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6.25.2012
Did Tamworth Miss A Golden Opportunity?
Did Tamworth Miss A Golden Opportunity?
Is There Still A Potential Opportunity?
By Grasshopper Media: http://grasshoppermedia.ca
NOTE: This article is originally published by Grasshopper Media at this url:
Introduction:
Grasshopper Media had the occasion to meet Tom J. Kennedy in the spring of 2009 when he attended one of the video showings that was being hosted at St. Paul’s University in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It was not long into our initial conversation when Tom talked about his passion - the usuryfree community currency movement in general and the Tamworth Hours project in particular.
Shortly thereafter, Grasshopper Media did a search on the internet for “Tamworth Hours” and the “usuryfree community currency movement” and found an abundance of information that Grasshopper Media had never before been exposed to.
During 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012, Grasshopper Media spent much time and energy reading and reviewing information about the growing and evolving usuryfree community currency movement. Grasshopper Media interviewed Tom J. Kennedy on more than one occasion. What follows is a summary of the interaction between Tom J. Kennedy and Grasshopper Media.
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Imagine this: You walk into a local retail store in the rural village of Tamworth located in eastern Ontario to purchase items for yourself, your family and your business and you see a sign “Tamworth Hours Accepted here.” Your purchased items total $100.00 and this particular business accepts 75% federal cash and 25% of any usuryfree community currency. You have Tamworth Hours in your wallet alongside your paper notes of federal cash (Canadian dollars). Do a search at any search engine for Tamworth Hours and you can view the series of paper notes referred to as “Tamworth Hours.”
The business owner willingly accepts Tamworth Hours in an amount equivalent to $25.00 (Canadian funds) and remaining 75% ($75.00) in any form of Canadian currency - cash, cheque, money order, debit card or credit card. You leave this store excited that you have been able to negotiate a purchase using a combination of usuryfree community currency and usury-based, debt money commonly referred to as Canadian dollars.
You tell other members of your family, your friends, your neighbours, and your working colleagues and they also make a commitment to change the way they spend their money by shopping locally with the businesses that accept Tamworth Hours instead of continuing to drive to the 401 corridor to shop with the giant trans-national retail corporations.
Other businesses in the village of Tamworth begin to post signs that read “Tamworth Hours Accepted here” with the enthusiastic, participating merchants agreeing to accept a percentage of Tamworth Hours for the purchase of products and/or services. As a consequence, a village that was in economic decline begins to flourish as we progress into this 21st Century.
That’s the dream imagined by Tom J. Kennedy, founder of the Tamworth Hours project that was launched on November 13th, 2004. Kennedy learned about the usuryfree community currency movement when he met John “The Engineer” Turmel in the early 1980’s. He quickly grasped the importance and significance of people in local communities learning how to create and spend their own usuryfree community currency.
Since the early 1980’s, Kennedy has been saying that the launch of a usuryfree community currency - preferably a usuryfree time currency - should be one of the highest priorities of any community.
Kennedy explains: “I still receive emails and telephone calls from people in cyberspace asking me for an update on the success of the Tamworth Hours project. One individual recently contacted me after she had telephoned the Stone Mills municipal office asking for information about the Tamworth Hours project. Whoever answered the telephone at the Stone Mills municipal office responded by saying that she did not know anything about the Tamworth Hours project.”
Perhaps the time is right for a detailed report about the Tamworth Hours project and that is why Grasshopper Media decided to publish this interview.
Years passed as Kennedy continued his full-time, teaching career as an elementary school teacher while spending much of his non-teaching time researching the flaws in our conventional economic system of usury-based, debt money and promoting the usuryfree community currency movement as a worthy complement to our diminishing amounts of federal cash. In 2000, Kennedy terminated his teaching career and re-directed his time, finances and energies to promoting the usuryfree community currency movement full time while acting as a usuryfree, resource consultant for those individuals and/or communties that were ready and willing to learn ‘what they didn’t know they didn’t know.’
It is commonly agreed that heightened concerns over the ongoing downturn in the local and global economies that are currently malfunctioning because of the usury-based, debt money system usually opens the door for people to research and explore new possibilities with the evolving usuryfree community currency movement. According to Kennedy, usury is the killer machine and its evil and immoral effects keep debtors financially enslaved for generation after generation.
Kennedy explains: “The advantage of creating and spending your own usuryfree community currency is that people will be motivated to shop locally. By using a usuryfree community currency as a complement with their diminishing amounts of federal cash, people can use the federal cash that they are not needing for their regular purchases to pay off their loans and/or mortgages of usury-based, debt money, thereby paying less usury to the bankers.
The key element of any community currency is that they are usuryfree, that is ‘free of interest’ - which ought to be correclty called ‘usury.’ This simply means that no usury is exacted from any account holder with a negative balance and no usury is paid to any account holder with a positive balance.
I always recommend that participating time-traders view the two part video series created by Paul Grignon titled ‘Money As Debt’ which can now be viewed from google video. Simply do a search for ‘Money As Debt’ at any search engine and take time to view the video. You will learn lots about economics that formal education neglects to teach.”
Kennedy claims that he would have liked to witness the community of Tamworth becoming a leading Canadian model for a usuryfree time currency in a similar fashion that Ithaca, New York has become the much-talked-about working model of a usuryfree time currency in the United States. http://www.ithacahours.org Kennedy believes that Canadians can be just as smart as Americans and that whatever the community of Ithaca can do, any community in Canada can do - maybe even better.
Why Tamworth and why Tamworth Hours? These are two questions that were commonly asked of Tom J. Kennedy when he was planning the launch of Tamworth Hours earlier in 2004. Kennedy answers: “I was born and raised in the rural area of Sheffield Township which includes the villages of Erinsville and Tamworth. I noticed that Tamworth had been experiencing economic decline with the growth of the giant trans-national retail corporations along the 401 corridor (Kingston, Napanee and Belleville) during the 1990’s and early in the 21st Century. When I asked local consumers why Tamworth was in economic decline, they commonly responded that it was because consumers are driving to the 401 corridor to shop at the big box stores in an effort to save a few pennies. I then suggested to them that if local businesses and local consumers supported the Tamworth Hours project, it might be the motivating factor to lure consumers to shop locally again, thereby re-building the spirit of local community.
I have not-so-fond memories of the skeptic and conservative business owners who listened to my pitch about Tamworth Hours and then told me to come back and talk with them after I had 500+ committed traders with their products and services listed on a database. I would commonly respond with a statement saying that we need your listing now to help us get to the 500+ listings. Indeed, a few enthusiatic supporters enroled and negotiated some trades. I was surprised at the number of residents living in the Tamworth area who admitted that they spend little or no money shopping at the local businesses, preferring instead to shop with the trans-national, retail corporations.
Some of my fondest memories were from the local farmers who quickly understood that the Tamworth Hours project was simply a barter and trading concept that helps to keep money circulating locally. The term ‘velocity of money’ is used to describe the rate at which money is exchanged from one transaction to another and since any usuryfree community currency is commonly traded locally, it meant that there is a higher velocity for a given quantity of Tamworth Hours since they could be used for many local transactions.
I remember one farmer answering “Yes” when I asked him if he would accept a small portion of Tamworth Hours from the Stone Mills Municipality for any contracts that he might negotiate with the municipal office.”
Kennedy continues: “Since I had recently retired from my teaching career of 34 years in Ottawa, Ontario, I had moved back to Tamworth to once again experience rural living as a contrast to urban living. I had been introduced to the LETS (Local Employment Trading System) in the early 1980’s while living in Ottawa and I had been a student of the usuryfree community currency movement for over 20 years by 2004. My associates in the usuryfree community currency movement encouraged me to launch a usuryfree community currency in Tamworth by saying that ‘teamwork would make my dream work’ especially in the local community around Tamworth and Erinsville where the Kennedy family was well known and respected for at least four generations.
