The New Alcohol Epidemic Kills More Than Two and a Half Times as Many People as The Opioid Epidemic

“Excessive alcohol use kills more than twice as many people every year than those who die from prescription opioids and heroin—from 2006 to 2010, there were 88,000 deaths annually related to alcohol versus 33,000 opioid overdose deaths in 2015″

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Thad McKraken

Aug 14, 2017

 If there was ever a time for a psychedelic revolution, it’d be now.

From Vice:

“researchers found increases across the board. The percent of people who’d consumed alcohol in the previous 12 months rose by 11.2 percent, especially among women, minorities, adults over the age of 65, and people with lower education levels and low incomes. That in and of itself isn’t worrisome, but the prevalence of high-risk drinking—those four or five drinks a day, at least once a week—also rose by nearly 30 percent in that time, but primarily among the same groups. Problem drinking increased from 9.7 percent to 12.6 percent of the population, representing a rise from 20.2 million to 29.6 million Americans.

Perhaps most worrisome of all, the estimated prevalence of people with alcohol use disorder rose by 49.4 percent, from 8.5 to 12.7 percent of the population, representing 17.6 million and 29.9 million Americans, respectively. That means an estimated one in eight Americans fit the diagnostic criteria for alcoholism. Rates of AUDs rose even higher in certain subgroups: Women saw an 83.7 percent increase in AUDs, African Americans had a 92.8 percent increase, people with only high school educations saw a 57.8 percent increase, and people with incomes less than $20,000 had a 65.9 percent increase.

So not only are more people drinking, but it seems casual drinkers are also becoming problem drinkers at much higher rates. The researchers have a few ideas as to why drinking might be increasing. “Drinking norms and values have become more permissive among women, along with increases in educational and occupational opportunities and rising numbers of women in the workforce, all of which may have contributed to increased high-risk drinking and AUD in women during the past decade,” they write, compounded by the stress of pursuing a career and raising a family. The researchers note that stress and demoralization caused by increased income inequality after the 2008 recession may have driven up drinking rates among minorities.

Together, these statistics paint a bleak picture. The increases, the researchers wrote, “constitute a public health crisis that may have been overshadowed by increases in much less prevalent substance use (marijuana, opiates and heroin) during the same period.” Excessive alcohol use kills more than twice as many people every year than those who die from prescription opioids and heroin—from 2006 to 2010, there were 88,000 deaths annually related to alcohol versus 33,000 opioid overdose deaths in 2015. Despite the big increases in alcohol misuse, treatment rates for alcohol use disorders remain low, at less than 10 percent. The authors say high-risk drinking and AUD are still stigmatized.

Higher drinking rates overall and increases in problem drinking foreshadow increases in chronic health conditions, they say, especially among those demographic groups. To say nothing of the terrible emotional cost for the people struggling with alcohol misuse, these health problems will affect the healthcare costs of the entire nation: in 2010, alcohol-related problems cost society an estimated $250 billion. Some of the biggest increases in problem drinking were among groups that may not have sufficient medical coverage, according to an editorial published in conjunction with the study penned by Marc A. Schuckit, a professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego.

We’re seeing some of the effects already, the study authors note—rates of many of the conditions associated with problem drinking, such as heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, and cirrhosis, had previously decreased but had either become more prevalent or their decreases started to plateau during the study’s time frame. So, too, have fatal alcohol-related car accidents and injury-related emergency room visits increased. The link between the rise in alcohol use and the increase in obesity rates also warrants further investigation, the researchers write.”

Read the rest over at VICE.

I came so very close to getting sucked into this black hole vortex. It’s funny how most of the criticism of my first book involved the drinking and sex. Sort of blew my mind that this was what people took issue with, they were cool with the talking to aliens thing. The book’s about how I got into sorcery in my late 20’s, the heaving drinking was me trying to normalize my situation. It’s not like drinking constantly was my idea, our culture IS alcohol culture. I’m a musician. My pursuit of the Occult helped pull me out of that lifestyle, and it wasn’t easy at all. Just in the last week I was confronting the fact that I very well might have some permanent health issues due to all my years partaking in this wonderful escapist hobby of ours. There’s some dark shit lurking behind the scenes of the drug trade and booze ain’t the only legal drug by coincidence. If you wanna banish the daemons from our culture, this is a pretty good place to start.

