Guest Post by Todd Hayen
Were we handpicked to know the truth? Are we the chosen ones? I have resisted this idea for almost three years. It seems much too biblical, and although I consider myself a spiritual/religious person I am not so sure if I see the Bible as literal as most religious people do.
And besides, does the Bible make any reference to “hand picking” people who will be critical thinkers and not get sucked into the evil narrative?
I know the Rapture suggests that only those who have taken Jesus Christ as savior will experience the Second Coming of Christ, but would that count?
I don’t know if all of us on this side of things have done that. I don’t think I have, really, not formally at least, not so a Christian would think I was part of their gang.
I was recently tooling around Facebook (which is kind of like a ghost town for me these days since all my “friends” have run away) and came across a post that commented about us being “chosen.” The person giving the “chosen” title said to the person receiving it to just hang tight and “do your job.” They were rather vague about what that job would be. I suppose just holding the truth, don’t comply, and stuff like that.
For me it is writing for my substack and Off-Guardian. This “hand picked” post I ran across got me thinking—again.
Since the beginning I have wondered why we, over here, think the way we think. Thinking like this comes naturally for me. I thought everyone thought this way—critically, inquisitively, curiously. It certainly doesn’t take any special intelligence or knowhow, although it seems as if the sheep are very often stupid, but I know a whole lot of very intelligent sheep—scientists, doctors, economic gurus, you name it. So I don’t think it is intelligence that sets us apart.
Like I said, I really have no idea what makes us different than sheep. Well, I shouldn’t say that, I do know how we are different, but I don’t know the answer to “why us?” There does not appear to be a common denominator, although through the years I have pondered on this, and I have come up with a few ideas.
Like I just said, I ruled out superior intelligence a long time ago. Although I have not yet met a really stupid critical thinker (on the other hand, have indeed met a few really dimwitted sheep) I just can’t accept the theory that all of us are super smart. A lot of us are, but it just doesn’t seem to be the common denominator I have been looking for.
As for critical thinking, it does seem we have a corner on that. But what exactly IS critical thinking? I wonder if we just say that if we get to conclusion B, then we got there because we were thinking critically, and sheep get to conclusion A because they don’t. My wife would fall into the sheep category, and I know she is a critical thinker, as well as being super smart, my brother in law (a super sheep) is a retired PhD scientist, I am sure he is a capable critical thinker (I know not all PhD scientists are, but I have known him a long time, he is). Now, I do think more of us think critically than sheep, but I think it takes more than that.
What about kowtowing to authority? Well, there might be something to that one. I have not yet met a rebel sheep. I mean a “general rebel”—one that gets pissed about things like taking shoes off at the airport, having to stand in a particular way in a particular line. And of course the obvious: wearing a mask anywhere and everywhere, walking only one way in a supermarket aisle, giving your ID for no respectable reason—stuff like that. A rebel nature seems to be important, but I again doubt if every single one of us is a rebel.
If being a rebel is an important attribute we all share, what gives us a rebel nature? Were we raised a particular way, at a particular time in history? I grew up in the ‘60s, a few years behind my two sisters who were ensconced in the “hippie/student/antiestablishment” world of young folks. I just missed that era, entering post pubescent quasi-young adulthood somewhere around 1970.
I strutted around at that time like a Young-Republican-Mr-America even wearing a little American flag pin on my shirt. Back then, young Republicans were super authority huggers. We didn’t break the law, didn’t take drugs, and didn’t say nasty things about “Pig” cops or the poor ragged young heroes coming back from the “righteous fight for freedom” in Viet Nam.
Now one of my ex-hippie sisters is right on board with us…and the other is a super sheep. What gives? It’s weird.
Maybe it really is just a swirling cacophony of variables that make up our nature, each little thing, like being a rebel, or being a critical thinker, or a dozen or so other attributes that give a person rebel-points. If you break past a certain cumulative number on the scale you then become a “freedom fighter.” The same would go for being a sheep.
Then when you look at each person you can’t see any one thing that is rebel-is or sheepish. But…maybe not. We each really do seem to be very much the same within our own groups. Those of us on this side of the fence share views, sentiments, beliefs, which are pretty similar. I can usually guess accurately which side we will take on any given issue. Fundamentally we are very much the same. This appears to be true with sheep as well.
