I haven’t posted anything for two weeks. I’m slowly recuperating from hospital hell. I’m still weak, but I feel stronger every day. It will be a slow recovery; time to contemplate and rebuild. I never had so many close calls with death in such a sort period.. I never had time to recuperate between them, so it took a lot out of me, and I’m still in a daze.

I may have used up the last of my nine lives. It was like an early warning signal. I must finish up my business. I have presently been busy writing another book, but this one I will print on paper and sell for a nominal fee. Who knows how long the internet will remain functioning as it does now? I have posted over 350 of my own articles on my blog. I will choose among them, reedit them and print them as essays on the inner journey. I am writing the intro, and I will add a few new essays as well.

The problem is choosing which essays, because 350 of them would comprise several books. I’d like to keep it down to 200 pages. Perhaps later I will print more books. I’m planning on printing 250 copies, which is probably too many. I’ll cross that bridge when I come to it.

So this is what I am focusing on now. I will still be posting blogs here. I’m almost finished with one now, but I put it on the back burner to begin organizing my book. This is my next step, slowly, while regaining my footing. When the dust finally settles, I will see more clearly.

– Greg Calise

A good friend of mine, who watched me go through my recent hospitalization, keeps asking me if I had any realizations after all of this. He watched me nearly die, and I see that it has affected him. In fact, I can see how my experience through hell had affected several people, as they really thought I wouldn’t make it. This makes them question their own vulnerability, knowing that death may come at any unplanned moment.

So my friend keeps asking me if I had any deep realizations. Well, yeah, coming face to face with death on multiple occasions definitely brings with it many realizations. Every abyss, every disaster, carries with it a great gift. Most people never look for it. Some may find it years later.

But my friend keeps asking me, and I have yet to reply, except to talk about the fact that we could die at any moment. Our time here is temporary, and can be pulled from underneath us at any moment. All that we had built in this life vanishes in a moment. Are you prepared for that? Most people are not.

Why haven’t I replied to my friend? Because he is on a completely different book. He has stagnated since 1973. He still believes in the same religion, the same gods, eats the same ashram food every day, listens to chanting music all day, teaches yoga. He worships the gods and preaches devotional service to these gods. A master/slave relationship. He knows I don’t believe his religion, and I talk very little about my own beliefs. So what is he expecting me to tell him about my realizations, when they go against every belief he cherishes? Who am I to upset that applecart? He has a tendency to not hear anything I tell him anyway. His mind would immediately label it as heretical and dispose of it. Most people won’t let someone upset their applecart. I know that he is expecting me to verify his religion. I see it in his face. But why would he expect me to verify his beliefs, when he knows I don’t believe in his religion? People are funny.

So why am I friends with him? I’ve known him and his family for 17 years. He wasn’t quite as religious back then. I notice that I have a lot of friends and family like that. We are not connected by our philosophical ideals, but we become connected at various levels. I’m sure each person reading this finds himself in a similar situation. We are surrounded by family, friends and coworkers that are hypnotized by so many programs, whether they be religious, cultural, societal, or a myriad of other programs and subprograms. Somehow, we have connections, affections and even attachment to these people. And yet, they cannot grasp what you know to be truth. I do find this rather odd. Why do We wake up, only to find ourselves in a world where everyone is still asleep, and few wish to awaken?

We all must wonder what we are doing here. Why are we awakening to a world that is still sleeping? We all go through a stage where we try to enlighten family and friends, and we all know how that turned out. People that I had known, had thought that I lost my mind. I still get strange looks from some people. So that didn’t turn out so well. So eventually, after many years, I began writing again. I don’t know what else I am supposed to do. Many of you are probably wondering what you are supposed to be doing. Perhaps there isn’t Anything to do. Perhaps ultimately, it’s all about Being. Being present has a huge impact on the world around you. The birds, the animals, the trees, Mother Nature, they all feel it. You feel it.

Isn’t it strange to awaken to a world in the grip of the matrix? Everyone is hypnotized, and you walk amongst them. You would assume that you needed to do something about it. You want to wake people up, but they don’t want to wake up, so you then find yourself simply awake in a sleeping world, and there is little you can do about it. Cold reminders of what we also believed to be true most of our lives. You go through life like this, walking between worlds. I’ve been doing it for eleven years. Being awake in the matrix. It would be a lot easier if I had a little cabin in the mountains, but here I am. So yes, why are we here, moving within the matrix incognito?

After my first major awakening, I have found myself in a new landscape. Our perceptions change drastically. Because it is a new environment, I have made mistakes, been led astray, stumbled, fell and got back up. Over the years, you become more savvy. It’s a journey, and life is always teaching us. As I entered this new landscape, it took me a while to adjust. The deeper I go into the Self, the deeper I can see through the matrix. I see a lot more now than even a few years ago. So perhaps that is exactly what we are supposed to be doing – Adjusting to our new perceptions of the world around us and to our own Self-perception. I am much wiser today than I was five years ago. Life is always teaching us.

We’re doing exactly what we are supposed to be doing, otherwise, we would be doing something else. We observe, and we act in a world that we no longer find ourselves a part of, and we cannot express our truth freely. So yes, why are we here? Are we waiting for some great event? Is that why some people are awakening to the world and themselves at this time? Is this a time period where we must remain incognito, until the time is right? Or is this all there is to it? Leonardo Da Vinci complained that upon his awakening, he found the entire world still asleep. Well, it’s still asleep. Perhaps Shantideva was correct when he said, “You are not here to change the world. The world is here to change you.” That it has.

So everyone is on a different page and a different book. I am fortunate enough to at least make friends that are also awakening. They never stay long; a few months. They come and they go. But in general, most of the people I know are on a completely different book. That is where we find ourselves, and we can only wonder why.

So yes, every time I go through one of these hells, I search for the gifts. But right now I am having to spend my strength to rebuild my body. So far, so good. It took every ounce of strength I had to stay alive, so my body was very depleted. So most of the realizations will wait until I recover more. I have one more surgery to go in a few days, so it ain’t over yet. The gifts appear by their own accord. The trick is to spot them. Life is a puzzle.

– Greg Calise

Sometimes I ponder the plight of humanity. Boy did we take a wrong turn. We took a path that has wound its way across jagged cliffs, rickety bridges, perilous stretches and bad weather. It looks like we have now come across a seemingly impossible crossing. Now you have to ask yourself why didn’t we turn around long ago, when we saw that the road was rough? For thousands of years, mankind has taken a path of conflict, spilling so much blood, leaving a wake full of pain and suffering. Why did humanity continue on such a barbaric path? Why did humankind follow a path that created so much suffering for himself and the rest of the planet?