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Thad McKraken is a psychedelic writer, musician, visual artist, filmmaker, Occultist, and pug enthusiast based out of Seattle. He is the author of the books The Galactic Dialogue: Occult Initiations and Transmissions From Outside of Time, both of which can be picked up on Amazon super cheap.

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Hidden by the Elite: The Occult Meaning of the ‘Three Wise Monkeys’

Source: Hidden by the Elite: The Occult Meaning of the ‘Three Wise Monkeys’ | Humans Are Free

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By Richard Cassaro, Guest author

Aug 7, 2017

The “Three Wise Monkeys” (also called the “Three Mystic Apes”) is a sacred ancient Japanese icon whose original meaning is intentionally being hidden by the Elite. 

Knowing the truth of the symbol’s age-old directive of “See no Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil ” can empower you in ways you never thought possible and change your life forever.

In this article, we’ll uncover the symbol’s authentic ancient meaning, and we’ll see why this meaning is intentionally being covered up.

If you think you know the meaning of the Three Wise Monkeys symbol, maybe you better think again.

A 17th century carving over a door of the famous Toshogu shrine in Nikko, Japan

We’re taught by the Elite (i.e., the mass media and their corporate sponsors) that it stands for feigning ignorance to the misconduct of others rather than exposing their misconduct:

“In the Western world the phrase is often used to refer to those who deal with impropriety by looking the other way, refusing to acknowledge it, or feigning ignorance.” — Wikipedia

The trouble is, “turning a blind eye” to the misconduct of others is not the symbol’s true authentic or original Eastern spiritual meaning. This is a false and corrupted “substitute” meaning.space

The Symbol’s Original Ancient Significance

The symbol’s original ancient significance has been hidden from us (by the Elite) for good reason: The truth is far more potent, self-empowering, magical, and spiritually-uplifting than the Elite want the masses to know.

“Mahatma Gandhi’s one notable exception to his lifestyle of non-possession was a small statue of the three monkeys.” — Wikipedia

Mahatma Gandhi, one of the world’s most beloved heroes

The three monkeys are commonly known as follows:

Mizaru, covering his eyes, sees no evil
Kikazaru, covering his ears, hears no evil
Iwazaru, covering his mouth, speaks no evil

Together the three embody the proverbial principle to “See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil.”

But what exactly does this mean?

Let’s take the first phrase: “See no evil.” It means just what it says: “See no evil,” or don’t look upon anything that is evil.

Don’t look at evil, don’t watch or gawk at evil, don’t crave evil, don’t let evil enter into your system, not even for a moment.

Why not?

Ever drink old milk? Eat rotten meat? Bad cheese? When you swallow it, you digest it.

And when you digest it you get sick from it. Your body absorbs it, and when your body realizes it’s no good your body needs to release it quickly, in some way.

It’s the same with evil. When we see evil, we digest it, and when we digest it the evil becomes a part of us. We then need to release it in some way, which often has a negative result.

For many, this idea that “seeing” evil is equivalent to “digesting” evil may sound like rubbish. But there is a powerful and profound principle at work here.

To use a simple comparison, it’s a proven fact that seeing violence in the media (i.e., TV, movies, video games) makes us think and act more violently:

“Literally thousands of studies since the 1950s have asked whether there is a link between exposure to media violence and violent behavior. All but 18 have answered, ‘Yes.’

“The evidence from the research is overwhelming. According to the AAP, ‘Extensive research evidence indicates that media violence can contribute to aggressive behavior, desensitization to violence, nightmares, and fear of being harmed.’ Watching violent shows is also linked with having less empathy toward others.” — University of Michigan Health System (website)

Seeing violence causes us to act more violently. Similarly, when we “See Evil” we internalize it.

And when we internalize evil, it becomes a part of us, which means eventually the evil needs to find its way out. If it does not exit, the evil wreaks havoc on our bodies and minds.

Thus, the ancient directive to “See No Evil” is a wise maxim that seeks to protect us from evil by warning us not to “see” it in the first place.

The next phrase, “Hear No Evil,” rests on the same principle. When we hear evil, it becomes part of us. Our body absorbs it like a sponge.

Again, it’s like ingesting rotten food; the body can’t hold it, and it needs to come out.

