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About Pat West

Patricia West is author of The Common Sense Book of Change, Two Sides of a Coin: Lao Tze's Common Sense Way of Change, and The Quantum Solution: What the Ancients Knew About Our POTENTIAL Future.

Be Careful What You Pray For

pray: verb

1) to entreat, implore — often used as a function word in introducing a question, request, or plea; 2) to get or bring by praying; 3) to make a request in a humble manner; 4) to address God or a god with adoration, confession, supplication, or thanksgiving.

Where is the spirit of humility in the weekly prayer circle for RFK Jr? Since when do we presume to authoritatively tell God to give us what we want?

Are we omniscient? Or is God?

When we pray, are we open to receiving angelic guidance? Or is it okay be be closed to everything but what we visualize?

How can we presume to assume that we know all the currents, cross- and under-currents at play in current events, much less the best way to surf over, around and through them to survive . . . even prevail?

Just maybe, as Hamlet once said to his friend, “There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”

Just maybe, there’s more at play than what meets limited human eyes. For example, remember apostle Paul’s warning in Ephesians:

11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

Remember: there are two sides to every coin. Before praying, have we stopped to consider what deep, dangerous unforeseen consequences attach to what we think we want? Are there, just perhaps, other, wiser, more effective ways to achieve what we truly want, better than what we now know?

When we pray, do we limit ourselves to what is familiar and known? Why not be open? Ask for our leaders that which we would do well to ask also for ourselves.

For example, offer the white magician’s open-ended prayer: “May we be guided to know what serves the greatest good of the greatest number.”

Or, “Show us the way of the heart. Lead us on the path of all-encompassing compassion, so that, to the extent we show wisdom, mercy and loving-kindness to perceived friends and enemies alike, we receive it in return.”

Or, “Fill us with trust, that we may abide in the divine peace that transcends human understanding, that we be shown the path leading to true wisdom, well-being and enlightenment.”

Would it not be in the spirit of humility to SHUT UP? Stop filling the air with noisy words. STOP assuming we know best, telling God to give us what we want, exactly how it should play out and when.

And instead, simply be still.

Ask, “What is the will of God? What is the wisest way to proceed? What do we need to know now?”

And LISTEN!

Amen.

Rethinking Power

Here’s yet another musing on Power, excerpted from the 2014 Rethinking Survival.

We’re Never Alone: Gladwell’s Giants and Misfits in Perspective

When Malcolm Gladwell’s David and Goliath came out recently, I had to read it. The subject promised to be a perfect fit with the vision of Rethinking. After all, King David is my ideal: musician, psalmist, warrior and king in one.

It turns out this book is a perfect example of how sorely the Quantum Paradigm is needed. “We need a better guide for facing giants,” Gladwell wrote. I agree. Here it is.

As far as it goes, the book is a good read. What’s lacking is the Quantum Paradigm to put David and Goliath in context. From this perspective, Goliath was stuck on the surface. Despite his physical size, he was ultimately powerless. David, on the other hand, was connected to center. That gave him the advantage.

Using this model, we can place the source of David’s strength as well as his strategies and his deadly slingshot. Resting in the innermost hub of the quantum Life Wheel was the source of little David’s confidence — the timeless God of Israel. His strategies, however, belonged to the dynamic, energy level. His prowess as a straight-shooter depended on physical strength, visual acuity and years of experience. Those have their place on the material surface. In other words, the levels of David’s life were coordinated. They were in synch. Unified.

If David had drawn a blank on any one of the three paradigm levels, he wouldn’t have succeed then. Nor can anyone succeed today. Vision that’s not backed by good plan and technical competence is incomplete. Cunning strategies lacking equal competence and good will to execute them are lop-sided. Without a direct connection with the creative center, all the physical resources in the world aren’t enough.

There are several reasons, however, why the story of David and Goliath isn’t the best model for coping with adversity today. For one, we’re at a very different point in history. This is an end stage. Civilization was relatively young back then. Different times call for different responses.

Further, confronting a single foe face-to-face was one matter. The tangled mess of corporate-faced, alien-driven evil which little guys are up against now is a much different threat. Different dangers call for different protections.

Another point: Gladwell’s subtitle refers to underdogs and misfits. It’s not a good idea to romanticize misfits. Timothy McVey and Charles Manson were misfits. They didn’t fit in with mainstream society, but with good cause.

It’s the telescoping mistake. Extremes on both sides of the bell-shaped median are lumped together and written off as “deviant.” But spiritual geniuses and murderous psychopaths don’t belong in the same category.

Further, not all giants are enemies of the people. There are corporate CEOs who treat their workers decently and genuinely serve the public. When I searched my memory banks for a good example.

I thought back to Glenn Beck’s billionaire philanthropist friend. What was his name?! It took me a couple days to find it. Strangely, he doesn’t get much media attention. (Why not is an interesting question!)

But Jon Huntsman, Sr. is living proof. A corporate giant can be as much a part of the solution as the underdogs. Sometimes even more.

A web search comes up with several sides to his story. He gained his wealth by climbing the corporate ladder of success. In 1974, Huntsman Container Corporation created the “clamshell” container for the McDonald’s Big Mac. It developed other popular products, including the first plastic plates and bowls. This led to the 1994 founding of the multi-billion dollar Huntsman Corporation. He continues to expand into new business ventures.

As a philanthropist, Huntsman has given away more than $1.2 billion to both domestic and international charities. His humanitarian aid includes help to the homeless, ill and under-privileged.

He holds that the very rich should give not half, as Gates and Buffet say, but a full 80 percent of their wealth to worthy causes. It should be through voluntary choice, however. Not taxation. In this, he agrees with Thomas Paine’s Common Sense. His goal is to give away everything before he dies. But this isn’t an easy task. He keeps on making too much money.

On the personal side, Huntsman not only lost parents to cancer, but is himself a four-time cancer survivor. His response has been to turn adversity into opposite and equal good. The Huntsman Cancer Institute in Salt Lake City accelerates the work of curing cancer through human genetics. It also focuses on providing humane care to cancer patients.

Huntsman has been married to his wife Karen for over fifty years. He’s the father of nine children. The eldest son, Jon Jr. is a public servant. He was the governor of Utah, and later an ambassador to China. (Small world.) The second son is a corporate executive who carries on his father’s business.

Come to find out, Jon Huntsman. Sr. is also an author. One of his books is Winners Never Cheat – Even in Difficult Times. Amazon’s editorial review calls him “one of the finest human beings, industrial leaders and philanthropists on the planet.” His book drills down on “ten timeless, universal values” for business and life. The review concludes that Huntsman’s work edifies, inspires and motivates all of us to model his common sense lessons.

Timeless? Universal? Common sense? I like it! Winners Play By the Rules is another of his titles. This book tells “how to keep your moral compass pointed toward true North — even when those around you are compromising their ethics.” True North? Compasses? WOW. There is a Quantum Paradigm shift going on. I am not alone in this.

Redefining Power

Gladwell says little guys need to redefine power. That’s what I’ve done. True power comes from within. Goliath, who drew strength primarily from the physical plane, was puny compared to the power behind David’s sling.

Gladwell notes that a single smooth stone to center of Goliath’s head probably destroyed the pituitary gland. He quotes researchers who theorize that the giant had a glandular disorder which explains his huge size. This same pituitary disease would have caused eye problems. That’s probably why a slave had to lead him into battle. Presumably his vision was failing.

But from a holistic perspective, the same story has a deeper meaning. David’s single shot went straight to the third eye, the ajna center located in the center of the forehead. It correlates with the pineal gland, a close neighbor of the pituitary. In yoga anatomy, this center is associated with spiritual vision.

David’s projectile put out the giant’s lights. It was poetic justice for an enemy who was closed to inner truth. That was the giant’s weakness. It remains the weakness of bad guys today as well. A single shot is all it takes, when you know where to aim.

It reminds me of the plumber with a golden hammer. The story is told about a home owner with a flooded basement who makes an emergency call. The plumber comes. Climbs a ladder. Reaches up to the leaking pipe. Takes out a golden hammer and taps. Once. “Tink.” Problem solved.

Then he gives the owner his bill. That will be $500. What? Why? That took less than five minutes! The plumber’s answer: The charge is for knowing where to tap.

Bad guys have blind spots. That’s their weakness and the good guy’s advantage. If they’ve cut themselves off from the center, no matter how rich and powerful in the world, or how charismatic at the middle level of energy dynamics, in the long run they’re the losers.

The middle layer of the Quantum Paradigm shows us what’s missing from Gladwell’s book. Applying David’s story to today’s dilemmas falls short without the complete picture. David’s God broadcasts from the center of the quantum Life Wheel. But today, noisy competitors are broadcasting from the middle, astral plane. In effect, they jam the air waves, making it hard to hear the still small voice of conscience.

When religionists comfort us that we’re not alone, they’re telling us a half truth. Christ is broadcasting from the center (even when we can’t hear or won’t do). But there are lots of competing distractions. Some voices mimic good angels, but aren’t. My description in of the e=energy level bears repeating here:

. . . spirits, ghosts, leprechauns, angels and demons or jinn acknowledged by various mystic traditions also reside at the middle level. From here, unseen hands from the “dark side of the force” reach out to derange the minds of power-hungry rulers and undermine political affairs. So long as their invisible influence remains unaccounted for, the failings and depravities of human governments remain mystifying.

St. Paul described it in his letter to the Ephesians:

6:12. We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

This is why the David paradigm can’t be taken at face value. David told Goliath, “God is with me.” But since then, the same claim has been made by numerous demon-driven leaders. Combatants on both sides of every battle want their followers to believe that God is on their side.

What makes sense in Quantum Paradigm context is that David was with God. He was listening. He “knew” what he had to say and do. And he did it.

Here’s a time-tested way to know who is who. Ask who’s calling. If it’s Christ broadcasting from the center, or a true disciple, LISTEN. If a voice from the astral plane won’t acknowledge Christ, DON’T. Tell it to scram. Remember the words of the marvelous cartoonist James Thurber. He drew a panther lounging in a telephone booth with the receiver in its paw. The caption: “If it’s a panther, don’t anther.”

Here’s another way the David and Goliath book breaks down. Gladwell wants to identify ways for little guys to battle big guys. First, not all little guys are good guys. Nor do little guys have to come up with strategies now as if inventing the wheel from scratch. They’ve been codified in cultures saturated in I Ching philosophy for thousands of years.

The middle level is also the realm of the natural law encoded in the Book of Change. Energy dynamics are impartial. They work regardless of the user’s motives. For every David who uses strategies to defeat a wicked enemy, there are countless Alinsky-clones. They’ll use every underhanded strategy in the book to undermine anyone who gets in the way of what they want. Sometimes the motive is sheer greed. They fabricate excuses for confiscating other people’s wealth.

For every sage like Lao Tze who honored the Tao and wrote the classic Tao Te Ching, there many others also immersed in spin-offs of I Ching philosophy whose connection to the center of the quantum Life Wheel is uncertain. Sun Tzu, for example, applied the principles of natural law to describe The Art of War.

Later offshoots include versions of the 36 Stratagems. One has the suggestive title Lure the Tiger Out of the Mountains. This book pairs anecdotes from Chinese history with stories about current corporate practices. It shows how IBM, Apple, Microsoft, and other business giants overcame early odds to beat out the competition. They used the same yin-yang strategies which the advisors to Chinese emperors used in the past.

A more chilling version of the 36 Stratagems is Hide a Dagger Behind a Smile: Use the 36 Ancient Chinese Strategies to Seize the Competitive Edge. Musashi’s Book of Five Rings is a Japanese approach to strategy.