Did we have a choice? Due to the influence of time, we had to enter a dark age. It’s how the cycles of time work. We find ourselves at the tail end of the iron age, the age of ignorance and conflict. We see this in all major cycles. Within the four seasons, we have winter, where many plants look devoid of life. Because we live in a world of duality, these cycles of time are inevitable. Good times and bad times. So we really didn’t have a choice of which path humanity was going to take. And yet, in a deeper sense, we all chose to come here to experience it.

Time has led us to this point, where the vast majority of the world is completely programmed by society, religion, politics, economy, the media, conflict and war. The farther we go along this path, the farther we separate from our very Self. As we move down this path, we lose our awareness, our intelligence, our morality, and we forget who we are, how we got here, why we are here, or where are we going? We are lost.

Sometimes I look around and observe. I observe events, trends and the various programs the masses have bought into. I also observe people, and I can feel who they are. I can see the facade and what lies behind the facade; the pains, suffering and joys. So at times I ponder the plight of people. Where are they going? What path have they chosen, and in what direction are they headed?

That’s the strange thing to ponder. “What path have they chosen?” But did any of us actually choose our path in life? Not really. We were born into it, and the societal programs started right away. We were all fed a package of lies and deceit, one program after another. It’s all that we were ever taught; and unless you had the wits to find out things yourself, then you are simply buying into various programs that other people insisted were true. But we are finding new theories about the universe that contradict the mainstream sciences. Some scientists get together, and begin seeing differently; against the status quo. They are visionaries. And they are usually against great opposition from the establishment.

When you see from outside of the programs, you begin to see that the world is very different from what we were told. History, science, physics, religion, society, statism and most all facets of consensus knowledge, are all unravelling. So although we were all born into ignorance and fed a diet of lies, if you practice awareness and observation, you will see a much different picture than the one you were told existed. Then you start asking questions. That’s when the matrix starts breaking apart.

I believe we could even witness the beginning of the unravelling of religion. There are so many archeological finds, ancient texts and literature that paints a much more vivid picture of what really happened. When you look at the true histories of the religions, they paint a very gruesome picture. And today you have priests being charged with pedophilia, and new scandals all the time; only to find out that these terrible things were happening throughout history. There certainly isn’t any shortage of crazy religious fanatics. People must begin to question. You would think so, but that’s rarely the case. Everyone will notice all the mud of the other religions, but fails to notice his own religion, where he finds himself stuck in the mud.

Sometimes people do break away from their family religion, but they usually end up in another religion or some new age hocus pocus. So they never actually changed much (or in my case, it became much worse). New age aspirants can become just as fanatical as any religious zealot.

I meet a lot of people that I end up spending some time with in conversation. Many of them are very much into the new age religion. They talk about their angels, gods and goddesses, pseudo-shamanism, the chakras, kundalini, energy beings, crystals, healers and the whole gamut. They are completely convinced that what they are doing is spiritual. It is certainly cosmic, but no, it’s certainly not spiritual. But most people equate cosmic and spiritual as the same. It’s not. Cosmic relates to the cosmos, which consists of 7 primary dimensions of manifestation, and many other sub-dimensions. This is the home of the gods, goddesses, the light beings, angels, etc.

The cosmos is not spiritual. It is a manifestation of material elements, although of finer frequencies, which are beyond our senses. The part of the cosmos that we are inhabiting is bound within the cosmic matrix. As above, so below. Just as we are bound also within the earthly matrix, the cosmic dimensions in our sector of space are also bound within a matrix of illusions, lies and deceptions. All of the gods and goddesses are impostors, as are most of the cosmic beings that have a foothold here. That includes all of the channellings. This is not what spirituality is.

And yet, I don’t try to convince them otherwise. What would be the point? They are completely convinced of the programs they have bought into, just as much as traditional religionists are so convinced that their god and their scriptures are the true path. Yes, everyone is lost, and most people are even unaware that they are lost. Lost on planet Earth.

If you contemplate for a moment, how many innumerable programs are running this modern world. Society, culture, economics, the governments and politics, the media, entertainment, sports, fashion, trends, what to speak of the state ‘educational facilities'; all of these are serious false programs that control our lives. We have been led onto a path of slavery, where the vast majority of people have lousy jobs that they hate, and with diminishing pay. Just enough to barely get by.

And yet, few people ever question why things are the way they are. Yes, they may complain, but they don’t seem willing to change, so the machine keeps moving forward. Become an anomaly in the matrix. Forge your own path, in another direction from the herds. The more people that strike out on a different path, the weaker the matrix becomes. I mean, the elephant is standing in the living room. Time to open our eyes.

– Greg Calise

Cycles of journeys in eternity. This is the journey that each of us are on. Somehow, within the span of eternity, we find ourselves together on this planet at the same time. A time of great upheaval, where everything is uncertain, as we are searching for some kind of stability. How did we end up here…. and why?

We are closing in on the end of this great galactic cycle. I know not when it will end, nor what will happen. Which direction will humanity take? It is all uncertain…….. to us. In the fractal spiral matrix of the universe, it is absolutely certain. It is forged into the eternal time exactly what will happen and exactly when. This is the perfection of the universe, where even a leaf falling from a tree is exactly on cue, falling at the exact moment it was destined to fall.

For us, it’s all a great mystery, foolishly relying on science, psychics, fortune tellers and prophecies. The future is unknown to us for a reason. It’s supposed to be a surprise. How do we handle surprises? That is where our mettle is tested. That is how we can learn something at a moment’s notice. Some surprises have the power to bring us into present moment focus. There is a powerful alertness that accompanies such events. That’s also where the excitement lives. That’s also where danger lives.

This is the world we live in, where uncertain and unplanned events happen all the time. From our focus of perception, as a human being on planet Earth, the future is not only uncertain, but can bring many various gifts, from riches to disasters. From this perspective, we may seem quite lost, but we are an extension of our deep inner Self, much like a hand is an extension of our selves. There is never any separation, and we Are that deep inner Self. We just have to awaken to that fact. As an extension, we are presently unaware of the vast nature of our deep inner Self. We are in a state of uncertainty, and this is the world we find ourselves in. We are testing ourselves, we have entered the obstacle course of the cosmos, and we have set up obstacles for us to tackle in each life. The object is not to avoid the obstacles, but to overcome them.

From our present perspective of living on Earth in a human body, we are moving rapidly towards the end of this great cycle, and the beginning of the next. This cycle is one of many cycles, but it is considered a grand cycle, as the old energy crumbles, a new energy appears; a much more benevolent energy. Our eternal journey travels through many cycles within cycles. Our day and night comprise a cycle, as does our yearly cycle of the seasons. Each cycle comprises birth and death. The seasons bring new life in the spring and decay in the winter. Each morning, you wake up to a new day; every night you sleep again.

