A day's honest work can do wonders for the mind, heart, and soul. And there is always honest work to do. Sometimes we have to look for it. I am 79 years old and spent yesterday preparing the spring garden.
I’ve noticed increasing coldness and aloofness in casual encounters. I’ve wondered about them because they seemed unprecedented and without cause. Your essay makes me wonder if what I’m noticing isn’t an instinctive self-preservation response.
The line about people's personalities being assembled from adverts for our system really resonated with me. Just over two years ago I had an argument (if you could even call it that) with a friend of 25 years and his wife, ostensibly caused by his disagreement with something I'd written on my blog, but neither of them could say exactly what it was I'd said that they didn't like, and their own 'opinions' were little more than slogans and headlines, eg. 'Putin is a dictator', 'trans rights' etc.
The worst part of it is that they started this argument in a pub, and everyone around us also took their side, even though their side consisted of nothing. I often think of that argument and whether any of those people have realised anything since then about what they think they believe.
Emotions are strong. That's their way in. We saw it all during Covid. People couldn't say why they were so insistent you get jabbed except some guy on TV said so. Everyone is doing it.
"Some of us were less deceived, is all." Amen. There are none rigteous, no, not one. A lot of people will need help. We can help them and direct them to meaning and purpose in Jesus Christ. We can share food, tools, and build again. This is not the end. And if it is, well, we win anyway.
A few of us were woken up to reality a few years ago. Speaking for myself, I am not smart enough to have cottoned on to what is now as clear as day. I was woken up by 'someone else' for a reason, i.e. to help those still slumbering.
As to who that 'someone else' is I will leave up to the individual to decide. But think. Are you so clever that you figured it all out without any help?
I lost a meaningful job and many "friends" over the vax. I've also known, for quite some time, how the scale of deception we live under is breathtaking. Still standing from hard times in recent years...turns out they might have been a gift. Thanks for another fine piece.
Jesus said that the prince of this world was satan and that he is the father of lies. He said that he was the Way, the Truth and the Life. So the only way through this disclosure of mass deception is to trust in the one who said He is the Truth.
Hum, I will consider being nice but no promises. After all I am from Scottish roots and I told you so is in the marrow of my bones.
Also, these people use their prerogative to fuck a lot of people. Now it turns out that they were on the wrong side are you want me to let them off the hook?
I'm not so sure: I've chatted about this with a pretty wide variety of people irl and the seem almost relieved, like they knew something was wrong with the external system and had previously blamed themselves instead.
If it is going to be openly, obviously, stupidly evil it makes things easier.
Good. People who suspect will be relieved- the less deceived. Those most endangered are the people who consider accurate descriptions of reality a wacky conspiracy theory. Etc
I believed in Trump probably too much, even whilst knowing he never disavowed Operation Warp Speed, bc lesser of 2 evils. Some part of me hoped beyond hope he genuinely cared about dismantling The System and prosecuting The Baddies. This war has disabused me of any notion of this. My hope is in The Name of The Lord and that's all. Love that you have a devotion to St. Bernard. So do I. I have a medal from France of him on my Rosary. And that's a favorite painting. Would love to read your new work.
Doompilling the normies is usually counterproductive but sometimes you should tell your more blissful loved ones "Hey man, you don't really need to look into this, but be aware that such-and-such is going on so don't be freaked out if so-and-so happens".
Frank, reading this I kept thinking about civilisations, like people, sometimes have to hit a kind of rock bottom before they become willing to see clearly. When the story someone has been living inside collapses, it can feel like madness at first. But anyone who has watched a real recovery journey knows that the moment of collapse can also be the moment when truth finally gets a hearing.
Necessity has always been the mother of invention, and spiritually speaking it often takes necessity before people start looking again for solid ground. If the modern system built its meaning on politics, markets and mass narratives, then when those things fail people naturally feel unmoored. Those things were never meant to carry the weight of the human soul.
You are describing may be painful but it is as you say not necessarily hopeless. Rock bottom is rarely pleasant, but it is often the place where re-anchoring becomes possible. When illusions fall away people begin searching again for what actually endures. Faith, community, prayer, the ordinary duties of life, the stubborn belief that the human person is more than a consumer or a voter.
So I agree with you about the need for patience and charity with people who are disoriented. When the scaffolding collapses, many will feel lost. But sometimes it takes the collapse of false foundations before we become willing to build again on the real one. That pattern is as old as the Gospel itself.
A day's honest work can do wonders for the mind, heart, and soul. And there is always honest work to do. Sometimes we have to look for it. I am 79 years old and spent yesterday preparing the spring garden.
Wise words from a very wise man.
Literally ten minutes after discussing exactly this with my wife and some friends, all of us noticed your post.
Well, here we go. Thank you for the post, it summarizes everything succinctly. I'll share it as broadly as I can.
This is already the Lentiest Lent that ever Lented.
L E N T M A X X I N G
I’ve noticed increasing coldness and aloofness in casual encounters. I’ve wondered about them because they seemed unprecedented and without cause. Your essay makes me wonder if what I’m noticing isn’t an instinctive self-preservation response.