“Speak No Evil” is a bit different. Seeing and hearing are two of our five senses (along with touching, tasting, and smelling).

But speaking is not a sense. Seeing and hearing both involve taking something into our body, while speaking involves pushing something out.

So the tenet “Speak No Evil” differs from the other two. In a sense, it can be seen as the outcome of the other two.

In other words, if you “See No Evil” and you “Hear No Evil” you will then “Speak No Evil” because you will be pure. It’s the 1 + 1 = 2 formula.

The question is: Why is this simple wisdom being kept hidden from us? Hidden so well that many Americans will scoff at the authentic explanation of the Three Wise Monkeys just provided?

Those who scoff should realize that this wisdom is ancient, and can be traced back 2,500 year to a wise code of conduct followed by multiple high civilizations in China, India, Japan and elsewhere.

Its wisdom has been adopted by great thinkers like Confucius:

“Look not at what is contrary to propriety; listen not to what is contrary to propriety; speak not what is contrary to propriety; make no movement which is contrary to propriety” — Confucius, c. 500 BC

We find similar ideas in other remote religions and spiritual systems.

One example is Buddhism’s “Noble Eightfold Path,” which is the Buddha’s practical guideline to ethical and mental development with the goal of freeing the individual from suffering, attachments and delusions; and which finally leads to understanding the truth about all things:

Right Understanding
Right Thoughts
Right Speech
Right Action
Right Livelihood
Right Effort
Right Mindfulness
Right Concentration

In ancient Zoroastrianism (c. 1200 BC), the term “Humata, Hukhta, Hvarshta,” expressed the main idea of the religion. It stood for the maxim: “good thoughts, good words, good deeds.”

“From their infancy Japanese boys have one special precept instilled into their minds. It is: “See no evil: hear no evil; speak no evil.” — Our Young People, St. Johns Institute For Deaf Mutes, 1910

“There are three monkeys…They are resolved to “See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil.” They are intent upon guarding the whole output and input and intake of life from the taint of wrong.” — Charles Reynolds Brown, The Religion of a Layman, 1920

“‘See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.’ ; ‘Think evil and you create evil,’ are universal world-old proverbs.” — Leonard Stuart, The Cosmic Comedy, 1919

“O’er the door of the sacred Temple
They sit in their wisdom the three —
The little deaf Monkey,
The little dumb Monkey,
The Monkey who will not see;
With their eyes shut to evil,
Ears that hear only the right,
Lips that are dumb to scandal,
They sit in their silent might”
— Unknown

“…I recommend…the observance of a commandment that existed before either Christian or Jew existed.

Thou shalt make a covenant with thy senses,
With thine eye, that it beholds no evil.
With thine ear, that it hear no evil.
With thy tongue, that it speak no evil.
With thy hands that they commit no evils.
— Thomas Paine, Federal City, Lovett’s Hotel, 1802

How admirably simple and pure this philosophy is—to turn one’s back on destructive negativity, and to guard one’s eyes from images and impressions that are not constructive to one’s spiritual growth.

This philosophy, which was adopted by Gandhi as a universal truth, likens the mind to a white sheet, which only retains its pure color when associated with others who are like-mindedly pursuing spiritual ideals—who refuse to expose their minds and the minds of others to “the lower order of things.”space

Hidden By The Elite

Why, then, is the mass media increasingly pushing so much evil on us? Why are we being bombarded by evil, violence and fear on all sides? Forced to take it in, like so much old milk, rotten meat, and bad cheese?

Hollywood movies are getting more twisted, evil, and sinister.

Hollywood movies force us to violate the ancient “See No Evil” maxim

Children’s video games are getting more violent, bloody, raw:

Left: Image from a violent children’s video game. Right: Children acting out violence at Columbine.

Television stations are broadcasting more and more disturbing and graphic programming.

Evil images and sounds from TV programs are stored in our brains. When the set goes off, they haunt our thoughts—consciously and unconsciously—and burst forth in misbehavior.

Music has been getting more violent for decades, much of it gratuitous, in terms of lyrics, album covers, videos and associated artwork:

The music industry, owned and operated by the Elite, 

is promoting violence to the younger generations.

Add to this all the poisonous evil that’s force-fed to us on all the TV and Cable News broadcasts.