I chose Tamworth Hours as the optimal model of a usuryfree time currency because the visionaries in the movement had explained that in the future, given the ease of modern technolpgy, we could be trading time locally and globally since one hour is measured with sixty minutes everywhere on planet earth. Additionally, it was explained to me that all commerce has its roots in these industries: farming, fishing, forestry and mining, and that each of these industries relies on labour to bring their respective products and services to the consumer market. Since labour is commonly assessed and paid as an hourly wage, a usuryfree time currency seems to be the natural unit of measure to keep track of trades. And a universal usuryfree time currency would eventually eliminate the need for exchange rates for travellers and when we purchase products and/or services from other countries.”
Some people inquire: “Why even bother to launch a usuryfree community currency in any community?” “In this 21st Century, we are witnessing the economic decline, especially in those small towns and villages in rural Canada that were thriving in the mid-20th Century,” Kennedy explains. “It was and still is our intention to motivate consumers to spend their money locally and thereby help to re-build the spirit of community that somehow disappeared in the latter years of the 20th century.”
Indeed, the implementation of a usuryfree community currency has been touted as an economic lifeboat for small to medium-sized communities all over the world since Michael Linton launched the first LETSystem in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island in British Columbia in the early 1980’s. Since that time, the concept of we-the-people creating and spending our own usuryfree community currency has been growing and evolving with the advent and evolution of modern technology.
Are there any historic examples of successful usuryfree community currency projects? Kennedy answers: “Kissimmee, Florida launched a similar economic lifeboat during the 1930’s. By renewing the spirit of community and trading simple IOU’s locally, the community of Kissimmee, Florida survived the Depression far better than many other communities that did not launch an economic lifeboat. The article “The Kinder, Gentler Depression in Kissimmee, Florida” explains in more detail how the community of Kissimmee survived the 1930’s Depression.”
What is the status of the Tamworth Hours project eight years later? Kennedy responds: “Unfortunately, the Tamworth Hours project sputtered for a while and then it stalled. Initially, various local businesses and a number of local consumers supported the idea and helped to build the dream having a usuryfree community currency become the catalyst to bring prosperity back to Tamworth.
In the summer of 2004, I borrowed a friend’s digital camera and travelled around the community of Tamworth snapping pictures of local businesses and noteworthy landscapes. Then I contracted with a young entrepreneur from Ottawa, Ontario with competent computer and graphic arts skills to create the front and back of the paper notes of Tamworth Hours.
I was aware that the Family Life Foundation, a duly registered charitable organization in Toronto, Ontario, has a mandate to support family and community projects. So I engaged the Family Life Foundation which agreed to accept donations and issue receipts to those who donated money. In turn, the Family Life Foundation funded the design and initial printing of the paper notes designated as Tamworth Hours.
I continue to dedicate much time and energy as a volunteer with the Family Life Foundation since it supports the usuryfree community currency movement in general. In particular, the Family Life Foundation also supports events to celebrate UsuryFree Day and week each year during the week of November 13th to 19th. Readers are invited to read and respond to this funding appeal letter “Funding Request To Expedite Local and Global Usury Relief” which is posted at this website:
Then I found an innovative printing company ‘Dots and Pixels’ that had the technology to imprint some security devices in each paper note, so I contracted with them to print the first issue of Tamworth Hours.
Beginning in 2004 and continuing until 2008, a series of video showing were hosted at the office of the Tamworth Hours project to inform people of the truth about modern money creation, the problems associated with the design flaw of usury and the solutions as offered by the usuryfree community currency movement. Such videos as “Money As Debt,” “Money Who Creates it? Who Conrols It?,” “The Money Masters,” “Ithaca Hours,” “Calgary Dollars” etc. were viewed and followed by invigorating discussion groups.
By the fall of 2006, many businesses located far beyond the borders of the village of Tamworth were accepting Tamworth Hours. I can recall shopping in Bancroft, Ontario in December 2006 and buying Christmas gifts for 50% federal cash and 50% Tamworth Hours. I also recall spending Tamworth Hours in Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Killaloe, Kingston, Trenton and at some smaller communties in between.
Trades and exchanges were negotiated among local entrepreneurs who were enthusiastic about bartering and supporting local community. Local and national newspapers and magazines, such as the Napanee Guide, the Napanee Beaver, the Shield, the Kingston Eye Opener, the Dream, the Canadian Money Saver, the Landowner Magazine and the Toronto Street News published well-researched articles to inform readers so that the local community would be aware of the Tamworth Hours project. Most of the published articles provided the telephone number and the email address of the local office for the Tamworth Hours project. It is noteworthy, that the local office for Tamworth Hours did not receive even one phone call nor one email as a result of all the quality, coverage by the local print media.
The Kingston Eye Opener and the Dream requested me to write articles for their respective publications whereby I would inform readers about the usuryfree community currency movement and the Tamworth Hours project. I am sincerely grateful to each of these business owners for their enthusiasm and support.
Burke’s Printing in Napanee printed 500+ copies of each edition of ‘The Tamworth Times’ a sporadically published newsletter with listings of the offers and requests of the participating time-traders as well as contemporary and relevant articles about (a) problems directly and/or indirectly caused by the function of usury as an evil and immoral element on our orthodox economic system of debt money and (b) solutions as offered by the usuryfree community currency movement. It is noteworthy that Burke’s Printing accepted Tamworth Hours as partial payment for the printing service.
Information was shared with the incumbent Reeve and Councillors in 2004 and again with the newly elected Councillors in 2006 encouraging the municipality to take a leadership role in promoting the Tamworth Hours project to help expand its scope as a worthy alternative in the current, chaotic, economic times. One of the documents, ‘The Innovative Proposal’ that was shared with the municipal councillors was published in the Kingston Eye Opener in January 2007.
In the article titled “The Innovative Proposal,” it was explained to the Reeve and Councillors of Stone Mills Township, that a small percentage of Tamworth Hours could be accepted as fees for local services as well as partial payment from residents and business owners who pay annual property taxes. It was explained that Tamworth Hours could be re-cycled by paying a similar percentage of them to municipal employees and local contractors, thereby increasing the ‘velocity’ of Tamworth Hours.
There was no response from either Municipal Council about the information that I shared with them. Readers can read ‘The Innovative Proposal’ by doing a search for: ‘the innovative proposal for municipalities” at any search engine.’ Perhaps the new Stone Mills Council that was elected on October 25th, 2010 will take action to support the re-birth of the Tamworth Hours project.”
According to Kennedy, one of the highlights of the Tamworth Hours project was the celebration of the First Annual UsuryFree Day in 2005 (November 13th) and UsuryFree Week (Nov. 13th to 19th). The celebration to launch UsuryFree Day and Week was in honour of the first anniversay of the Tamworth Hours project. Advertising and news stories were provided in various local print and electronic media before the event.
Kennedy elaborates on that first UsuryFree Day. “On November 13th, 2005, the first UsuryFree Day, workshops were held in the local library and a special event was celebrated in the Tamworth Legion Hall with a Randy Hillier (who was since elected as the Member of Provincial Parliament for the riding -Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox and Addington) as the guest speaker.
Later in the evening, live entertainment was provided by a Leigh Bursey from Brockville, Ontario, Canada with his musical band called Mantra. By the way, Leigh Bursey is now a youthful Councillor in Brockville, Ontario. He was elected in the muncipal election of 2010. I am encouraging Leigh to take a leadership role in promoting the usuryfree community currency movement in the Brockville area - now that he is elected as a Councillor.”
