Making Changes 404 (storing wealth)

Fully consider how you wish to store your surplus currency units for future use.

Reconsider how you denominate your wealth.

For example, in April I exchanged 2000 currency units for silver, instead of buying an electrically assisted bicycle. The silver is now valued at 2700 currency units. However, I do not value my wealth in currency units. I value wealth in grams of gold. My silver is up 15% percent in terms of gold. I can exchange the silver for 15% more gold than if I originally swapped the currency units for gold.

Anyway, the point is not to gain but to save / store surplus wealth for the future.

Currency units are useful, or at least potentially useful. The electric bike would be useful. Swapping currency for silver is how I chose to store some wealth. My choice, my responsibility, my problem, my opportunity. I did not exchange my own sovereignty by asking a government puppet what the government has told him to tell me.

Did you UNDERSTAND? Do you know what is real?

Your children are real.
Your skills are real.
Your home is real.

Government is an illusion of power.
Banks are illusions of wealth.

Together, finance and politics, are an illusory controlling mechanism.

Terrorists continue to prove that governments are not powerful.

Bailing out the banks in 2008 proved that the banks are not wealthy.

Yet we still cling to the illusion of (financial and political) control tighter than a mewling baby to its safety blanket. At least the baby clings to something that is REAL

The Shape of Things

I have suggested that society is a poor way of organising things and that a member of society is far from all they could be.

In this post, I hope to lay out my thoughts on this matter. As a critical thinker, you are invited to appreciate my thoughts, develop them further or simply bear them in mind.

Three is a key number and I have stated in my books that each person is a mixture of an inner monkey, an autopilot and cognitive centre. Suggesting that the best version of us in one where we are aware of when we use the autopilot and we maintain a calm inner monkey. As society is only a collection of individuals, I have recently made the argument that society should share these three components, as it simply reflects us collectively and in turn moulds us as individuals.

Our inner monkey is reflected in government. Fear propels each into a frenzy of poorly judged activity. Notice how a strong government reaction relies on a strong fear response from the members of society.

Our autopilot is readily observed reflected in society. Whenever an official refuses to listen to reason and insists on following procedure. Or whenever anybody displays an inability to do anything than follow written procedures. Despite overwhelming evidence that they are wasting time and resources.

There are a great many things in society that are on ‘autopilot’. Laws are simply accepted. Speed cameras are accepted. Banking rules are seen as obvious and not given a moments thought in millions of lifetimes. Feel free to notice thousand more.

Which leaves our individual cognitive abilities. How are they reflected in society? Well, poorly. Traditional media, social media and TV. These are what I would call distractions from reality. Distractions from becoming that which we were born to be. Ourselves.

If you notice that our governments are getting increasingly powerful. Then that is a reflection of the members of society having, on average, a more active inner monkey.

If you notice an increasing amount of people being unable to make coherent decisions at work because they MUST follow procedure. Then that simply reflects how many of us let our autopilot run for extended periods.

If you notice that the ‘distractions’ are becoming increasingly banal. Then that is a reflection of how poorly the average person is at reasoning, thinking and planning.

That is how society is a reflection of the average individual. Society then exerts a force on each individual to comply to this normality / reality.

Now, let us take this idea a little further. Let us take the average man and coach him into calming down his inner monkey. Then we lecture him on how to be aware of being on autopilot. Then we help him cut down the amount of time he spends on twitter / Facebook / you tube / mindlessly watching TV and films. Now imagine everyone following his example. How do you think that would impact upon society?

I suggest that such an altered man would be a civilised human being and he would live in a civilisation, regardless of how everyone else acts and behaves. Or he may succumb to the immense inertia of society. I’ll let you know how I get on.

How society shapes us

Perth Mint example

Last week I mentioned Perth Mint and Papua New Guinea. Most won’t believe my version of it because they cannot. They will say it cannot happen because it is ‘illegal’. Well, the word ‘illegal’ and the word ‘justice’ are not the same. Illegal is whatever your government says it is. Justice is whatever your soul tells you it is.