Every day the news at the top of the hour on all stations sounds the same:

“Ten dead, six raped, four shot, two killed, one burned — bombs, Arab terror, hatred, race violence, corruption, mass arrests, sinking economy, gender warfare and al Qaeda.”

Watching the TV news forces evil, violence, fear and negativity on us.

When we watch the News we’re seeing and hearing evil all the time. We’re bombarded by it. How does it make you feel? Sad, scared, nervous, angry, depressed, and so on. Right?

Now, what if you found out that this Evil is being aimed at you…on purpose? The Elite are indeed doing this on purpose. Their goal is to destabilize society and prevent us from being empowered.

At the same time, they are hiding the ancient wisdom of “See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil,” effectively robbing us of the main tool / teaching we need to defend ourselves.

Like many a great wisdom, the ancient teaching warning us to “See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil” has been subtly turned upside-down, and is now being used as a weapon against us.

The maxim has been spun into a tool of perversion, a control mechanism mastered by the puppeteers that blocks light, halts spiritual growth, and impedes the gentle and gradual revelation of ever-higher spiritual truths, wisdom, and realization.

The evil that’s being force-fed to us is much more damaging than we can imagine. It’s having more of a negative effect than we realize. It’s creating cancer in our bodies and in our minds.

We’re constantly exposed to tremendous evil; and because we don’t realize the damage it’s doing to us we are not consciously trying to release it.

Worse, we are willing participants in its consumption, not out of choice, but because we believe it’s normal, having been born and raised into society, into this system.

We don’t realize it has all been purposely design to destabilize us mentally and physically, keeping the Elite in control and keeping the masses sick, suppressed, scared and subservient.space

Fighting The Powers That Shouldn’t Be

What can we do to fight against it?

Turn off the TV! Stop supporting Hollywood! Stop buying movie tickets! Don’t buy magazines. Newspapers.

Resist watching the news. Spread the word—and warn the youth especially—that the system is rigged, the game is tilted.

Make sure you know that there are many positive ways of releasing the evil that we consume. Exercise (physical and mental) meditation, writing, reading, jogging, singing, biking. Even sex.

In antiquity, the Olympics were founded so that city-states and kingdoms could release pent-up anger and hostility and evil against each other in a positive and even joyous way.

The ancients held Olympic games to channel the evil they felt toward one another constructively. 

Today that wisdom has been lost.

Yes, there is real evil in the world (terrorists with bombs; murders with guns; laws that take away our freedoms; and genuine economic difficulties).

But always remember that evil and fear are really only happening “out there” and not “in you.” All the negative things that are happening “out there” are out of our control until we can control what’s happening inside us.

This starts with controlling our feelings and reactions to outside events. We have the power to change these events and this power lies in changing ourselves. As such, we each possess immense power.

For example, the next time you feel fear, recognize it as only a “thought” in your mind and consciously ask yourself: Why am I afraid?

Is the cause of fear an immediate threat to your safety or well being? If not, then it is completely illusory and should be discarded. More times than not, we fear things that our minds invent.

Things that may happen in the future, but haven’t yet actually happened to us. If we allow this fear to persist, we will likely attract the very things we fear.

Push past these thoughts and concentrate/meditate on exactly the positive things you wish to occur instead of the outcomes you dread.

In Conclusion

The authentic ancient meaning of the Three Wise Monkeys has been censored, banned, and secreted away from you.

Having originated in the East, the symbol’s meaning has been changed and it now stands for something that is totally alien to its authentic nature.

If you want to see real change in your life, you may want to print a photo of the Three Wise Monkeys symbol and keep it by your desk or in your car.

Buy an icon of the Three Wise Monkeys and carry it around with you, like Gandhi did. Evil perpetuates itself like a cancer. Once you cut it out, you will kill the cancer.

You can find more information on the subject by reading my books: Written in Stone and The Missing Link.

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Secret Stone Age engravings can only be seen at night, archaeologists find

Source: Secret Stone Age engravings can only be seen at night, archaeologists find — RT Viral

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15 Jul, 2017

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Markings that are only visible in moonlight have been discovered on an ancient stone formation in Britain, leading archaeologists to believe there could be more messages hidden amongst the world’s stone memorials.