Has UsuryFree Day and Week continued since 2005? Kennedy answers: “UsuryFree Day is celebrated each year on November 13th. The week from November 13th to 19th is designated as UsuryFree Week. Now in 2012, the Eighth Annual UsuryFree Day and week will be celebrated from November 13th to 19th with workshops, seminars and special events at various locations all over the world. The focus on UsuryFree Day and Week is (a) on the problems attributed to the design flaw of usury as the killer machine that keeps debtors in financial slavery, generation after generation and (b) the optimal solution as offered by the usuryfree community currency movement. For more information about UsuryFree Day and Week simply do a search at any search engine.”
What are some memorable trades that you negotiated with Tamworth Hours? Kennedy smiles and says: “I remember St. Patrick’s Day on March 17th, 2006 when myself and some family members and friends enjoyed Steamwhistle draft at the Phoenix Tavern in Marlbank, Ontario where as a special offer for that day, the owner accepted 33% Tamworth Hours for a 12 ounce glass of beer. We paid a one twelfth Tamworth Hour and ($1.00) and $2.00 federal cash for each glass of draft beer. I recall a comment from a local farmer on that day when he said: “Tom, if you can get the public to spend Tamworth Hours for beer and bread, you will have scored the masses.”
At Philoxia, another popular business in Marlbank, I purchased bees wax candles and paid 25% Tamworth Hours and 75% federal cash. And at Windmill Sausage in Trenton I often purchased different varieties of quality sausage made from local farm meats and paid 30% Tamworth Hours and 70% federal cash.
I also worked for a local farmer and accepted 100% Tamworth Hours as payment for my labour. That same farmer accepted 100% Tamworth Hours when I purchased vegetables from his garden. This is a direct example of bartering and simply using Tamworth Hours as a way of keeping score of any trades.
One Sunday morning I gifted Tamworth Hours to the offertory collection at the Church of the Assumption in Erinsville, Ontario. A few days later Fr. Brent Brennan, the local pastor stopped by at the office in Tamworth to spend the Tamworth Hours. I was not there on that particular day, so I am not sure how he spent those Tamworth Hours.
Another noteworthy event was when Valdy, the folk singer who lives on Salt Spring Island came the play his music at the Lakeview Tavern in Erinsville, Ontario on September 1st, 2005. I attended that event and he sang Happy Birthday for me that evening. When I talked with him later in the evening, he told me that he had purchased a copy of the newsletter, Tamworth Times at the Beaver Lake Variety Store earlier that afternoon. He complemented me on the launch of Tamworth Hours as he was fully aware of the usuryfree community currency movement since there are Salt Spring Dollars being used for trades on Salt Spring Island, in British Columbia, Canada. Readers can view Salt Spring Island dollars at this website:
Kennedy glows when he talks of his experience with inter-trading with Tamworth Hours and NDG Barter Bucks from Montreal, Quebec: “I have another good memory of travelling to Montreal with two friends who were active traders with Tamworth Hours. Since I was an active member of the NDG Barter Group in Montreal, I paid for our accommodations with my NDG Barter Bucks and each of my two friends reimbursed me by paying me an equivalent amount of Tamworth Hours to cover their share of the accommodations expenses. By these transactions, we proved that any person from one community can be the connecting link to another community that also has participants trading with a usuryfree community currency. That particular transaction proved that inter-trading is possible and it confirms that ‘accommodations’ is the optimal commodity for trading with people in other communties.”
Kennedy explains: “After that weekend, my friends from Tamworth scanned the Directory of “offers” from the NDG Barter Group in Montreal as I was able to purchase any items that they wanted. I simply would pay the NDG Barter group with my NDG Barter Bucks and they would pay me with an equivalent amount of Tamworth Hours.”
Being a supporter of the SDI (Self Directed Income) industry, Kennedy relates one unfortunate memory of mis-understanding: “Over the years, I have recognized the power and potential of twinning the SDI industry and the usuryfree community currency movement. I always encourage usuryfree creatives to enrol with one or more SDI opportunties so that they can have access to products and/or services at wholesale prices. I then encourage them to offer these selected products and/or services for sale agreeing to accept a percentage of usuryfree community currency in combination with a percentage of federal cash - always being sure to request a sufficient amount of federal cash to cover any wholesale costs. Most SDI entrepreneurs quickly understand the mutual benefits of such negotiated transactions.
I enrolled as a distributor with the Melaleuca SDI opportunity to have access to their popular lines of chemical-free, cleaning products. I created a website presence for Melaleuca products and I offered them for sale agreeing to accept 30% Tamworth Hours and 70% federal cash. In 2005, I received a letter from the corporate office of the Melaleuca company advising me that my website was “out of compliance with Melaleuca’s policies and guidelines.” http://www.cyberclass.net/melaleuca.htm I did sell a few Melaleuca products for a combination of Tamworth Hours and federal cash before my distributorship was terminated. Apparently, Melaleuca executives did not take the time to understand the power and potential of introducing a usuryfree community currency to boost annual sales. I am still searching for a leading SDI company that will fully embrace the concept of implementing a usuryfree community currency within their sales and marketing structure.”
Kennedy continues: “I will always remember the senior citizen at a local euchre game at St. Patrick’s Hall in Erinsville saying to me that ‘Tamworth Hours are just like Canadian Tire Money because any business can accept them and spend them.’ Though excited to know that some people were fully supportive, I was ultimately dismayed that not enough people between the ages of 13 and 91 recognized the power and potential of the Tamworth Hours project. So, after dedicating four years of time, energy and finances to the Tamworth Hours project, in the fall of 2008, I decided to shelve the innitiative as an idea slightly ahead of its time.
Apparently, the economic pain of Tamworthians was not severe enough to motivate the numbers required to make the project a success. Coincidentally, in September of 2008, I received notice from my landlord in Tamworth that my rental residence at 6687 Wheeler St. - which doubled as an office for the Tamworth Hours project - was destined for demolition in preparation for a new construction project. In the fall of 2008, I moved back to Ottawa, Ontario where I continue my research as a resource consultant for the usuryfree community currency movement and an active usuryfree creative.
I now share information and resources with the 5000+ friends on Facebook where I can be found as ‘Tommy UsuryFree Kennedy’ and on Twitter where I am listed as ‘usuryfree.’ I also have a page for The UsuryFree Network at Facebook, just do a search for it and there is another group for UsuryFree Creatives at the social networking community called ‘Ning.’ http://usuryfreecreatives.ning.com
I have also created twin blogs - The SDI Eye Opener http://sdi-usuryfree.blogspot.com where I share information about the SDI industry and how SDI entrepreneurs can implement ideas and concepts from the usuryfree community currency movement and the more popular blog is The UsuryFree Eye Opener http://usuryfree.blogspot.com where I regularly post information relevant to the faltering economic system of conventional, usury-based, debt money as well as updated information about the usuryfree community currency movement. I am currently setting up a website for UsuryFree Living at this url: http://www.usuryfreeliving.net ”
As Kennedy recalls the Tamworth Hours project, his voice reveals his disappointment as he ponders that Tamworth could have become the well-respected leader in the usuryfree community currency movement in Canada. Kennedy comments: “If the Tamworth Hours project had been embraced by all of the local businesses, the local politicians and the residents who live in the area, its tried and proven model would have made Tamworth the poster-town for the usuryfree community currency movement in Canada. By this time, eight years later, other communities would have been beating a path to the doors of the successful and prosperous merchants in Tamworth asking them: ‘What are you doing and how are you doing it?’ Additionally, the municipality of Stone Mills could be offering marketing kits for sale (accepting a percentage of federal cash and community currency) to raise revenues for ongoing community projects.”
Would have, could have, should have - BUT it did not yet happen in Tamworth. Will Tamworth still come forth and capitalize on this golden opportunity or will it be another community somewhere in rural (or urban) Canada that comes forth, takes a leadership role, launches a usuryfree community currency, and become the poster-town for the usuryfree community currency movement in Canada?
