"As a preface to understanding, I think it necessary to go through the standard phases of “waking up."


1. An Individual vaguely perceives something is wrong in his/her life.

This takes the form of fatigue at trying to "keep up" with real or
imaginary crisis, encroachment of government into every aspect of life, increasing taxation and so on. Sometimes it takes the loss of work and the realization that the safety net they contributed to has a gaping hole in the middle.

2. The individual discovers that justice is a joke and that all control mechanisms go up like a pyramid, taking their property, taxes etc. with it. This wealth then is distributed to "help bail-out" or "prop-up" "failing" transnational corporations. Left-overs are channeled via Overseas Developement Corporations
to "developing nations," where the loot is pocketed by front-men and their beaurocrats. Crumbs filter down to social services, which, after being guzzled by directors and staff, leave little for the needy except bundles of forms, in triplicate, of course.

3. The individual looks around for others already exposing "the
conspiracy." These established champions inform him which
"conspiracy" books to read. Having then done so, the individual
begins to "expose" the corruption, first to friends, then when
friendless, he either publishes what he has gleaned or becomes
paranoid and withdraws from society altogether.

Why does the waking-up process fail to spread quickly through
society?

1. He is terribly naive. He believes the massive corruption "just
happened" to begin in his own lifetime, otherwise mummy or daddy or teacher would have warned him. It does not occur to him that his Parents, teachers etc. were as conditioned as he was.

2. Most people do not wish to know. They, like farm animals, have been domesticated. Wild animals (original) have natural instincts of self-preservation. They sense the evil intentions of predators and they survive by trusting their instincts. Wild herds do not "hang around" when one or more members drops dead. Specially bred sheep do.

3. Pavlovian conditioning/response indoctrination has been fed to
every individual, through schooling. The media then takes over.
Peoples’ opinions are simply sound-bites from news, talk-shows or quotes from glossy magazines.

4. Trust replaces the instinct of self-preservation. It over-rides
memory and logic. Controllers and shepherds encourage trust.

5. When threatened with loss of possessions, property, access to
health care, etc., people turn to government(predators) for help,
or/and organized religion. Should an individual persist in pushing for his "rights," he will be removed from society and placed in a
psychiatric hospital or prison on any number of pretexes. The
alternative is death by "accident," or shot by police while 'resisting arrest.'"


Från Alan Watts bok "Cutting Trough 2."

Här finns mer info... om Alans böcker.
http://www.cuttingthroughthematrix.com/books.html