Keep Calm and Carry On

[webglider]

When I opened my email this morning I found that my friend had sent me this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FrHkKXFRbCI#!=

It's the first time I've ever seen this although, I think, many people from the U.K. are familiar with it.

It was exactly the right message for me to receive this morning, and maybe also for someone else today.

This is the history behind the words.

 

[MnSportsman]

Very nice to see! Thanks for sharing that.



From: _http://cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php/topic,26862.msg328909.html#msg328909

Last statement by Laura in that post/reply #74 of the above Topic link:

Yes. And that is why, despite our weariness, despite feeling hopeless a lot of the time, we keep on putting one foot in front of the other...

Edit: brought link & quote. Felt it was apropos.

 

[bngenoh]

Depending upon the level of development of the individual(s) that encounter those 3 slogans. It would mean different things.

Your courage, your cheerfulness, your resolution will bring us victory.

The psychological effect of these words are many. For instance, from the point of view of mechanical man, it merely reinforces narcissistic, self important notions. The net effect would be a population, easily led into war. For they would be blind as to the causes of events, and merely be tossed around like leaves in the wind.

From the point of view of one who has realized these thought forms existing in the psyche, and has Chose to struggle against them, it is true that only their indefatigable efforts will bring them victory, but it's always easier when one has allies.

Freedom is in peril, defend it with all your might.

True, freedom is in peril, but what is freedom, it's source, the cause of enslavement. Knowledge does more in the defense of freedom and empowerment for all, than might ever can.

Keep calm, and carry on.

That this was their secret weapon, to be used only in case of invasion and crisis, speaks volumes about the effect on the psyche. It is merely a means to keep people asleep no matter the conditions of the surrounding environment. Bombs falling all over you, keep calm and carry on, support the government and rally against the invaders.

Thanks webglider, a good little history of propaganda. The ability to be more objective is increased since there exists a great distance in space and time.

 

[Carl]

Keep calm, and carry on.
That this was their secret weapon, to be used only in case of invasion and crisis, speaks volumes about the effect on the psyche. It is merely a means to keep people asleep no matter the conditions of the surrounding environment. Bombs falling all over you, keep calm and carry on, support the government and rally against the invaders.

It is also interesting how said poster has finally proliferated now, when we really are in a crisis and things are just getting worse. Just keep calm, carry on doing what you were always doing.. maybe things will get better one day!?

 

[webglider]

I had a different reaction. I actually found the message very comforting - and useful. If there is a crisis, I don't think that getting hysterical will help the situation. Isn't that why we're doing the breathing exercises and the diet - in the eventuality that there is a crisis that we will stay centered and calm?

For me the message is that even though one can't control the outside, one can manage how one reacts inside. If I can stay calm and centered in a crisis, maybe I could help calm others and maybe that calmness will help us all survive.

That's just my thought, I could be wrong.

 

[Carl]

I had a different reaction. I actually found the message very comforting - and useful. If there is a crisis, I don't think that getting hysterical will help the situation. Isn't that why we're doing the breathing exercises and the diet - in the eventuality that there is a crisis that we will stay centered and calm?

For me the message is that even though one can't control the outside, one can manage how one reacts inside. If I can stay calm and centered in a crisis, maybe I could help calm others and maybe that calmness will help us all survive.

That's just my thought, I could be wrong.

It all depends on context, as usual. 'Keep calm and carry on' could mean continue working to become objective no matter what the obstacles are or how many times we fail. For others, it could mean something else.

 

[bngenoh]

I had a different reaction. I actually found the message very comforting - and useful. If there is a crisis, I don't think that getting hysterical will help the situation. Isn't that why we're doing the breathing exercises and the diet - in the eventuality that there is a crisis that we will stay centered and calm?

For me the message is that even though one can't control the outside, one can manage how one reacts inside. If I can stay calm and centered in a crisis, maybe I could help calm others and maybe that calmness will help us all survive.

That's just my thought, I could be wrong.

It all depends on context, as usual. 'Keep calm and carry on' could mean continue working to become objective no matter what the obstacles are or how many times we fail. For others, it could mean something else.

Yes, Yes, exactly Carlise.

 

[RedFox]

Perhaps it would be worth rewording it for clarity??
'Keep in a calm relaxed awareness (through pipe breathing), and carry on'

 

[Carl]

Perhaps it would be worth rewording it for clarity??
'Keep in a calm relaxed awareness (through pipe breathing), and carry on'

Haha doesn't exactly roll off the tongue :P

 

[RedFox]

Haha doesn't exactly roll off the tongue :P

'Keep breathing, and carry on!' :D

 

[bngenoh]

'Keep breathing, and carry on!' :D

Ha, know that rolls of the tongue, :D and it has the quality of being multifaceted, in that one interprets it according to one's knowledge and understanding.

