Can this picture help us Go Free?
I judge it can. What do you think?
It took me a minute to “get” the message of this picture:
I felt a chill in my bones when I “saw” the message.
Mark Biscone wrote brilliantly about this: [emphasis mine]
“My friends, we are at war.
“Our enemy’s weapons surround us. They are in our homes, schools, transit hubs, places of business and more. They threatened your parents, too, and likely your parent’s parents as well. These days, we even carry them around in our pockets.
“The weapon is a flat surface called a screen, which emits signals of light and sound. It lies to you constantly. Telling lies isn’t its purpose, any more than a gun in your hands has a integral purpose. The purpose is outsourced to those who control the content of the signal.
“In a perfect world, these screens would only transmit truths. We live in a different world. In ours, the greatest lie is that some person or group of people knows what’s true in any given moment, and knows this so well that they can and should be put in charge of the screens. All of history mocks them for this hubris, but they ignore the dead and the living alike.
“Worse, these days they conceive of ‘the living’ as a pretty fiction. The screen might only transmit shadows, sure. But you are also merely a shadow, flickering across the screen of existence. All is simulacra to them, all a fleeting, meaningless opportunity to steal sensations in the moment. That is why they go to Epstein’s island, why they sexualize children, why they they would literally kill for a taste of some forbidden fruit.
“These are the darkest souls to ever live, people who brand themselves as Machinas among machinas. As the little machine, you are meant to be programmed by your betters. The screen must therefore be trained to flicker only the approved symbols, in the approved order, so that you won’t get any bright ideas about who or what to trust.
“But you aren’t machina.
“You are Man.
“You are the impossible creature, gifted with reason, insight, language and imagination. You have been wounded by the proliferation of these screens and their masters, but you aren’t conquered yet. You have a spiritual and intellectual leg up on these imbeciles, because they’ve either forgotten what they are or never knew.
“What you should do now is find good people, and build networks of trust. Yes, even through the little black mirrors. Use this enemy’s weapons against it whenever possible, but always be on guard against what you see and hear in them. When the fog is thick, rely on old axioms. ‘Too good to be true.’ ‘Show me the evidence.’ 'Who benefits?’ ‘Buyer beware.’
"Don’t look for Walter Cronkite. He was mythical to begin with (and I don’t mean that in the good way). Look for Hunter S. Thompsons, Jimmy Breslins, Julian Assanges if you must.
“Better yet, become them. Or eclipse them, if you can, because the dragons of the hour demand even sharper swords to defeat. They may not devour the world in flames, but they can still do a lot of damage, hurt a lot of people. If the past three years haven’t proven this to you, it’s possible nothing will.
“When they demand censorship, speak louder and more clearly than you ever have before. Anyone who promotes arbiters of truth “for safety’s sake” is a charlatan, a fascist, a fool or all three. When you see the bloody and perilous state of the world, remember that they are its authors. They have no intention of mending that state, only of profiting from it.
“Never trust what you see on a screen.
“No, not even this screen. Not even the words you’re reading right now.
“In fact, you should think about limiting how much time you spend gazing at screens. You should plan a Sabbath for yourself, and commit to it. A day in which you do not peer into the screen’s hypnotic glare, where you turn off your phone and put it in a locked drawer, like you would any other dangerous weapon.
“Because the moment is coming when they will get their wish, however briefly and fruitlessly. They will unleash deepfakes, chatbots, identity mimics and other screen-based monstrosities, and have their unholy ministries bless them all with the Seal of Official Truth.
“When that moment arrives, we must be ready for it. We must be prepared to laugh at these monsters, and then merrily ignore them until their power vanishes from the Earth.
“And it will.
“The revolution will not be televised or TikTok’d. It will take place inside each and every one of us. And they will shrink away in horror as they realize that we don’t believe that ‘misinformation’ is the threat, but that they themselves are.
“Because Truth is not subject to committee. It is simply what is revealed to those with eyes to see, and that which will ultimately prevail. It is the shape, not the shadow.
“Remember the cave has a mouth. Be sure take a look outside from time-to-time.
“Now if you excuse me, I’m going to go look at some birds for awhile.”
What do you think?
Will seeing this meme help Our People Go Free?
Besides sharing the meme, I pray I take Mark Biscone’s advice on screens to heart.
This week God blessed me by taking away my phone for the past several days, leading me to begin reading a deeply illuminating book that had been languishing on my shelf for “lack of time”:
This book has been a breath of fresh air!
Jerome, I think that only people who *want* to go free will find this and *get* the picture. Some people simply cannot handle cognitive dissonance, and so when we try to help them open their eyes, they argue for their enslavement. It's their Stockholm Syndrome.
But it's good to speak your truth! Keep writing and sharing!
Yes. This article.