In contrast to what has happened with Tamworth Hours, readers are invited to read what’s been happening with “Ithaca Hours” by reviewing this article “Creating Community Economics with Local Currency” at Paul Glover’s (the founder of Ithaca Hours) website: http://www.paulglover.org/hourintro.html
More recently, Wayne Walton had taken a leadership role to launch a usuryfree time currency called Mountain Hours in Summit County, Colorado. Learn more about Mountain Hours at this website: http://www.mountainhours.com
For information and resources about the usuryfree community currency movement readers are invited to contact: The UsuryFree Network, P. O. Box 9333, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1G 3V1 Tel: 1.888. NOUSURY Email: usuryfree@gmail.com
NOTE: It is the understanding of Grasshopper Media that the community of Tamworth now has a website: http://www.tamworth.ca Grasshopper Media recommends that a copy of any feedback - comments, inquiries etc. be forwarded to the email address for the Tamworth website: info@tamworth.ca Perhaps at some future date, there will be sufficient interest to re-launch the Tamworth Hours project with the full support of the local community.
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The Economic Forecast from Grasshopper Media: “Expect to experience the reality of usuryfree living with a sprinkle of peace, prosperity and abundance for everyone living on planet earth.”
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I met a man in Montreal. Alive as he could be. He told me stories that were not so great. Yet truth he gave to me. I learned a lot upon that meeting. "A Truther?" he said over tea (beer). "After tonight, how can I not?". I'd have to ignore what my pa said to me. "What do you know for sure?" he'd say. Never an answer I had to give. But on that fateful day. In montreal I met a man. Being Live Explosive Evidence.
Mr. Richard Gage is in the background of my computer as I write this. Live streaming from Washington DC. Over the 100th presentation put on by this incredible man. His expression of love and disabled belief in fear is bringing the world to a land of opportunity. He does this not alone, as of today there are 719 Proffesional Architechs and Engineers standing behind him. More are signing up every day. If you know any A's or E's Please tell them about his work and where the world is going because of the blatant revealing of what is behind the mask. This is a shining example.
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6.02.2009
Come Together
Tonight, last night rather, I had the honor of being in the presence of greatness. I have met in the last 47 days some of the smartest, most passionate and sincerely concerned people of our times. My eyes show me the differences and the similarities. My ears hear so much from them all, all so varied, uncertain, certain and supposed. When we agree I am happy. When we disagree, I am learning to turn away. My personal experience these last few weeks with regards to the ever re-occurring theme of non-violent peaceful change has produced somewhat predictable yet unforeseen acts of kindness and friendship. I have previously only felt this for brief spurts, lately it has been quite constant.
The Truth that comes from truth is proving to be graphed the same as peak oil, technology and human population. A quickening of things, horizon to spike.
Is the time now? Well, there is information that is pertinent to our global situation currently surfacing because of past mistakes made to ignore that which is apparent. Corruption can be revealed through accountability and ensured through transparency.
Through the first truth movie this summer, I met a great man Mr. Tom "Usury Free" Kennedy. In this ever increasingly small world I was invited to read a self-explanatory, in-depth commentary by Alistair Smith on Alex Jones' updated DVD "The Obama Deception," which I am free to share with you, and you with the world. This is the film we showed last evening during the second Truth Movie Tuesday of the summer of '09.
Alistair is a civil engineer and former high-profile corporate executive from Australia, now living in Ottawa, Canada. I was very happy to have him in attendance and we all benefited greatly from the encouraging conversation after which.
Alistair is a personal friend of David Spangler. Marianne Williamson has described David as "a teacher of teachers." David's article titled FURURE TENSE is from the current edition of "David's Desk." I believe it is a topic of interest to Alistair and to us all. Below is his illuminating and encouraging opinion. Worth reading every word!
The Obama Deception
This paper is in response to requests for my opinion on the video The Obama Deception, which addresses the subject of the agenda of the global banking elite for the creation of a New World Order.
The first comment is that nothing in the video came as a surprise to me. Having read Daniel Estulin’s The Truth about the Bilderberg Group and other similar studies, I was completely familiar with the concepts being put forth. What’s more it makes sense. More controversial is the role of Barack Obama in the unfolding agenda. Some people like to think that he is going to save humanity from the power mongers that lurk in the background, while others, such as the producers of this video, believe he is simply another pawn in the larger game of the shadowy men behind the scenes. Which one is right? Can we know the answer?
There are many people far better qualified to speak on this matter, and the evidence that is available, than myself. Where I can contribute is in evaluating the energetic forces that are at play in this situation and the connection the New World Order has with these forces. Suffice to say that my view is that things are not so black and white as presented in the video, yet neither would it be sensible to dismiss such claims.
When Obama won the Democratic primary against Hillary Clinton, I felt a wave of dread descend upon me that was in complete contrast to the euphoria that many of my friends appeared to be feeling. This sense of “something being off” continued and was actually strongest in the week following his Presidential victory. These feelings were counter-intuitive because, at an intellectual level, I saw him as the best candidate. These feelings, along with other factors that I will outline below, lead me to agree with KRS in the video, where he claims that the people were on the verge of a revolution and that Obama was put in place to prevent such a popular uprising against the global banking system. I had this very strong sense in the week following the election and this sense was strengthened when Obama proceeded to appoint person after person who had clear links to the established system.
In my mind there is absolutely no question that there is an agenda under way to gain control of humanity through the establishment of a New World Order, which generally refers to one, unified global structure that will be able to control the allocation of global resources and the movement of people throughout the world. Based on the work I have done with the subtle realms, this is an absolute certainty. What is not as clear is just how conscious the people who appear to be leading this agenda are, and how coordinated their efforts actually are.
There is a very intimate relationship between the subtle realms of consciousness (which we could also call higher dimensions) and humanity. We tend to see the higher dimensions in terms of light, truth and an association with spirit, that are trying to help humanity, but this is only one aspect of the higher realms. The upper realms also contain forces that are aligned with power, structure, desire and leadership. Each force, or strand of consciousness, if you like, has its own truth, its own wisdom and its own agenda in regards to Earth and humanity. The agendas of the different higher forces are often in conflict with each other.
I contend that, if we are to avert the current direction that the global elite are taking, we need to understand what is going on at a deeper level. While the protests and wonderful investigative work of people like Estulin are absolutely essential they, by themselves, are not likely to be successful, without a massive shift in the consciousness of humanity. What is needed, in addition, is intervention at the level of the higher realms that are working through the global elite.
As mentioned earlier, there is an intimate relationship between the higher realms and humanity. This relationship is easily seen in the case of spiritual people who receive channeled information, but what is not as clear is that the same relationship exists with the forces of Power, Structure, Leadership and others. The forces relating to power and structure will naturally seek to work through humans who are in a position to give expression to great power and to control large global structures. They have no interest in the average person because such a person cannot give expression to their essence.
As a result of this, there is an established connection between highly wealthy individuals and these higher forces. This connection is particularly powerful when the wealth and power has been carried down through generations as there has been a much greater opportunity to consolidate the connection.
Are these “global elite” aware of their connection to the higher realms? Some no doubt are, as there is much documented involvement with the occult among these people. Yet many more may not be aware. This is where we come to the question of whether the agenda to create a New World Order is being orchestrated consciously or whether it is being steered by forces beyond the global elite.
It seems most likely to me that there is a combination of factors. My own assessment of the situation is that there are some “leaders” within the global elite who are conscious of their connection to the higher realms and who probably gain a sense of entitlement, or even duty to guide humanity in a particular direction. But even these people are unlikely to have been capable of planning the steps that needed to be taken over the last 100 years to come to this point. The overall coordination of the agenda has been driven by the higher realms. Many of the other global elite are likely to be completely unaware of the influence of the subtle realms over them. They will not be conscious of the many urges, thoughts, visionary ideas, and responses to opportunity that are actually stimulated within their consciousness from forces beyond them. Yet this is likely to be the reality.
