15th May 2015
By Phillip J. Watt
Guest Writer for Wake Up World
We have all been through personal
suffering but only some of us have broken mostly free of it. One way
that is becoming more and more common in an ‘awakening’ society is to
embrace a philosophy of unity
and live via the principles of love and light. But ultimately, it
doesn’t matter how much peace we create within, the outside
world – which is us – remains in a chronic state of suffering and chaos.
To the more enlightened individual, it’s
as if we’re living in ‘Crazy Town’. Seriously, everywhere we look we
see madness. It dominates our media, governments, corporations, and even
scientific establishments. And so, if we no longer want to live alone
in Crazy Town, embracing the love and light within (as well as the dark
side of our inner duality too) is really only one side of the awakening
story. While this madness continues, the awakening and empowerment of our society is just as important as the awakening of our Self. We need to actively manifest change in the outer world if we’re ever going to transcend this madness.
Welcome to Crazy Town!
For starters, most of the governments of
the world advocate for backwards laws which seem so surreal it’s hard
to believe it’s true. Natural and effective remedies and medicines are suppressed, the economic model benefits the ‘empire’, our privacy is increasingly invaded, corporate-benefiting and community-destroying regulations are being put in place.
The politicians are turning a blind eye to the capitalist circus – the inaccurately labelled ‘free market’ – which funnels the wealth and resources to those who already have it. They facilitate the military-industrial machine,
the massive war-on-drugs policy failure and the industrial devastation
of our planet. Where is the orchestrated salvation for a poverty
stricken, unhealthy, mentally imprisoned and highly unequal global society?
Geopolitical games are endangering life as we know it. Police are being militarised. Economic warfare is crippling the security of the masses, cultures on edge are scrambling to protect their futures and a nuclear threat looms constantly on the horizon.
Wealth disparity continues to increase with thousands of children dying
each day from poverty and millions living homeless in both the
so-called ‘developing’ and ‘developed’ nations. Our global financial system is also on the verge of not just a crisis, but total collapse.
Multinational organisations are producing large droves of brainwashed minions who over-consume in an unsustainable and self-harming fashion. Corporatism and elitism are running the world through the infiltration of our political systems, and most of society doesn’t even know it because those same powers have gained near-full control of peoples’ minds through the mainstream media, which they basically own. They continue to increase the hypnotism of lies and propaganda
and omit highly important information that everybody on this planet
should not only know, but be engaged in a healthy and proactive debate
about.
Our food supply has been corrupted, and the pharmaceutical industry is drugging our society with toxic substances that not only generate ill health, but kill thousands of people. If that’s not enough, they’re drugging our kids too. The education system is designed to harvest robotic and productive economic citizens
with little focus on developing emotional, psychological,
philosophical, social and other life skills and knowledge. This is one
source of why society is saturated in the pain and suffering of mental
health issues, emotional dysfunction, spiritual desolation, existential crises, rampant addiction, obesity, suicide, family breakdown and interpersonal violence and abuse.
The truth is, society is at the whim of those in power who have dumbed us down and distracted us with an entertainment industry that produces an ego-based and image-driven narrative of existence and primes our collective thinking for the next engineered step in the wrong direction. But it’s not just society that is suffering; our Mother Earth is also being imbalanced through unsustainable human activity.
Even though she will survive no matter what we throw at her, humans and
animals don’t have the same luxury. The ecology of our planet is being
destroyed by the dirty fuel industry and industrial agriculture is killing our natural systems – such as our soil, vegetation and animal colonies – in which humanity will bear the full brunt.
Not even academic and scientific establishments can be trusted. They have lost their credibility through a dogmatic approach to their disciplines, mostly due to corporate funding arrangements, taboos, biases and establishment pressures,
all of which have influenced the direction of careers and the areas
that academics and scientists feel ‘safe’ and ‘supported’ to study and
advocate.
In addition, our political direction is
an embarrassment to our society at the very least and self-destructive
at worst. The dirty money that buys decisions made in our parliaments
has an adverse impact on us, our family, our friends, our community and
our home planet. Politicians simply don’t represent the people; they
represent the corporate and financial elite.
How are we meant to not just survive, but thrive in this Crazy Town that we find ourselves in?
