012):

Bob, do indeed take a break from all of the media. The media is there to keep you in fear and nothing more from what I've seen over the last decade or more. Read this if you have a chance,

Avoid the News.
http://dobelli.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Avoid_News_Part1_TEXT.pdf

I would also suggest that if you wish to study the Bible, stay away from any organized Christian theology and/or 'Study' Bibles. These things have been translated by men. Men of good intention no doubt, but grievous errors have occurred in the translations and teachings of scripture by these groups. Your study should be between you and God with Jesus as the mediator.
Don't just study the sentences, but also study the words and their original Hebrew translations, (once you do you will see how some of the translations are skewed), study the grammar and study the punctuation. Seriously.

May I also suggest that you read this long transcript, ( or listen to the audios), on 'How We Got the Bible'. It's quite interesting. Here and there in the transcript you will see some things that Organized Christian Theology just does not teach.Things that are scripturaly accurate and very important in ones understanding of God and his word. (There are a couple of cases where the author of this study goes off point. Bear with it a little. He gets back on point pretty quick).
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Lastly, may I suggest that you 'meditate' over this,

Finally, brethren,
whatever is true,
whatever is honorable,
whatever is right,
whatever is pure,
whatever is lovely,
whatever is of good repute,

if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things.

The things you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.
(Philippians, 4:8-9)

And remember Bob, and all else like Bob, you are not alone.

http://forums.bible-truths.com/index.php?topic=5815.0


Dan A said (October 26, 2012):

I too recently re- entered the workforce. You need to realize that your self is not your personality. Your personality is simply a mask you wear for others. So in order to cope with interacting with the sheeple, you have to put on the appropriate mask. It involves coping skills, and a certain level of tolerance. But it can be done. It needs to be done, and you can do this, without disregarding your true self.


Glenn said (October 26, 2012):

Please let Bob know, he's just fine, and...he's not alone. I felt the way he's describing for most of my adult life. I compensated by starting my own business. It gave me ' freedom ' or at least, some semblance of it, and liberated me from the soul deadening empty vacuous experience of ' work-eat-sleep '.. he describes in his letter.


Almost all of my truth seeker buddies have faced the same or a similar dilemma. In fact, we started a small group which meets one Sunday after noon every month.


It helps...and it's good for a few laughs....which we all need more of these days, as we watch in horror, shaking our heads with disgust, as the world continues to slide faster and further down the slippery slope to ....you know where :)


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