This brings us to the role of Obama. Is he complicit in this agenda? Was he complicit right from the beginning? Or is he being used as a puppet would be being used?
There are few positions in the world that carry as much opportunity for giving expression to the forces of Power and Structure than the President of the United States of America. It does not matter who takes up position in the Oval Office, they will immediately be assailed by the forces of Power that work through the position of President. The Presidential role acts like a vortex, or a funnel, through which these higher dimensional forces surge.
The other thing that we should note about these forces is that they have essentially two aspects to them, which I call the Seen and the Unseen. This is no different to humans. We all have a conscious awareness and an unconscious, or shadow side to us. The higher dimensional forces also have an agenda that they are aware of and a shadow that they have rejected. The President, for example, becomes a vortex not just for the higher dimensional agenda, but also for their shadow.
This all has very serious implications to the subject of the video. As far as the global elite are concerned, it would not have been necessary for Obama to be part of their conscious conspiracy. The US government is already so tightly bound to the banking system that Obama could not avoid dealing with them and giving serious consideration to their input. When you add to that the influence of the energies that will work through him once he steps into the Oval Office, it is not difficult to see how he could become an unwitting puppet of this agenda. In fact, it would be incredibly difficult for him not to be. What seems easy to say, and to envision, when he is just a candidate takes on a whole different perspective once he is in the job and has the entire collective consciousness of the Presidency to deal with and to protect. What once seemed black and white now seems grey or even cloudy. Powerful forces begin to work on him at the subconscious level, beyond his awareness and these forces may warp what he recalls about his original vision.
None of this says that Obama may not be part of the global elite conspiracy. What it says is that it doesn’t matter – even if he is not consciously involved, it will be virtually impossible for him to not be drawn into the powerful energy streams that influence his position and so, for one looking in from the outside, it could appear that he has betrayed his vision and that he was part of the plan all along.
The other thing I must stress at this time is that the agenda of the higher dimensional forces of Power and Structure is not necessarily aggressive towards the average human citizen. They have their own perspective and they are trying to manifest that perspective. But there are two issues that complicate things. First of all, these forces have no way of dealing with their shadow. In fact, they may not even recognize their own shadow; so long have they projected this down into humanity as a means of releasing it from their own dimension.
Secondly, there are distinct factions within the forces of Power and Structure and these factions are not working together. The conflict between them finds an outlet in humanity.
In the video, they spoke about the battle that Presidents such as Jefferson, Lincoln and Andrew Jackson had with the banking elite. This was expressed in some detail in the movie The Money Masters. This is the surface of a deeper struggle between two factions of the Force of Power, one that seeks to play a protective role, in maintaining the good of the collective, and another that is driven by individual expression and the desire to continually expand its own playing field. It is too involved to go into detail about this struggle in this paper – but suffice to say that, ever since 1913, the side of the individual, which is in control of money, has gained the ascendancy and it becoming more blatant in its agenda all the time.
So, what hope is there? How can any President do anything to change if he is immediately assailed by powerful, invisible forces the minute he or she steps into office? The key here is the word invisible. These forces are only invisible to those who have not learned to see them. What they actually want is to have a relationship with humans that will enable them to give full expression to their wisdom. But they do not trust humanity, and for good reason.
The people who are more likely to be able to relate to these forces are those on spiritual journeys, those who have an opening to the existence of higher dimensional realities. Yet, for the longest time, these forces of Power have been projected onto as evil, earth bound, non spiritual or just plain downright irrelevant. One only has to go back to the story of Jesus to see the lack of respect shown, by Jesus, to Pontius Pilate, (who carried the force of Power) to see this. At the other end of the scale is much of the New Age, who sees the existing power structures as “old forms” that will not be able to exist in the new awareness. This is simply not true, but rather an expression of a competing field of higher dimensional consciousness that is, in itself, engaged in a power struggle with the forces of Power.
What is needed is, first, for a President to become aware of these forces, just as some of the global elite are aware of them. Then he needs to create a container around him that will allow the forces, both Seen and Unseen, to be embraced and integrated. This container would consist of a number of people skilled in the shamanic activities of engaging these energies and by shamanic, I do not mean Native shamans, but people skilled in dealing with the subtle forces behind modern civilization (modern shamans, if you like.)
This process would enable the higher dimensional forces to engage the President in a relationship through which their shadow could be expressed and embraced, without having to be simply projected onto the world (as was clearly the case with Bush). This process would actually provide the necessary awareness needed to steer the world in the direction of a new paradigm.
The complications do not end here. The global elite do not exist in isolation. Humanity is one, interconnected field of consciousness. For a person to gain significant power in this world, they need to be energetically supported, not just by the higher dimensional forces, but by the collective consciousness of humanity. Bush could not have manifested the violence he did had it not reflected something within the collective consciousness of Americans – not all Americans, but the vast majority, including many of those who opposed Bush. Similarly, Obama is able to take the role he has because of a deep need for the sort of hope and savior consciousness that exists within the American people.
The same applies to the global elite. It is very comforting, in a perverse sort of way, to be able to project all the evil we see in the world onto them. It is pleasing to be able to adopt a position that humanity, freed from the controls of the powerful men and women sitting in the shadows pulling the strings, would be able to manifest a world of love and cooperation. It is simply not true. If the collective consciousness of humanity did not support, subconsciously, the energies being manifested by the global elite, then there is no way they could sustain the fields of influence that allow them to gather such power.
The relationship to money, to greed, to selfishness, the desire to control our environment, etc, that exists within each one of us, but that is largely suppressed or filtered through images, finds expression in the super-rich, who happen to be in a position where they can give expression to these buried aspects of all of us.
The implication of this is that the problem is much greater than simply unmasking the global elite and their agenda. This is a starting place, but without understanding the subtle way in which these people manifest the collective consciousness and finding a way to transform that collective consciousness, these same energies will simply find another way to express themselves.
Hence the global elite, and the President, are themselves puppets of a sort, in a complicated energetic dance between higher dimensional forces and the collective (un)consciousness of humanity, mingled in with the visions of those people in positions of power.
But even here we do not stop. At the heart of this is a struggle between the individual and the collective. This struggle is not something unique to humanity, nor did it originate in humanity; it is almost an eternal struggle. This struggle goes to the core of today’s geo-politics. At its simplest level it is the struggle between the old nation state and the move to a one-world organization.
With the New World Order seen as part of the agenda of the global elite, many prefer a return to nationalism or, as in the anti-globalization movement, to a community based approach, but this is not the answer. Humanity has evolved from the time of small bands of hunter-gatherers, through tribes, to city states, into nation states and empires. We cannot go back to a less integrated approach.
What is most interesting is that the driving force of global transformation has been “globalization” and the corporate world that is its emissaries. Why this is so important to understand is because the corporate world and global finance is actually an expression of the individual consciousness and not the collective, which means that the unification of the world is being driven by the forces of individuality and self-expression rather than the forces aligned with protecting the commons.
This is inevitably leading to a global movement that is based on competition and winners and losers rather than on creating a shared space where all can prosper. At a deeper level, it is indicative of the fact that the factions of the force of Power that are aligned to the individual (and working through the banking system and corporate world) have gained the upper hand over the factions working to provide a protective space.
The problem of reconciling the individual and collective, at a global level, has been complicated by the rise in power of another higher dimensional force – that of Desire, which has finally gained a foothold on earth only in the last 50 to 100 years. Up till this time, Desire was limited to a very narrow range of energies such as sex, eating and other material needs. Only a tiny percentage of the elite could ever aspire to choose how to express their natural talents, and expect to have the opportunity to be the fullness of who they are.