Our journey in this life is also a cycle of time. We are born, grow, sustain, dwindle, decay and die. We are all here for a limited time only. The question is, “What are you going to do while you are here?” For many people, working all day just to pay the bills doesn’t leave much time left. Cooking, cleaning, children and a thousand more things leaves little time for anyone to even consider why he is even here. But time can be found. My motto is Simplify. Simplify your life, and you will see that you have time. Throw out the TV, stop consuming, slow down your social life. And what to do with that time? Contemplate, meditate, walk in Nature, read, do art, dance, write, play music. Be present. Why are you here, and where exactly do you think you’re going?

Yes, life gives us many surprises. Many times she throws us curve balls. I’ve had a few curve balls thrown at me in my life. Always the unexpected, from out of nowhere. You cannot help but to be totally, completely present and focused. You had better have your wits about you when it happens. I have been in many life threatening scenarios, where I thought for sure that I would die. My friends tell me I have nine lives of a cat. Perhaps so, but each time, I was pretty sure that I was going to die. Nothing like impending death to bring you into present moment focus.

I understand the fragile nature of life, yet I also know the incredible resilience of life; and also how miraculously life can heal. I have rebounded back on many occasions. Life is powerful, and if we are friends with life, life reciprocates. But the question remains, “What are you going to do while you are here?” When you have brushes with death, that question echoes. Chances are, you will become more serious about this question, and move in that direction.

“Who am I? Where am I? Why am I here?” These are the questions that echo for good reason. Let’s call them gentle reminders. Life is temporary. Take advantage of it while you still can. I thought for sure that I might die four times in about a two week period. It was all unplanned. Just another curve ball. Death can come at a moment’s notice.

You have probably noticed that I have a donation button now. Whoopee. Well, don’t worry, everything is free and I won’t ever advertise. But being how I am temporarily incapacitated, if you feel like helping, that would be appreciated, but if you don’t I won’t like you any less. I am very appreciative that you actually read my writings.

Perhaps this summer, I would like to print a book on paper, mostly from articles from my blog, but also with a lot of new exclusive articles. It will be a book of essays on the inner journey. I’d sell it here on my blog for a nominal fee. Anyway, that’s my plan.

So the journey here continues for me. What a long, strange trip it’s been. I am teetering between life and death, but we all are. The difference is that I am more aware of it. Each moment of life is precious, and the question echoes, “What are you going to do while you are here?” I am doing it; writing and overcoming obstacles on the path. Learning, experiencing and moving deeper into my inner Self seem like very worthwhile actions.

Take advantage of the time you still have here. Who knows how far you may go? You may even become free of the matrix.

– Greg Calise

The dust has still not settled from the last trip to hospital hell. I wrote about my misadventure the other day in A Pawn In the Grand Chess Game of the Gods. As I look back, I see some really bad incompetence of my doctors. I can honestly say that some of them were incapable of any semblance of critical thinking. After 3 1/2 hours of nearly bleeding to death, the cardiologist was still trying to force me to take blood thinners. I finally had to tell him to leave my room.

Well, I’m still riding through hell in a hand basket. I ended up back in the ER with water on the lungs again. Yes, another ride in the ambulance. Suffocating is not a very pleasant experience. That’s twice in eight days. It seems my dietician of 17 years forgot to inform me that I had to cut out salt and drink very little liquids on hemo dialysis. How was I supposed to know? And of course, we cannot have a hospital trip without something else going wrong. It seems I got Staph infection. Gee, I wonder where I got That from? (hint; it begins with H.) So they had to change the catheter in my jugular vein. Just a local anesthetic. You really can’t imagine how uncomfortable the beds were. In Tuesday and out Thursday. It took me 4 1/2 hours to get discharged. I had to constantly get on their case.

So now I’m out the other end. In two weeks I get my new peritoneal catheter, and I can then get back to my normal routine and kiss this all goodbye. I opted out of the other two surgeries. I have a whole new perspective on the medical establishment. I already didn’t have any faith in modern medicine, but I assumed that doctors were considered somewhat intelligent. Now I have even more serious doubts about the thinking abilities of doctors, as well as most people in the world. I even can see how I am even affected by this energy, making errors that I would usually not do. Strange energy.

And we are coming into a very powerful time. We have been bombarded by X-class solar flares the last two weeks, and there have been major astrological alignments. Now, we are in the Spring Equinox. This is supposed to be a major shift of energy. Besides the Vernal Equinox, there is a Super Moon, a Solar Eclipse and major energetic changes for many people. Out with the old, in with the new.

Everything You Need to Know about Friday’s Rare Vernal Equniox Supermoon Solar Eclipse, from an Astronomical, Cultural and Energetic Perspective!

I have realized that I had to reach rock bottom to rebuild myself. So perhaps today will be a new day for me in many ways. Perhaps also for you? I am not one that puts much faith in predictions, but I can feel this was the case when I first entered the hospital. It’s just that I had no idea how rock bottom I would have to go. I have lost twenty pounds, being reduced to skin and bones, and my labs are quite bad. I’ve aged about 10 years. It’s an uphill journey from here, but I feel confident. I am a surviver. Just another trip through hell. Perhaps I am out the other end? Is it a new day, a new dawn?

– Greg Calise

Total System Reboot

You just can’t make this shit up. I am constantly amazed at the BS that is pushed on everyone to believe. Every year the psychiatrists invent diseases that don’t exist, so they can use their toxic drugs to “cure” them. Now they want you to believe that eating healthy is a mental disorder. I am quite certain that I am now living in the Twilight Zone.

I believe it was last year when these psycho psychiatrists invented the disorder called Oppositional Defiant Disorder, which means that if you defy authority, you must have a mental disorder that needs to be treated with psychiatric drugs. These drugs they shove down these children’s throats are so extremely toxic, that millions of children are damaged for life every year.

It is quite obvious that there is a concerted effort to destroy humanity. You really must ask yourself, “Who, or what, is behind all of this?” Why are we being sprayed with chemtrails? Why are GMO foods being pushed on us, even though it has been proven without a doubt, that they are killing us. Why are we engaged in constant wars? How did we allow the banks to rip everyone off for untold trillions of dollars. The list is long. Who is behind all of this, and why are we allowing it to continue?

Everywhere that I look, I see corruption and deceit, from politics, to business, to the media, medicine, to every branch of knowledge and organizations. Basically, this planet has been invaded and conquered by some extremely evil creatures, masquerading as humans. As George Gurdjieff said:

“A considerable percentage of the people we meet on the street are people who are empty inside, that is, they are actually already dead. It is fortunate for us that we do not see and do not know it. If we knew what a number of people are actually dead and what a number of these dead people govern our lives, we should go mad with horror.”
– George Gurdjieff

Well, we certainly live in interesting times. I am observing the world being led into a prison, where humanity will be enslaved even more than they are now. George Orwell warned us about this, yet somehow, we have allowed this all to happen.