So what is it? Any guesses? And really, it isn’t too difficult considering what I just said, to present an accurate list of “rebel qualities.” That isn’t the question. The question is how did we get those qualities? Why are we like we are?
So…the more I think about it the more the “hand picked” idea resonates. But then an even more compelling question comes to mind. Who or what did the picking?
This is when I really flip out because I am a believer in the divine, and I believe much the divine presents is subtle. I do not see God performing miracles very often that pull me out of the “typical” miracles of an “ordinary” day. I am one of those believers who considers life itself as miracle enough to believe in God. I don’t need much more as proof to me there is a divine hand at work in the universe.
Considering that we were divinely ordained to do what we are doing is a stretch for me, and carries a bit of responsibility to keep that truth from getting to my head. Talk about virtue signaling. But what else could it be?
So now I wonder: if this is true, that I was chosen by the hand of God to be a person who is going against the grain, then the most compelling question of all presents itself: why me?
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I’m firmly in the rebel category and have been for most of my life. I think some valid points have been raised, but I attribute my rebellious mindset to the fact that my parents encouraged me to think for myself, the old ‘how to think versus what to think’.
Or maybe I just interpreted it that way. I’m the oldest of 5, the only male. All four of my sisters are sheep. We were all raised in a normal home. I can’t say that they were raised any differently than I was.
Or maybe it’s a genetic change that my chromosomes got and theirs didn’t.
I am right there with you Ray, but with 3 sheep sisters. I have always rebelled against power and following the herd.
Guy- I think I’m noticing a trend here
Girl- Be nice and pretend you don’t notice a trend here
Soibois and feminists- how dare you imply there is a trend here!
That pretty much nails it. My wife constantly chastised me for not wearing my mask, because “That is the rule”, but I did not like wearing it because “That is the rule”, plus it did not work.
Funny thing. The trend I noticed was catching more shit from my family members than the rest of the world combined.
3 year on and I’m STILL processing that little factoid.
Todd,
I don’t drink…….still
would love to enjoy a brew or 2 with you!
Once again IMHO right on the mark…………….
I AM a God loving rebel.
Eddie, Re: your last sentence. You wouldn’t believe how many lectures I received from my mom on that very thought.
I think it has nothing to do with being rebellious, nor -as the author correctly stated- with IQ.
My theory is that our group reached a higher level of critical thinking by understanding that certain “outliers” in a complex scenario have the potential to completely veto the other side’s reasoning (i.e not just make it less likely.)
An example: To me learning the (still pretty much undisputed) fact that every old-school vaccine had taken a minimum of 7 years to pass through the [then] rigorous FDA authorization process, ended all further discussion if I would ever take a new “vaxx” within the next few years or even just allow for a stance pro any new-fangled “vaxx.”
In short, one time-tested argument effectively vetoed all other argumentation.
How did we come to that deeper understanding, of the significance of a special type of “outliers”?
No clear idea. Questioning (but not blindly negating) everything is probably a required ingredient.
Seven centuries ago, Meister Eckhart said:
“Only the hand that erases can write the true thing.”
I believe that is an important point. One must give up those beliefs that most of us have been taught since childhood before one can hope to embrace truth. And what prevents that? What precludes the ability to “erase?” I believe it is one’s own ego. Our sense of self that tells us that we are separate and superior, if not in physical or intellectual attributes, at least in terms of our beliefs that are “correct.” I believe that while some individuals may easily overcome the hold of the ego, most others require a time of emotional suffering to be able to place the ego in proper perspective.
For a Christian, I suspect an allegory describing that transformation was Jesus spending, metaphorically, 40 days and 40 nights in the “desert” – namely his normal secular environment, having his ego tested by temptations, before finally “erasing” the influence of his ego, enabling him to see Truth.
Of course since I could be completely wrong – I try to always be willing to erase!!
Many others have wondered about this matter, Plato for one.
When I first read about Plato’s Allegory of the Cave in high school, I felt something about it was insightful, even though the allegory itself seemed silly.