In fact, Saul Alinsky comes straight out of this tradition. He could well have taken his ideas from the Asian history books. Remember him? He’s the one who dedicated Rules for Radicals to “those who want to change the world from what it is to what they believe it should be.”

Change strategies are variations on the theme: “Extreme yin changes to extreme yang. Extreme yang changes to extreme yin.” In others words, giants and underdogs trade places. In this scheme of things, the apparently powerless, like David, have always had options for turning the tables in their favor.

Natural law also reminds us of the yin-yang paradox. “Whatever has a front has a back. The larger the front, the larger the back.” As described from personal experience, those who project the most holy image predictably have the most corrupt underbelly. Extreme size like Goliath’s is unbalanced. It changes into a liability. One’s greatest strength can be flipped to become one’s greatest weakness. (The same goes for governments, too.)

So, the David and Goliath story is a useful example that can be applied to current events. On the surface, it may not seem unique. Corporate executives who accept the Japanese maxim “Business is War” school themselves in taking advantage of yin-yang principles to maximize profits and power.

But here’s the important riddle to solve. What’s the difference between Saul Alinsky and David? What separates Alinsky-clones from Positive Action advocates?

The answer: Alinsky and his clones are functional atheists. Like Goliath, they’ve cut themselves off from the center of the quantum Life Wheel. They may be intimidating or charismatic, but they’re not enlightened. Far from it.

David, in contrast, linked the levels. He was in harmony with the source. He spoke for it and acted from it. Positive Action advocates aspire to follow David’s example.

Perhaps it’s time for the good (not necessarily little) guys to take the hint. Mastery of Natural Law can be a good thing. As I’ve labored to demonstrate in Quantum Paradigm context, it’s not opposed to Divine law.

There’s no either/or choice. Nature is integral to the whole. Stratagems aren’t good or bad in themselves. There are white magicians and black magicians. Both are adept at manipulating the elements of nature. It all depends on who’s doing what and why.

Bottom line: it’s a matter of survival to be savvy in dynamics at the middle level of the paradigm. A step in this direction is already being taken. Books coming onto the market now advocate using Alinsky’s tactics to protect and restore what infiltrators of both church and state are actively destroying.

David and Goliath has one take on the giants of the world. But there’s also another way to think about giants. The reverse, shadow side. The opposite side of the coin. Inspired by Awaken the Giant Within, I founded the +A Positive Action Press in response to Tony Robbins’ book. From a Quantum Paradigm perspective, his words take on new meaning:

If we want to discover the unlimited possibilities within us, we must find a goal big enough and grand enough to challenge us to push beyond our limits and discover our true potential. . . The answer to our current energy challenges will lie in the imagination and resourcefulness of today’s physicists and engineers. And the resolution to our social crises, like the alarming spread of racial hate groups, homelessness, and hunger, can only be addressed with the inventiveness and compassion of dedicated individuals like you and me.

The threat of evil giants in the world serves to awaken the true giant that resides deep within each of us. That’s the blessing hidden in adversity. It’s the opportunity latent in Titanic Times. The Greek Titans, the giants sired by Kronos, survived his murderous envy and returned to claim their heritage. Similarly, there are giants are among us now. It’s time for them to WAKE UP!

In the face of Titanic dangers bearing down from all directions, remember the stork and frog cartoon. The frog has the stork in a choke hold. The caption reads: “Never, ever give up.” To this, I would add more — essentially other ways of saying the same thing.

First, to the stork: “It’s never to late to change.” Second, to the frog: “Never, ever forget.” No matter how dark and dangerous life becomes on the surface, God the Creator — the Tao, the Source of all life — broadcasts love, wisdom and hope eternal from the center of the quantum Life Wheel. Remember this:

We’re not alone. We never have been. We never will be.

Power vs. Control

During Tucker Carlson’s interview with Xi Van Fleet, a survivor of Mao’s cultural revolution, she explains that Mao rewrote history and controlled education as a way to secure what he regarded as absolute power.  

But here’s where an understanding of the perversion of the language becomes critical to defeating the globalists .. . among whom Mao was a precursor. 

Restoring the language is essential in the path to overcoming them.  

Understand this: they may have worldly the control. They may call it power. But it’s only control. 

True power is defined in Power vs. Force by Dr. David R. Hawkins.  

To the extent that we believe in God and in ourselves, We the People have the real power.  Because creative power is connection with Source.  It’s a subtle, energizing, quickening essence.

We the People have true power. Tyrants don’t. What they call power is merely control over resources. External, ephemeral illusory control.  

We the People overcome wannabe tyrants – the globalists — by remembering and claiming our innate inner power. We overcome external control and dominance with inner spiritual power. With knowledge, education, and by remembering who we are.  

There’s a recurring theme running through recent video posts. “Wake up, wake up, wake up” to what globalists are doing. But it’s not just to what they‘re about. More importantly, We the People need to wake up to our own power. Like Lambert, the sheepish lion, remember who we truly are.

That’s how we take back the reins. Then globalists are exposed for what they are. Powerless, empty shells. 

Remember the scene in movie version of Stephen King’s The Stand. In jail, the opponent of Randall Flagg, the darkside demon, scorns him, laughing, “You’re just another scurrying rat going about your rat business.” No power at all, in the true sense. 

Here’s a pondering on various meanings assigned to the word Power, dating back to the millennial year 2,000. Interestingly, definitions of power span all levels of the quantum Life Wheel.

57. POWER

Nothing under heaven is as soft, receptive and yielding as water.
Its gentleness dissolves the hard, erodes and absorbs the rigid.
Thus, those who bend endure long after the unbending have snapped.
So it is that the low and high trade places, and the forceful loose their influence.

Like water, sages embrace humility to endure,
remaining flexible and responsive to the needs of the time.
This is known by many, but practiced by few.
— P.E. West, Two Sides of a Coin: Lao Tze’s Common Sense Way of Change

The principle aim . . . is to unfold a Tao of economics; it has always seemed to me appropriate to establish and re-establish a truer alignment of political and economic forces with the natural processes and, through the ancient Chinese I Ching, such an endeavour is possible. — Guy Damian-Knight, The I Ching on Business and Decision Making

Part of what goes into acting decisively in any life situation, along with aggressiveness, clarity of thinking, the awareness of one’s own death, is training. The warrior energy is concerned with skill, power, and accuracy, with control, both inner and outer, psychological and physical. . . He has developed skill with the “weapons” he uses to implement his decisions. — Moore & Gillette, The Warrior in His Fullness

THE FRONT
The root of power means to be able, potent.

Webster’s first definition is the ability to do, act or produce.

It refers to a specific ability or faculty, like the power to hear.

It refers to a great ability to act or affect strongly using vigor, force, or strength.

Power is used to describe the ability to control others, or the authority to influence, such as legal authority.

Power refers to the source of physical energy or mechanical force that can be put to work, like water power.

It points to a person or thing having great influence.

It can mean a nation which dominates other nations.

Power also refers to spirit or divinity.

An archaic use implies an armed force: army, navy, or military strength, like air power.

In optics, power refers to the degree of magnification of a lens, microscope or telescope.

R.L. Wing elaborates on the adage, “Knowledge is power,” pointing out the unique advantage gained from focusing the I Ching like a magnifying lens on daily life.

“The power and astuteness that we gain from this universal perspective,” she writes, “can be applied to any of life’s situations.” In addition, “We recognize situations that hold no promise because they are structured in a way that will cause their own downfall.” In other words, knowledge gives us insight to recognize where various choices are likely to lead, resulting is better decisions.

In Taoist thinking, laws of nature explain why power over time reverts to the people. While drops of water are insignificant, they add up. The momentum driving a tidal wave is formidable.

Divided by fear, ignorance, and narrow materialistic beliefs, individuals remain insignificant. Unified in wisdom by common purpose, people become powerful indeed. Leaders, whether a Stalin, Mao or a Mandela, ride the waves of time like energy surfers, directing their followers either towards slaughter or towards freedom.

Great temporal power of itself implies no value. Its effect, whether positive or negative, depends on the context within which it’s used, either consciously or unconsciously, skillfully or incompetently, for good or evil. The results of a warrior’s prowess, military arsenal and self-control depend on how, when, where and why they’re applied.

For example, in the last century Germany produced both a Hitler and an Einstein. Hitler was obsessed with the occult. He wanted to harness unseen forces to further his goal of world domination. Einstein, on the other hand, searched for the subtle laws of physics. He hoped thereby to discover a unified field theory which perfectly describes the operations of nature. Had he prevailed, he would have re-invented the I Ching.

THE BACK
The opposite of power is powerlessness. Though energy is inherent in every life form, and every individual has the potential to express a unique variation of power, through any combination of external circumstances and personal choices, it can remain latent and dormant, an opportunity lost.

A perversion of power is malicious aggression. Using force to harm others, even destroying life to steal material possessions or gain political power, violates Natural Law. In time, harm returns to the abuser in equal proportion to damage done. Herein is practical proof of biblical wisdom, “Justice is mine, sayeth the Lord.”

As the Kaleidoscope Turns

Definition of kaleidoscope: 

  1. an optical instrument in which bits of glass, held loosely at the end of a rotating tube, are shown in continually changing symmetrical forms by reflection in two or more mirrors set at angles to each other. 
  1.  a continually changing pattern of shapes and colors.

I’m applying this definition, as I see things differently every day, to a conversation between Joe Rogan and Bret Weinstein. It went like this:

Bret Weinstein: The problem is, the folks who have been loyal democrats, who will “vote blue no matter who,” need to wake up!

That party has been captured by something that is not interested in the well-being of the country, of the West, of the citizens. It is time for them to go.  

Personally, I think RFK Jr. is the solution to this problem. I don’t know that anybody can solve the problem of the capture.  

Joe Rogan: Can he win? Is there a pathway that he could become the president?  

Bret Weinstein: Yep, there are multiple pathways. That said, do I expect it to go that way? I think we all need to start thinking differently. 

I think we need to recognize that the capture of our system is such a profound threat to the well-being of the country. to the future of our kids and grandkids, that whatever needs to happen for us to come together and usher those people out in favor of something that is at least just not part of that plan has to happen.  

So as far as I’m concerned, the best shot we’ve got is Bobby Kennedy.

Now here’s the interesting essence I picked up on. Let’s explore its implications.

The democrat party has been captured . . . . tacitly, by covert operatives pushing a globalist agenda. This poses an existential threat to humanity so urgent that we must come together to overcome it.

Bobby Kennedy is our best shot for defeating the globalist agenda. However, we all need to think differently about how this can be accomplished.

His conclusion echos the words of Einstein, to which I often refer:

We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive.

Yep. The problem is that serious. It calls for a quantum solution. Perhaps given the larger commitment to saving humanity from the globalist agenda, Trump and Kennedy need to set aside personal differences and join hands, perhaps across the public and private sectors.

It’s critically important to note that while Bret sees Kennedy as the solution, he does NOT say that his being president is the solution. Though Kennedy is our best shot, it isn’t at all clear how that will play out. We have to keep our minds open to other possibilities, be willing and able to think differently about solutions.

WHAT IF the proper path for Bobby to follow is NOT the path which killed his uncle and father?

While I agree with his publisher and friend, Tony Lyons, that RFK Jr. is by far the most authentic, courageous and knowledgeable candidate, standing head and shoulders above everyone else in the field, I have to ask: Why waste him in a draining, debilitating campaign just to land him in a role that might just destroy him?

Why not, instead, let him serve as a leader the private sector where his virtues/shinning attributes can best manifest, lead to successful outcomes, be used, expressed freely, without resistance/conflict/obstruction.

Consider the possibility that it’s far more likely possible for RFJ jr. to complete the legacy of his father and uncle in the private sector than in the public. 