You can be sure that most politicians, corporate leaders, bankers and leaders of society are no longer human beings, as human has the quality of empathy. No, we are dealing with cold blooded psychopaths. Perhaps they were at one point human, but they have allowed themselves to be taken over by evil forces to become antihuman. Unless people awaken to what is happening, and take action (that is the key) then there is no more hope for humanity.

I just came across this article condemning healthy eating as a mental disorder. Now there is definitely a large percentage of americans that believe this BS, as they believe so much other BS. But anyone with even a small amount of working brain cells must be shocked at this article:

Officials Declare Eating Healthy Is a Mental Disorder

So this is just one more major bull shit that we are supposed to believe. Just one more addition to the countless deceptions that are forced upon us daily. I am an old man with a short time left on this planet. But what about these young people that have little to look forward to in their lives, except slavery and diminished mental functions? Many of them are already so incredibly stupid, that they cannot even tie their shoes or mail a letter, and I am not exaggerating. 45% of children in the UK cannot tie their shoes, so I am not seeing a very bright future ahead. Is it too late?

– Greg Calise

Distraction: A thing that prevents someone from giving full attention to something else.
synonyms: diversion, interruption, disturbance, interference, hindrance
“a distraction from the real issues”

Distraction is a very powerful tool. We have so much information overload, especially in the digital age, that our brains filter most of the information out and focuses on what it feels is important or of interest. We focus our attention on what are the important things and things of interest, and the rest of the information is neglected. The color of a person’s eyes, their dress, what is happening around you, so much information gets filtered out. For example, when you cross the street, you focus on the traffic and timing, walking, etc. You don’t pay any attention to the flowers, other people, or most everything else in your surroundings. This is natural. This is how we navigate the world.

Our attention is also always being diverted to things that interest us, Oh, look at that car, woman, guy, dress, house and a myriad of choices constantly. This is especially true in the modern age where have all the techno-gadgetry to distract us in a million different avenues. From entertainment, to social media, sports, news to wherever you want to go. Our entire society is full of distractions, beginning with sexual attraction. Our attention is being diverted constantly. This is not natural to be constantly distracted. The problem is that there is an overabundance of distractions, so rather than being distracted a few times daily (which is natural), we are constantly being distracted.

If someone is constantly being distracted, then he will become unaware of his immediate surroundings. You just don’t even notice the most obvious things around you.. This creates a disconnect between you and the world around you, as well as with other people.You also lose your ability to focus your attention for extended lengths of time. This is known as attention deficit disorder. In such a state, you are constantly being distracted, and you find it difficult to assess your surroundings properly. You can be easily fooled, not even noticing the elephant in the living room.

If we are constantly distracted, then it becomes nearly impossible to have any deep thought, contemplation or reflection. As soon as you begin to have any depth of thought about something, you become distracted, and you wander off on some other transient. Therefor the entire thinking process becomes quite shallow and superficial. Too many people have become quite incapable of having deep thoughts, nor contemplations or reflections. Many people have become very shallow, and the media encourages it constantly. Air heads. If we move from one distraction to another, not much ever remains in one’s memory. People soon forget how the politicians screwed them, so they vote for them again.

This power of distraction is very well understood by the controllers of society, government, religion and the media. There have been many books written by psychologists and social scientists about using distractions to fool people, divert their attention away from something you want them to forget about (or don’t want them to know), to cheat people, confuse them or to trick them. Magicians use distractions to perform their magic tricks. They divert their audiences attention away from the hand doing the trick. This is going on constantly in the media. They are always trying to divert everyone’s attention away from what is really happening of any importance. And especially to divert everyone’s attention from the truth about what is going on. Our “war on terror” is a good example. The truth is that the West is invading countries without provocation, creating the terrorists themselves. So the media always divert everyone’s attention from that.

So many magic tricks being performed right under our noses, and we don’t even hardly notice them, before our attention is diverted in another direction. And we seem to forget so soon. We are bombarded with continual news stories, and none of them are ever concluded. “An investigation is underway.” is newspeak for, “We will sweep this under the rug like everything else we don’t want you to think about.” News stories come at us constantly, and we soon forget everything except what the controllers want us to remember.

The government has countless ways to distract the people. And because everyone is so easily distracted, they can manipulate everyone to think, believe and act the way in which they want them to. This is mind control. This is crowd control. This is mass hypnosis. This is the matrix of deceit. If they want conflict and violence, they create it through the media and other sources. If they want fear, they do the same thing. The invading gods can then feed off of the fear, anguish, pain and conflicts that they direct the masses into. We are being herded. We feed the gods with our fear, pain and suffering, as well as from our prayers, devotion, worship, sacrifices and service. Yes, I know, this is quite insane, but this is what is actually happening.

Watch this short commercial to see how easily we become distracted:

Normal distractions are not a problem, if our attention is diverted to important matters, and things of interest. Observing interesting things can be joyful, as well as instructive. Before the modern age, there wasn’t nearly as many distractions. The problem is when we are constantly being distracted, and when the distractions are manipulated to divert our attention away from important matters. That is the predicament we have now, and it doesn’t seem like it is ever going to diminish.

I have learned to be observant of my environment, especially while driving. I do allow myself a few distractions throughout the day, which is fine, but I do find that when I am aware and observant, I see many things that other people are oblivious of. We know that humanity is in trouble when they can’t even see the chemtrails that are blanketing the skies above their heads, or that the very food they are eating is killing them.

– Greg Calise

Most truths in this world are relative truths. Most of these come from external sources through our five senses. There are entire branches of knowledge available concerning these relative truths, such as science, medicine, history and so many more. Another form of relative truths are downloaded from cosmic realms, whether they be channelled, secret teachings from gods, and other cosmic beings. Nichola Tesla claimed that aliens gave him his unique sciences.

But there is a universal absolute Truth that resides beyond these relative truths. It is independent, sovereign, eternal and pure. It is the way things Actually are. Not what we think they are, not what we assume, nor what we believe things are. The vast majority of people have been deeply programmed to believe an illusory reality that has nothing to do with the way things actually are.

This divine Truth is who you truly are, so you awaken to it. It does not come from external sources, nor is it downloaded from the cosmic realms. It springs forth from your deepest Self. It is a completely different process. You are awakening to divine Truth.