“The allegory of the cave describes a group of people who have lived chained to the wall of a cave all their lives, facing a blank wall. The people watch shadows projected on the wall from objects passing in front of the sun shining in at the entrance of the cave behind them and give names to these shadows. The shadows are the prisoners’ reality, but are not accurate representations of the real world. The shadows represent the fragment of reality that we can normally perceive through our senses, while the objects under the sun represent the true forms of objects…”
(From the Wikipedia entry on the “Allegory of the Cave,” slightly edited.)
Sometime later I happened upon a quotation by the French philosopher, Henri Bergson that seemed related to Plato’s allegory:
“…some are born with spiritual immune systems that sooner or later give rejection to the illusory worldview grafted upon them from birth through social conditioning. They begin sensing that something is amiss, and start looking for answers. Inner knowledge and anomalous outer experiences show them a side of reality others are oblivious to, and so begins the journey of awakening. Each step of the journey is made by following the heart instead of the crowd, and by choosing knowledge over veils of ignorance.”
And here is another quote from Professor Bergson:
“Some other faculty than the intellect is necessary for the apprehension of reality.”
Then there is this peculiar passage from John 8:32 in the Christian Bible:
“…ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
Does this “truth” refer to the reality alluded to by Plato and by Professor Bergson? And free? We’re already free, or so we’re often told. Could this freedom refer to the shedding of Plato’s chains?
Interesting thoughts. Thanks for sharing
WHOSE truth is what sets who free?
“You’ll love it! It’s a way of life!” – The Central Scrutinizer
I also have always been fascinated with the Allegory of he Cave since childhood. The shadows on the wall are a reflection of earthly life. We are imprisoned in a world of illusion, and it’s our reality, but not the true reality just a shadow of it. Our true home as Soul created by God are the spiritual realms. This is the true reality as Soul is immortal and exists beyond space and time. While the physical is immortal and has matter, energy, space and time to contend with. I got much of this from the Shariyat Ki Sugmad which translates into the way of the eternal.
Here is a somewhat more sinister possibility to explain the inability of many of us to see reality. It involves a genetic imperative.
Fear is a very valuable and powerful emotion. But for fear, we might not even be here. It serves as a spark plug for the ‘fight or flight’ response. To speculate on why it is so important, let’s go back 100 millennia or so. We’re a tribe of 93 individuals living in a nice cosy cave. We are very highly advanced. We can not only control fire, we can actually create fire whenever we want. Fire gives us heat in the winter, light at night, makes fire-hardening our spears easy, and allows us to cook and preserve meat. We know how to make tools out of a special kind of stone that enables us to cut and scrape hides. We have decorated the walls of our cave with artwork that serves to record the history of our significant events. With such high technology our life is good. We have a leader, an alpha male, who is not terribly smart but does have a commanding personality.
Many things threaten our tribe. Bad weather, lack of rain, forest fires, predatory animals, disease, and of course, the scum Om-babba tribe that lives half a day’s travel to the east of us.
The scum Om-babba attacked us the other day. We were not aware of them until they suddenly started screaming and throwing spears at us just as we were preparing our evening meal. Of course we were terrified. Our leader directed us into a single tight defensive formation and eventually we drove the scum Om-babba away. In retrospect, I’m pretty sure we would have had fewer losses if we had split into two groups. So why didn’t we do that? Terror suppressed our tribe’s usual ability to analyse and make rational decisions. Instead, we all instinctively turned to our leader to think for us. The fear that gripped us also served to unify us. Even though our leader’s decisions were not optimum, acting as a cohesive group and following orders without questioning them made us a formidable force. Our fear helped to save us.
Had we lived 100 millennia ago and a few individuals acted upon ideas that deviated from the “normal,” we probably would have been regarded as a threat to our tribe and exiled, and likely we would have perished. It may be in our DNA to follow the crowd, and it may be that those who see a different reality today are just genetic misfits.
The ‘ reality’ of the Comanche was that Horse Tech made them invincible and the dominant force in America for 2 centuries They could never have imagined that a repeating rifle could end all that in a very short while. Reality now and reality in the future may not always coincide.
I’m not disagreeing with you, just pointing out that people in a cave, like an animal in a lair, won’t be terrified but will automatically fight. At least if they have any instincts at all, and 100kya they did.