Thus, one of the more corrosive effects of society is to ‘encourage’ you not to think about these sorts of things.

What can you do?

Well imagine you live in a world where almost everyone is better than you are on your best day. You would remove your wealth from the two predatory banks. You would not do it quietly either. You will be talking about it to anyone who will listen. Most will listen and all that do will remove their funds too. Some of which will be sent to Perth Mint in exchange for some of their wares with a letter expressing your concern about them no longer supporting Papua New Guinea.

Can you see how quickly the world could change, if only we did?

How does society shape us?

School sets the tone for our adult life. Listening to bells, obeying those in authority, working hard for government issued bits of paper called certificates.

Work, for most of us, is the same as school. Be at work on time, listen to those above you, work hard for bank issued bits of paper called currency.

The press and traditional media sell vastly more copies when fear is high. So wars are good and so I covid. Fear is deliberately fanned by these outlets and we provide them with more wealth the more fear they are able to generate within us. How utterly bizarre.

I Russia still the enemy or is it Trump? What about the bloke with the haircut? Has the Japanese nuclear thing been cured? Are we all vegans yet?

You need to be aware of how society shapes you otherwise you are not really you are you?

Chicken or egg

Which comes first, society or members of society? Again, I find this quite trivial. We were once ‘savages’ aka ‘cavemen’ and things are so much better now because we are so advanced. Really?

Guess how hard feeding your family was back in ‘cave man times’? It was easy. Man has sweat glands and most animals do not. Go out at midday to a shady spot and then jog after whichever animal you like the look of. It will soon collapse from heat exhaustion.

How easy is it to provide for your family today? Well, two incomes and a large mortgage for most. Is it getting easier? When house prices start to ‘soften’ I expect covid will be blamed. Not the fact that houses were priced extremely high due to the predatory nature of our financial system.

Conclusion

Greater awareness comes with greater human development. Without this awareness you won’t be able to live your life to the best of your ability. Your life will be far less than what it would have been. That is the price that society demands from you without your knowledge or the slightest glimmer of understanding from society either. It is a funny old game. I believe that it is called the ‘real world’.

Society and its Members

Reflection

I have stated that society is a reflection of its members. When anyone comments on society, they are most likely commenting upon themselves. That said, society does not reflect the best of us. Society rarely brings out the best in us either.

I believe that the above paragraph is obvious and explaining it to be pointless. However, if we all knew that. Or, more to the point, if we all knew everyone else knew that, then society becomes so much more in an instant.

An example

Let us use Justice as our topic. Collectively we all believe in fair play. Our police, prisons and Justice system is ferociously expensive but we are fearful that without it chaos will result. Not because of you the reader, as you are a pleasant and engaging human being. But the others will take advantage. Government then provides a pitiful and pathetic illusion of justice and we all just go along with it. An example of society reflecting that which we individually believe everybody else is.

Those of us with some experience of the world will have countless examples of atrocious miscarriages of justice. Yet we continue with a flawed system as we cannot imagine anything better but we can readily imagine something far worse. Not because you the reader would suddenly become a cheating, violent ne’er do well but because of the ‘others’. Well, you are one of the ‘others’.

Fear

Generally speaking, government reflects our collective fear of other people. We perhaps fear that ‘others’ might forcefully or stealth fully take something from us. The government comes to our rescue by taking far more.

Banks reflect our collective fear of ‘others’ taking our portable wealth. The financial solution to this is to create a pretend currency and gently take our wealth anyway, with inflation.

There is no alternative

Apparently, we all know that government and banking isn’t perfect but it is OK and things could be far worse. The alternative is in becoming the person I mentioned in the three legs of human development and civilisation. Government can only do that which we, collectively, allow them to do. I believe that there is an expression that you get the government that you deserve and we have.

Believe what you will. Things could be worse but they could be a whole lot better too.