The outpouring of this Force is a good thing in itself, as it had been suppressed for so long. It is also an essential energy if humanity is to be able to stand up to the global elite and reclaim their power. However, like all other forces, it has a shadow side. One of the shadow aspects of the rise in power of Desire is that it has tended to work to support the faction of individuality within the force of Power. Without getting into details, this has led to the undermining of genuine political leadership and the turning of politics into a marketing activity.
I suggest to you that Democracy, while it has been the most outstanding political system the world has ever seen, is now hitting up against its own limitations. The collective consciousness of humanity is simply not mature enough, in enough people, to find the balance between individual needs and protecting the collective. Time and again we demonstrate that we do not have the capacity to think beyond our own interests unless there is some major catastrophe that tends to, momentarily, elevate communities to a higher level of compassion and cooperation.
I could elaborate on this to a far greater degree but it is not my intention to turn this into a tome. Needless to say that it is the expression of this individual desire for power and freedom that gives rise to the global elite, as a manifestation of that collective desire, that then threatens to destroy the freedom that we seek.
So, if democracy has run up against its limitations then what sort of system will work? That is an interesting question and one that there is no direct answer for. What I will say is that the failure of democracy to be able to deal with the current global situation has created a vacuum which is being greedily filled by the global elite and their agenda of a one world structure. Without this void they could never be successful. An alternative will only arise through an emergent process when enough people hold the sort of consciousness to act as dynamic attractors to allow it to pull through.
Please accept my ramblings. I am not trying to provide a definitive solution or understanding here, but rather to raise merely some of the complications and subtleties involved in the question of the global elite and their role in the world today. This paper has barely scratched the surface and is hopelessly inadequate, but it should give one a good idea of where I am coming from.
So, now back to the question of The Obama Deception. Is there a global agenda to create a united global structure through which to control humanity? Absolutely! Is it consciously driven by a group of elite wealthy individuals? In part, but also by forces beyond this realm and it is these forces that are really the source of this agenda. Is this agenda opposed to the best interests of humanity? Not really. It is a response to many factors, only some of which have been addressed here. But the shadow aspects of these forces are driving it in a direction that will ultimately not be at all healthy for humanity. Is Barack Obama complicit in this agenda? Possibly, but not necessarily at a conscious level. However, by virtue of the position he holds he is inevitably drawn into the vortex of Power through which these forces gain access and operate in this realm.
Do I support the video The Obama Deception? These people are playing an important role in raising awareness. This is a vital role but it is limited and not nearly enough. The producers of the video are looking from a particular perspective, one in which they do not appear aware of their own complicity in the unfolding agenda. The movie presents a very black and white, simplistic approach which gives only a glimpse into the real issues and the complexity of what is taking place.
What is the solution? The solution, if indeed one is to be found, will involve many elements, brought forth by many people. Ultimately, if we are to avoid the New World Order what we need to do is to create all the elements of a new system, and gain sufficient support in the collective consciousness for each of these elements so they may act as dynamic attractors in the collective consciousness of the planet. These attractors can then act to create a bifurcation that will enable a new sort of global system of government to emerge, one that might look completely different to anything we can envisage.
For this to happen however, two things must take place (at least). The first is that humanity must reach a deeper understanding of its relationships with the higher realms and develop means of engaging these higher forces in a conscious manner AND as equal partners. Second, we must learn to embrace the shadow of the collective consciousness of humanity, at a collective level. For a new system to emerge it is absolutely essential that the shadow energies related to the current state of humanity – which includes democracy, globalization, individual desire, greed, the monetary system, etc – must be embraced. This shadow holds profound wisdom that is essential to the understanding of how to move forward and a new system will not be able to emerge without the revelation and dissemination of this wisdom. Without this happening it is almost inevitable that the global elite will succeed in filling the void with their New World Order.
Finally a word on the much prophesized 2012 emergence of a new consciousness. To me, this is a distraction. Such a new consciousness is entirely possible – it is none other then the emerging system that I speak about above. But it is not going to happen without humanity embracing its collective shadow. There is not going to be a higher force of savior energy sweep down to wipe away the global elite and all those dark forces and install a new, light-based consciousness on Earth. If a new system is to emerge it will do so only on the back of the dedicated hard work of humanity AND by their evolving relationship with the higher forces. I must stress here that this relationship will be with all the higher forces, not just the forces of light and love, but those of Power, Structure and Desire as well.
From my perspective, the notion that there will be some magical shift in consciousness which is somehow inevitable, is simply an expression of the agenda of a different stream of higher dimensional energy that seeks to undermine the existing power structures. It is no more powerful or capable of exercising its will on earth than the forces operating through the global elite. What’s more, this force is far less established in the Earth realm and so it is extremely unlikely if it, on its own, is capable of prevailing. That does not mean that it does not have a role to play; it most certainly does, and it contains profound wisdom, but it is only a part of a larger picture.
Anyway, that is my response to the video The Obama Deception. Of course I could be wrong. This is simply my perspective, when viewed through my lens, but I do feel it has more depth than some of the other views being offered, and more potential to offer a way forward for those of us who are willing and capable of looking beyond the immediate reaction and the need to find a black and white solution.
Much Love
Alistair
Thank you Alistair, we agree this is simply your perspective. Certainly we all have one. I find your actions and naked honesty, upon said perspective, to be quite inspiring.
Peace
M@
The Truth that comes from truth is proving to be graphed the same as peak oil, technology and human population. A quickening of things, horizon to spike.
Is the time now? Well, there is information that is pertinent to our global situation currently surfacing because of past mistakes made to ignore that which is apparent. Corruption can be revealed through accountability and ensured through transparency.
Through the first truth movie this summer, I met a great man Mr. Tom "Usury Free" Kennedy. In this ever increasingly small world I was invited to read a self-explanatory, in-depth commentary by Alistair Smith on Alex Jones' updated DVD "The Obama Deception," which I am free to share with you, and you with the world. This is the film we showed last evening during the second Truth Movie Tuesday of the summer of '09.
Alistair is a civil engineer and former high-profile corporate executive from Australia, now living in Ottawa, Canada. I was very happy to have him in attendance and we all benefited greatly from the encouraging conversation after which.
Alistair is a personal friend of David Spangler. Marianne Williamson has described David as "a teacher of teachers." David's article titled FURURE TENSE is from the current edition of "David's Desk." I believe it is a topic of interest to Alistair and to us all. Below is his illuminating and encouraging opinion. Worth reading every word!
The Obama Deception
This paper is in response to requests for my opinion on the video The Obama Deception, which addresses the subject of the agenda of the global banking elite for the creation of a New World Order.
The first comment is that nothing in the video came as a surprise to me. Having read Daniel Estulin’s The Truth about the Bilderberg Group and other similar studies, I was completely familiar with the concepts being put forth. What’s more it makes sense. More controversial is the role of Barack Obama in the unfolding agenda. Some people like to think that he is going to save humanity from the power mongers that lurk in the background, while others, such as the producers of this video, believe he is simply another pawn in the larger game of the shadowy men behind the scenes. Which one is right? Can we know the answer?
There are many people far better qualified to speak on this matter, and the evidence that is available, than myself. Where I can contribute is in evaluating the energetic forces that are at play in this situation and the connection the New World Order has with these forces. Suffice to say that my view is that things are not so black and white as presented in the video, yet neither would it be sensible to dismiss such claims.
When Obama won the Democratic primary against Hillary Clinton, I felt a wave of dread descend upon me that was in complete contrast to the euphoria that many of my friends appeared to be feeling. This sense of “something being off” continued and was actually strongest in the week following his Presidential victory. These feelings were counter-intuitive because, at an intellectual level, I saw him as the best candidate. These feelings, along with other factors that I will outline below, lead me to agree with KRS in the video, where he claims that the people were on the verge of a revolution and that Obama was put in place to prevent such a popular uprising against the global banking system. I had this very strong sense in the week following the election and this sense was strengthened when Obama proceeded to appoint person after person who had clear links to the established system.
