Notes and Thoughts on Reading an Essay about the Social Impact of the Official Response to the Pandemic
Power and Domination – Between Extrinsic Appearance and Intrinsic Reality
March 2022 – Alec A. Schaerer – whose words are italicised [PDF]. The complete essay can be read by contacting the writer: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alec-Schaerer
Edited highlights and observations by Austrian Peter:
The tendency for academia to fracture into smaller and smaller sub-divisions explains well why scientists have been blinded by the intense propaganda and military grade psychological operations (PsyOps) promulgated by the actors involved in promoting a specific narrative and leads the writer to this example:
"To give an example, the majority nowadays believes that reality is the totality of what can be sensed, perceived, thought about, investigated scientifically and philosophically. So, without giving it much thought, a separation of the observing subject and observed object is being taken for granted as being generally sufficient for reliable knowledge, the principle of observing and describing being considered the essence of science (Seiffert & Radnitzky, 1992)"
And thus "the fact that at the core of this collectiveness there is a belief in the separateness of ‘things’ and phenomena – not allowing for a possibility of some intrinsic Interconnectedness, of somehow everything belonging together – cannot easily be noticed," which aligns with my belief in the 'Universal Natural Laws', in this case as a reminder from my recent article:
Law of Oneness: The first and most foundational law of the universe is the Law of Oneness, which highlights the interconnectedness of all things. It says that beyond our senses, every thought, action, and event is in some way connected to anything and everything else.
How to apply it: Applying it in real life entails being compassionate with others, and recognizing that we are all one. Working this law by asking questions like, “How can I show more compassion and acceptance toward those I don’t understand?” or “What would love do?”
"In addressing scientifically the social effects of powerful agents, the same mechanistic attitude was applied, identifying six paths for obtaining social power: by rewarding, coercing, legitimizing authority, identification of folk with leaders, expertise, and possessing information (famously presented first in French & Raven, 1959)." Here the writer explains that those seeking social power do so not only by intention but by explanation which reveals the ideology of manipulating objects intention and not by chance.
"This fact of stubbornly neglecting the openness to interconnectedness – which every normal child brings along when coming to life, before being socialised and conditioned – is the reason why today’s societies are being besieged by powerful interventions…" which are not in society's best interest. Quite the reverse as I witness every day the mental damage and anguish experienced by my compatriots having suffered under the British Government's 'Nudge Unit' otherwise known as the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT). https://www.theburningplatform.com/2022/01/18/behavioral-control/
"We are in an epidemic of manipulism – bogged down in the process of finding out that it is not a sustainable ideology. These ‘elites’ believing in the ‘survival of the fittest’ according to their own catechism are too big-headed for being able to realize how limited their horizon of understanding really is, and too weak of character to resist the seduction of monetary and political power."
"These ‘elites’ in their bunkers in America and bungalows in New Zealand still believe they can rule and cultivate materialism forever, and escape from their ulterior fate. They cultivate illusions like the belief that using energies is merely a mechanical affair and implies nothing for the future (including their own when they inevitably reincarnate) by producing in practice the scarcity that is being proclaimed in economic theory."
Thus considering materialism as the only reality leads those in power to impose, with force and violence, their 'solutions' to the life and death risks inherent in just being alive, in this case, associated with pandemics. "In each cell and in every process, a fundamental equilibrium (quietude, powerlessness, 'death’) is the necessary condition for life to operate according to its own order. Modifying the basic structure – as by tweaking the genome – can thus only limit and channel life, not heighten it."
"Carl Gustav Jung is famous for having expressed on diverse occasions that humanity’s greatest enemy is not famine or disease, but inability to deal thoroughly with our own psyche, and that psychic epidemics are infinitely more devastating than the worst of natural catastrophes." This has been the case with an inappropriate response to the Covid pandemic by the controlling authorities who imposed such draconian regulations that the populace's lever of fear reached uncontrollable proportions. "The motivation of course is not only regulation but more importantly the master plan behind the whole orchestration, which is to ensure (albeit short-sightedly) certain types of profit"
"It can be illusions of those who exert influence, while they may well exploit the same belief in their victims – which has been called an ideology. In powerfully intervening, the aim is to impose one’s will and thus belief on others – not allowing the belief in the others to be addressed in rational dialogue out of positively understanding life."
"Now the triangle of persecutor, victim and rescuer – which has become famous through transactional analysis, initiated by Eric Berne – is represented by the powerful interveners, the suffering social substratum, and the official institutions for mediation. Most representatives of the three sides are caught up together in a collective illusion, based on the view that reality consists of ‘the things’, that problems can be solved by dominating ‘the things’, in extremis by applying ‘adequate` narratives, persuasion, power or even violence – not listening to ‘the things’ themselves for being able to find out together how to solve the problems." Here the writer is explaining that treating people as 'things' leads to all sorts of societal and personal dysfunction and distorts one's belief structure beyond all measure. This is what, for me, goes to the heart of the increasing collapse of our secular societies.
As a humanistic counsellor, I spent some time during training in understanding transactional analysis which I found very helpful when dealing with specific areas of emotional distress. So what can be done to remedy the corrosive fallout of this misbegotten global policy of lockdowns, isolation and genetic therapies masquerading as 'vaccines'?
I have always advocated first and foremost by not complying; to gently resist as we have witnessed in the way the Canadian Truckers were able to garner global approbation for their daring resistance to Trudeau's tyranny: https://drtrozzi.org/2022/02/18/powerful-message-from-dr-nagase-to-canadian-heroes-in-ottawa/ But more to the point, education and self-awareness are primary requisites in order to continue the process of healing, and the writer makes a key point.