A new study of the Stone Age-engraved panel ‘Hendraburnick Quoit’ in Cornwall, southwest England, revealed that 10 times the amount of markings were visible when the stone was viewed under moonlight or very low sunlight from the southeast.

“This makes Hendraburnick Quoit the most known decorated or deliberately marked stone in southern Britain – possibly topping even Stonehenge,” said archaeologist and digital heritage specialist Tom Goskar, who studied the stone.

After finding 105 new cup marks and 47 previously undiscovered grooved lines, archaeologists now believe the features may have been used for sacred moonlight rituals. This contradicts the previously held belief that Neolithic structures were built to align with the movements of the sun.

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“We were aware there were some cup and ring marks on the rocks but we were there on a sunny afternoon and noticed it was casting shadows on others which nobody had seen before,” Dr. Andy Jones from the Cornwall Archaeological Unit told the Telegraph.

“When we went out to some imaging at night, when the camera flashed we suddenly saw more and more art, which suggested that it was meant to be seen at night and in the moonlight.”

Jones and Goskar, who published a study of the monument in Time and Mind, also found that pieces of quartz around the stone panel had been smashed to effectively glow in the dark and illuminate the area.

© Tom Goskar

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“I think the new marks show that this site was used at night and it is likely that other megalithic sites were as well,” said Jones.

“Then when you think about the quartz smashed around, which would have caused flashes and luminescence, suddenly you see that these images would have emerged out of the dark”.

Jones believes the discovery means many more stone formations, like the historical landmark Stonehenge located some 144 miles from Hendraburnick, could also have mysterious messages engraved.

“Stonehenge does have markings, and I think that many more would be found at sites across the country if people were to look at them in different light.”

The Enslavement of Souls and the Archon Gate Keepers

Source: The Enslavement of Souls and the Archon Gate Keepers | Humans Are Free

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By Greg Calise, Guest author

July 15, 2017

We have overlords, trans-dimensional beings who have invaded Earth many thousands of years ago. In the ancient legends, they are known as the gods. The Gnostics knew of them as the Archons. Don Juan called them The Predators.

They are our overlords, and they have constructed a matrix, or false covering of illusions, to cover the Earth, which keeps us captive.

We have been mind controlled, brainwashed and hypnotized to believe these illusions to be reality. They consider us their herd, and they feed off of us. That is the predicament we find ourselves in.

These overlords have recruited many minions to keep us in line. In the past, there were the royal bloodlines and priests which acted as the minions. Today we have the same scenario, but the royal bloodlines are hidden as heads of states.

The high priests are no longer found only in the traditional religions, but have found their way into new age and as spiritual teachers.

And of course this all branches out into banking, corporations, the military and police, etc. On the spiritual side you have all of the fundamentalist followers of the religions and sects.

We also have the social and cultural leaders that do their part to keep the herds in line. We have the peoples champions who steer sections of society to where they are wanted. These are too numerous to mention.

As soon as I hear that someone is thinking that another authority, another person, has the rights over their mental and emotional and attitudinal and psychic life, I’m worried about that person. Because I know that that person has some very serious psychological and existential problems, right off the bat.

Then that person is going to be a part of a herd, or will be a controller of a herd, or be manipulated by the herd, or whatever you want to call it. But you will never find that person doing any good in the world. Not any real necessary good at all.

Its a contradiction of terms. They may be sold the illusion, or delusion that they are doing wonderful work, because they gave to Live Aid or the next stupid charity that pops up out of the woodwork. [They are] the peoples champions that lead you away. – Michael Tsarion

All of these minions of the overlords do their jobs to steer us away from the Truth. Wherever you look, you are being confronted by charlatans pointing you in the wrong direction. I know, I went through 50 years of being led down dead ends and detours.

Of all of the many spiritual teachers I have met, almost every one of them were fakes and charlatans. I feel the same about most of what I read and watch.

If you consider also the social leaders, politicians, the media, judiciary, military and police, etc., they seem to have a pretty tight grip on the populace. Most people are completely hypnotized into believing whatever they are told by their leaders.

Most people are so embedded in the system, that they will fight to protect it. They have been hypnotized into believing that the artificial world they live in is real. They see anyone that wants to expose the truth as the enemy.