Let me tell you what I’m envisioning, how the kaleidoscope looks to me today.

I’ll divide my observations in two parts. First, why the political route isn’t best, and second, why the private sector path is filled with positive potentials. It depends on cooperation, of course . . . the “we all” piece of Bret’s comment.

For starters, there’s no overnight solution. Because, in 2024, there is no sufficient base of supporters to effectively implement a Kennedy agenda.

If RFK Jr were elected president in 2024, he would find himself (much as Trump was) surrounded by jackals –political hacks who Yes him to his face, but secretly use him for their own personal reasons.

Presidency would be a nightmare. Subordinates, all schooled in the fragmented paradigm, themselves internally pulled apart in multiple directions, would continue to give superficial compliance and support, while covertly going their own directions.  

Removing individual representatives of a dying paradigm who are each fighting for their lives inside deep state bureaucracies would be a horrendously difficult job. Negative. Punitive.

Rather than punishing pseudo-leaders who are really symptoms of a deeper problem, why not go after the problem itself? The real problem is the obsolete paradigm — the pervasive, culturally conditioned mindset of hollow, incomplete empirical science.

RFK Jr. deserves better than to be hemmed in on every side by the political demands of a presidency. Let him be a free actor, a truly independent leader and visionary accomplishing something truly worthy of him.

Let him start small, building one exemplary intentional community where all the health goals he advocates – clean food, air, water that he advocates are implemented. Not by law and legislation, but by positive action. Let it be organized around leadership based on merit, not big money and hardball politics. 

Let it be located not in neither extreme, East or West coast, symbolically as well as physically in the Center of the country. Let the intentional community be a center of light in a dark world, far away from the corruption of Washington, DC. The capitol city is a swamp. Relocate to a place of sanity and wholeness, literally centered in heartland the United States.

I recommend central Wisconsin for its location, for all the reasons that OA chose it as most likely to survive long-term from disasters, both natural and man-made, safe from possible tectonic plate shifts, tsunamis, volcanoes, earthquakes and even predictable paths of fallout from atomic attacks – all taken into account. 

Let this community demonstrate with how-to examples, a model for other communities to follow. Look to the precedent set during the last dark ages, where monastic communities both in Europe and China (think Shaolin) served as centers of healing, hospitality and light (as well as mutual self-defense) in an increasingly dangerous world. 

But let Bobby work hand-in-glove with the federal government led by Trump, doing things government isn’t suited to do. Let him devote his time/attention/energy in this creative, positive direction rather than wearing himself out doing combat with the deep state from within the government.

Concurrently, let him spearhead a School-Without-Walls which he uniquely has the reputation and clout to draw sponsors. Let it be an interdisciplinary school designed to build the next generation of leaders in every field of endeavor, intended as a quantum solution to the current, deleterious leadership gap.

A School-Without-Walls would recruit qualified mentors from all walks of life. They would advise self-responsible students in designing tailor-made, purpose-based programs of study. Students would be given access to whatever learning resources — academic and experiential — necessary to achieve their unique learning goals, and earn a degree as proof of competence.

Increasingly, small cohesive intentional communities will become the real power bases, with the role of federal government being to be to support and be supported by them.  

And at every incremental step along the way, let every mentor and student in the School-Without-Walls dedicate themselves serving the community with integrity by quantum standards — meaning whole, integrated. Let this new generation of leaders approach problems from unity consciousness, with wholeness objectives.

Civil War

In a video titled Adamus St. Germain REVEALS About 2024 ELECTIONS & The Coming FUTURE WAR it is foreseen that the U.S. is so polarized that whoever wins the presidential election, it will only be by a small fraction of the votes. And If Trump wins, there will be riots the same night in the streets of major cities, as prelude to possible civil war.

Is imperative to foresee and forestall the globalist, intentionally polarizing dynamic that would lead to civil war. And beforehand, as a matter of mutual survival upon which most can agree, let’s restore sanity and genuine unity on all sides. Community interests must prevail over strife between political parties.

In a public-private pact between Kennedy and Trump, let there be mutual agreement that it’s a top priority to call out deliberate, self-serving provocations to unnecessary civil war and proactively move to overcome that danger. 

There’s potential danger in Trump’s declaring that when elected, he’ll attack and deport illegals. It invites a backlash from the very minute he’s elected. It’s a mistake to let Illegals believe they have nothing to lose, and everything to gain by tearing the country apart, in an effort to prevent deportation.

To soften that threat, emphasize possible opportunities to assimilate the honest workers among them onto the land in intentional communities. Downplay enmity to illegals (versus the real problems: Cartels, leftists allowers, etc.). Offer a ray of hope. Keep a lid on the potential for explosive backlash. 

As a back up, have a strong presence of National Guard at the ready in the large cities and the most endangered rural areas. Put potential rioters on notice that they are well advised to desist. They can’t get away with rioting. Quite the opposite. They’ll be quashed from the get go. 

Possibilities

  • Attach to the +A intentional community a healing center based on the model of Patch Adams’ Gesundheit Institute. Make an end run around the for-profit alliances amongst insurance providers, pharmaceutical corporations and large hospitals to render the drug and surgery-based allopathic medical model obsolete. 
  • Let Kennedy and Simon Parks along with his international Connecting Consciousness community join ranks. Share resources, information, savvy, clout, and influence to achieve similar ends. 
  • Bring Elana Danaan onboard. Include in curriculum as basic what she has to teach about our place in the universe and our kindred intergalactic brethren. 
  • Invite Elon Musk onboard as a participant, advocate and financial backer of the School- Without-Walls. 

Conclusion

When I recall the quotes which sum up JFK’s vision and the legacy yet to be fulfilled, the vision he described could just as easily be fulfilled through service in private sector as in the public realm. Perhaps better.

JFK said:

I look forward to a great future for America — a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purposes. I look forward to an America which will not be afraid of grace and beauty, which will reward achievement in business or statecraft, which commands respect through out the world not only for its strength, but for its civilization as well. 

Had he not been murdered on the day of its scheduled delivery, JFK would have delivered the words of this speech:

. . . our duty as a Party is not to our Party alone, but to the nation, and indeed, to all mankind. Our duty is not merely the preservation of political power but the preservation of peace and freedom. . . So let us not be petty when our cause is so great. . . .

This link between leadership and learning is not only essential at the community level. It is even more indispensable in world affairs. Ignorance and misinformation can handicap the progress of a city or a company, but they can, if allowed to prevail in foreign policy, handicap this country’s security. In a world of complex and continuing problems, in a world full of frustrations and irritations, America’s leadership must be guided by the lights of learning and reason . . .

But, in today’s world, freedom can be lost without a shot being fired, by ballots as well as bullets. The success of our leadership is dependent upon respect for our mission in the world as well as our missiles – on a clearer recognition of the virtues of freedom as well as the evils of tyranny. . . .

We in this country, in this generation, are – by destiny rather than choice – the watchmen on the walls of world freedom. We ask, therefore, that we may be worthy of our power and responsibility, that we may exercise our strength with wisdom and restraint, and that we may achieve in our time and for all time the ancient vision of “peace on earth, good will toward men.” That must always be our goal, and the righteousness of our cause must always underlie our strength. For as was written long ago: “except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.”

Healing & the Book of Change

Yoga Anatomy and the Hexagrams 

Yoga anatomy explains the unifying effect of working with the Book of Change. It isn’t necessary to know about its details in depth to receive the benefits of using the I Ching. However, the basics are highly suggestive as to how the hexagrams work and why their healing effect often seems magical. The following image shows the energy centers which correlate with lines of the hexagram. The seventh center, being beyond physical time and space, is not represented.

Both Chinese and Hindu versions of yoga describe subtle energy centers located along the physical spine. They are associated with the flow of electrical energy currents through the nervous system, but at a deeper level, along subtle pathways called nadis or meridians.

Both traditions draw on this knowledge in the practice of their healing arts. Both prescribe meditative practices that balance these centers for the ultimate purpose of achieving spiritual enlightenment. 

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and related martial arts work with three centers called “tan tiens,” or cauldrons. These correspond roughly with the head, heart and solar plexus. In this tradition, the bottom two lines of the hexagram correlate with the lower dan tien. The middle two lines correspond with the middle dan tien. The upper two lines correspond with the upper dan tien. Tai Chi, practiced as moving meditation, unifies the three centers with holistic effect. 

The yoga practiced in India posits six energy centers described as spinning vortexes or wheels, called “chakras.” These subtle centers correlate roughly with the physical anatomy of the brain, throat, heart, solar plexus, genital and anal regions.  

The six lines of the hexagram each correspond with one of the chakras. The top line corresponds with the ajna center near the pituitary gland, called the third eye. The bottom line corresponds with the base chakra. Increasingly higher centers correlate with progressive stages of human development.  

The chakra system of energy transformers which traverse the spine is another knowledge matrix that affects how we process and transmit information. Each chakra filters perception. Each influences the way we interpret experience. . . . One proof of this process is the wide array of Western psychologies, each relevant to a specific chakra issue.  

Skinner’s is a first chakra psychology based on behavior. Freud focused on sex, a second chakra issue. Adler thought in terms of power, the third chakra. Fromm wrote about love, the fourth chakra focus. Jung was interested in literary symbols and self-actualization, which are fifth and sixth center interests. 

Asian sciences, however, have recognized the interactive relationships amongst these concerns. They provide practical methods for integrating the chakras to pave an optimally functioning highway of continuous energy and information. 

Similarly, psychologist Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs sums them up. His five stage model starts with basic physiological and safety needs. Once these are satisfied, the individual pursues issues of love and esteem. Only when these needs are met is one ready to focus on personal growth needs – ultimately “self-actualization.

Most of us function primarily at one or a combination of the chakra levels. Blind spots prevent fluid, integrated thinking, making it difficult to relate to other people’s perspectives. Working with the I Ching helps to open, coordinate and align the specific mental, emotional, and social issues associated with each of the six energy centers. This greatly improves the quality of personal relationships and professional effectiveness. 

Further, yoga anatomy has implications for human survival. In this world view, each individual is a miniature of all creation. Every unit, from atom to individual, mirrors the structure of the solar system and universe entire. So restoring order and balance to one’s own life does in effect save a world complete, one life at a time. 

Yoga Anatomy and the Caduceus 

The Greek caduceus, the familiar symbol of the Western medical profession, is a vestigial reminder of the origins (albeit forgotten) common to the Western and Asian healing arts, perhaps dating still further back to ancient Egypt’s Hermetic tradition. In Greek mythology, the caduceus is the healing staff of Mercury, messenger of the gods. It links heaven and earth. 

Far earlier than the Greeks, however, the caduceus is the model of yoga energy anatomy. It comes from a time-tested tradition thousands of years old. The axis represents the human spine. The pair of snakes winding around the axis represent alternating, cyclical patterns of negative and positive (yin and yang) energy currents. 

The six chakras are the intersecting points where the curving snake-like energy forces meet and cross at the axis. These are the major centers of transformation and evolution. The wings at the top of the axis represent the integrating seventh crown chakra. 

The Caduceus and DNA 

Just as the I Ching hexagram structure correlates with the chakras of yoga anatomy, the chakras in turn are associated with DNA.  

Further, the hexagrams have been directly correlated with DNA. In fact, the Chinese ideogram for the word I Ching looks remarkably like not only the caduceus but also the spiraling structure of the DNA double helix. This cannot be coincidental.

The I Ching Pictograph

The Double Helix of DNA

A shorthand rendition of the pictograph is featured on the Wilhelm/Baynes translation of the German version into English with its famous introduction by psychologist Carl Jung.