Reflection of developed humans

If society is an accurate reflection of what we individually believe everyone else to be. Then what would the society be like if everyone was as good as you? Or at the very least, no worse. Next imagine that you are the best possible version of you. No bad days. Always behaving as you would have us believe that you are. No imagine everyone being about the same. What would a reflection of that be? I would call a reflection of that a civilisation. Hence the name of the blog post, the three legs of human development and civilisation.

The future civilisation

Once you have developed into an advanced human being aka become the very best possible version of you in all circumstance. Then you automatically live in a civilisation. No-one else has a choice in this because none of their societal games now work. They are forced to act in a civilised manner because as an advanced human being, you are intrinsically powerful.

This is incredibly important. You don’t have to wait for everybody else to become ‘civilised’ to usher in a ‘civilisation’.

The world is your oyster

The world becomes far easier to understand and navigate once you have developed your ‘three legs’. The covid thing transforms into that which it actually is rather than that which government think it is. Finance transforms into that which it actually is rather than that which banks would have you believe. Anyway, me explaining reality to a member of society is unlikely to be received with any favour.

Perth Mint Example

Let me give you a recent example of two rather large banks picking on a smaller bank for their own gain. Rather like two bullies in a school yard taking a younger child's food from them. That type of injustice is unacceptable but society is likely to fully support it.

Perth Mint gets some supply of it’s freshly mined gold from one of the worlds least developed countries. (Papua New Guinea.) Imagine you live in this country and get to sell your gold to the worlds largest newly mined gold refiner. Two of the worlds largest banks suggest that Perth Mint is supporting unsustainable mining and children are being exploited. If Perth mint stop buying this gold, someone else will. Someone with no morals who will use lots of force and will pay less and want more. No justice. No fairness. All legal. The two large banks are using whatever words are necessary to divert a flow of gold from the Perth Mint to somewhere else.

Remembering now that banks have been caught and found guilty of money laundering for drug cartels. I am not suggesting that these banks are behaving illegally but I won’t ever be using their services as they are abhorrent to me. Yet your society gives them hundreds of billions of dollars when their outlandish gambles don’t pay off.

Sorry about the rant. The ‘unintended’ consequence of this Perth Mint psyop will be having ‘exploited’ children's parents being threatened with a gun to the back of the head. More gold for less currency or the kids get orphaned. Well what do you think, yes, no, may be, but things could be worse? Imagine you are one of the ‘exploited' children, things are going to get a lot worse. I feel sick.

Conclusion

We can do much better, easily.

Cognitive Balance (leg 3)

Cognitive Balance

I don’t know what this is. I feel that it must exist as it is part of the three aspects of self and as they have a balance, so must this. There must also be a synergy between the other two. I don’t know what that is either.
I often mention society being a reflection of us and that society also moulds us. There must also be a balance between us and the collective us aka society.
In not knowing a thing, I can see it’s outline by looking for it even if I cannot see it.
Cognitive balance is about control. Are we in control of our thoughts? Are worriers in control of their thoughts? I would say no. Cognitive balance involves a control of our thoughts but not a control of our feelings. When we think of a thing, we may have an emotional response. We are to allow this response and value it. We consider our emotional response, we weigh it and balance it against that which we think we know. Control of our thoughts is retained but no such control is needed with our emotions. I would suggest that controlling emotions won’t end well. We ought to focus our efforts on controlling our actions. Our physical self and emotional self will help with that if we are properly ‘balanced’ in all three aspects of ourselves.

Control

With proper balance comes proper control. We now get to be who we thought we were all along. We get to be the best us that is possible. We achieve our genetic potential, our human potential. We realise our potential. We self actualise – which is known and has been written about extensively. This then has transformed into a guide on how to achieve self actualisation. Which is convenient but does mean that my next goal is now already achieved.

Conclusions

Words are very powerful things in that they guide our thoughts without our awareness of how this is achieved. With cognitive balance we have greater mental clarity, as our awareness has been restored.
I cannot stress enough how linked we are within our cognitive, emotional and physical selves and there is the same connection to everyone else collectively and individually. As examples arise, I will relate them to you weekly as promised.

