I'd be delighted to have you read it. It will be published under the title "Kingdom Come: An Examination of Evidence and Testimony Concerning Life After Death." Right now, the hold-up is waiting on 7 publishers of sources I've used to grant permission for verbatim quotations from their books. Also, my Substack handle, Harley Smedlapp, is not my real name, so the book won't be published under that name...
What an inspiring and delightful post! you gave me such hope for our world. The youths you encountered in this distant land and culture were so intelligent and asked such questions that I know I wouldn't have thought to ask. Please tell them they gave this lady a thrill when I saw how bright and full of light they are. I am 94 and definitely a fan of yours and Doc Malone. Rosie
I found out girls are almost never asked about their opinions but boys usually are. This gives girls fewer opportunities to learn critical thinking skills. Since I had girls, I taught them how to think critically from a very young age simply by asking them lots of questions about what they thought about things. They went on to high academic achievement & had the highest success in their classes & careers but are currently looking into how to homestead because they see the writing on the wall.
Children learn from morphic fields and morphic resonance. See Rupert Sheldrake. A better book is from Julain Jaynes: consciounsess and the breakdown of the bicameral mind. A better school system is the alpha school
A school where kids crush academics in 2 hours, build life skills through workshops, and thrive beyond the classroom.
When people abuse other people and see how easy that is they will continue to do that.
People are not born as psychopaths but made so by their environment.
I invite you to read my paper life and consciousness a description is here: https://www.thinsia.com/life/ you will learn about the origin of life and the origin of human consciousness.
The war circus will stop in every town, and the clowns will lure the kids in for a cute and funny brainwash where they learn to jump through burning bureaucratic hoops like obedient lions.
It makes me think back to my own childhood. I hated school. It was incredibly boring to me. But I've always been a voracious reader. I dropped out of high school after my 2nd year and never looked back. Maybe there was something left of my open mind that couldn't take the indoctrination, the endless repetitive memorizing of useless 'rational' facts. I certainly do not feel I missed out on anything. After reading this post, I feel like maybe I actually gained a lot by checking out of that system.
Spot on, what a post. yet it feels incredibly difficult to make this change from within and open our eyes. we are all stuck in the system. Technology will not disappear, fear honor and interest yet dividing the world, leading to even more tech and control. Also myself drawn into it. But also this tech drives economies, jobs, and more. Further We also are not awaiting a societal collapse. Agree we must trust society, listen and speak truthfully. But how to take small concrete steps to create such resilient society, open our and eachother views beyond the mechanic prevalent worldview by evolution iso revolution. Happy to listen and learn on how to change the needle…. Butterfly effect
“school is the place where children lose their minds” but I wonder if it is also the place where they lose their souls - the place they go to be dehumanized which leads to dehumanizing others. I wrote an essay “mechanizing our minds” about our disassociation from our innate childlike sense of awe (if you’re interested) and how all my education led me to thingify not only the natural world but also people. It made me a machine and took away the most precious things I ever had - my sense of wonder and inclination to wonder.
Loved the post. IMHO, the primary purpose of the educational industrial complexes "and almost everything else for that matter" is to to indoctrinate you in the worldview of the ruling classes. It's the glue that guarantees the hierarchial structure is perpetuated. IT allows a very small ruling class "with the support of a self serving MPC comfortable class to cream off the product of the workforce. Been this way since the dawn of agriculture allowed one farmer to produce a surplus. Elite's rose up and through primitive religions were able to claim the surplus production. That nasty little man Yuval Noah Harari is right, Homo sapiens can believe anything. COVID 1984 should have proved that to everyone...it didn't and the lessons are mostly forgotten. Much of your profession is employed in the mind control for power and money industry. Edward Bernays was studied by Goebbels and by using psychology he was able to get millions of women to smoke costing millions to lose their lives. I would also have pasted it.
I wish I could have sat (silently) and listened to your conversation with Maahir and his four friends. What a learning experience (both for them ... and for me, if I'd been able to be there)! Did you ever find out how Maahir came across the word "totalitarian"?
Your Substack post is another masterpiece of incisive, introspective thinking. I've cross-posted it to a select group of friends and colleagues---the few that I know will appreciate it.