Many striking resemblances between the structure of DNA and I Ching hexagrams suggest at least one fascinating explanation for how/why this information source resonates with quantum inner knowing. It can’t be accidental that both the DNA helix and the I Ching matrix are based upon a binary-quaternary code that generates a system of 64 possibilities. 

The I Ching matrix with its 64 possible combinations of yin and yang lines along with their endless permutations lend themselves to medical diagnosis. For example, according to the Medical I Ching by Dr. Miki Shima: 

The practice of traditional Chinese medicine is based on the recognition of patterns of change within one’s patients. When these patterns of change are harmonious and foster life and well being, we say the patient is healthy or recuperating. . . Without going back to [the I Ching] . . . one cannot fully understand and appreciate the height and depth of the immense body of Chinese medical wisdom. 

Interestingly, Da Liu correlates a 64 form practice of tai chi with the 64 hexagrams of the I Ching, 32 of which are yin, inward and 32 outward.

Conclusion

These energetic correlations suggest the potential for a quantum approach to health and healing on all levels – mental, emotional and physical. It’s an approach from the inside out, a quantum solution to the medical madness currently plaguing our civilization.

Your Ultimate Personal Survival Guide 

PREFACE 

The 2000 millennial year title of the 64 Essays was The Ultimate Personal Survival Guide. It came from a brainstorming session with a business consultant for marketing The Common Sense Book of Change. She was unfamiliar with the I Ching. 

We went back and forth with questions and answers about its use and value. Finally, she sat back and blinked. “It sounds like the ultimate personal survival guide,” she concluded.  

She’d hit the nail right on the head. She got it! 

However, before she drew me out with her questions, I’d taken my answers to her valid concerns for granted. Others were likely to have similar doubts. 

So a further step was necessary. A follow-up book was required, one which would lead others to draw the same conclusion that she did. It had to dispel myths and misconceptions which prevent this gravely misunderstood and underrated treasure from getting the international acceptance it so richly deserves. 

I’d become certain that the worldwide leadership deficit (and related budget deficits) are explained by an underlying knowledge deficit. For lack of what The Book of Change has to offer, people everywhere remain perplexed as to how and why so much continues to go so horribly wrong, even despite the best of intentions. 

It seemed urgent to clear the decks. Making this compendium of Natural Law — the premier leadership training and decision-making manual in China for thousands of years — widely accessible now to fill in this fatal knowledge gap. 

Mainstreaming this vitally important information is the first, necessary step towards the positive change which many call for, but remain unable to achieve. 

Fourteen years later [now 24], I find myself in the same predicament. How does one shake up the sleeping public? What will it take to make people worldwide aware of how important this information is, and how gravely we’re at risk due to its absence? 

As a possible solution, I returned to The UPSG. In the process of updating the Introduction, I had an “Aha” moment.  

In the text, I’d made the conscience connection: The I Ching is called The Ultimate Personal Survival Guide because it refers to ULTIMATE timeless wisdom. This wisdom is accessible on a PERSONAL level, facilitating inner and outer change, one person at a time. This change gives us the edge on SURVIVAL, influencing who will survive, how, on which levels of experience. And it’s a GUIDE that helps put us in resonance with the ultimate inner guide — conscience. 

Taken out of context, however, the title left The USPG open to misunderstandings. It could be misconstrued as suggesting that the benefits of working with the I Ching come from the book itself. However, no physical book, no matter how inspired or useful, is correctly called an ultimate survival guide. Books are just material things. 

Conscience alone is the ultimate survival guide. The value of using The Book of Change is that it leads the individual back to personal conscience. It serves to reconnect the user with the eternal center which resides at the hub of the quantum Life Wheel.  

Exactly what is meant here by “conscience?” As with each of the 64 Essay terms, definitions of “conscience” have devolved over time. Here, the word refers to the pristine meaning of the term, associating it with “inner light.” 

In I Ching context, Conscience is associated with the innermost center of the quantum Life Wheel. This yoga-compatible model, as detailed in Rethinking Survival and summarized below, layers the variables of Albert Einstein’s famous formula, e = mc2. 

Einstein’s view of conscience was consistent with I Ching use. He regarded an enlightened person as one liberated from limiting selfish desires, who has turned instead to aspirations of transcendent value. Einstein described the experience of an “inner voice” that brought him closer to the “secrets of the Old One.” 

Essay 12 on Values gives a snapshot glimpse of the word’s appropriate use: 

Conscience not only puts us in touch with our own uniqueness; it also connects us with the universal true north principles that create quality of life. 

The extraordinary value of the I Ching is that it reveals the secrets of dynamic Natural Law. Working with its changes opens inner access to the middle level of the quantum Life Wheel, the “e” energy layer of Einstein’s Unified Field Theory.  

This middle level serves as mediating, two-directional gate-keeper between the ever-changing surface rim and the universal, timeless center. You can’t get from here to there, except through the middle layer which, in Western thinking, is effectively taboo, buried in the inaccessible “unconscious.” 

To the extent that Natural Law is a blind spot in the prevailing, linear and exclusively empirical paradigm, we are left powerless to move beyond the surface level of experience. The realm of light and conscience which rests beyond, on the far side of the dynamic energy level, remains functionally inaccessible. 

Moral codes promoted by religionists or politicians are sometimes equated with conscience. But they’re no substitute for direct experience. Only by becoming intelligently competent in managing the subtle energies of the middle level is it possible to travel further inwards for the immediate, personal experience of inner light. 

When the middle level becomes clogged with painful memories, negative emotions and socially taboo urges, it becomes a barrier to deeper knowing. The Book of Change is indispensable as a tool for restoring the unnecessarily “unconscious” to conscious awareness, so that the levels of human potential can be linked and unified. 

In Quantum Paradigm context, survivors who prevail in dangerous times aren’t those with the most material wealth, possessions or political power. They’re the ones who’ve successfully navigated the middle realm, reached the far shore of enlightenment and returned to the surface with their new information intact. 

Those who succeed in linking the levels of experience are genius leaders in whatever fields they choose to engage. They’re the fortunate ones who’ve acquired the inner wealth necessary to both hear the inner voice of conscience and act on the guidance they receive. 

Q. & A. 

As yet, an exclusively materialistic. linear paradigm continues to generate the dysfunctional results experienced in every aspect of personal and public life. The powerful benefits to be gained from shifting to the more inclusive Quantum Paradigm are blocked by so-called authorities and experts who are highly invested in the limited and limiting empirical science paradigm. 

The I Ching is misrepresented with numerous assumptions and prejudices which have effectively kept this critically important information in the shadows. Answers to some of the most familiar doubts are listed below: 

  • Question: What does an ancient book from a foreign land have to do with me, here and now? 
  • Answer: Everything. As the compendium of Natural Law, the I Ching is neither time nor place-bound. It speaks to the questions we all ask about the human condition. For over 8,000 years, with good reason, it has endured as the foundation of Chinese healing, governing and military arts alike. No equivalent exists in the West. It fills a fatal gap in the way we think. 

  • Question: If it’s so important, why isn’t it taught in schools? 
  • Answer: Good question! Probably because the objections raised here are taught as assumptions instead. 

  • Question: Isn’t the Book of Change unscientific – just hocus pocus or New Age superstition? 
  • Answer: Like any other wisdom tradition that has endured over time, the I Ching has inevitably been subject to misuse. This doesn’t, however, reflect on its inherent value. This compendium of Natural Law is so highly sophisticated, in fact, that Western science is just beginning to catch up with it. For example, in the 1800s, Leibniz acknowledged that its mathematical foundations long preceded his calculus. The single and broken lines of the hexagrams are analogous to binary-digital computer code. Further, as described elsewhere, its 64 hexagrams are analogous to DNA structure.

  • Question: Is the I Ching a sacred book, like the Bible? Is it part of a religion? 
  • Answer: Yes and no. Taoists, Buddhists, and Confucians, despite their differences, all hold the I Ching in highest regard. It is used to connect with deity, on the one hand, and consulted for practical advice regarding every aspect of daily life, on the other. Sacred is in the eye of the beholder.
  • Question: Is The Book of Change pagan and therefore off-limits to Christians? Does it contradict or oppose the teachings of the Old and New Testaments? 
  • Answer: There is no conflict. Natural and Divine law are two different but interdependent levels of the quantum Life Wheel. Pagans by-pass Divine law, choosing to worship nature instead. In contrast, sages observe and work with the laws of nature, the better to serve humanity by serving the divine. Both the Old and New Testaments show an understanding of nature which is compatible with the I Ching worldview. 

  • Question: Can the I Ching be fully understood or appreciated without knowledge of the Chinese language? 
  • Answer: Hindu’s have a similar attachment to the exclusive value of the Sanskrit language, Jews to ancient Hebrew, and Muslims to the original language of the Koran. However, the Source of truth is beyond language. Its cultural expression at a particular time and place varies, but the basic essentials are necessarily the same. As translations into English and other languages continue to improve, this will become increasingly apparent. 

What is the I Ching? 

The Book of Change is a text that consists of 64 interactive, six-lined graphs — hexagrams — placed within the matrix of a circle, a square, or both. In combination, they map of the Natural Laws of change. Each graph is assigned a name represented by a Chinese pictograph. Translations are comparable to Plato’s perfect Ideas. 

The 64 hexagrams represent the bare bones of the life process. They are to Natural Law what basic axioms are to geometry. The open and closed lines the hexagrams are a convenient shorthand used to represent alternating energy valances. A broken line stands for negative (yin) energy (chi). A solid line stands for positive (yang) energy. 

For example, the hexagram for Awareness, looks like this:  

Each hexagram is like the common denominator of a math equation. Each reduces expanded, complex relationships back to their most simple, recognizable form. No matter how complex or convoluted specific variations on the basic themes become, all experience can be reduced back to these fundamental dynamics. Over time, meanings have been associated with each of the hexagrams. These, in turn, have been elaborated upon by a succession of interpretations.

Because the hexagrams are universal, they can be applied to virtually any discipline. For example, one version of I Ching correlates the hexagrams with DNA discoveries. There’s a medical diagnostic version. Da Liu correlates his 64-form practice of healing tai chi with the 64 hexagrams of the I Ching. Another version applies the readings to Jungian psychology. A constitutional law professor at Yale University has published a commendable version. Yet another correlates the hexagrams with meditative Taoist practices. Other versions reflect on the order of family and social relationships, on successful business practices, and on the conduct of war. 

The basic readings are descriptive and informational only. There is no moralistic or prescriptive bent. The content is observational and practical: If this, then that. For example, if one squanders resources during times of prosperity, then times of adversity will follow. If one is respectful towards others, then they will be moved to behave respectfully in return. 

Using the interactive Book of Change is a powerful way to get in touch with the native common sense (conscience) we’re all born with, but too often forget under the pressures of hectic daily life. It is used first to increase self-understanding, then to create harmony between the inner world of self and outer world of others. 

There are many ways to select the relevant hexagram. All involve approaching the book with a quiet, open mind, analyzing the current situation, framing a question regarding that situation and then finding its answer. These methods are described in The Common Sense Book of Change. 

Whichever method is used, it yields a hexagram which represents the immediate moment. Each hexagram, however, has the potential to mutate. This is because any one or any combination of the six lines can change into its opposite. This produces one or more new hexagrams. 

The “direction of change” reading associated with the mutating line(s) indicate which level(s) are kinetically active and what the possible consequences could be. This information is regarded as a warning, which heeded, may influence future results. 

The correlation between actions and predictable consequences is called the Law of Karma. In biblical terms, this law is expressed as the familiar warning, “As ye sow, so shall ye reap.” It is the practical basis of ethics. It underscores the wisdom of the advice, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” Because actions do, in fact, inevitably return in kind. 