Emotional Balance (leg 2)

Emotional Balance

I had a step change in my ‘abilities’ in that I woke up feeling very much different to how I had felt for half a century.
There are three fundamental changes covering my cognitive, physical and emotional self. I covered physical last week. I picked up a 20kg box expecting it to feel heavy and it felt more like a 10kg box. I noticed this at the time but was busy so I carried on with my contracted duties.
I had wondered if work would feel different and this post covers that. The first two days were uneventful but I did experience a few ‘triggers’. Events that, historically, I react with a little annoyance too. I still did. So, perhaps disappointing but there you go. Tuesday, I realised that Wednesday was likely to be a massive challenge. It was far more challenging than I could have ever imagined. I was unconcerned Tuesday night and slept well. Wednesday brought challenge after challenge after challenge. Emotionally, I did not react to any of the challenges. Actually, disaster would be a better word to use. However, the word disaster is highly charged with emotion. If it could go wrong, it did. If I thought things could not get worse, they did. Emotionally, I was balanced. I was simply amused. This allowed me to act and react appropriately. I couldn’t have done a better job with a fully charged time machine and a bucket full of flux capacitors.
Friday brought a fresh test which I just handled. Previously, I would have been enraged and created a ‘director level’ problem. So, that was what work was like. The same but different. A few seconds of ‘stress’ rather than many hours. In fact, three weeks of furlough was enjoyable. As was the first week of work. A week of work and a week off were comparable. I have no preference between a week of work or a week of holiday. I wrote the same sentence several times because the old me would not believe it.

Synergy

The emotional balance is made easier by the physical balance discussed in last weeks blog. Each one reinforcing the other. Discussing two out of the three is not possible. There are three components that are mutually reinforcing. Physical, emotional and cognitive balance all reinforce each other. The ‘work challenge’ would have been met by a major emotional response. There was none. I had full confidence in my cognitive ability to make the best of a bad job. I knew that I was physically capable of carrying out whatever I deemed necessary. Thus I had no fear in my ability to do what was necessary and no fear that I would fail. Fear is induced by the emotional component, amplified by the cognitive centres which then feeds on the physical components of the body. Each of the three systems reinforcing the others, amplifying the fear.
Thus, I am attempting to describe the opposite of the fear cycle. I know fear releases cortisol which breaks down muscle tissue into glycogen which is used to power the fear response ever higher. This is only useful if a tiger is chasing you. Not useful if the printer runs out of paper at an in opportune moment. I know that but I know nothing of the opposite. It feels good and is what I believe has happened to me. There is fear and there is a lack of fear. I am now enjoying the opposite of fear. I am in the opposite of the fear cycle. I assume I don’t know what that is because nobody does and society is not interested in it. Whereas, we are all partial experts in the fear cycle. Society is very interested in fear. Just turn on the news whilst attempting to digest your evening meal to see fear in action. Actually, I strongly recommend that you don’t.

Example

We all know what worry is. We imagine something unpleasant. This is our cognitive self sabotaging our physical self. Our emotional self reinforces our cognitive belief with negative emotions and a thick soup of powerful hormones. In such a state of fear, we can readily imagine something new or re-imagine our previous unpleasant thought. All three systems working together to generate a world class worrier.
What I am describing is the opposite of worry and I REALLY DON’T KNOW HOW TO.
Caps Lock decided that capitals were required and I have agreed. What is the opposite of worry? Well, literally, you think something may occur which would be unpleasant. Your emotional self does not react as it knows you will handle it. Physically and mentally, your emotional self believes that you may well be measured but won’t be found wanting.
Well, we all know that worrying about something will not help. How come we don’t know what the opposite of worry is? Is it confidence? If it is, why aren’t we taught this. All school taught me was to worry about the Russians starting a thermo global nuclear war and aids.

Conclusions

The benefit of this emotional balance is considerable. ‘Worst day – ever’ at work transforms into an interesting one. I know we already know this but when a challenge does transform into an opportunity, it is a miraculous thing to be a part of.
Next week will see me covering the final part of our trio, cognitive balance.