In my mind there is absolutely no question that there is an agenda under way to gain control of humanity through the establishment of a New World Order, which generally refers to one, unified global structure that will be able to control the allocation of global resources and the movement of people throughout the world. Based on the work I have done with the subtle realms, this is an absolute certainty. What is not as clear is just how conscious the people who appear to be leading this agenda are, and how coordinated their efforts actually are.
There is a very intimate relationship between the subtle realms of consciousness (which we could also call higher dimensions) and humanity. We tend to see the higher dimensions in terms of light, truth and an association with spirit, that are trying to help humanity, but this is only one aspect of the higher realms. The upper realms also contain forces that are aligned with power, structure, desire and leadership. Each force, or strand of consciousness, if you like, has its own truth, its own wisdom and its own agenda in regards to Earth and humanity. The agendas of the different higher forces are often in conflict with each other.
I contend that, if we are to avert the current direction that the global elite are taking, we need to understand what is going on at a deeper level. While the protests and wonderful investigative work of people like Estulin are absolutely essential they, by themselves, are not likely to be successful, without a massive shift in the consciousness of humanity. What is needed, in addition, is intervention at the level of the higher realms that are working through the global elite.
As mentioned earlier, there is an intimate relationship between the higher realms and humanity. This relationship is easily seen in the case of spiritual people who receive channeled information, but what is not as clear is that the same relationship exists with the forces of Power, Structure, Leadership and others. The forces relating to power and structure will naturally seek to work through humans who are in a position to give expression to great power and to control large global structures. They have no interest in the average person because such a person cannot give expression to their essence.
As a result of this, there is an established connection between highly wealthy individuals and these higher forces. This connection is particularly powerful when the wealth and power has been carried down through generations as there has been a much greater opportunity to consolidate the connection.
Are these “global elite” aware of their connection to the higher realms? Some no doubt are, as there is much documented involvement with the occult among these people. Yet many more may not be aware. This is where we come to the question of whether the agenda to create a New World Order is being orchestrated consciously or whether it is being steered by forces beyond the global elite.
It seems most likely to me that there is a combination of factors. My own assessment of the situation is that there are some “leaders” within the global elite who are conscious of their connection to the higher realms and who probably gain a sense of entitlement, or even duty to guide humanity in a particular direction. But even these people are unlikely to have been capable of planning the steps that needed to be taken over the last 100 years to come to this point. The overall coordination of the agenda has been driven by the higher realms. Many of the other global elite are likely to be completely unaware of the influence of the subtle realms over them. They will not be conscious of the many urges, thoughts, visionary ideas, and responses to opportunity that are actually stimulated within their consciousness from forces beyond them. Yet this is likely to be the reality.
This brings us to the role of Obama. Is he complicit in this agenda? Was he complicit right from the beginning? Or is he being used as a puppet would be being used?
There are few positions in the world that carry as much opportunity for giving expression to the forces of Power and Structure than the President of the United States of America. It does not matter who takes up position in the Oval Office, they will immediately be assailed by the forces of Power that work through the position of President. The Presidential role acts like a vortex, or a funnel, through which these higher dimensional forces surge.
The other thing that we should note about these forces is that they have essentially two aspects to them, which I call the Seen and the Unseen. This is no different to humans. We all have a conscious awareness and an unconscious, or shadow side to us. The higher dimensional forces also have an agenda that they are aware of and a shadow that they have rejected. The President, for example, becomes a vortex not just for the higher dimensional agenda, but also for their shadow.
This all has very serious implications to the subject of the video. As far as the global elite are concerned, it would not have been necessary for Obama to be part of their conscious conspiracy. The US government is already so tightly bound to the banking system that Obama could not avoid dealing with them and giving serious consideration to their input. When you add to that the influence of the energies that will work through him once he steps into the Oval Office, it is not difficult to see how he could become an unwitting puppet of this agenda. In fact, it would be incredibly difficult for him not to be. What seems easy to say, and to envision, when he is just a candidate takes on a whole different perspective once he is in the job and has the entire collective consciousness of the Presidency to deal with and to protect. What once seemed black and white now seems grey or even cloudy. Powerful forces begin to work on him at the subconscious level, beyond his awareness and these forces may warp what he recalls about his original vision.
None of this says that Obama may not be part of the global elite conspiracy. What it says is that it doesn’t matter – even if he is not consciously involved, it will be virtually impossible for him to not be drawn into the powerful energy streams that influence his position and so, for one looking in from the outside, it could appear that he has betrayed his vision and that he was part of the plan all along.
The other thing I must stress at this time is that the agenda of the higher dimensional forces of Power and Structure is not necessarily aggressive towards the average human citizen. They have their own perspective and they are trying to manifest that perspective. But there are two issues that complicate things. First of all, these forces have no way of dealing with their shadow. In fact, they may not even recognize their own shadow; so long have they projected this down into humanity as a means of releasing it from their own dimension.
Secondly, there are distinct factions within the forces of Power and Structure and these factions are not working together. The conflict between them finds an outlet in humanity.
In the video, they spoke about the battle that Presidents such as Jefferson, Lincoln and Andrew Jackson had with the banking elite. This was expressed in some detail in the movie The Money Masters. This is the surface of a deeper struggle between two factions of the Force of Power, one that seeks to play a protective role, in maintaining the good of the collective, and another that is driven by individual expression and the desire to continually expand its own playing field. It is too involved to go into detail about this struggle in this paper – but suffice to say that, ever since 1913, the side of the individual, which is in control of money, has gained the ascendancy and it becoming more blatant in its agenda all the time.
So, what hope is there? How can any President do anything to change if he is immediately assailed by powerful, invisible forces the minute he or she steps into office? The key here is the word invisible. These forces are only invisible to those who have not learned to see them. What they actually want is to have a relationship with humans that will enable them to give full expression to their wisdom. But they do not trust humanity, and for good reason.
The people who are more likely to be able to relate to these forces are those on spiritual journeys, those who have an opening to the existence of higher dimensional realities. Yet, for the longest time, these forces of Power have been projected onto as evil, earth bound, non spiritual or just plain downright irrelevant. One only has to go back to the story of Jesus to see the lack of respect shown, by Jesus, to Pontius Pilate, (who carried the force of Power) to see this. At the other end of the scale is much of the New Age, who sees the existing power structures as “old forms” that will not be able to exist in the new awareness. This is simply not true, but rather an expression of a competing field of higher dimensional consciousness that is, in itself, engaged in a power struggle with the forces of Power.
What is needed is, first, for a President to become aware of these forces, just as some of the global elite are aware of them. Then he needs to create a container around him that will allow the forces, both Seen and Unseen, to be embraced and integrated. This container would consist of a number of people skilled in the shamanic activities of engaging these energies and by shamanic, I do not mean Native shamans, but people skilled in dealing with the subtle forces behind modern civilization (modern shamans, if you like.)
This process would enable the higher dimensional forces to engage the President in a relationship through which their shadow could be expressed and embraced, without having to be simply projected onto the world (as was clearly the case with Bush). This process would actually provide the necessary awareness needed to steer the world in the direction of a new paradigm.
The complications do not end here. The global elite do not exist in isolation. Humanity is one, interconnected field of consciousness. For a person to gain significant power in this world, they need to be energetically supported, not just by the higher dimensional forces, but by the collective consciousness of humanity. Bush could not have manifested the violence he did had it not reflected something within the collective consciousness of Americans – not all Americans, but the vast majority, including many of those who opposed Bush. Similarly, Obama is able to take the role he has because of a deep need for the sort of hope and savior consciousness that exists within the American people.