So you see that anytime someone speaks the truth, they are immediately slandered as tin hat wearing crazy conspiracy nuts. So because most people believe in the illusion, they gladly protect it. They fight and die to uphold the very prison in which they exist.

These minions are the gate keepers, and their jobs are to keep us from finding the gate, the doorway to true freedom from their prison. So they will lead us astray, far away from the gate. The gatekeepers closest to the gate are the spiritual charlatans.

They pretend to give you spiritual truths, but in reality, they steer you back into the matrix. They may even entice you with little pieces of actual truth, but they are incased in deceit. They use the truth as bait to capture you.

The internet and bookstores are filled with these charlatans. Parrots, plagiarists, thieves, ego trippers, even perverts and psychopaths; the scandals abound. The sheer number of these fakers that spring up are innumerable. They are a dime a dozen.

Every day, new teachers, guides, channels, coaches, gurus and authors appear on the internet. And they all have agendas money, followers, fame and recognition, proselytizing their message, even sexual favors and other deviant reasons.

Many of these charlatans know that they are deceiving, but also many have no idea. They actually believe that they are conveying truth. I was in an ashram where everyone was convinced that their scriptures and gurus were truth.

Later I realized that it was one big con game where everyone involved (including the gurus) was deceived into believing it all to be true. These are the most dangerous deceptions, those propagated by true believers.

These deceptive teachers and teachings can usually be spotted, but not always so easily. Some of them are quite expert at deceiving.

The first thing I notice is if the teacher is genuine; that he has actually realized what he speaks, that he is honest, kind and without agenda. Then I discern the message; Is what is spoken the truth? Where does it lead one? What is the agenda?

“There’s a plethora of disinfo tools laced into the alternative spirituality arena. If it disempowers, it’s wrong. If it directs your allegiance, it’s wrong. If it robs you of your sovereignty, it’s wrong. If it’s dogmatic and hierarchical, it’s wrong.

“Most lies and lying systems have all of those traits, while other aspects are more subtle. There are other attributes but to me the ones above are the most prominent. The so called New Age Movement is rife with phony baloney trips, messiahs and deliverance doctrines.” – Zen Gardner

The spiritual truth is not subject to some religion, guru or teaching. It cannot be taught or given. It is who you are at this very moment. Search who that is.

“Being spiritual has nothing to do with what you believe and everything to do with your state of consciousness.” ― Eckhart Tolle

The Self is here and now, it is the only Reality. There is nothing else. – Ramana Maharshi

One can know oneself only with ones own eye of knowledge, and not with somebody elses. – Ramana Maharshi

The ultimate truth is so simple; it is nothing more than being in ones natural, original state.

It is a great wonder that to teach such a simple truth a number of religions should be necessary, and so many disputes should go on between them as to which is the God-ordained teaching. What a pity! Just be the Self, that is all. – Ramana Maharshi

The absolute truth is simple: It is as it is. You Are that truth. Search for it within your inner territory, as you will not find it out there, even within the higher dimensions. Stop chasing the phantasmagoria and take the inner journey. Ignore the merchants in the marketplace.

Truth is nothing new. It is nothing to be achieved or acquired. It is timeless, eternal and has been revealed throughout the ages by those who actually realized it.

There are no new techniques, healings, teachings, working with energies and the rest of the new age smorgasbord. Question everything.

“Self-betrayal is a grievous matter. It rots the mind like cancer. The remedy lies in clarity and integrity of thinking. Try to understand that you live in a world of illusions, examine them and uncover their roots. The very attempt to do so will make you earnest, for there is bliss in right endeavor.” – Nisargadatta Maharaj

“There is no reaching the Self. If the Self were to be reached, it would mean that the Self is not now and here, but that it should be got anew. What is got afresh, will also be lost. So it will be impermanent. What is not permanent is not worth striving for. So I say, the Self is not reached. You are the Self. You are already That.” – Ramana Maharshi

So we find ourselves in a dilemma, where even if one was interested in the truth, there are innumerable gatekeepers to lead one astray. One must have proper discernment to traverse any path in this world, especially on the path of truth.

Don’t believe anything. Find out for yourself.

As they say, Buyer beware in the marketplace. or as Michael Tsarion says, The question is not have I been sold a lie, but have I bought a lie.’

By Greg Calise, Guest author, HumansAreFree.com