You mentioned doctrine in your post. And it evoked a memory of a quotation about it by John Boyd: “You gotta challenge all assumptions. If you don’t, what is doctrine on day one becomes dogma forever after.”
I must tell you that your thinking (and writing) on the loss of spirituality to mechanism during the Enlightenment has been profoundly influential for me. I've written a book (awaiting publication) examining the evidence and testimony concerning near-death experiences. Your influence on me extends to that book: My entire first chapter, "Science and Religion," was inspired by your philosophy on that subject. And if ever there were a topic that fits right in to the science-spirituality conundrum, the near-death experience is certainly it. I drew significantly from chapters 9 and 11 of "The Psychology of Totalitarianism."
Thank you, Mattias, for all your contributions to thinking and truth! Aucun problème ne peut résister à l'assaut d'une réflexion soutenue. (Voltaire)
It takes an elevated consciousness to fathom the depth of your words .I will do my best to digest what I can and stay in touch .Thank you Mattias for being who you are and sharing your wealth .
We do live in a beautiful world ,if we can see it .
This is a good article. I'll need to read it a couple of times.
One thing that your point that learning from a particular school leads one to look at certain things from a preconceived point of view- Richard Feynman said something to this effect. And the famous handgun engineer Glock, who designed one of the most copied handgun designs, said that he deliberately did not look at handgun history or design. He came to his task with a "blank slate". He had absolutely no previous experience in firearm design, yet his design changed the design of almost all handguns from that point out, his design was cheaper, and the ability of the Glock to go "bang" each and every time is unsurpassed.
I'd be delighted to have you read it. It will be published under the title "Kingdom Come: An Examination of Evidence and Testimony Concerning Life After Death." Right now, the hold-up is waiting on 7 publishers of sources I've used to grant permission for verbatim quotations from their books. Also, my Substack handle, Harley Smedlapp, is not my real name, so the book won't be published under that name...
Goosebumps. What a magnetic soul you must have. Something only children seem able to notice. What a great experience that must have been.
What an inspiring and delightful post! you gave me such hope for our world. The youths you encountered in this distant land and culture were so intelligent and asked such questions that I know I wouldn't have thought to ask. Please tell them they gave this lady a thrill when I saw how bright and full of light they are. I am 94 and definitely a fan of yours and Doc Malone. Rosie
I found out girls are almost never asked about their opinions but boys usually are. This gives girls fewer opportunities to learn critical thinking skills. Since I had girls, I taught them how to think critically from a very young age simply by asking them lots of questions about what they thought about things. They went on to high academic achievement & had the highest success in their classes & careers but are currently looking into how to homestead because they see the writing on the wall.
Ill be back, to read this again and discover what i overlooked today. :-)
Thanks for the brainwaves aal of you.
Get these kids on substack. They could dosome real magic to the braindead.
These kids are awesome, they have deeper insights then many professional healthcare psyhologists here in the west.
Lets see what happens when the US grid goes into a meltdown and all the AI go braindead. Westworld will go insane.
Children learn from morphic fields and morphic resonance. See Rupert Sheldrake. A better book is from Julain Jaynes: consciounsess and the breakdown of the bicameral mind. A better school system is the alpha school
A school where kids crush academics in 2 hours, build life skills through workshops, and thrive beyond the classroom.
https://alpha.school/
When people abuse other people and see how easy that is they will continue to do that.
People are not born as psychopaths but made so by their environment.
I invite you to read my paper life and consciousness a description is here: https://www.thinsia.com/life/ you will learn about the origin of life and the origin of human consciousness.
The war circus will stop in every town, and the clowns will lure the kids in for a cute and funny brainwash where they learn to jump through burning bureaucratic hoops like obedient lions.
I am bringing the alpha school concept to the Netherlands, do what you can do.
Im interested.
Sheldrake did some amazing work, im not sure i want to go as deep as that. Will have to investigate Jaynes.
There will be a lot of work into repairing damaged minds.
Well, so far then Dr. Demet, thank you for your writing, both on your behalf, and the children's-for us! Oh! Just got the rest of it! Thank you again!
I love this! Outta the mouth of babes!