The same applies to the global elite. It is very comforting, in a perverse sort of way, to be able to project all the evil we see in the world onto them. It is pleasing to be able to adopt a position that humanity, freed from the controls of the powerful men and women sitting in the shadows pulling the strings, would be able to manifest a world of love and cooperation. It is simply not true. If the collective consciousness of humanity did not support, subconsciously, the energies being manifested by the global elite, then there is no way they could sustain the fields of influence that allow them to gather such power.
The relationship to money, to greed, to selfishness, the desire to control our environment, etc, that exists within each one of us, but that is largely suppressed or filtered through images, finds expression in the super-rich, who happen to be in a position where they can give expression to these buried aspects of all of us.
The implication of this is that the problem is much greater than simply unmasking the global elite and their agenda. This is a starting place, but without understanding the subtle way in which these people manifest the collective consciousness and finding a way to transform that collective consciousness, these same energies will simply find another way to express themselves.
Hence the global elite, and the President, are themselves puppets of a sort, in a complicated energetic dance between higher dimensional forces and the collective (un)consciousness of humanity, mingled in with the visions of those people in positions of power.
But even here we do not stop. At the heart of this is a struggle between the individual and the collective. This struggle is not something unique to humanity, nor did it originate in humanity; it is almost an eternal struggle. This struggle goes to the core of today’s geo-politics. At its simplest level it is the struggle between the old nation state and the move to a one-world organization.
With the New World Order seen as part of the agenda of the global elite, many prefer a return to nationalism or, as in the anti-globalization movement, to a community based approach, but this is not the answer. Humanity has evolved from the time of small bands of hunter-gatherers, through tribes, to city states, into nation states and empires. We cannot go back to a less integrated approach.
What is most interesting is that the driving force of global transformation has been “globalization” and the corporate world that is its emissaries. Why this is so important to understand is because the corporate world and global finance is actually an expression of the individual consciousness and not the collective, which means that the unification of the world is being driven by the forces of individuality and self-expression rather than the forces aligned with protecting the commons.
This is inevitably leading to a global movement that is based on competition and winners and losers rather than on creating a shared space where all can prosper. At a deeper level, it is indicative of the fact that the factions of the force of Power that are aligned to the individual (and working through the banking system and corporate world) have gained the upper hand over the factions working to provide a protective space.
The problem of reconciling the individual and collective, at a global level, has been complicated by the rise in power of another higher dimensional force – that of Desire, which has finally gained a foothold on earth only in the last 50 to 100 years. Up till this time, Desire was limited to a very narrow range of energies such as sex, eating and other material needs. Only a tiny percentage of the elite could ever aspire to choose how to express their natural talents, and expect to have the opportunity to be the fullness of who they are.
The outpouring of this Force is a good thing in itself, as it had been suppressed for so long. It is also an essential energy if humanity is to be able to stand up to the global elite and reclaim their power. However, like all other forces, it has a shadow side. One of the shadow aspects of the rise in power of Desire is that it has tended to work to support the faction of individuality within the force of Power. Without getting into details, this has led to the undermining of genuine political leadership and the turning of politics into a marketing activity.
I suggest to you that Democracy, while it has been the most outstanding political system the world has ever seen, is now hitting up against its own limitations. The collective consciousness of humanity is simply not mature enough, in enough people, to find the balance between individual needs and protecting the collective. Time and again we demonstrate that we do not have the capacity to think beyond our own interests unless there is some major catastrophe that tends to, momentarily, elevate communities to a higher level of compassion and cooperation.
I could elaborate on this to a far greater degree but it is not my intention to turn this into a tome. Needless to say that it is the expression of this individual desire for power and freedom that gives rise to the global elite, as a manifestation of that collective desire, that then threatens to destroy the freedom that we seek.
So, if democracy has run up against its limitations then what sort of system will work? That is an interesting question and one that there is no direct answer for. What I will say is that the failure of democracy to be able to deal with the current global situation has created a vacuum which is being greedily filled by the global elite and their agenda of a one world structure. Without this void they could never be successful. An alternative will only arise through an emergent process when enough people hold the sort of consciousness to act as dynamic attractors to allow it to pull through.
Please accept my ramblings. I am not trying to provide a definitive solution or understanding here, but rather to raise merely some of the complications and subtleties involved in the question of the global elite and their role in the world today. This paper has barely scratched the surface and is hopelessly inadequate, but it should give one a good idea of where I am coming from.
So, now back to the question of The Obama Deception. Is there a global agenda to create a united global structure through which to control humanity? Absolutely! Is it consciously driven by a group of elite wealthy individuals? In part, but also by forces beyond this realm and it is these forces that are really the source of this agenda. Is this agenda opposed to the best interests of humanity? Not really. It is a response to many factors, only some of which have been addressed here. But the shadow aspects of these forces are driving it in a direction that will ultimately not be at all healthy for humanity. Is Barack Obama complicit in this agenda? Possibly, but not necessarily at a conscious level. However, by virtue of the position he holds he is inevitably drawn into the vortex of Power through which these forces gain access and operate in this realm.
Do I support the video The Obama Deception? These people are playing an important role in raising awareness. This is a vital role but it is limited and not nearly enough. The producers of the video are looking from a particular perspective, one in which they do not appear aware of their own complicity in the unfolding agenda. The movie presents a very black and white, simplistic approach which gives only a glimpse into the real issues and the complexity of what is taking place.
What is the solution? The solution, if indeed one is to be found, will involve many elements, brought forth by many people. Ultimately, if we are to avoid the New World Order what we need to do is to create all the elements of a new system, and gain sufficient support in the collective consciousness for each of these elements so they may act as dynamic attractors in the collective consciousness of the planet. These attractors can then act to create a bifurcation that will enable a new sort of global system of government to emerge, one that might look completely different to anything we can envisage.
For this to happen however, two things must take place (at least). The first is that humanity must reach a deeper understanding of its relationships with the higher realms and develop means of engaging these higher forces in a conscious manner AND as equal partners. Second, we must learn to embrace the shadow of the collective consciousness of humanity, at a collective level. For a new system to emerge it is absolutely essential that the shadow energies related to the current state of humanity – which includes democracy, globalization, individual desire, greed, the monetary system, etc – must be embraced. This shadow holds profound wisdom that is essential to the understanding of how to move forward and a new system will not be able to emerge without the revelation and dissemination of this wisdom. Without this happening it is almost inevitable that the global elite will succeed in filling the void with their New World Order.
Finally a word on the much prophesized 2012 emergence of a new consciousness. To me, this is a distraction. Such a new consciousness is entirely possible – it is none other then the emerging system that I speak about above. But it is not going to happen without humanity embracing its collective shadow. There is not going to be a higher force of savior energy sweep down to wipe away the global elite and all those dark forces and install a new, light-based consciousness on Earth. If a new system is to emerge it will do so only on the back of the dedicated hard work of humanity AND by their evolving relationship with the higher forces. I must stress here that this relationship will be with all the higher forces, not just the forces of light and love, but those of Power, Structure and Desire as well.
From my perspective, the notion that there will be some magical shift in consciousness which is somehow inevitable, is simply an expression of the agenda of a different stream of higher dimensional energy that seeks to undermine the existing power structures. It is no more powerful or capable of exercising its will on earth than the forces operating through the global elite. What’s more, this force is far less established in the Earth realm and so it is extremely unlikely if it, on its own, is capable of prevailing. That does not mean that it does not have a role to play; it most certainly does, and it contains profound wisdom, but it is only a part of a larger picture.
Anyway, that is my response to the video The Obama Deception. Of course I could be wrong. This is simply my perspective, when viewed through my lens, but I do feel it has more depth than some of the other views being offered, and more potential to offer a way forward for those of us who are willing and capable of looking beyond the immediate reaction and the need to find a black and white solution.
Much Love
Alistair
Thank you Alistair, we agree this is simply your perspective. Certainly we all have one. I find your actions and naked honesty, upon said perspective, to be quite inspiring.
Peace
M@
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