If you were to immerse yourself in Mother Nature and transcend the mind, even for a few moments, you will get a glimpse of Truth. It really is that easy. If you could redevelop that deep connection with Mother Nature, even for a few moments, you will glimpse the Truth. If you can transcend the mind anywhere, you can glimpse the Truth. The more this occurs, the deeper you will travel into the deep mysteries of the Self, as well as the world. What I have found is that this depth of the Self is fathomless. It never ends. For me, it was never a point where I did not go deeper as my journey unfolded. I don’t know at what level one could be considered Self-realized, but a simple glance of the Self, at that moment, one is Self-realized. This is known as Satori, glimpses of the Truth. They can last for various spans of time. I was in Satori for 9 months, and I have satoris of only moments.

This is the inner path to the Self, and the further we move upon it, the deeper we see and become, and the more our perceptions change; about ourselves, the world, Mother Nature, and everything. We develop new eyes and see everything in a new light. This is the process of awakening, and as you do awaken, you will find everyone else still dreaming in the matrix of illusions.

When you truly awaken to your divine Self, your entire perception of reality changes. You see things as they actually are. You see that this world is nothing more than a matrix of deception. When you awaken to your true Self, it becomes self evident that the world in which we are now living in makes little sense. Everything seems topsy turvy, and it is. And yet the majority of people consider this as the normal. Those that begin to see beyond this normal are considered abnormal, and even crazy, by the masses. You will walk the road less travelled, in another direction from the herds.

“The truth is paradoxical to the extent of being exactly contrary to the usual perception.”
– Georges Bataille

The entire world has become programmed by the church and state. The state controls the educational (programming) systems as well as the news, entertainment and media. The churches control the people’s faith and/or any spiritual aspirations a person may possess. They become the barrier against anyone escaping the matrix of deceptions. All religions (including new age philosophies) have absolutely nothing to do with who you truly are. All religions take one out of the Self and redirect you to the opposite direction, to some external deity and/or some god in the sky, far, far away from the Self.

Everything about religion is a major deception, engineered to imprison and enslave humanity. All one has to do is research the histories of any religion to see that this is always the case. Wars, degradation of women, slavery, division, fear, guilt, and so many other terrible atrocities. At its best the one thing religious faith does accomplish is it can lead certain followers into piety, as if piety is the pinnacle of the teachings. Piety cannot awaken you to your true Self. The problem with religious piety is that it is based upon fear and guilt. These are the two sentinels that keep the religious folk in line. Piety also becomes blurred as zealots consider it pious to slay the nonbelievers. Yes, it is all quite insane.

When I was living in the ashrams, I saw this played out in many ways. Stealing for god, revenge for god, cheating for god, and so many more twisted beliefs. They had become convinced that these actions were not only pious, but spiritual. Somehow we are able to justify these things in our minds. It’s amazing what you can convince yourself of. The authority said to do it, so the unbridled mind convinces itself that it is good. We lie to ourselves constantly, and then we believe it is true. How absurd is that? You lie to yourself, and then you believe it. Nobody ever questions this stuff. Notice what is happening in the mind when this is going on. It’s quite interesting.

Religions are the barrier to awakening from the dream. Most people never bother looking beyond their religion. Most people never question their religion, discarding any form of reason and replacing it with faith. For many people, their religion is their most important and cherished belief. Reigions have become giant barriers, imprisoning humanity in the matrix of deceit. And people worship and pray to the very gods that imprison us.

When you begin to awaken, you can see the same very odd happenings in society, culture, government, media, science, history. It’s everywhere. Nothing really makes any sense. Humans are the only species on the planet that has to earn money to live, and the only species that is destroying the planet. Something has gone very wrong, and it’s everywhere. Just read good sources of alternative news, and it becomes very clear that the whole thing stinks to the core. People complain about it, but that’s it. Most people don’t want to change, so the most they will do is complain. Last year the US congress had only a 9% approval rating, and then the people voted 91% of them all back in. Does this make any sense? The banks, the wars, the politicians and corporations robbed everyone blind in 2008, and the public got stuck with a $16 trillion (some say much more) bill, people’s homes taken away, the social net diminishing, economic depression. They got away with it, and they’re still doing it. Is this making any sense?

The family unit has been broken, and society has degraded into gross sexuality, violence, selfishness, and superficial body consciousness, while the majority of the people are devoid of any serious critical thinking or logic. As we can see, religion, society, culture and governments are completely corrupted. Science and history are made up of so many provable lies, and the science is settled? How can science ever be settled if there are always new discoveries?

The deeper you awaken to your true Self, the more apparent these insights become. The entire matrix unravels before your eyes. The entire lie is exposed. In the meantime, if a person is lost to who he truly is, then he doesn’t see it at all. Yes, they will see problems and complain about them; he may even revolt, but what will he put in its place. How many revolts have occurred throughout history? And then what happened? Just another group of rogues that take control. Don’t think that america was tranquil after winning the revolution. The central banks pushed their way in, most of the people were against a central government, wanting independent states in a loose agreement. Men take charge and force the other’s hand. Governments are run by rogues.

But the average person sees none of this. He is distracted by so many things. The latest stupid news story, fashion, entertainment, the media, toys (tech) and games (sports). He would rather not think about his impending doom, living as if everything will just continue being dandy.

So this is what happens when you awaken. You see everything in a true light. The shadows are exposed. But how many gurus proclaim that everything is wonderful? Most of them, because that is what attracts followers, sells books and makes money. How many people would rather know the truth, rather than live a lie? Not many at this time. Not many gurus, new age authors, or pseudo-shamans are willing to expose the deceptions at the root. It’s never popular to speak the truth.

The more insane the matrix becomes, the more the people must be programmed to accept it all as normal. That has pretty much been accomplished, especially by the media and the state school programmings. We are told what to believe, and few people ever question anything. I believe that the majority of the people in the world are so deeply programmed, that it is easy for these rogues to get away with so many atrocities. In Piercing Through the Veil, I wrote:

“As the matrix becomes exponentially more powerful, it has an inherent weakness that also becomes increasingly more apparent. This is rather unavoidable, as it is a major aspect, or quality of the matrix. That weakness is the fact that it is an illusion. It is not the true reality, and it becomes ever more apparent. The stronger the matrix becomes, the stronger the illusions become. They can become the elephant in the living room. In other words, the illusions can become very obvious to someone who is astute and observant.

“Therefore the controllers have to be able to keep us in deeper and deeper hypnosis, so that we will not notice the elephant in the room. The more blatant the illusions, the deeper we must be placed into hypnosis, so that we will not notice the elephant, or if we do, we will accept it as normal.”

Once you can see through the matrix, once it collapses before your eyes, then you can see past it into the deepest Truths. As long as the matrix has a hold on you, it creates a veil between your little self (where the focus of your consciousness is now) and your true Self. The matrix has everyone bound within her web, so one cannot see past it into the Truth. This is our great work, to become free from the matrix’s webs of illusions. One must possess the sword of Truth to slice through the web.