Among other things, the I Ching works like a cosmic clock, telling us the time. In the Old Testament, King Solomon expressed the natural, rhythmic alternations of time in poetic form: 

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven: 

A time to be born, and a time to die; 

a time to plant and a time to pluck up that which is planted. 

A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down and a time to build up; 

A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn and a time to dance; 

A time to cast away stones and a time to gather stones together; 

A time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; 

A time to get and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; 

A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence and a time to speak; 

A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace. 

Working with the Book of Change puts its users in touch with these pulsating, alternating rhythms of life. It connects them with inner knowing – call it intuition or conscience – that anticipates approaching changes, the better to prepare for what is to come. It serves as a reminder that our lives change like nature’s seasons. Fall follows summer. Spring follows winter. It lends perspective to the current times and what is likely to come next. 

Historically, the I Ching has been held in the highest regard throughout Asia for over eight-thousand years. Its cultural influence has been roughly equivalent to that of the Bible in the West. Leaders in philosophy, religion, healing, government, business, martial arts and the military were all trained from this single, universal text. It is still widely accepted as the basic manual of relationship dynamics and effective decision-making. 

How to Approach the I Ching 

The I Ching offers a comprehensive understanding of how the world works. It doesn’t, however, fit neatly into the usual book categories. It can be approached as an historical document or philosophical tract, but is far more than that. It can be used as a self-help book, but is more than that too. 

Above all, it’s a practical decision-making tool based on a comprehensive science. It challenges us to jump outside the narrow boxes within which we’ve been taught to reason, to qualitatively change the way we think. 

The method of working with the I Ching requires stilling the mind and entering the receptive, meditative state in which inspirational thoughts become available. As such, it is an invaluable compliment to the practice of any religion. 

Why Use the I Ching? 

In an age of ever-accelerating, sometimes bewildering change, working with the I Ching helps its users remain focused on the basics. Ephemerals on the surface of the quantum Life Wheel inevitably pass away. Social customs continue to change. Old friends move on or prove fickle. Jobs disappear without warning. Fortunes are lost over night. Buildings are blown out of the skyline.  

Loved ones leave or pass away. If we neglect ourselves long enough, even health becomes precarious. 

The more chaotic the uncertain world becomes on the surface, the more personal balance depends upon the opposite and equal anchor of inner strength, accessed with the help of timeless wisdom. The I Ching serves to remind us of the constant within change. It grounds us in unchanging reality, the better to sustain the courage and confidence required to endure and prevail during tough times. 

Working with the I Ching gradually changes the way we think, intentionally linking the levels of experience. It disciplines us to ask better questions and to be receptive to answers which extend beyond the parameters of empirical science.  

The I Ching advises, “It is futile to hunt for deer in a forest where none dwell.” Issues which can’t be solved with rational logic, money, mechanical engineering or brute force, soften and open in the light of inner wisdom.  

As such, The Book of Change is an invaluable life companion for everyone facing ongoing personal changes in a rapidly changing world. Its premise is the assurance that even when social, economic and political chaos seems staggering, taken one instance at a time, there’s always hope.  

The world at large is an unmanageable unit. But by focusing on the smallest unit closest to home, oneself, one needn’t be overwhelmed or paralyzed. Whereas forcing change on others is a violation of free will, one can always — especially with the aid of wisdom tools like the I Ching — change oneself. 

The important first change is not image or behavior, but more fundamentally, one’s vision of life’s potentials and the way to transform from within. The rest follows. It is, after all, possible to change the hearts and minds of others through one’s example. Perfected, one individual’s life can have a ripple effect that emanates outwards in all directions across the boundaries of time and space. Buddha and Christ both demonstrated this. 

Who Benefits from working with the I Ching? 

Natural Law is written in our hearts, in our very DNA. It is equally available to everyone with open ears and a ready willingness to hear. Those able to think with uncluttered, childlike simplicity resonate most easily with the I Ching call to conscience. 

Often, individuals at a cross-roads in life, where they suddenly find themselves in unfamiliar territory or it seems as if they have nothing to loose, take new interest in a book that helps them navigate life’s passages with dignity and grace. 

Importantly, the Book of Change isn’t the exclusive property of highly-educated people, nor of a particular gender, age-group, culture, class, time or place. It’s an indispensable basic, a valuable teacher to everyone who chooses to make themselves whole. 

A caveat: it’s not those who understand, but those who also follow through who benefit most from the value The Book of Change has to offer. Its concepts may be relatively easy to comprehend. But they’re not always easy to put into practice. 

Working with the 64 hexagrams of the I Ching requires the time to pause and reflect. It’s not like fast food that can be taken in at one gulp and then forgotten. 

But it nourishes on many levels. Its benefits are cumulative and enduring. Returns on the investment of time and effort made are exponential. 

Over time, I’ve come to understand that the I Ching’s value is measured by the quality of focused attention, self-honesty and positive intention with which it’s used. Those who dismiss it, who “believe” it is superstitious nonsense, fulfill their expectations. As such, this vastly powerful book has its own fail safes.

Context 

In Rethinking Survival, discrimination, violence and sexual abuse are linked to an information deficit. The Natural Law codified in the Book of Change: 

. . . fills in an information gap. It’s the missing link in our knowledge banks. In a complete worldview, the dynamic law of change occupies the middle level. It links the outer material surface with the innermost center. You “can’t get from here to there” except through that middle layer. 

This explains why many leaders, even with the best of intentions, go terribly wrong. When authorities operate from an incomplete paradigm, they’re blind-sided. Lacking what has been mainstreamed as “emotional intelligence,” they can’t identify the place where things are messed up. When they take a left-hand turn, they don’t understand why. Worse, they don’t know how to return to the positive path. 

Here’s the context: Laws of nature emanate from the Divine. It’s a mistake to romanticize (or demonize) nature. It’s a worse mistake to worship nature in place of the Creator. But being competent at the practical, middle (energy) level of three-part experience is essential to the whole. Again, it’s a sorely missed link in our functional knowledge base. 

The “subtle” energy realm lies between the outer, surface level of matter and the deepest center of unchanging stillness. As the functional link between extremes, both on the out-going and the in-going paths, it serves as the unavoidable gatekeeper and mediator between the two. “You can’t get from here to there,” except through this middle level of experience. 

Without wisdom and skill at this middle level of experience, spiritual aspirations cannot be realized nor can political policies be effectively implemented. Ongoing sex scandals which plague high-level politicians and clergy give a hint of what’s missing from their training, causing them to fail miserably at great expense to those they claim to serve. 

Using a well-familiar example from American history, here’s how I expressed the place of Natural Law in the Introduction to The Common Sense Book of Change: 

THREE LEVELS OF LAW. The American Declaration of Independence names three kinds of law: the laws of man, of nature and nature’s God. The Book of Change is based on the laws of natural change. They emanate from and depend on divine law and serve as the rightful foundation of civil law. Clearly, laws legislated in ignorance of or in opposition to natural and divine law are not likely to work out well. Policy makers at all levels would do well to give this point careful thought. 

In Common Sense, Thomas Paine wrote about the relationship of divine, natural and human law in a way that inspired readers at the time of the American Revolution to fight for freedom from tyranny. Approaching natural law from the deeper understanding of the ancients could inspire a reinvention of democracy now.  

Sages say that freedom from tyranny begins with dispelling ignorance and overcoming negative emotions. True freedom starts with the self-awareness and self-mastery which can be gained by diligent use of the I Ching. 

I had this in mind when critiquing Affirmative Action, and in formulating Positive Action alternatives to achieve the valid goals of misguided legislation bound to trigger backlash. 

Overcoming Fear of Change 

Lacking the balancing anchor of that which is beyond change — that which puts short-term change in perspective — people stuck on the surface of the Life Wheel become fearfully addicted to the familiar. 

But resisting change doesn’t prevent it from occurring. It only leaves the fearful unprepared to meet change when it inevitably arrives. They’re perpetually behind the eight-ball, left out of “luck,” a day late and a dollar short. 

Addressing unnecessary fear was a large part of my incentive for bringing the Quantum Paradigm to the public. It speaks to those who struggle in dark, doing best they know how as they continue to live lives of “quiet desperation.” 

They intuitively know, as I did earlier, that somewhere somehow something is terribly wrong. But they too don’t know where to look, or what to fight. 

They feed insatiable appetite with all the wrong foods. They take vacations to escape from angst, but in the wrong directions, and wake up afterwards, hung over and broke. They hunger and thirst, but things of the world do not satisfy.  

27. GROWTH

People seek help according to what they need for their own growth.
Unless hunger is fed with the right food, no amount of input will satisfy.
To understand others, watch how they nourish themselves. Nature provides for all.
Leaders promote those who have the ability to serve many. Avoid greed.

Conclusion 

Although The Book of Change is held in highest esteem by philosophers of every nationality, as well as the followers of the world’s enduring religions, the I Ching is not a religion. It is a map, expressed in binary mathematical code, of Natural Law. It explains not only the observable patterns of natural events, but also repeating cycles of dynamic personal life, social systems and nations throughout history. 

In its essence, the perennial Book of Change is timeless. It continues to help thoughtful users tap into the source of universal wisdom which all enduring spiritual, religious and healing traditions share in common. It resonates with a fundamental inner core of experience which, despite apparent diversity, all truth traditions share in common. It therefore has the potential to link people of good will across the globe with a basis of shared understanding. 

Whether the context be therapy, spiritual practice, personal introspection, or practical decision-making, working with the Book of Change is the quintessential method for cultivating mindfulness and self-awareness. It enables users to move beyond the theory of their personal philosophy and into its practical applications in positive action. 

As such, this book which touches the heart of all religions, is the universal key sought by religious scholars. It embodies The Perennial Philosophy of Aldous Huxley, the common thread which links all human experience. 

Rethinking VALUES in 2024

In watching Watching JFK Jr. Birthday Celebration, it seemed clear that this noble soul is “here for a time such as this” to remind us all of our core values.

In rereading Essay 12 on Values, I’m reminded to be aware that whatever time left is precious, and to use it wisely.

12. VALUES

Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself and know that everything in this life has a purpose. — Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, quoted by Sarah Ban Breathnach in Simple Abundance

Conscience not only puts us in touch with our own uniqueness; it also connects us with the universal true north principles that create quality of life. We can use conscience to align our values and strategies with principles, ensuring that both the ends and the means of our mission statement — both the contribution and the methods used in making the contribution — are principle-based. — Stephen R. Covey, First Things First

All this turning away from one another is terrible for our souls. When we live in a world in which ethical and spiritual goals have been excluded and ridiculed, we find the human spirit shrinking with disastrous consequences. Selfishness and cynicism are bad for our physical and psychological health. . . On the one end of the continuum, people approximate the extreme of caring only for themselves. On the other end, people begin to approach the biblical ideal; seeing every single human being as created in the image of God, and hence as infinitely precious and deserving of our care and respect. — Michael Lerner, The Politics of Meaning

THE FRONT
Value has the same root as valor, meaning strength.

Webster’s first definition pertains to money. It means a fair price for something sold or exchanged. It refers to the worth of a thing in money or goods at a certain time, the market price. It describes purchasing power.

Value means whether a thing or idea is regarded as more or less desirable, useful, or important. It points to that which is esteemed for its own sake, having intrinsic worth.

Value also pertains to social principles, goals or standards held or accepted by an individual, class or society.

In music, value is related to timing: the relative duration of a note, tone, or rest.

What a person holds in esteem defines his character. Whether a person consistently acts according to these values is the measure of her integrity. Living congruent with beliefs and promises affords peace of mind. Ignoring beliefs or violating commitments tears individuals, businesses and communities apart. We sicken and fail mentally, then physically, one at a time and then collectively.

