Help Yourself

This is the recommended first port-of-call for new readers.

Conquering cognitive dissonance can be an unpleasant, psyche-changing, relationship-wrecking, career-ending experience, depending on how far from reality an individual has become, and thus how far the elastic must snap back.  Underestimate it at your peril.

Many people experience 'the dark night of the soul' after straying into uncensored information, causing them to abruptly question some of their most fundamental attitudes, norms, and beliefs held since childhood.  Similar to the end of a long-term personal relationship, a bereavement, or some other sudden (and usually negative) turn of events,  humans experience a 'five stages of grief' process that begins with shock, disbelief, and denial, and then gets worse. These feelings accompany the questioning and inevitable deconstruction of everything that an individual thought they knew to be true about human life on Earth, but was actually false, incomplete, or irrelevant.  For example, almost every human on Earth knows what money is, but almost nobody knows that the lucrative responsibility for printing it was usurped from all European governments by bankers as far back as the 1800s (they also got the USA in 1913 and Canada in 1974).  Equally, most people in the USA, Canada, and Australia actually believe their public water supply is safe to drink.  And it is, as long as cancer, self-imposed stupidity, and long-term brain damage are the objectives of the person drinking it.

So how can someone bullet-proof themselves before embarking on a journey that will put them and their constitution to the ultimate test? In short, by knowing oneself and one's self-worth. But that sense of self-worth must be impermeable. It cannot be reliant on such 20th century constructs as "income", "job title", or other consumerist tendencies such as accumulating 'stuff' whether that stuff is money, or anything else.  Unfortunately, career success in a psychopathic system that does little more than relentlessly convert Earth's finite resources into landfill for profit (via a consumer) is likely the antithesis of worthiness. As Krishnamurti said: "It is no measure of health to be well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society."

One has to be intimately familiar with one's own strengths and weaknesses in order to understand how best one can function, and to help understand what role can be played in evolution whether of the self, or of the species.  One must imagine humankind has already evolved beyond money, materialism, and aspirational psychopathy, and then try to imagine the role in society they might play.

But, first things first...

How do you cope?  Who are you and how are you likely to react to new information, especially if it forces you to question some of your most fundamentally-held beliefs?  What do you, personally, need to be vigilant for, and how can you protect your integrity and mental health during one of the most difficult eras for humankind?  What changes might you need to make in order to thrive as your truest self?

Library of Insight

You're primed, prepared, and ready.  This isn't your first foray outside corporate media and groupthink, and you're able to receive and assess new information without it impacting you as harshly as before.  You'd like to see more, but either you need to do it at your own pace, or in a way that lets you prioritise certain subjects first and deliberately postpone others, and more systematically than in the news section.

Consultancy

Having an accurate and firm grip on the true nature of human existence on Earth has made you more wise, resilient, and aware than ever before.  But, it's a lonely place to be.  Worse, your current circumstances make it difficult for you to communicate with others, whether in the workplace or socially.  Where do you go for help, support, uncensored conversation, or for assistance in helping others awaken?