Where does this Truth come from? From our deepest Self. The deeper we travel on this inner pathway of the true Self, the more these Truths flow forth from this deep well of the Self. Not only do we get new insights, but we also awaken to deeper aspects of our Self, and realize that the Truths that spring forth are aspects of our very Selves. We are those Truths, as we are awakening to who we truly are.

This is the inner journey, the road less traveled. Come take the journey, unravel the mysteries, see beyond the matrix of deception and journey back to who you truly Are.

– Greg Calise

Pure spirituality has no true architecture or form. It flows freely and naturally from the true Self. When our consciousness perceives the various worlds, this pure conscious spirituality may become tinged by the various elements, modes, associations and perversions in which it comes in contact with. It becomes tinged by the various persons, societies, cultures, places, mental thoughts, beliefs, etc. When this occurs, the spirituality takes on many forms and architectures, and it becomes perverted.

We are in a state of existence where modern spiritual architectures pervade the world. It is a major problem facing humanity, because it is incapable of freeing one from his material predicament. It has no potency whatsoever in that regard. These spiritual architectures are based upon deceptions and lies, which bind us to these illusions. I see it everywhere, in so many guises.

Modern spiritual architecture includes all of the modern religions and cults, as well as all of the ancient religions and cults. It includes all the new age philosophies as well. Most of what appears as spiritual or religious in the world are all part of this perverted spiritual architecture. It was introduced onto the Earth long ago, in the predawn of civilizations, where the gods, goddesses, religions, temples and scriptures first made their appearances.

What are some of the symptoms of this spiritual perversion? Rituals, sacrifices, prayers, chanting mantras, gods, goddesses, deities, angels, light beings, temples, churches, gurus, priests, holy scriptures, any hierarchy, psychoactive drugs, channellings and all of the practices that emanate from these. All of these bind the soul to the matrix of deceit. And yet they are all presented as means to liberation and salvation. It’s all a lie, perpetrated by the trans-dimensional gods which have invaded and captured our divine planet, Mother Earth, as well as most of the cosmos in our vicinity.

To understand true spirituality, which flows naturally and eternally from our divine true Self, we must look beyond the predawn of all civilizations, and all of the gods and goddesses appearances in our world. The ancient indigenous peoples lived this spirituality and therefore were continually hunted down, destroyed in vast numbers and enslaved by the new kingdoms of civilizations sprouting over the Earth. About 500 or more years ago, the christian church began an extermination program, where they hunted down and murdered and tortured hundreds of millions of indigenous people, especially hunting down the shamans and any spiritual knowledge still present around the globe. This persecution is continuing to this day.

Every now and then, we can find this true spiritual wisdom bloom and flow from various persons, as prophets, mystics and sages. Lao Tzu was one such person that pierced through the veil, to give us the Tao De Ching. Of course we cannot know for certain if the present form of this teaching has been corrupted or not, but it seems perhaps untouched. Taoism became perverted into a religion, and therefor, only the ancient teachings can be trusted. The Buddha came and directed that flow into India, only for it too, to become a religion with temples, gurus, rituals, deities, scriptures etc. As it ventured North, it become extremely corrupted into the Tibetan theocracy. Wherever it ventured forth, it took on the beliefs and customs of the various civilizations it came into contact with.

So it seems that as soon as these spiritual rivers of Truth flow, they are immediately perverted into religions and other forms. There have been other great sages, even in modern times, that have revealed these powerful inner teachings. Nisargadatta Maharaj is one such rare person. Jiddu Krishnamurti was another, although it appears that no one actually was able to grasp his true message. There have been others. To understand who is allowing this pure spiritual river of Truth to flow, simply observe if their teachings contain any of the symptoms of the modern spiritual architectures which I have listed above. If it does, it’s perverted.

This pure flow of wisdom of the Self also has its symptoms and qualities. It is a formless wisdom, free of any hierarchies, beliefs or any of the symptoms of perversion. Truth, honesty, integrity, compassion, caring, joy and peace are all qualities of this divine river of Truth. What is also predominate is the ability to see clearly, with proper discernment and the ability to distinguish the Truth from the illusions.

What we have at present upon the Earth are many various forms of perverted spiritual architectures. None of them are actually spiritual, but only various forms of religion and cosmic traps, all masquerading as spiritual paths. The problem is that all of them take drastic detours from the true path to the divine Self, and instead lead people out into the cosmic matrix. They are all mass deceptions, engineered to keep everyone trapped within the matrix of the invading trans-dimensional beings that have invaded and conquered our beautiful planet.

The so called gods and goddesses that the majority of the world worship, feed off of the worship, sacrifices and prayers, as well as all of the pain and suffering. People are worshipping the very demoniac forces that have imprisoned them. This really must stop.

– Greg Calise

At times I am amazed at the sets of experiences our deeper Self arranges for us to go through. It’s not always an easy ride. It is not unlike a piece of coal that goes through immense pressure to become a diamond, or a piece of steel that the blacksmith hones into a master blade. We are each on his own unique journey, each with his own sets of experiences.

I am also amazed at the perfection of the universe in arranging all the various characters that play roles in our awakening, whether they be friends, adversaries and even as the gods. Yes, our deeper Self has arranged all of it, so we are each responsible for our own individual journey. In the ultimate sense, there is no one to blame for our experiences, not even ourselves.

For a majority of my life, I have felt like Perseus from Greek Mythology. Perseus was the son of Zeus. He became a pawn in their game, whereas he was both helped and hindered. Yes, the gods play with us as if we were chess pieces in their game.

I have noticed far too many events in my life, where I come face to face with certain death. and somehow miraculously survive. From nearly falling off high cliffs, drowning, stampeded by water buffalo, almost torn to shreds by a clan of Himalayan Baboons, vipers, to being poisoned by the illuminati, serious health problems, not being able to sleep at all for two months, to being cut up in the operating room. It has all been pretty constant, with so many experiences even forgotten and never counted.

I am pretty certain that I have angered the gods by defying them and exposing them for who they really are. I have always been pretty defiant in my life. Bull shit never sat well with me. I assume it is they that torment me. And yet this has been occurring long before defying the gods. For most of my life, I had been devoutly religious. So there is something deeper going on here, which I am getting glimpses of. The gods can see future events, and therefor can predict who will be trouble for them.

And yet I always survive. Someone is looking after me and protecting me. I know that Mother Earth has always protected me. And I know that the Cat People are also protecting me. I have always had a very close connection with all cats, even in the wild. In Zen Cats, I wrote:

“Fifteen years later, while I was living in the mountains of Northern California, I was meditating next to a stream. I heard this crashing through the forest, sounding like a bull dozer. I saw small trees and bushes collapsing in its wake. Whatever it was, it was big, and I had no place to run. I was awed by the power of this immense animal. Was it a bear? A mountain lion? Then it hit the stream, and I could hear the river stones flying when its feet hit the ground. In a short time I saw this huge mountain lion come up from the creek and hid behind a bush not more than 15 feet from me. When he breathed out, I could feel the entire world expand, and when he breathed in, I could feel the entire world contract. I was struck by awe.