"The biased type of schooling these days, aimed at producing soldiers and workers in the plebs while the ‘elite’ has its own strict training courses aimed at shaping rulers, can gradually give way to differentiated integral approaches for strengthening the individual in its completeness. This merging of personal integrity with exhaustive ways of understanding will lead to the capacity of conceiving and establishing systems and forms of interaction that can do without the coercions inherent in today's habitual institutions"
This has always been my own contention: that at the root of all our problems is the immaterial concept of 'money'. From birth we have been conditioned to worship money as the only means for survival and progress within our social structure born out of the industrial revolution of the 18th century. Here I cannot resist referring to this wonderfully instructive diary from 1754 as an indication of how society can be effectively managed without the overbearing need for 'money': https://www.amazon.co.uk/Diary-Thomas-Turner-1754-1765/dp/0952451603
The writer goes on to support this view: " …the thinker or producer is dependent on money, for instance to set up his house or workshop, and someone who has money (e.g. a bank) can lend him or her a loan on condition of providing a security, a guarantee. This introduces the principle of debt into the economic system, which is being prolonged in banks by the practice of creating money (giro money) through granting credits out of thin air. This ‘fiat money’ is now the globally ruling power – crushing society and nations by dint of debt, especially since a very few financial companies (like Black Rock and Vanguard) have managed to own almost all the enterprise on the planet, while everything from nations to small-scale entrepreneurs became more and more indebted. The situation is stifling social life to an enormous degree."
"In today’s usual system, the price of a commodity has several different functions. One is that it remunerates the producer for his or her performance, and then for a smooth procedure the best thing would be that it should be remunerated immediately and without any influence from the customer (this is why he is asked to pay quickly). But one can realise that by producing a commodity or warranting a service, real value is being created directly in the community, which can be translated (in the sense of value accounting) into what money means."
"There is no need for a bank to create money in the form of deposits or accounts as it is being done today (giro money). What creates value and hence ‘money’ is the tangible output – not an abstract entry in a bank account. ….the negative aspect in values – ‘debt’ – is merely an invention, a pure fiction born out of fears of not-having ‘things’ and not being able to impose arbitrariness at the material level. This fear is precisely what characterizes as much the persecutors as the victims, and which connects them in the maelstrom of today’s happenings."
[Here is] "only a very rough presentation of the fact that real values can be handled adequately in social exchanges without needing a monetary idea of debt. One of the basic problems with accepted economic theory is that it does not cherish what-is but presupposes a scarcity of resources (as we saw, out of mere fears – moreover producing scarcity in practice, by resource waste!) – and does not take into account the wealth of possibilities and capacities of social beings who can help each other. It is indeed a system of irrationality, resulting fear, and compensative greed – determined by psychopathological elements, which is precisely what a culture must overcome if it is to be durable."
"Today’s highly differentiated division of labour and the (real, useful) positive values output, performance (result of reasonable action) negative values (unreal, imaginary) fear, anxiety (result of not doing what is reasonable) technological capacities allow an abundance that offers more than enough for all needs, also at the cultural level. The idea of remuneration and money has nothing to do with debt, but with real value and transparent interchange. It would be possible to set up systems that allow non-conflict (consider Hörmann & Pregetter, 2011, especially ch. 7 and 8). The opacity of the current practice provides the banking system with a huge blackmail potential, especially if it installs CBDC (central bank digital currency)."
The writer is describing exactly my adopted concepts in Michael Tellinger's book, UBUNTU, as a solution to what I hope will become an alternative society, a 'New Emergent Economy', which works for everyone in the community; eventually without the need for money at all. Of course this can't happen overnight and a transitional period described in the book will be required where a local currency is first used before it transmogrifies until no money is needed, not by design, but by an inherent outcome: https://www.amazon.co.uk/UBUNTU-Contributionism a Blueprint for Prosperity
As the writer wisely observes; "The belief in debt-based monetary power (as we saw, based on psychopathology) is extremely addictive, especially if addicts are allowed to dream of escapes. Salutary change will be tough as long as the disruptive and finally self-destructive chaos is profitable for high-level actors. (….) In this way the endless talk about leadership (everybody wanting to be a leader), with illusions of the father figure pretending to be entitled to decide for and rule over others, can be jilted.
The widespread clamouring for democracy – abused by some by placing seductive sidelines, forms of fascism, etc. – can truly be satisfied by allowing the individual to become fully competent according to his or her true interests, instead of being coerced to collective beliefs in the rat race. The point is in empowering the individual by allowing him or her to look through delusions of others by self-development, having overcome one’s own blind spots."
"This then is the real mastery – reliable knowledge about the universe, reality in its full sense, beyond any ideology or other belief. The problem lies in the fundamental assumptions that become fixed beliefs and take something for granted that is not justified in reality. Even though such beliefs are often collective, they can only be overcome through individual mental efforts – which are encouraged or hindered by the cultural environment."
The writer concludes: "The scientific approach now emphasizes empiricist criteria while seeking laws and forces, without considering what it means that neither laws nor forces are observable, but on the one hand determine strictly all processes in reality and on the other hand can be grasped by clear thinking. On the whole it should be understood that real effects are ultimately of spiritual nature, which is why they are understandable by means of a self-transparent mind. Today’s mainstream science has not yet discovered how irrelevant it is in the long run by focusing on appearances, neglecting their background, the complete cycle of ‘things’, the ‘four seasons of being’, in which the intrinsic order of the self-manifestations is unravelled."
NB: Alec A. Schaerer has published his 2011, Doctoral Thesis here: http://edoc.unibas.ch/1421/ (the text can be downloaded as a pdf; the book is sold out, but it had nearly no official echo, presumably because the mainstream does not like such ideas.)