In one of the sessions Laura posted
here, we read:
14 July 1996
Q: (MM) Don't you get more free will by assimilating knowledge?
A: Yes!! Yes!!
Q: (L) So, in other words, knowledge and awareness makes you aware that you have free will, and also makes you aware of what actions actually ARE acts of free will, and therefore, when you know or suspect the difference between the lies and deception and truth, then you are in a position to be in control of your life?
A: Yes.
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A: Faith comes also from knowledge, and as we have stated before... False knowledge is worse than no knowledge at all!!!!!
Q: (L) So, it is important to take each and every thing that is being learned or analyzed, and take it completely apart and dig in every direction around it, and even in related directions, to FULLY ascertain that it is true? As C.S. Lewis said, knowledge is like a rope... as long as you are using it to tie up a box, it doesn't matter whether it is perfect or not, but if you have to use it to hang over a precipice, then it behooves you to make absolutely certain that it is strong enough to support your weight.
A: Yes.
With people confined to their homes, they will be subjected even more to fake news, and dissociation. There will be a continuation of absorbing false knowledge about the current situation. Thereby, losing their free will even more, and not being able to make an objective choice. We've seen it many times, lies being spread and people buying it. Whether it's Saddam's WMDs, Syria's rebels and the need for an invasion, and so forth. It all mostly started after 9/11, the spread of lots of false knowledge, leading to people losing more and more of their free will, their ability to make an objective choice, and becoming easily manipulated into believing whatever the leader says on TV. Perhaps, you can say that it's their choice on a certain level to believe whatever the authorities say, and they might learn a difficult lesson when it's all over. The positive of staying at home is that hopefully people will spend more time on the internet, and find SOTT or this forum while searching for answers in this madness.
I'm not sure, but I personally don't think that this is the "last drama of this realm" as mARTinSky wrote (I do sure hope so!!). It's more of the same, but every time the lies get bigger and affecting more and more people, in this case everyone is talking about this and mostly everyone is in one way or another affected. In the case of an Afghanistan or Iraq invasion, there were people who didn't really care or don't like politics so they were just 'neutral' about it. But in this case, everyone is affected. So, they're ramping up the BS along with psychological manipulation Andrian mentioned ("solidarity, unity, saving lives, encouraging everybody to keep in line") and MK Scarlett mentioned (the clapping; let's all reward good behavior; clap clap clap, while the poor people in healthcare are working overtime, just for a flu).
I'm grateful that I can still work from home, however my research will be delayed and I'm not sure what the consequences of that will be. Since I'm an employee of a hospital, I chose to play it smart and not jeopardize my position (i.e. I'm not going to tell people that all this makes no sense). We do have Zoom meetings, and during those talks I just listen when some of them talk about the coronavirus and all of that. After a short update, we just get on with work. However, if there are moments where a seed can be planted, and where I notice someone is showing doubt about what the govt is advising, I do plant a seed. Laura once said: "We figure that the alphabet soup guys know everything anyway, so just
don't give them anything that they can hang you with." I think we can apply that here, too. Don't go collecting fines out there (especially 20k ones, geez they're crazy!), or risk jailtime; for some people social media is where you can plant most seeds, for the self-employed this can perhaps be done more directly but carefully, for others in their daily life - it depends. In my own case, I'm mostly active on Twitter when possible - to also create some extra work for those Twitter employees who are actively looking for 'fake news' tweets that go against the coronavirus regulations that they then delete, hoping they'll miss mine! (see
here).
Just some thoughts I had. FWIW! Looking forward to the next session, I'll see if I can think of any questions!