Used divisively, “family values” is a polarizing slogan that stirs up political animosities. It places moral assumptions above the timeless values of wisdom and heart-felt compassion. In The Bible Code, Michael Drosnin observes that the family of man has fragmented into competing religions whose extremist leaders would rather destroy the planet than share the holy city of Jerusalem. According to him, placing the values of pride, ownership and sheer hatred over love of life signals the end of times.

In contrast, in I Ching context, moderation is esteemed as the greatest social value. For example, R.L. Wing’s version of Hexagram 15, “Moderation,” observes: “The enlightened person reduces the excessive and increases the insufficient. He weighs the outside world and bring about equality.”

Thus, to react with extremes of hatred towards those act hatefully endangers us all. Reacting with extreme fear to end-stage prognosis poisons the quality of whatever time remains. I Ching wisdom would call us to center and balance, moderating cultural conditioning with self-confidence and self-discipline. Where there is insufficient love and trust, they must be restored. Where there is excess fear, panic and resistance, they must be reduced. If the span of life, whether individual or collective, be short, then the value of each moment left is so much the greater.

Wisdom traditions regard survival in terms of soul, not body alone. We do our best when we focus not on the fact that we eventually die, but on how we use our allotted time on earth. Then, every day becomes a precious opportunity to earn what Elizabeth Kübler-Ross calls a “good death:” safe passage to the beyond with our life-work accomplished — lessons learned and commitments fulfilled.

Increasingly dangerous times heighten the sense of urgency and value placed on making the best of every day. Prophecies simultaneously warn of the end and promise a new beginning for those who live the law. The Bible Code can be read as yet another wake-up call, a reminder that the time to put our lives in order is NOW.

Mortality is a given. Experiencing immortality, however, is a choice. We can either follow the sleep-walker’s path to oblivion or value I Ching wisdom, heeding the DNA Bible code written in our hearts, remaining alert and awake to hear and do whatever it takes to ultimately survive.

THE BACK
Opposites of value include scorn, contempt, and rejection. Closing off awareness of connection results in failure to honor life. By denying creative potentials in ourselves and others, we underrate and debase our collective worth.

Overestimating the worth of money, status and physical beauty is a perversion of value. Unthinking acceptance of others’ opinions as more important than personal health, integrity, or self-esteem has a corrupting effect, resulting in puppet-like behavior. Portfolio value can vanish overnight; the soul’s worth is eternal.

A Pivotal Time

GONG!!!!! 

Today, March 20th, 2023, strikes a gong of new beginnings on increasingly larger scales of magnitude.  

  • First, it’s a New Moon, the first day of a 28-day lunar cycle.  
  • Second, within four hours, it enters the spring equinox, regarded by astrologers as the first day of the zodiacal New Year. 
  • Third, within three days, Pluto, planet of transformation, changes sign, entering Aquarius, regarded as the abode of inspiration, innovation and upheaval. In sum, its duration lasts some 284 years. 

The New Moon is located at one degree of Aires, the first sign of the zodiac. The Sun and Moon lead an impressive line-up of planets and asteroids in the same sign, adding up to a powerful alignment of Mars-ruled energies. In the higher octave, it’s a great time for courage, initiative and vigorous, positive action. In the lower octave, look for irritability, belligerence and outright conflict. 

In the higher octave, in the northern hemisphere, the entry of spring bodes a season of renewal and hope after a dreary winter. In the lower, we’re in for lots of rain, mud and windy bluster. 

With Pluto entering Aquarius, we can expect, though not necessarily over night, radical social, economic and political change. Astrologers, for example, point to the French and American revolutions, which occurred early on during Pluto’s last stay in Aquarius. In the higher octave, it supported the overthrow of oppressive rule by monarchs in favor of individual rights and freedom. In the lower octave, it witnessed cruel bloodbaths, massive dislocations and widespread suffering.  

Compounding the affect, the United States is currently going through its Pluto return. It’s a time of massive rethinking. In this case, being in the second house related to values both social and economic, great shifts in how the nation sees itself and intends to evolve are already in the works. 

It’s a momentous, pivotal moment in time, either for better or worse. How will YOU use it? 

My greatest fear is that, as a nation, the US might fail to learn from the lessons of history and simply mindlessly repeat the same old mistakes, yet again. For example, the revolution in France gradually devolved back into tyranny. Napoleon, who at first was welcomed as a hero, eventually crowned himself emperor — tyranny dressed in new clothes. 

Similarly, in the United States, the values enshrined in the Bill of Rights have devolved and are currently under siege. Cloaked in liberal rhetoric, the oppressive influence of socialism has undermined its institutions — from education and healthcare to the government and military, dangerously undermining the values for which the founders fought. 

My dearest hope is that we will learn from the lessons of history and do the Pluto thing better this time around the astrological block. Much better. 

This time, let’s seek freedom from the inside out, rather than the other way around. Let’s do it more mindfully. Less violently. 

Words matter. A lot. And freedom in particular is a powerful word, much used, less often understood.   

In the year 2000, I wrote a collection of 64 essays based on the premise that, over time, the value words of the English language have devolved to mean both one thing and its opposite. The Tower of Babel Dilemma. All too often, we miss each other coming going, using the same words, but meaning very different things, sadly unaware of the disconnect.  

From the I Ching, the Chinese Book of Change, comes the awareness that in duality, there are two sides to every coin. Thus, for each of the value words explored, one section was called “The Front,” while a contrasting section was called “The Back.”  

Here’s part of the exploration of FREEDOM, which we would do well to revisit at this powerful, pivotal time of change: 

THE FRONT 

Freedom is the state or quality of being free, implying exemption or liberation from the control of other people or arbitrary powers. It means liberty and independence.  

It implies exemption from arbitrary restriction or a specified civil right.  

It can mean exemption or release from imprisonment, or being able to act, move or use without hindrance or restraint.  

It means being able of itself to choose or determine action freely, at will, implying ease of movement performance or facility. It means being free from the usual rules or patterns.  

It can also mean irresponsibility, easiness of manner, or sometimes an excessive frankness and familiarity. 

Most people fail to recognize that, like peace, love and unity, freedom is attained first on the inside as a state of mind and being, only then authentically reflected in external circumstances.  

In I Ching context, freedom is a state of in-dependence, depending primarily on inner resources – rather than undependable, imperfect mortals — for guidance, protection and peace.  

The freedom sages seek is the cessation of negative, involuntary patterns of behavior. Breaking the chains of destructive cause and effect is a function of deliberate self-awareness, forgiveness and atonement (at-one-ment). 

Those secure in themselves dedicate their lives to extending the freedom they value for themselves to others without prejudice. Abraham Lincoln, for example, had the soul of a sage. He intuitively knew the basics of magic, and recognized the difference between black and white rules. He wrote, “As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master.” 

In any case, while human laws might change outer appearances, they cannot change the underlying attitudes and beliefs that drive slavery. Nor is saying and doing whatever one wants as a puppet of blind impulse true freedom. Seeing through negative filters of fear, pride, or hatred is as limiting as literal bondage.  

When its people are disconnected from inner wisdom and out of touch with nature, though a society may call itself democratic, it isn’t truly free. 

THE BACK 

The opposite of freedom is imprisonment or slavery. This includes not only external, physical incarceration, but internal, programmed or self-imposed limitations. Ignorance and bad attitudes, along with negative emotions and self-destructive habits can be as addicting as tobacco, alcohol or drugs, undermining personal freedom. 

Recklessness and heedlessness are perversions of freedom. If a mistrusted authority says not to drink, smoke or drive too fast, for example, the first thing a rebellious teen will do to assert “freedom” is disobey, regardless of the consequences. Sadly, this is the hard way to learn the connection between foolishness and disaster. 

This time around the repeating cycles of history, let’s be mindful that we have free will, and use this pivotal time of new beginnings as the opportunity to choose wisely. Let’s learn to live in the higher octave, and get better results for ourselves, our loved ones and for the collective community. 

Patricia West is author of The Common Sense Book of Change and Two Sides of a Coin: Lao Tze’s Common Sense Way of Change. She’s currently working on The Phoenix Response: Dying To Be Reborn – in the Same Lifetime.     

See With the Heart 

Once in a seldom, precious while, I come across a YouTube conversation that makes my heart skip a beat, one which grabs my attention so powerfully that I feel compelled to listen again and again, parsing the content word-for-word to let the message completely register and deeply sink in.

Such was the recent exchange between Dr. Joe Dispenza and Russel Brand, You Can Program People To Do Anything. It lasts less than eleven minutes. But it’s packed with vital questions and exciting ideas. I’ll give you the highlights.  

Spoiler alert. To my mind, the upshot is identical with what my teacher told me from the beginning. Something easy to say. Harder to understand. And even more difficult to actually do. That is, SEE WITH THE HEART. 

From my experience as an ethnology researcher (interviewing people and drawing conclusions from what they say), I got in the habit of transcribing conversations. Because I found that of what’s said, we hear only a fraction. Revisiting, listening word-for-word, tells us volumes about what we missed, and why. 

After the third go-round, here’s the gist of their interview, with an added bonus: my own comments. It’s now a three-way conversation. My input is identified either directly as Me or [in brackets].  

I’ll circle back at end to the basic message. Humanity will evolve by learning how to see with the heart. 

Russel Brand: I believe that in order to significantly change the world, we have to find a way of cooperating.  We have to recognize that people have complementary but very different cultural identities. One of our priorities must be to diffuse the culture war. STOP squabbling about the differences between traditionalism and progressivism.  

ME. Yes. “Unity in diversity.” Focus on Center all share in common rather than on the surface of manifestation. Adherence to the Core is the necessary starting point, lacking which, nothing of enduring value is possible. With awareness of the God-within each and every one of us, all IS possible.  

Russel Brand: In a country as vast as the United States, you will inevitably have communities with vastly different views on a range of cultural issues. But in order to make any progress, we’re going to have to start addressing where real [political/ economic] power is centered.   

Me: And, by contrast, where True, ultimate POWER rests, at the CENTER of the Life Wheel. 

Russel Brand:  It seems to me that there is state power in Washington DC. The pharmaceutical industry exerts a huge influence, both financially and politically. Big tech has the ability to create a surveillance state. There’s a high level of infiltration of big tech by various government agencies.  

What concerns me is the challenge of overcoming a hegemony without a counter-hegemony. [We need a greater counter-balance, one sufficient to tip the scales.] 

The old argument was that the only thing that could possibly defeat free market capitalism is some kind of centrist, state-led, left-wing project. 

But with the fall of the Soviet Union, there’s total suspicion and lack of interest in the politics of the old left. People don’t want to be told what to do by any central authority. 

Now. How do we use these ideas about individual awakening to create and coordinate a decentralized, counter-cultural movement that doesn’t sound like it’s being made-up on the spot by people who are just dream catchers? 

Dr. Joe: If you study the neuroscience of culture, we share the same biology. We share the same brain. We have certain universal traits in common. We smile when we’re happy. We frown when we’re sad. We grab a stick with an opposing thumb. Structure and function are highly related. Those are universal traits.   

Then we have our individual traits that make us unique. How the individual brain is wired is our unique fingerprint. 

Culture is what bridges individuality with universality. [A culture is defined by its prevailing belief system, an agreed-upon set of basic values.]  

For the most part, culture is defined by the past: what has worked over generations. And traditions vary by time and place. 

But look at great people in history who changed their culture. Gandhi, William Wallace, Joan of Arc, Martin Luther King, [Christ].  

They showed people [by their living example of courageous action] that there was an alternative future that they could actually believe or perceive in their mind. 