“So I started walking towards it (not a smart thing to do) calling. ‘Here kitty, kitty.’ Suddenly a very powerful voice came into my head and said, ‘Stop! Don’t come any closer. You cannot see me, but know that I am always with you as your protector. Now please back up slowly and let me pass.’ So I did.

Here I am in the middle of this game, being tossed around by the gods, and protected by the Cats. It appears that they don’t like the gods either.

DAMN THE GODS!!!!! THEY TORMENT US ALL CONSTANTLY!!!!

Yes, it is the gods that torment humanity. Who did you Think was tormenting us? The evil men and women are but minions to the gods. The gods invaded Earth, enslaved humanity and feed off of our prayers and worship. They also feed off of our pain and suffering. They have become our masters and we have become their slaves.

I defy the gods. I will not submit to their treachery, nor their authority. They may even kill my body, but they cannot have my soul. I know their trickery. I am destined to do what I do. So I am very grateful for the Cat People. They are very powerful warrior races fighting against evil.

A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE HOSPITAL

I don’t speak too much about my medical conditions, because I very rarely think about it, and it’s not something I like to talk about. Especially here, as I feel my writings are what is important, and not the person behind them. But I just had a very strange event occur.

In 1994, I was working as a consultant for the Prince of Wales Institute of Architecture in London. It was in the field of sacred geometry and the structure of the cosmos, including how all energy, time and consciousness pass through this structure in cycles. It was quite esoteric. One day, during a meeting, I noticed two men in dark suits sitting in, observing. After the meeting, the two men cornered me in the hallway and began interrogating me. They were not happy that I had this knowledge. They told me, “No one is supposed to know these secret teachings.” 3 weeks later, I ended up in the hospital with beginning stages of kidney failure. I was deported back to america. Eventually, a few years later, the kidneys gave out and I found myself on peritoneal dialysis. This works for 2 to 4 years, but it’s been 17 years since I started.

After 17 years on peritoneal dialysis, my catheter got infected, so they were going to pull it out and put a new one in. Because Medicaid was dragging their feet, my surgeon said to go to the ER and he would pick me up there. The first surgery should have been an outpatient surgery, and I would be home that afternoon. But things rarely go as we plan them.

I had a heart attack in the ER. I guess that’s a good place to have one. It seems the infection went into my heart. So I ended up having heart surgery, and then they put a temp. catheter in my juggler vein, then pulled the old catheter out. So I had 3 surgeries without anesthesia.
When they pulled the old catheter out and stapled it shut, they then moved me to my bed, and all the staples gave out. I nearly bled to death. It took the poor nurses 3 1/2 hours to finally stop the bleeding, as the cardiologist had put me on blood thinners (these doctors are idiots). The next day I had to have 2 units of blood transfused. Well, after a few days, they finally let me go home.

A few days later, I woke up to go to hemo dialysis, and the surgical wound had started bleeding again, so I put pressure on it, drove to the clinic, where the nurses changed the dressing (it had stopped bleeding.) The dialysis nurse told me that I looked dry, so he didn’t want to pull any water off of me. I told him I didn’t feel dry, but I’m new to hemo dialysis, so he didn’t pull off any. That night, about 1:00 AM, I laid down to sleep, and I found I couldn’t breathe.

I felt like I was having another heart attack, except this time I could not breathe. I was suffocating. I called a friend, who called 911 and came over. It took the paramedics 1/2 hour to get there from only one mile away.They put me on oxygen, but I still couldn’t breathe well.

I had water on the lungs, so at the hospital, they put me on pressurized oxygen to push the water off the lungs. Then they dialysed me and took off nearly 2 liters of water. After a few more days in the hospital, they let me come home. I feel like I went through hell in a hand basket. So now I’m recuperating. Eventually I need 3 more surgeries. Let’s see how much more they can botch this up (I have had quite a few botched up surgeries).

I swear that one group of gods want me dead, and another group are trying to save me. Yes, I have become a pawn in the grand chess game of the gods.

So here I go again, through the depths of hell and back again. You don’t get used to it. What I have noticed is that every time I go through these painful experiences, in the end, I become much stronger and much more aware. I suppose it is like the blacksmith that puts the steel blade in the fire, and then pound it to hone the blade. Do I really need to become a sword? Couldn’t I just be a simple letter opener?

So this is what I have been through in the last couple of weeks. So now I am resting, recuperating and building my strength. Please be patient, as I won’t be doing a lot of writing for a while. I must say, I have had quite a few revelations through this, so I will be writing once the dust settles. Somehow I signed up for this. So far I have survived everything they have thrown at me.

I know at a deep level that all of these experiences are moulding me into who I am. My deepest Self arranged for all of these experiences to occur. Everyone else is just playing their various roles in this saga. No one is to blame for any of this. I assume that this was the best path for me to take for my awakening. As I said, I am getting some deep insights into deeper mysteries.

– Greg Calise

You’ve probably noticed that I never have posted anything about health. That’s kind of strange, if you consider that I have spent tens of thousands of hours researching health. It’s not an easy topic to research, as there is a lot of faulty science in this area. Most claims and products on the net are exaggerated at best. An extremely high percentage of health products are actually toxic. It’s a real shame that people can have no scruples about scamming people that are seriously ill. That’s right, they sell products that they know are either useless or even toxic.

I have spent thousands of dollars on products that did not work. You seem to learn faster when your mistakes cost you lots of money. You also seem to learn faster when your life depends on it. In time, you become savvy. I have a pretty good knowledge base of what is actually beneficial for health, what is not beneficial, which sciences are faulty and which products are scams.

I am a medical anomaly, as I should have died on many occasions, and yet I am still here. They have no idea why I am still alive, these past 13 years especially. My doctors and nurses are amazed that I have survived so many certain fatal events I have experienced. So am I. There is something mystical about the Grim Reaper dragging you to his gate, and somehow you escape his grip. I must displease him, as he keeps grabbing at me.

So yeah, I do what I can to stay healthy, and I do a pretty good job of it, with drastic dietary changes, and finding superb supplements that actually work very well. So why don’t I post about health topics?

People that know me see that I am very knowledgeable about health. Many people come to me complaining about their health issues. I tell them to research certain products, diets, doctors and various health philosophies. I can usually give them a considerable amount of my personal knowledge as well. I don’t believe anyone ever even bothered reading anything I gave them, or bought any of the products I advised.

