I am sixty-four times around the sun and counting. No longer “young,” but not “old.” Not at the end of life, but instead, the beginning, certainly of a new phase. I have observed, analyzed, and experienced a lot, and have taken the time to both gain and offer a perspective worth considering that is actually hiding in plain view.

Lifetimes of extended orbits alone won’t deliver this point-of-view; introspection and a desire to know the truth, will.

“Men only care for science so far as they get a living by it, and that they worship even error when it affords them a subsistence.” ~ Goethe

This simple quote from the German writer, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832), is sadly as true today as it was when first written. By making the pursuit and acquisition of money a cultural “end” unto itself, we largely live in error, worship error, and defend error largely because for many, the ability to continue “earning a living” depends on keeping things as they are.

The “error” is in our way of thinking, which impacts how we perceive our world, our fellow travelers on this planetary sphere, and ourselves.

The consequences are staggering. Yet, the power to arrest this travesty is at hand, within each of us.

Like wolves in sheeps’ clothing, many concepts that have been presented as unquestionable truths to my generation (i.e., Baby Boomers), and those that have followed, are in fact, very questionable. The range of erroneous infractions cover the full-spectrum of our social order, through education (science, history, sociology), medicine, agriculture, ranching, politics, religion, technology and industry.

We live in, and have created, a grim fairy tale.

Errors Accepted As Truth Unquestioned, Pass Down

An example of a questionable truth that was conveniently encoded in the mind of my generation as an advertising slogan through the relatively new medium of television, is “Better living through chemistry.” Younger people may be more likely associate the phrase with a 2014 motion picture by the same title, but the phrase was a highly effective meme that was used by the DuPont Company, to influence generations of Americans and people around the world, for which the entire world population is paying a stiff, horrific, and unnecessary price.

I am not singling DuPont out for any extraordinary villainy. Founded in 1802, the company was well-experienced at influencing public perception by the time I came along. It was not alone among chemical companies, nor among the proponents of chemical-based (which are petrochemical-based) products.

The idea of the benefits to be realized through chemistry and through technology in general, was supported by news stories of the great advances that had been made through scientific research and development. The polio vaccine was one celebrated example that is now questionable.

One of the largest and most devious medical scandals in the history of American medicine also concerns the polio vaccine. In an excellent history about the polio vaccine, Neil Miller shares the story of Dr. Bernice Eddy, a scientist at the NIH who in 1959 “discovered that the polio vaccines being administered throughout the world contained an infectious agent capable of causing cancer.” As the story is told, her attempts to warn federal officials resulted in the removal of her laboratory and being demoted at the agency.[5] It was only later that one of the nation’s most famous vaccine developers, Maurice Hilleman at Merck identified the agent as a cancer causing monkey virus, SV40, common in almost all rhesus monkeys being used to culture the polio virus for the vaccine. This contaminant virus was found in all samples of the Sabin oral polio vaccine tested. The virus was also being found in Salk’s killed polio injectable vaccine as well. No one knows for certain how many American’s received SV40 contaminated vaccines, but some estimates put the figure as high as 100 million people. That was greater than half the US population in 1963 when the vaccine was removed from the market. ~ Dr. Gary Null

These developments were further supported by other questionable truths, such as the Germ theory of disease, as posited by Louis Pasteur (1822–1895).

Germ theory purports that some diseases are caused by microorganisms, inferring that certain microorganisms exist to cause said diseases. In other words, some “germs” (i.e., viruses, bacteria, “pathogens”, plus cysts and tumors) are to be considered “good,” while others are “bad.” This reductionist and, from where I sit today, erroneous conclusion is behind the bulk of standard medical practice today, including the debate around the promotion and use of vaccines which, in spite of ample evidence that we have reached a saturation point for their non-catastrophic use.

I say “non-catastrophic” because, while it does happen, a patient rarely dies immediately on administration of vaccines in spite of the metabolic shock that they create to one’s entire system. The longer the patient lives after the treatment, plausible deniability becomes increasingly credible.

To see how we were influenced, consider a few of the ads that proliferated during those not so ancient times.

Cigarette ads were eventually banned (as pharmaceutical ads should be banned today), but what better way to infer prestige and safety than to tout “scientific evidence” on the effects of smoking, and the brand most preferred by doctors?

These ads are among several that introduced cellophane as a preferred packaging material.

It is fascinating to see the ways by which corporations influenced public perception. Each generation has examples of messages that, today, seem ludicrous.

Yet, some practices have changed only slightly over time.

This is because the erroneous thinking behind the actions shown above and below, remains unchanged.

Examples of erroneous thinking permeate the human consciousness and psyche, affecting the quality of health, life, relationships and well-being. It is why people exploit us, our communities, environment and planet, and why we allow and even defend the exploitation. If you want to change this state of affairs, you can.

If there existed a Social Meaning Index, the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign would register somewhere below a Jerry Springer show in importance. Manufactured problems have dominated the political discourse to such an extent as to mask the fact that no meaningful, desirable, or lasting solutions are even being offered by the candidates, or considered by the public.

Would you demand healthy drinking water from your tap if you knew it was possible? Would you demand that polluted rivers be restored to health if you knew it was possible to do so? Would you demand that toxic waste dumps and landfills that have sit unattended for decades be remediated if you knew that safe methods were possible? Would you allow your child (or yourself) to be jabbed with vaccines if you knew that the chemicals impair cognitive ability and affect future behavior?

These questions aren’t raised by the candidates or the “debate” framers, because you are not supposed to know that solutions to these and other conditions are possible, available, and affordable compared to the costs associated with being “Americans” today.

I’d like to change that, not so much for the process of electing the president, who under the present arrangement will only do what he (or she) is told, but let it be known that real and meaningful changes are possible, and that we can do it; each one of us.

If we are to change the world that the generations that followed us will inherit for the better, we need to begin now. The first changes begin with our thinking as we discover and let go of the lies that we have long thought of as truths.

Wherefore art thou truth?

The characters of the television show, The X-Files made “the truth is out there” famous.

The first Star Trek series made famous the phrase, “Space: The Final Frontier”. In both cases, the inferred “direction” of exploration would prevent one from gaining what they seek, for truth is not “out there,” but shall be found in the stillness of one’s inner space.

Facts can be found “without,” but truth that resonates with one’s mind and heart, can only be validated from within.

There is much to be discovered and appreciated when we stop running away and hiding from our fears, and balance ourselves in the present to not only face them, but transcend and heal. That is the beginning of what I’d like to say to each who is ready to be unafraid to be the equal human beings that they are.

I’m writing because there is far more that each of us needs to know about ourselves than any external pursuit, or institutional doctrine, will reveal. I trust that someone reading this stream of thoughts will want to know more, and invite more thoughts from this voice of their future.