It’s not easy to do, because you can’t see that future if you’re living by the emotions of the past. [In that state, you walk right by any other option as if invisible, because there’s no neural circuitry in place allowing one to perceive it.] 

What you have to do is, you’ve got to get people out of their resting state. They have to become inspired. [They have to have HOPE.] They have to become enthusiastic — theos — filled with God. 

They have to become motivated. [They have to be stirred. Set in motion. Mobilized.] When they are moved emotionally, then that energy — that positive, uplifting emotion — causes them to see the same future as that leader sees. 

When you get people to see that same future, when they have that same clear intention and they combine that vision with an elevated emotion, you change people’s state of being. 

Now. Get enough people doing that. [Amplify the effect by numbers.] What happens is, you get an emergent consciousness. In biology, emergence is such an amazing thing. When you see a flock of birds flying in the same direction or a school of fish moving together, they appear to be a larger, single organism. 

When you study that principle in biology, you think that there is one leader everybody’s following. It looks like a top-down phenomenon. In fact, it’s not. It’s a bottom-up phenomenon. Everybody‘s leading. Everybody’s behaving in the same way. 

Me: Take, for example, the emergence of Quantum Paradigm leaders, each saying essentially the same thing, but addressing a specific audience in its own language. A short list includes: Dr. Joe Dispenza (who speaks to medical community in the language of science.) There are his cohorts, Greg Bradon and Bruce Lipton. There’s Dr. David R. Hawkins. Tony Robbins. Tara Brach and Eckart Tolle. Marissa Peer and Christiane Northrup. Zach Bush.  Donna Eden and Inna Segal. Nick Ortner and Brad Yates. Mantak Chia and Sadguru. Alana Fairchild & Colette Baron-Reed. Pam Gregory and Bryan Colter. Michael Sandler and guests. Alana Dannan and Michael Salla. Simon Parkes and the Connecting Consciousness community.  

Dr. Joe: This synchronized movement gives the appearance of a larger, unified single organism, one which becomes more sustainable for that species. 

But we have a stigma in our minds. If individuals lead with too much passion, in the end, they’re killed. Whether Jesus Christ, Abraham Lincoln, William Wallace, the consequence of speaking Truth is that you lose your life.   

But the real question is, “What if everybody’s leading?” You just can’t take out everybody. 

Me: Yes! “I am Spartacus.” I am Spartacus.” “I am Spartacus.” 

“I am V for Vendetta.” “I am V.” “I am V.”  Every one of us takes a stand to end tyranny and abuse.  

This attitude/energy is spontaneously, synchronistically arising, especially amongst the working classes and youth in Europe and U.S., as well as in China and Russia. 

Dr. Joe: This is a really important time. [We are at critical mass.] 

The coming emergent consciousness has to be built on principles that people can actually wrap their minds around.  

Right now, the condition of the world, the way things are going, is based on self-interest.  

You can control people when you control their emotions.     

When you control their emotions, you control their attention; and  

     If you can capture a person’s attention, you can capture their energy,  

because where you place your attention is where you place your energy.  

So YOU CAN PROGRAM PEOPLE TO DO ANYTHING  

based on the emotion that they feel.    

And fear is a powerful emotion. 

Fear is abused to lead the general population away from personal sovereignty and freedom, to submitting to an authority figure. 

Me: Healthy, natural and prudent fear has been weaponized to achieve unnatural, ulterior ends – to enslave the masses emotionally, economically, politically. In collusion, politicians, media and big tech control the masses by manipulating their emotions. As a result, many are driven by negative survival emotions – primarily fear juiced by hatred or greed.  

Dr. Joe: So when a new consciousness emerges, it won’t be based on externals [matter changing matter] like diet, crystals, colonics. 

 Me: It will be based on a fundamental paradigm shift, from the materialistic paradigm of empirical science to the holistic, quantum paradigm — the unified field of reality. There will be a shift in basic value systems, away from fear and separation, towards compassion and cooperation.  

Dr. Joe: It’s game time. NOW is when something else –– [deeper, truer] has to be born [re-membered, restored] in human beings that is already INNATE in us. That is the power to organize as a species.  

When we begin to heal one another, inform one another, respect one another. When we begin to shine for one another, stand up for one another, share right information and demonstrate that there are better ways of doing things, the emerging consciousness will arise.  

Russel Brand: I like that answer, Joe. I like it a lot.  

I like that leadership can be shared. Leadership can be cooperative. Indeed, it must be if we’re going to truly create new models. 

And in order to do that, we have to have a shared set of values. And we have to be willing to overcome this current tendency towards extreme divisiveness. 

There is clearly a requirement for us to be able to hold that apparent paradox. In one way, we are insignificant. An individual in limitless space is insignificant. But as a point of attention, all reality is held within my individual consciousness. There is nothing real that isn’t held within the field of my awareness. Therefore, the totality of reality is held within my individual nature. [We are each a fractal mirror of the whole.]  

I like that you talked about visions and visionaries. We can elicit and articulate a shared vision. Then that can be our mandala.   

Me: Exactly. That’s what the archetypal Life Wheel which embodies the Unified Field Theory actually is. A universal mandala. 

Russel Brand: That can be what we head towards together.  

Me: Yes. That which impels humanity towards a better future will be the remembered ability to SEE WITH THE HEART. 

Russel Brand: That’s what I’m really trying to understand. I’m trying to cultivate a sense that you have more to gain from forgiving and loving people on the other end of a cultural spectrum than you have by vanquishing them.  [As Einstein warned, It’s a matter of human survival!!!]

NOW, to be part of this convergent wave of the future, like and share this message of hope to amplify its effect. Let it go viral! I’d be most grateful.

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Patricia West is author of The Common Sense Book of Change and Two Sides of a Coin: Lao Tze’s Common Sense Way of Change. She’s currently working on The Phoenix Response: Dying To Be Reborn – in the Same Lifetime. 

An Extraordinary Opportunity

In duality, as a Law of Nature, hidden within every danger is an opposite and equal opportunity. In today’s intensely dangerous times, if only we can see and reach out to catch it, at the center of the ferris wheel ups and downs of current events rests the prize of an extraordinary opportunity. 

This came to me today (Friday, October 20, 2022) as a special message for our Chinese friends, who’ve shared with the world the treasure of the preeminent I Ching, The Book of Change.  

It came about as the result of making a personal query. I’ve been coughing up karmic hairballs to release and heal for a few weeks now. This morning (one can hope), had to be the climax and finish of that process. 

I tell you about it because I recognize that my personal experience parallels the collective one. My individual process of releasing karmic cycles in order to make a clean fresh start could well serve as a catalyst for a larger-scale healing of long-held grudges between China and the Western world. 

The personal story involves the suicide of my cardiologist father, William Kirby West, in which opioid addiction played a part. In dream state this morning, I became aware that an ancient repeating cycle of karma was involved. I was at risk of playing it out once again. But this time, by recognizing the potential danger, I had the opportunity to break the cycle. Release it. Let it go and be healed forever. 

What then flashed in mind was the parallel between my risk and a news clip I’d seen the day before. It featured a collage of the faces of thousands of Americans who’d died of fentanyl overdoses. It filled a full wall, representing not only their loss, but the ripple effect of suffering experienced by their families and friends. 

Connecting the dots still further, I recognized that the U.S. border crisis that’s flooding the country with fentanyl imported from China is part of their revenge, tit for tat, for what had been done to them during the Opium wars. In an earlier century, European pirates and profiteers caused a demoralizing plague of addictions in China. Holding this grudge, they’re revisiting that plague on Westerners now. Round and round the cycle of retaliation, revenge and pay-back goes. 

But it’s time to STOP it. Now. We have an extraordinary opportunity to recognize the repeating pattern and heal this suicidal no-win dynamic NOW.  

In the 3D materialistic paradigm of competition, conquest and control, Chinese overlords imagined that their land was the center of the world. Their pride was bruised beyond measure when that bubble of illusory superiority burst. They’re challenging the U.S. as if to grab back their perceived rightful place in the world as its central dominant “force.” 

But in 5D quantum reality, this is tragic nonsense. Control is a non-issue. Only God, Source, Tao, the Creator (however you choose to name it) – certainly no race, no nation, no gender, no religion — is at the Center of the ferris wheel of life: 

In the Unified Field Theory, encompassed in the archetypal Life Wheel, we have a complete and accurate reality map that supports universal change from the inside out. In shifting to this Quantum Paradigm world view, we have the extraordinary opportunity to finally, at last, come to understand and live by the awareness that everyone, everywhere is made in the image of Creator, endowed with the same creative potentials. 

It’s time to give up the addiction to power, dominance and control. To forgive mistakes made in ignorance. To let go of an unfortunate past in order to focus on the extraordinary opportunity to heal and make manifest the potentials of a brilliant, hopeful future. 

We have nothing of true value to lose, and everything to gain. Time is precious. Human survival is in the balance. Let’s go for it NOW! 

Patricia West is author of The Common Sense Book of Change and Two Sides of a Coin: Lao Tze’s Common Sense Way of Change. She’s currently working on The Phoenix Response: Dying To Be Reborn – in the Same Lifetime.   

FROM a BETTER PARADIGM to BETTER LEADERSHIP & a BETTER FUTURE 

Two radically different voices came to my attention today, in combination heralding the hope that perhaps the times — just maybe – are finally ready for a paradigm shift which could ensure human survival. 

The Quantum Paradigm of which I speak is, of course, the subject of Rethinking Survival. It’s the Unified Field Theory which Einstein intuited and actually had, but, sadly, for lack of yoga background, missed. Embodied in the archetypal Life Wheel which spontaneously appears throughout time, throughout all civilizations, it looks like this: 

This Unified Field Theory pictures a reality where all parts of creation are interwoven and interdependent. As such, this inclusive reality map is one which everyone everywhere can relate to and agree upon. It is equally compatible with scriptures and science, bridging the gap between them. 

This elegantly simple yet complete reality map meets the Occam’s Razor standard: maximum inclusiveness with greatest brevity. 

Working with the Quantum Paradigm empowers the “substantially new manner of thinking,” which, Einstein said, is necessary “if mankind is to survive.” 

As I wrote earlier: 

Those who succeed in linking the levels of experience are genius-leaders in whatever fields they choose to engage. They’re the fortunate ones who’ve acquired the inner wealth necessary to both hear the inner voice of conscience and act on the guidance they receive. 

Ultimately, survivors who prevail in dangerous times aren’t those with the most material wealth, possessions or political power. They’re the ones who’ve successfully navigated the middle realm, reached the far shore of enlightenment and returned to the surface with their new information intact. 

This complete and accurate paradigm will replace the fractured, materialistic paradigm of empirical science which rules out the existence of everything but the outer, m=mass level of human experience.  

Empirical science, with disastrous consequences, banned the inner levels of e=energy (emotion) and c=light (intuition) from conscious awareness. In the extreme, it cut humanity off from awareness of the common core which all share in common, call it God, Source, Creator, Tao, or Conscience, as you will.  

Earlier, I wrote: 

I’ve become certain that the worldwide leadership deficit (and related budget deficits) is explained by an underlying knowledge deficit. For lack of a complete and correct life map – paradigm, if you will — people everywhere remain bewildered as to how and why, even with the best of intentions, so much continues to go so horribly wrong. 

To the extent that the inner levels of energy, intuition and conscience are blind spots in the way people think, leaders are left powerless to move beyond the surface level of experience. The realms of light and conscience which rest on the far side of the dynamic energy level, remain inaccessible. 

Just as the Titanic’s designers failed to recognize the ship’s fatal flaw, today’s religious and political leaders, acting on misinformation, are steering the planet ever closer to the brink of destruction. The Quantum Paradigm offers a way to rethink our collective future, shift away from the current collision course towards disaster and ensure human survival. 