It makes me think back to my own childhood. I hated school. It was incredibly boring to me. But I've always been a voracious reader. I dropped out of high school after my 2nd year and never looked back. Maybe there was something left of my open mind that couldn't take the indoctrination, the endless repetitive memorizing of useless 'rational' facts. I certainly do not feel I missed out on anything. After reading this post, I feel like maybe I actually gained a lot by checking out of that system.
Thank you for everything you do and share. 💜
Spot on, what a post. yet it feels incredibly difficult to make this change from within and open our eyes. we are all stuck in the system. Technology will not disappear, fear honor and interest yet dividing the world, leading to even more tech and control. Also myself drawn into it. But also this tech drives economies, jobs, and more. Further We also are not awaiting a societal collapse. Agree we must trust society, listen and speak truthfully. But how to take small concrete steps to create such resilient society, open our and eachother views beyond the mechanic prevalent worldview by evolution iso revolution. Happy to listen and learn on how to change the needle…. Butterfly effect
“school is the place where children lose their minds” but I wonder if it is also the place where they lose their souls - the place they go to be dehumanized which leads to dehumanizing others. I wrote an essay “mechanizing our minds” about our disassociation from our innate childlike sense of awe (if you’re interested) and how all my education led me to thingify not only the natural world but also people. It made me a machine and took away the most precious things I ever had - my sense of wonder and inclination to wonder.
Loved the post. IMHO, the primary purpose of the educational industrial complexes "and almost everything else for that matter" is to to indoctrinate you in the worldview of the ruling classes. It's the glue that guarantees the hierarchial structure is perpetuated. IT allows a very small ruling class "with the support of a self serving MPC comfortable class to cream off the product of the workforce. Been this way since the dawn of agriculture allowed one farmer to produce a surplus. Elite's rose up and through primitive religions were able to claim the surplus production. That nasty little man Yuval Noah Harari is right, Homo sapiens can believe anything. COVID 1984 should have proved that to everyone...it didn't and the lessons are mostly forgotten. Much of your profession is employed in the mind control for power and money industry. Edward Bernays was studied by Goebbels and by using psychology he was able to get millions of women to smoke costing millions to lose their lives. I would also have pasted it.
I have a suggestion. The teachings of Nisargadatta Maharaj have information you would likely find useful. Especially about consciousness.
I wish I could have sat (silently) and listened to your conversation with Maahir and his four friends. What a learning experience (both for them ... and for me, if I'd been able to be there)! Did you ever find out how Maahir came across the word "totalitarian"?
Your Substack post is another masterpiece of incisive, introspective thinking. I've cross-posted it to a select group of friends and colleagues---the few that I know will appreciate it.
You mentioned doctrine in your post. And it evoked a memory of a quotation about it by John Boyd: “You gotta challenge all assumptions. If you don’t, what is doctrine on day one becomes dogma forever after.”
I must tell you that your thinking (and writing) on the loss of spirituality to mechanism during the Enlightenment has been profoundly influential for me. I've written a book (awaiting publication) examining the evidence and testimony concerning near-death experiences. Your influence on me extends to that book: My entire first chapter, "Science and Religion," was inspired by your philosophy on that subject. And if ever there were a topic that fits right in to the science-spirituality conundrum, the near-death experience is certainly it. I drew significantly from chapters 9 and 11 of "The Psychology of Totalitarianism."
Thank you, Mattias, for all your contributions to thinking and truth! Aucun problème ne peut résister à l'assaut d'une réflexion soutenue. (Voltaire)
Very interested by the subject of your book. I hope to get my hands on it!
It takes an elevated consciousness to fathom the depth of your words .I will do my best to digest what I can and stay in touch .Thank you Mattias for being who you are and sharing your wealth .
We do live in a beautiful world ,if we can see it .
This is a good article. I'll need to read it a couple of times.
One thing that your point that learning from a particular school leads one to look at certain things from a preconceived point of view- Richard Feynman said something to this effect. And the famous handgun engineer Glock, who designed one of the most copied handgun designs, said that he deliberately did not look at handgun history or design. He came to his task with a "blank slate". He had absolutely no previous experience in firearm design, yet his design changed the design of almost all handguns from that point out, his design was cheaper, and the ability of the Glock to go "bang" each and every time is unsurpassed.
A great article.