There is a lot of old symbolism about going into caves, maybe because of how psychologically brutal those fights against cave bears or entrenched neanderthals or other tribes might have been. At least compared to spearchucking in the woods, ambushes, or what have you.
John,
I believe the “diversity” you’re talking about is very real and an evolutionary survival trait. We still tend to elect the tallest candidate for president, so the instinct to gravitate toward an alpha male is more ingrained than we’d like to believe. There are likely reasons for all of the human traits that we see, no matter how obnoxious.
There’s a hypothesis that the reality that ~1% of men that are homosexual may have originated with primitive man’s need to have protectors for women and children during war and hunting excursions that weren’t likely to take advantage of sexual opportunities while the big guys were gone. Don’t know if it’s true, but why then didn’t a trait die out that was generally not passed on directly?
Rather than “genetic misfits”, I think it’s more likely that the non-conformist element that survived into old age became the shamans and counselors of the political class. Their advice against doing stupid things, when heeded, would have kept a lot of people alive and the alpha male in charge could still take credit.
Possibly one thing the non-conformists among us have in common is that we’re not in charge? I’d love to see a Myers-Briggs assessment done on people here. Incredibly accurate in my opinion and might tell us a lot.
Faggots do procreate with women. But the trait being spread by getting sodomized as a kid seems more plausible.
I have to say though I believe there is probably a God. I doubt any major religion is real. As all are reliant on fear of death and a big boogie man upstairs and below, to scare everyone into it’s arms , to pay it money .
I view it all as bullshit. There is no eternal damnation for none eternal action. No god can be loving or just if there was. This you are going to hell stuff is bullshit,so sin. There are evil people and actions however. I view moral relativism as bullshit to. I wish I never bought into Christianity, as I would’ve grown up sooner,and injoyed a robust sex life earlier. Instead wirrying about some god peeking into my bedroom and sending me to hell for premarital sex with girlfriends,or for whatever .
“So what is it? Any guesses?” Game theory. NPC vs Players . NPC have no communication with God. Their antenna is turned off. They have no inner dialogue. They can only follow the script, while players act.
i.e….
Common sense, raw intelligence, a healthy cynicism, a stubborn independent streak (abhor going along with the crowd), and a distrust of authority are key factors for detecting lies and nonsense. Lacking even one of these factors makes a person liable to fall for anything a malevolent entity cooks up. I seriously doubt it has anything to do with being chosen by something supernatural.
How close do you have to be to bullshit before you smell it? How many times can you be conned by the same trick before you stop playing? Are you capable of doing your own thinking?
If my dog has a stick and I want it, all I have to do is throw a different stick. She’ll drop the stick she has in her mouth and chase the new stick. Most people are the same. If you want something from them all you have to do is throw a different stick.
We just got the good wiring.
Easy times allows for those with bad wiring to propagate.
Hard times will cull them out.
Is that YOU, God?
“My People are destroyed for a lack of knowledge” – GOD
Just my opinion but, take a look at those basic rights enshrined in our Constitution & bill of rights. You know, the rights that are being taken away as we speak. NO animal likes to be caged, especially the human animal.
Other than that, there are people that think more globally and then those that think and act like the point of a needle. We as a society need both end and all that is in the middle. The tails are the rare individuals we most likely will never understand.
Plenty of humans and animals like to be caged. Train them that way. Wild animals will leave the cage and GTFO, domesticated animals will go back in, and few feral types can go either way.
You know, the rights that are being taken away as we speak.
Your rights were not given to you by government, and can not be taken by them.
The government can only violate your rights.
Like a thief, rapist, or murderer.
View your government and their minions in that vein.
The truly stupid surrender their rights to government and buy them back as privileges.
the rights that are being taken away as we speak.
What do lawyers call people who freely sign adhesion contracts with quasi governmental agencies promising to obey entire collections of codes and statutes outside the scope of constitutional “protections”, and later start screaming for the constitutional rights they freely signed away?
Meal ticket.