Beyond Crazy-Town
Without tapping into some form of
spirituality, it’s challenging, because then there is no better or
bigger picture in which to contextualise this total f**king mess. But
doing so doesn’t change anything but what’s happening within us; we also
need to be active in ways which do not support the current
system and which create new systems of living for a united and
sustainable global culture.
This means disconnecting from the mainstream media and freeing the mind
from its biased narrative. There’s too much misplaced faith in it
because after all, it is a powerful and convincing narrative. They do
seem legit, because they do tell some truth. However it’s what
they omit which is the most damaging; the full disclosure of our current
state of our affairs is unfortunately left to the alternative media,
which in many cases has its own biases and propaganda too. Of course it
is important to stay updated with current affairs, yet there are a
multitude of alternative and independent news sites that do a much better job by providing a just and robust coverage of world events.
Furthermore, remember that we are what we eat. This should take the temptation out of pharmaceutical ‘medicines’ and processed foods, which are laced with toxic chemicals and are harmful to our health. Eating natural foods and supporting local agriculture, as well as growing our own where possible, we cannot go wrong. For those not familiar with permaculture, it is the conscious design of natural systems that ensures an abundance of food and other resources, without the need for toxic pesticides. (You can read about it here.)
Using nature’s innate wisdom, permaculture is an alternative to the
harmful industrial-agriculture model and is both the past and the future
of sustainable and responsible living on planet Earth. Every community
will eventually need to grow their own food in more or less this way.
Moreover, never underestimate the
empowerment of being engaged with, and giving back to, our local
community. To create a peaceful outer world, we need to get active, and
build connections to other active individuals and groups who are helping
to manifest, or advocating on behalf of, the paradigm shifts humanity is undertaking.
Employment is also highly relevant; if the opportunity can be made to
work in a local and ethical industry, then take it. After all, it’s
better to be a part of the solution than part of the problem.
The general aim is to further disconnect from the matrix
as much as possible and provide our own needs as much as we can. Yet in
some ways it’s still business as usual, which means getting on with the
priorities of life, including finding peace within this emotional
roller-coaster ride. Generating mental and physical self-care strategies to ensure our healing and growth is absolutely essential. To affect real change in our inner realm, we need to be the master of our emotions
instead of allowing our emotions to master us. Don’t spend time
stressing and worrying either; simply embrace and influence ourselves
and our world to the best of our ability, moment to moment.
Igniting our passion and creativity
is also essential. Fearlessly pursuing things we are passionate about
is good for our physical, psychological and emotional well-being, and
also provides an outlet for us to express who we are and what legacy we
will leave behind.
Nothing in Crazy Town makes us thrive
like spending quality time with family, friends and the community.
Cherish it. Find a stride in spreading good vibrations and ‘truth’ on
all roads travelled. Make the time to connect with people, and stay on
top of the evolving mindsets that humanity adventures into as
well. Remember, we’re not in this alone.
Most of all, as already stated, it is
integral to develop a philosophy which connects us to the universe. We
can look to many sources to understand our union with reality, such as
the quantum sciences, religion or spirituality. No matter what we
personally resonate with most, as long as we treat our fellow universe
and everything in it with the same love and respect that we should be
treating ourselves, we’re on the right track.
It’s with these approaches that we’ll
have a good shot at transforming Crazy Town into a society that is
aligned to our individual and collective awakening. In the
meantime, stay active and keep evolving the show.
About the author:
Phillip J. Watt is an ‘experience veteran’. His mantra is “Have a crack at life”.
Living in Sydney,
Australia, Phillip is best described as a ‘self-help guide’. In life,
he focuses on his own physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health
and aims to share that focus with his clients and his readers. His
written articles generally reflect that focus also, and deal with topics
from ideology to society, and self-help.
Phillip has a degree in
Social Science and Philosophy and has been trained extensively in health
services. Working in the therapeutic sector, he assists families and
children as a mentor, relationship mediator and health and life
teacher. He also provides tailored programs for personal growth which
are facilitated face-to-face, via email and over the phone, assisting
clients to grow their skills and knowledge in life management.
Connect with Phillip at Facebook.com/PhillipJamesWatt or visit Vitality Guidance where you can reach him for a personal appointment (in person or via telephone).