The truth is an existential threat to many.
The line about people's personalities being assembled from adverts for our system really resonated with me. Just over two years ago I had an argument (if you could even call it that) with a friend of 25 years and his wife, ostensibly caused by his disagreement with something I'd written on my blog, but neither of them could say exactly what it was I'd said that they didn't like, and their own 'opinions' were little more than slogans and headlines, eg. 'Putin is a dictator', 'trans rights' etc.
The worst part of it is that they started this argument in a pub, and everyone around us also took their side, even though their side consisted of nothing. I often think of that argument and whether any of those people have realised anything since then about what they think they believe.
Emotions are strong. That's their way in. We saw it all during Covid. People couldn't say why they were so insistent you get jabbed except some guy on TV said so. Everyone is doing it.
"Some of us were less deceived, is all." Amen. There are none rigteous, no, not one. A lot of people will need help. We can help them and direct them to meaning and purpose in Jesus Christ. We can share food, tools, and build again. This is not the end. And if it is, well, we win anyway.
All presented by the synagogue.....
A few of us were woken up to reality a few years ago. Speaking for myself, I am not smart enough to have cottoned on to what is now as clear as day. I was woken up by 'someone else' for a reason, i.e. to help those still slumbering.
As to who that 'someone else' is I will leave up to the individual to decide. But think. Are you so clever that you figured it all out without any help?
This article speaks the truth.
1 The bad guys will not go quietly.
2 Make People Individuals Again.
3 Make Communities Communities Again.
4 Etc
I lost a meaningful job and many "friends" over the vax. I've also known, for quite some time, how the scale of deception we live under is breathtaking. Still standing from hard times in recent years...turns out they might have been a gift. Thanks for another fine piece.
Jesus said that the prince of this world was satan and that he is the father of lies. He said that he was the Way, the Truth and the Life. So the only way through this disclosure of mass deception is to trust in the one who said He is the Truth.
God bless you, good Sir. Keep up the great work. Look forward to speaking, in due course.
God bless you too Mr Dye
Hum, I will consider being nice but no promises. After all I am from Scottish roots and I told you so is in the marrow of my bones.
Also, these people use their prerogative to fuck a lot of people. Now it turns out that they were on the wrong side are you want me to let them off the hook?
Scotch, and vengeance is not justice. It leads to vendetta. Best avoided.
Vengeance is Mine saith the Lord.
Best leave it in His Hands.
I'm not so sure: I've chatted about this with a pretty wide variety of people irl and the seem almost relieved, like they knew something was wrong with the external system and had previously blamed themselves instead.
If it is going to be openly, obviously, stupidly evil it makes things easier.
Good. People who suspect will be relieved- the less deceived. Those most endangered are the people who consider accurate descriptions of reality a wacky conspiracy theory. Etc
I believed in Trump probably too much, even whilst knowing he never disavowed Operation Warp Speed, bc lesser of 2 evils. Some part of me hoped beyond hope he genuinely cared about dismantling The System and prosecuting The Baddies. This war has disabused me of any notion of this. My hope is in The Name of The Lord and that's all. Love that you have a devotion to St. Bernard. So do I. I have a medal from France of him on my Rosary. And that's a favorite painting. Would love to read your new work.
"Whenever the people need a hero, we shall supply him." Albert Pike 33rd Degree Freemason. .....yup.....
Best site I know for understanding freemasonry and the joo world order is Henry Makow. He is from Canada.
Doompilling the normies is usually counterproductive but sometimes you should tell your more blissful loved ones "Hey man, you don't really need to look into this, but be aware that such-and-such is going on so don't be freaked out if so-and-so happens".
I may be wrong, but if I am not this is not going to be something anyone gets to ignore.
We're on the same page. Just warning someone something might go down mitigates the mental shock.
Frank, reading this I kept thinking about civilisations, like people, sometimes have to hit a kind of rock bottom before they become willing to see clearly. When the story someone has been living inside collapses, it can feel like madness at first. But anyone who has watched a real recovery journey knows that the moment of collapse can also be the moment when truth finally gets a hearing.
Necessity has always been the mother of invention, and spiritually speaking it often takes necessity before people start looking again for solid ground. If the modern system built its meaning on politics, markets and mass narratives, then when those things fail people naturally feel unmoored. Those things were never meant to carry the weight of the human soul.
You are describing may be painful but it is as you say not necessarily hopeless. Rock bottom is rarely pleasant, but it is often the place where re-anchoring becomes possible. When illusions fall away people begin searching again for what actually endures. Faith, community, prayer, the ordinary duties of life, the stubborn belief that the human person is more than a consumer or a voter.
So I agree with you about the need for patience and charity with people who are disoriented. When the scaffolding collapses, many will feel lost. But sometimes it takes the collapse of false foundations before we become willing to build again on the real one. That pattern is as old as the Gospel itself.
The recognition of the rot is the mandate for the restoration