“Going against the grain” is in a Christian’s job description. The belief in Jesus implies acceptance that God is the moral authority with guidance (moral truth) provided by the Bible. The 10 commandments is an example. God is “perfect” and Jesus is the standard of perfection. Perfection is described as all needs being met – Garden of Eden for example. In the biblical worldview, God has identified the right things, and Jesus reinforced that actions motivated by love result in outcomes where everyone can benefit (salvation) in the long term. Note that the quality profession through the Taguchi Loss Function has validated that the closer any product/service gets to the ideal (more perfect), the higher the quality and the lower the costs to the individual and society.
In a secular worldview, “man” can take on god-like duties that include identifying the right things. To enable this belief, power can be centralized, and corrupting and has led to political theories and systems such as marxism, socialism, communism, nazism, et.al. Systems that have contributed to over 100 million deaths in the 20th century.
The founding fathers identified the aim of our system of government as enabling We the People to work towards “a more perfect union.” The founder’s built-in checks and balances on power that have been eroded over time. Now we have fewer people making most if not all of the decisions. We may be a republic on paper but we function as an oligarchy.
God gave man the freedom to choose and man chose to self-destruct. Through Jesus, God provided us with another chance to be saved and have eternal life. He also identified how it ends (Revelations) and how peace on earth will be restored. America is not referenced in Revelations – we appear to be experiencing events that will lead to our self-destruction as a country and world power.
Sooo, for those with a biblical worldview, when assessing change, the “right things” in the context of the constitution may be more evident.
Have you ever heard of the term “Thought Adjusters”, Todd?
Yes….I have. Urantia Book
Yes. It is an enlightening book and I believe contain the answers Todd is seeking. I believe some of us get spiritual insights, but only if it is deserved. A person deserve it depending on the moral choices he/she makes, and if we are consistent with it.
It…the book….has been with me for over forty years.
It is basically an occult book, been there since 50 years and few knows about it. It claims it’s was written by Celestial s beings not by man like the Bible.
It’s the stuff of psychology manuals. People don’t like their feathers ruffled by confrontation, no matter if the confrontation is from a person or factual data. We want to fit in and belong. We often feel there’s safety in numbers. Our historic unquestioning reverence for the medical professions and trust in government authority can be profound. The influence of both entities results in a weakened nation that is physically ill and more recently, mentally unhinged to a far greater degree. Better to go along than ask questions. When what we hold near and dear is discovered to be patently false, many will continue to go along to get along-no matter the consequences to themselves and others. Lies offer comfort. Reading, researching, and asking questions is the hard part. People who have experienced personal damage from big pharma, big sick care, and the government with all its tentacles appear more likely to first ask why before blindly jumping in.
I have a different theory:
All of us have been conned in one way or another in our past. Either in school, by other children or by teachers, or at home, by siblings or parents, or at work, or (perhaps most predominant) by having been in a toxic relationship in some way, and THAT’S how we have learned to recognize a con job (=something that is not good for us), consciously or unconsciously.
That hands part of the painting always disturbed me.
It shows the God figure reaching out to the Man figure but the Man figure does not appear to reach out to the God figure.
But it does show mans indifference to the God/Creator.
It isn’t indifference. It’s fear and uncertainty. It’s the moment preceding joy.
ask them their blood type, if it’s a negative one, there’s your answer, we truly are “on the side of the angels”..
there are multiple layers of “sheepiness”
I try to avoid patting myself on the back about not being a sheep – because I frequently discover additional erroneous beliefs I hold
right now my biggest concern is weak faith – so I pray on that
Continue the struggle my friend. St. Augustine…”LORD I believe, help me with my unbelief”.
‘Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God.’
There is nothing wrong with being uncomfortable with the bible if you are not sheep. If you see God in Nature, don’t get wrapped up in biblical theories or trying to imitate the chosen, or the Chosenites.
You get religion the day you take the Red Pill. You may think you don’t deserve salvation, but in the end, you will eventually realize that the simple act of understanding and denying evil and asking for forgiveness is a gift and is the only door out of this shit show…pray.
The the road to uncloaking the truth, often begins by simply pulling on a thread after observing something hinky.
It is an ineffable combination of factors, from genetics, rearing, pattern recognition, raw intelligence, innate talents, etc.
The combinations do not have to be the same, but they must exist in some form and more than a few simultaneously.
