THE GROWING MOVE TOWARDS A TOTALITARIAN HERD SOCIETY IN THE PRESENT CORONA EVENTS PERIOD.

This latest blog to a certain extent is quite disturbing and depressing. I have discussed the issues raised in this blog with several friends and they almost all tend to concur with my point of view.

Since the start of the corona events in the UK in early March 2020 there has been a growing move in my opinion towards a herd society. To a certain extent it already existed before March 2020. But in the last year this move has been accelerated on a major scale.

Myself and other close friends who oppose the lockdowns and the official narrative feel increasingly alienated from the herd mass who go along with the governments actions in the lockdowns.

Some statistics are quite telling. 79% of UK public opinion supported the third national lockdown. Yes the third national lockdown. Only 13% opposed the compulsory introduction of facemasks in shops, public buildings and public transport.

The mass of people now just seem to accept whatever is imposed as the latest corona events lockdown measures without question. The masses now just seem to be an unquestioning herd who accept whatever narrative is given by the government and mainstream media.

Of course we need to analyse why this present totalitarian mood exists. Goethe the early 19th century German philosopher in ‘The sorry of young Werther’ said ‘that what little freedom people have fills them with fear. That they by any means try to get rid of it’

However I feel that the best reason for the acceptance of totalitarianism and people being resistant to being free is provided by the German psychoanalyst Eric Fromm in his classical 1941 book Escape From Freedom. Fromm who fled Nazi Germany to America in the 1930s politics were that of a libertarian socialist.

Fromm felt that the freedoms that ordinary people gained in the 19th century were what he called negative freedoms. By this he meant that these were just freedom from social conventions. They were no creative positive freedom of economic security and cultural freedom.

So people were left with a sense of economic insecurity and helplessness. So they wished for a return to submitting to a new higher authority.

Fromm felt that the only solution to this crisis is for people to fight for what he called real freedom. This he called positive freedom. Where people were in control of their own lives both culturally and economically. Basically he favoured a libertarian socialist society.

Personally I feel that his point of view in his book Escape From Freedom is largely correct. Peoples sense of helplessness and lack of control in their lives has turned the masses into a totalitarian accepting herd who largely seek to submit to the will of authoritarian leaders.

Also his view of fighting for positive freedom is largely correct. However at the present time alas I must say it does not seem as if the submissive masses are willing to join this fight. This will have to be the task of the small percentage of us who are willing to fight for real positive freedom.

Best wishes to all for the future.

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POEM -THE FULL MOON.

On a clear night sky of majestic wonder.
The beauty and mystery of the full moon
is a wonder to behold.

The monthly shining white brilliance,
has for eternity attracted the awe
of the human senses.

As I gaze at this beauty.
I ask myself,if what secrets does this
mystery hold?

Does its mysterious dark side hold 
artificial structures.
An alien presence or other secrets?
Alas a question that I currently cannot
answer.

But like human eternity
when the full moon bursts through
the clouds.
Or shines on a clear night sky.
I can only stare at its wonder
in amazement.

A beauty to behold.

Written by KO 8/1/2021.

THE CASE FOR PURGATORY

This latest blog will continue with the spiritual and esoteric theme of the last blog. I will put forward the case for the existence of purgatory as an in between place between the stated after death realms of heaven and hell. Purgatory being a place where souls go to be purified before entering heaven.

Incidentally according to the 18th century Protestant theologian George De Benneville who had a near death experience, hell is only a temporary place which souls can escape from. A universalist view which I totally agree with.

Nowadays most new age types keep on putting forward the idea of reincarnation. In other words when we die we come back to this earth as either another human or animal based on our karmic actions in our present life. However, I personally find the evidence for reincarnation quite unconvincing. Also why would anybody want to come back for a second time to this flawed planet.

Myself I find the evidence of near death experiences much more convincing. In that when we die we move onto the next world,s existence.

Many Christians put forward a choice of either heaven or hell when we die. However, Catholics put forward a third place called purgatory. This is where souls that are in ‘grace and friendship’ with the divine need to go to to be purified before entering heaven.

Protestants and orthodox Christians say that there is no evidence for purgatory in the New Testament. So belief in purgatory is a false doctrine. However, in the Old Testament Maccabees 12,42-45 the idea of purgatory is mentioned.

The Catholic Church at the Second Council of Lyon in 1274 accepted the doctrine of purgatory as an official Catholic doctrine. However, as I have already stated this idea is rejected by other Christian denominations particularly Martin Luther after the Protestant reformation in the 16th century.

Myself I strongly feel that the idea of purgatory makes common sense. Also I have a deep inner feeling that this theory is correct.

Most people are not really evil. But on the other hand 99% of us are flawed individuals. So the idea of most people going to a place of existence of purgatory for their souls to be purified makes common sense to me.

So in conclusion to this latest blog. I personally find it very hard living in this world. I am sure many other people will agree with my point of view. Planet earth is a very flawed place.

So try and meditate and do good deeds. So that we can all work towards eternal happiness despite our individual drawbacks.

Best wishes to all for the future.