 

[MnSportsman]

I pretty much agreed with webgliders "take" on the context. Although I understood the what/how some of you have interpreted the context.

That last one,"Keep calm & carry on" also reminded me of a quote of Thos. Jefferson,

" Nothing so un-nerves an opponent , as to remain calm & unruffled, under any circumstances".

( words may not be "exact", but the gist is there)

At least that "adage",has been true for me in the past, when dealing with people who seem to have some kind of issue in interaction with me. By remaining calm when they are exited, angry, aggressive or belligerent, etc.. It seems to make them try/need to "re-think" what they are trying to accomplish by their unseemly behavior.

So, in these times, by remaining calm & carrying on, we can show those who wish to exercise control over us in a manner in which we think is wrong for us( PTB for example), that they do not have as much power over us as they believed they had.

Perhaps an example of that is how Laura, Ark & the crew portrayed themselves when they have been dealing with the issues that they have told us about in the past & the ones they currently are dealing with.
I might be mistaken, but they sound as though they are remaining calm & un-ruffled & carrying on. Thus giving them more standing & deserving of respect, & making those who wish to bother them need to re-think their decisions & methods ,or whether they should have even bothered with the Crew at all...

Just an opinion.
:)

 

[Windmill knight]

It all depends on context, as usual. 'Keep calm and carry on' could mean continue working to become objective no matter what the obstacles are or how many times we fail. For others, it could mean something else.

Yes, Yes, exactly Carlise.

Agreed. In my case, I first learned about this slogan when I saw a parody printed on mobile phone cases, with variations such as 'Keep calm and bake more cakes', or 'Keep calm and shop more shoes'. How Orwellian, I thought, although I did appreciate the (dark) humor behind it. So now when I hear the original words, they still ring me as a bit Orwellian - especially against the background of our contemporary society. (It reminds me of something an English friend once told me: that living in quiet desperation was the English way. So no surprise it was in GB that this was created). But yeah, in the context of WW2, I can see how it could have meant encouragement.

By the way, watching the video I realized that I have been to that bookshop! Thanks for sharing; I thought it was an interesting bit of history and I enjoyed it.

 

[seek10]

It all depends on context, as usual. 'Keep calm and carry on' could mean continue working to become objective no matter what the obstacles are or how many times we fail. For others, it could mean something else.

Yes, Yes, exactly Carlise.

Agreed. In my case, I first learned about this slogan when I saw a parody printed on mobile phone cases, with variations such as 'Keep calm and bake more cakes', or 'Keep calm and shop more shoes'. How Orwellian, I thought, although I did appreciate the (dark) humor behind it. So now when I hear the original words, they still ring me as a bit Orwellian - especially against the background of our contemporary society. (It reminds me of something an English friend once told me: that living in quiet desperation was the English way. So no surprise it was in GB that this was created). But yeah, in the context of WW2, I can see how it could have meant encouragement.

By the way, watching the video I realized that I have been to that bookshop! Thanks for sharing; I thought it was an interesting bit of history and I enjoyed it.

It is interesting video. The Recent popularity of the poster tells how people are fedup with current world, whether they dare to acknowledge or not. They needs some thing or some motivation to chug along Or some thing to fit into their narration of the events or Gaps between reality MSM tells and what their heart tells.

 

[Ben]

It all depends on context, as usual. 'Keep calm and carry on' could mean continue working to become objective no matter what the obstacles are or how many times we fail. For others, it could mean something else.

Yes, Yes, exactly Carlise.

Agreed. In my case, I first learned about this slogan when I saw a parody printed on mobile phone cases, with variations such as 'Keep calm and bake more cakes', or 'Keep calm and shop more shoes'. How Orwellian, I thought, although I did appreciate the (dark) humor behind it. So now when I hear the original words, they still ring me as a bit Orwellian - especially against the background of our contemporary society. (It reminds me of something an English friend once told me: that living in quiet desperation was the English way. So no surprise it was in GB that this was created). But yeah, in the context of WW2, I can see how it could have meant encouragement.

By the way, watching the video I realized that I have been to that bookshop! Thanks for sharing; I thought it was an interesting bit of history and I enjoyed it.

"Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way" - Pink Floyd, Time