One stand out feature though appears to be an inner voice. I call it conscience, others the Holy Spirit, some the voice of God, or the Narrator, but few truly aware individuals fail to possess this trait.
I ponder the same things every day…the more I provide proof to people around me about everything that’s going on, the tighter many seemingly cling to sleep. They don’t want to see it. They don’t want to hear it. Some even get mad about it. Most just think I’m crazy.
It’s clear that this is far beyond rebelliousness, intellect, education and even critical-thinking. So many highly-educated people have no idea what is going on. Many are enforcing and encouraging the insanity. The mass-formation-psychosis even infected the supposed truth-seeking, freedom-loving generation…that were the ones that were supposed to stay awake, so I thought. Anyhow, while some of those attributes may help; what we are experiencing is clearly beyond this realm…it’s spiritual…and it seems to me that you’re either spiritually awake (“called” in some way), or you’re not. That’s not to say more won’t awaken on their own schedules and in due time, as I believe many will.
The topics at hand are so huge and so impactful however, it seems to me that if you’re not motivated to find the truth (get off of TV and other forms of programming and research), and you instead prefer to pretend like nothing is going on, to sweep it all under the rug, keep living a distracted, care-free life, etc., then IMO, it’s just not your time yet or you’re simply not one of the “called” or “chosen”. So, yeah, it does seem to me that perhaps we’re “chosen” and called to be awake at this time…most likely to keep sounding the alarms, to help others awaken and to pave the way for the revival of God’s kingdom.
I firmly believe in Jesus Christ. Two years ago, I had a massive “awaken from the matrix” sort of spiritual experience…I accepted Christ and my life completely and effortlessly changed. All of my previous desires, motivations and habits all changed in an instant…and my quest for truth and knowledge became the only priority. As I continue to live a mostly sin-free life, the more the truth reveals. As I commit to the truth with discipline, the more it comes to me. The deep truths about EVERYTHING in this world, that are illusions and lies. Bit by bit, layer by layer. The deep truths about who and what runs this earthly realm and what we’re truly dealing with.
I believe some are destined to see way in advance. Many are later called. Very few actually heed the call. We must recognize what that calling is about…and what we are being told to do with it. Each person must figure that out on their own and make the choice. The truth of what we are dealing with and living out right now, has massive spiritual implications. Being called and seeing is one thing…
For the record, I’m still figuring it all out for myself…but I know that I will fight for truth, freedom and Jesus Christ, to the very end.
Yes.
So many people who are smarter than I am succumbed to this shit shot bullshit. I ask myself and God everyday, why did I not succumb? I can’t imagine that I was hand picked. I am no one.
“The first shall be last, and the last shall be first.” – also, GOD
I’d venture to say: you are probably wrong on that one.
This entire article read like a desperate plea for spiritual help. Unfortunately we’re not always ready for the help we ask for, nor would we be gauranteed to recognize it if we saw it.
His Ways are not our ways. His way is Higher. Better. Complete.
Many characters in the Bible were so flawed, yet did great things because they were chosen. I’m sure many times they asked themselves, “Why me?” either in humble awe or abject fear such as Jonah.
When you can’t find the common denominator on Earth, then maybe it is divine and we can’t see it.
I don’t have an answer either. I just try to discern God’s will and abide by it. I don’t want to go it alone without him.
Another thing to consider: Could this common denominator be a part of “Ascension?”
I have always been rebellious but in a “when everyone zigs, I tend to zag” way. But I have hard points. No drinking, no drugs, keep good fitness… My entire family is liberal but I’ve been different since I can remember, always the icebreaker. Also being a believer, I feel I was led here and these articles have given me encouragement and support that I wasn’t alone. For the most part, I usually don’t think about all the political or medical nonsense but I had a gut feeling the pandemic was a scam. I did a bit of research and wound up here and a few other sites where there are so many articles that just lined up with my experience and suspicions. I don’t have the writing skills some of you have but I reach others in a different way. So keep it up. All of you.
We’ve all heard about 3-D chess players, my take is that God plays 175-D chess or, even better, 175-D Go (more variables). I believe He’s doing it with all of us as well as those jackasses at wef and everyone else that thinks they’re manipulating the world.
May He keep you safe in this crazy time.