Then the next time I see them, they make the same complaint, and I ask them if they followed any of my advice. They never do. This happens very frequently, so it eventually reaches a point, where I have to tell them, “I have given you advice several times, and you never even bothered looking into it, so don’t ever ask me again.”

So why bother asking? Especially several times. Are they expecting me to give them a different answer? What’s up with that? It sounds like a very strange game that some people play. Really, they don’t want my advice; they just want attention and sympathy, and someone to complain to..

I think the strangest event was when a friend of mine kept complaining about her health for a very long time. I had told her to stop eating packaged foods, GMOs, etc, and to take certain supplements. After such a long time of her complaining, I saw her in the store, and her basket was full of cheap GMO packaged food and candy, and large bottles of Mountain Dew with Aspartame. That made me realize that many people are incapable of hearing anything. I know far too many people that just let anything that enters one ear speedily escape through the other ear. I have a friend that has some mystical power where the words don’t even enter the ear. They just go right over his head. So I have learned to not waste my time advising people.

What I write here on my blog is somewhat different. This is my personal digital diary, that just so happens to be public. So if someone wants to read it, he can. He can believe it or not, act upon it or not. It really doesn’t bother me. I’m not trying to convince anyone of anything. I’m just sharing what I find on my journey. It’s free admission.

Not many people that I know ever ask me any spiritual questions or advice. Many people consider me crazy and/or a lost soul; even a heretic. That suites me fine, because I don’t have to waste any time or energy speaking about topics that they immediately reject out of the other ear.

I suppose people just like to complain about their situations. They have no intention of actually even considering someone’s advice. This is a major problem. People love to complain, but refuse to do anything to change. So don’t bother asking.

– Greg Calise

I’ve never liked to inconvenience people, but nowadays it seems inevitable that I may inconvenience them. In the new technology age, we are all expected to be on call, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. You can’t even go to the bathroom without receiving a text or someone trying to call you. And then people get annoyed if you don’t text them back within 10 seconds. I’m not a surgeon, having to do emergency surgery. I’m not a fireman or a policeman or a drug dealer.

Everything is urgent today. Must know immediately! I guess we expect the world to work like Google. I can’t seem to keep up with it. I don’t text, and few people have my cell number. I hardly use it. It’s a dumb phone. I’m usually home, and I answer the phone or get back to them. I am sorry to inconvenience people in this way, but somehow I just can’t buy into the frantic pace. How can you notice the flowers, or the trees, or other people, when you’re frantically running around with your head full of a million things, while staring at your smart phone and running into a pole. No thanks. I’ll just sit over here on the sidelines and watch the funny game.

I was trapped in the game for a long time. I had management jobs, where efficiency and dead lines were a daily experience. It seems most of the western world is focused on efficiency, always doing, multitasking and biting off more than you can chew, as they say. Lives are filled with anxiety, worries, stress, frustrations and too many things to do and not enough time. It’s not easy to get out of the rat race. Most people have to work, raise families, etc. It’s quite a dilemma.

When I was young, all we had were land lines and the stores were closed after 6 PM and Sundays. We didn’t have computers or most of the technology we have now. Things just moved at a slower pace. No, it may not have been as efficient, but people didn’t seem to mind. There definitely was less stress and anxiety. If you called someone, and they weren’t home, you tried later. We didn’t even have answer machines or caller ID. It seemed to work well, Instead, nowadays I see people get furious because someone didn’t answer their text immediately.

If you never had something, how can you miss it? We saw future technology on Star Trek, but we didn’t have it, and we didn’t miss it. Everything went at its natural pace. We were amazed at how technically advanced we were then compared to 60 years before. We had cars, airplanes, telephones, radio and so much more. We really thought we were advanced. But to look back on it now, it seems so archaic. Kids wonder how we managed to live without computers and cell phones. Well, we did, and things moved at a slower pace then.

Unless you have a small country farm and grow your own food, it’s very difficult to live in society and work without all these technical gadgets to keep us all connected. We are forced into a frantic pace. Like I said, how will you notice the flowers? How will you have time to notice anything, if you are always so busy, with your head full of thousands of things? That’s the whole point. Distract everyone by keeping them too busy, and they won’t have the time to notice the noose tightening around their neck. As long as one goes about his day in this frantic pace, how can one practice Zen?

Sages give their example by moving slowly and deliberately. The sage is observant. Although moving slowly, like a cat, they can move swiftly in an instant. Consider the great martial artists, and watch their movements. Always focused and deliberate, conserving their energy.

And yet in the modern world, we seemed forced into this frantic pace. Work demands it, the kids demand it, the government demands it and the media feeds it. This disconnects us from Mother Nature, other people and our selves. It chips away at our humanity.

It takes effort in this world to slow down. My advice (and I don’t usually give advice) is to slow down whenever you can. Notice the flowers, the trees, the wind, notice other people, become observant and question everything.

I can see where society is being funneled into. There is a concerted effort, you may call it a conspiracy, that is pushing society in a particular direction. I have been observing it all of my life. I can see the incremental, methodical processes that has moved society into very abrupt changes in the last 60 years. I notice the propaganda that paints a beautiful picture of great benefits for various new proposed laws and programs, only to deliver something else with an evil agenda. NAFTA is a good example. Trickle down economics is another. Obama Care is a disaster for the doctors and the patients. Slick political advertising. It gets easier for them as the populace becomes more dumbed down.

It started with the breaking apart of the family unit. I went into this in extensive detail in Steering Society Off the Cliff. Women’s liberation had a huge part to play in this. With the women in the workforce in vast numbers, the government was able to nearly double their tax revenues. You would then expect the taxes to go down, but instead, they are always raising them. The kids were left at home or in day care. Divorce became common, and many children are raised in a single parent home. TV became the new influential parent.

Next came the entertainment and sports to distract everyone. My previous article explains it all. Technology changed a lot, and communication became world wide and instantaneous. Now with all of this technology, we should not have to work as hard, as the machines are doing the work. But that never happened. Instead, everyone was now expected to produce more (much more) in less time and with less labor. So people should be paid more for their productivity. Well, that never happened either. In fact, people are getting paid much less than before. So who is benefitting from all of this? Someone is making a ton of money on everyone else’s labors.

So now everyone is expected to run around like a chicken with his head cut off, trying to do far too many things in a given time. The masses are being herded into a coral, and they don’t even realize it. Well, it’s just around the bend. The more frantic one becomes, the more things rattling around in his head, the more stress, fear and anxiety one feels, the more one is being ripped away from Mother Nature, other people, himself, and any possibility of finding time to contemplate, meditate, read, relax or even to actually live life. Each person must decide if he wants to follow the herd, or to break away. And remember, the tortoise won the race; slow and steady.

– Greg Calise