They say the first casualty of war is truth.
We have seen for the past decade that journalism does not
exist anymore. No one is informing the populace by sharing facts. They are
simply seeking viewers and clicks. The best source of clicks is fear. And when
the fear is optimized, we are offered distraction from our fear – everything from
celebrities to sports to recipes to pornography. Media, in all its forms, has become
a time-consuming, attitude enforcing, addictive intoxication.
In my past life, I valued being informed. I aspired to be
very informed and a source for others to be informed. I have mistakenly convinced
myself that being informed is important in a world where being informed has
become impossible.
Certainly, I can claim to know more than others. That may
build my feelings of superiority. It will give me the chance to sound
intelligent. It may allow me to condemn the others who do not engage social
dynamics and label them as the problem.
But in the end, my blame and hate and condemnation are
simply the tools that profiteers use to sell everything from insurance to investments
to weapons. They are the thought-tools we use to convince that war can be
justified.
Can you feel the fear and hatred building in you? Have you
come to the conclusion that war is necessary yet? Putin convinced his people.
Are you convinced yet?
Journalism is not used to inform you. It is used to shape
you and lead you to the need for war.
This is not the first war. History is filled with them. War
has always resulted in significant profits for some. Have we forgotten that
war is a multi trillion-dollar product and service industry?
I have decided to abstain from the war news. It brings me to fear and worry. And worse, it brings me to hate and thoughts of attack. It is fed to me to enrage and terrify me. I will not allow myself to be convinced by propaganda that any war is justified. I will not be seduced into thinking there is a way to win. I need to remember that developing strategies for attack is the sadly naïve belief there can be winners in war.
Attack thoughts are the true pandemic disease today. Attack
never results in resolution. Attack is the antithesis of peace, and isn’t peace
is what we all seek?
No, I will not read the war news any longer. But that does not mean I will be passive. I will not do nothing. I won’t just be distracted.
I will use the time formerly employed in the consumption of
news to join in with one of the dozens and dozens of united prayer-meditation-contemplation
exercises conducted all around the world as we speak.
A simple google search will find for you, dozens of studies that have been done that show these meditations efforts have had empirically measurable and statistically significant effects in war zones.
Here is one to
consider - https://www.bmedreport.com/archives/10821
Is it propaganda? Maybe. Isn't it all propaganda anymore?
But at least it is propaganda for
peace. It does not make me hate.
I will actively use my mind to send forgiveness and peace
rather than to collect propaganda that tries to convince me to be afraid and
hateful.
It is impossible to be informed. It is impossible that war
results in peace. It is ridiculous to discuss this in social media. None of
these will accomplish anything for anyone other than the politicians and
profiteers. It is a waste of my effort.
Instead, I will calm my mind and send my emotionally loving wishes
and prayers for calm and reason and peace to those I would otherwise consider
my enemies and attackers.
I pray you will join me.