Now, today’s first voice of hope for a better future is that of man of Japanese American descent. Robert Kiyosaki is author of the popular Rich Dad, Poor Dad, and more recently, Capitalist Manifesto.  In an interview where he Makes Bold Predictions about the Economy, Kiyosaki connects the dots between useless “education,” dangerously weak leadership, and increasingly hard times. We need better leaders, he insists. 

On the premise that better education is key to reversing the current downward cycle, he’s written books on how the economy really works. [Keep the pristine definition of the word in mind. “To educate” means to “lead from darkness to light.” Note that “LEAD,” the essence of leadership, is inherent in that definition.] I would add, we also need to restore the wisdom of the I Ching, the Book of Change to the curriculum, as the compendium of Natural Law — the way the world really works.

The blessing in disguise, according to Kiyosaki, is that danger creates opportunity. To survive, people must stretch and improve to meet the challenges they face. He gives the example of being a war zone pilot. His life expectancy was thirty days. “The more dangerous the mission, the better you’ve got to be.” [I would add, and the more accurate and complete the map you’re flying from.] 

Today’s second voice of hope for a better future is that of a woman of French descent. Elana Danaan is author of A Gift from the Stars, and more recently The Seeders. She underscores the importance of actively taking personal self-responsibility, rather than passively waiting to be rescued by saviors. She writes: 

Humanity must take responsibility for itself or Humanity can never grow. . . Humanity must not miss the opportunity to rise up and loudly proclaim, “I do not consent [to tyranny].” 

She continues: 

The time to kneel is over. It is time to stand up, humans of Earth. It is time to embrace who you truly are. And you are quite exceptional! 

To which I would concur. In fact, the Life Wheel — the quantum paradigm of a better future — gives credence to the biblical vision of humans as made in the image of God, whole and complete. It is time to remember who, in potential, we truly are. It is our responsibility – by command – to be perfect, like the Father. 

Re-member Who You ARE

I’ll keep this message short and sweet. 

The most important things always are, don’t ya know. 

Two very different messengers recently gave pretty much the same advice. What I’m adding today is a method — one to help you implement what they recommend – make it real in your every day life. 

In a recent interview, David Icke summarizes his prescient 30+ years of writing, leading up to his recent book, one that takes his ideas to the next level. 

In brief, The Trap describes the mess humanity is in – how we got here and why. Most importantly, he gives us the key to release. Springing out of the trap is marvelously simple – in theory. “Remember who you are.” As he describes it, focus on this awareness: “I am all that is, ever was, and ever can be having a human experience.” 

That’s the short story. The long version is well worth a careful listen. Or two. Or three. 

This conclusion repeats, coming from a different angle and very different source. The message is essentially the same. “Know who are. Own your magnificence.” According to the Kryon — an interdimensional being channeled by Lee Carroll — it’s the way out of madness. Echoing biblical wisdom, he echos, “You are made in the image of God,” whole and complete, nothing less. 

For those who’d prefer a more upbeat version of this timeless truth, think back to the story of Lambert, the sheepish lion. He was raised believing he was a helpless sheep, likely prey to wolves – especially those in wolf’s clothing. Fortunately, under attack, just in time to save the day, he suddenly remembers who he truly is: A fierce lion, courageous protector of the flock. 

Now here’s what I have to contribute to this message. A method. Re-member who you are. Put the fragmented pieces of your life puzzle back together. Align and link them.

Every one, everywhere is born inherently perfect and complete, in the image of God. The quantum Life Wheel pictures the archetypal pattern of potential, repeating on every scale of magnitude, smallest to largest, atoms to solar systems. It images the truth of inner integrity, the unity of humanity, and the divine union of the individual with Creative Source. 

Sadly, for many reasons, alternatively explained by Icke, Kryon and biblical sources, we’ve forgotten who we truly are. We’ve become horrifically fragmented, to which current events give tragic testimony. 

But here’s the good news. With the vision of wholeness kept firmly in mind, reinforced by the commitment and intention to take those fragments and re-member them, it is possible to release ignorance, illusion, dross and restore pristine wholeness — one person at a time.  

It’s a simple breathing method, what some call chi kung (qigong, or breath work).  

Visualize yourself with all the levels of your energetic being (chakras) centered and aligned within the archetypal Life Wheel. 

Then focus on deep, even breathing. On the out-breath, release everything invasive, toxic or diseased, all fears, worries and distress. On the in-breath, breathe in peace, love and light. 

Add a sound, riding on the breath. On the out-breath, hear or say the name Jeshuah. Surrender of who all you are, returning to Source. This is the simple yet profound path to enlightenment recommended by Dr. David R. Hawkins in Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender.

On the in-breath, chant or think the name Ha Mashia. Receive and be anointed by blessed light entering in through the top of the head at the crown center, flowing like warm liquid honey, like radiant chi descending through each chakra, one at a time, then flowing through the nervous system, eventually filling every cell and atom of the body. 

Repeat. Embed this experience deep into your psyche.

Let this be your meditation. Re-member who you are. 

Amen. 

Why This, Why Me, and Why NOW? 

Much to my surprise, The Way of the Sage went its own way.  

Much of what I originally intended to say was left unsaid.  

For example, I planned to follow through on my earlier invitation to Sage Robbins.  

In an Open Letter to Tony Robbins, I observed that the not-coincidental pun on his wife’s name nominates her as the logical and ideal person to try out and report back to him on the validity and benefits associated with this ancient, tried and true, universal method of decision-making – the book accurately described The Ultimate Personal Survival Guide. 

I intended to tell her that the Common Sense Book of Change is intentionally free of the usual elitist and gender assumptions (“the superior man”). No one is excluded from the opportunity to be truly noble, genuinely wise. 

I wanted to tell her that this small book makes timeless wisdom available to truth seekers — whomever, wherever — free of distortions. There’s no overlay of cultural bias. For this ancient wisdom treasure is, in its essence, timeless. Universal.  

I intended to appeal to her natural, maternal instinct to educate and protect our children, now and into the future. I would have invited her to join me in giving this small book to the world as living proof that women too have the potential to become peaceful warriors as well as sages. 

But, as I said, The Way of the Sage took a detour. Immediately after publishing it, however, I became aware that it was just the first installment.  

Overnight, I received the content of a second installment. Again, it didn’t include the originally outlined facts and details. Instead, something else, equally unexpected, emerged.  

This time, I was called to explain these Three Whys.  

  • Why this subject?  
  • Why me? Why am I the right person to address it? And,  
  • Why this subject and me NOW?  

The Three Why’s aren’t necessarily separate. They blend and interact. But I’ll do my best, as briefly as possible, to sort it out for you. 

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WHY THIS? 

As stated earlier: 

What I’ve been given in trust to share with the world is a re-vision of timeless wisdom, clear and simple in form, suited to the needs of the times.  

The form is two-part, consisting of a mutually reinforcing map and a manual. One is an overview, a snapshot of quantum reality. The other, with good reason, has been called The Ultimate Personal Survival Guide.   

For many reasons, some explained below, the future ahead is going to be majorly unfamiliar. However positive pending changes will ultimately prove to be, at the onset they’ll be perceived by most to be fearful and threatening.  

In that context, the Sage’s Way of Wisdom – embodied in the combo of the Quantum Paradigm Life Wheel and the Book of Change, are going to be the resources we can turn to and depend upon. They’ll guide those open to change, helping them travel safely through the challenges of a global shift, one day and one situation at a time, so they don’t crash and burn, don’t fall victim to cultural shock.  

These wisdom tools offer the option to see changing times as the rare and precious opportunity they are to practice the Phoenix Response to change: to die to the old not through suicide, but in order to be reborn into something new and better in the same lifetime. 

In combination, this map and manual hold the answers to humanity’s collective prayers for: 

  • Truth.  
  • Freedom, first within, then without.  
  • Peace, first within, then without.   
  • Harmony and health.   
  • Loving, supportive relationships at home, in the community, and in the world.   
  • An end to confusion, conflict and corruption.  
  • An understanding of how the world really works.  
  • A return to simplicity and goodness.   

And there’s more. So much more. Even the legendary Confucius, accomplished as he was, wished for an additional 75 years of life in order to study and increase his understanding of this endlessly profound science. 

Among many other things, the I Ching works like a cosmic clock. It forewarns of danger and nurtures the inner strength to cope with and outlast inevitable shocks and adversity. 

Supporting commentary could easily be supplied, but this short post isn’t the place. For now, Trust me. It’s true. It’s all true.   

As for the complimentary Quantum Life Wheel, although apparently simple, it satisfies the inclusive standard of Occam’s Razor. The implications of its embodied Unified Field Theory are universal. Its applications are endless. Here’s just one suggestive example: 

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WHY ME? 

Long story short, my life has been a wandering path that has, over time, seeming miraculously, as if all were preordained, given me access to the broad range of information that had to be integrated. I’ve been uniquely called to collect the mosaic pieces of various wisdom traditions and intuitively known how they fit together, forming the unified picture presented here.  

Again, this isn’t the place to go into scholarly detail. For now, please trust me.  

But why the physical me? So many reasons, it couldn’t have been anyone else. It’s not just my name which, like Sage’s, nominates me for the role. It had to be West. I’ve been cautioned not to lose myself in eastern traditions, but rather to serve as a bridge, to integrate them into western civilization.  Life has fashioned me into An Instrument of Light.

And it had to be my gender. Women are the ones for whom the system works least. They’re the ones most qualified to address its blind spots and serve as change agents — of necessity, to be “the early adaptive.” More importantly, my gentle yin nature — my persona – speaks to the crying need to restore respect for the receptive, nurturing yin qualities of human nature, lacking which our civilization has degenerated into its current condition of critical mass. 

As for scholarly qualifications, I spoke to this in The Qualification That Matters. 

On the one hand, does it really matter who the messenger is? It’s the message that counts. If the truth of what I say resonates and the results work for you, the message speaks for itself. It stands on its own merit.  

On the other hand, if you really believe that the messenger matters, then truth be told, the best of what I know comes from personal experience.  

Which isn’t to say I haven’t paid my dues. I’ve earned the traditional academic credentials to string behind my name. (B.A. in history and philosophy from Oberlin College. M.A. in English and Ph.D.in Educational Administration from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.)   

But in this light, they don’t much matter. In fact, most of what I learned in schools later had to be unlearned. 

The qualification that genuinely matters here is that I have a good teacher. A really, really good teacher. And that we have your best interests at heart. 

The one we called Old Avatar was a uniquely advanced soul. Lao Tze best describes his vast, but subtle influence. “The presence of true masters is only suspected.” His Universal Mind permeates the quantum field. Those open to his magic respond and all is done. Truth seekers automatically tune in to him, broadcasting from the far side — Tony Robbins included. 

Tony Robbins and I are connected through OA.  It works both ways. I was attracted to Tony’s Awaken the Giant Within. This website was, in fact, inspired by his challenge. Conversely, much of what Tony teaches reflects how well he’s tuned into OA. For example, OA’s MPI (Motive-Purpose-Intent) standard permeates his work.  

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WHY NOW? 

Long story short, astrologically, the times are ripe and ready. Without going into technical detail, suffice it to say that planet Earth is approaching a time of massive change. Where before, things weren’t possible, they’re quickly becoming inevitable. 

As described in Wheels Within Wheels, we’re in the midst of an extraordinarily rare triple conjunction that last occurred 2,300 years ago. It was marked by the massive economic and cultural shifts that followed from the conquests of Alexander the Great. It’s that huge. 

We’re at critical mass. I, along with others born for such a time as this (including General Michael Flynn and Patrick Byrne), are doing our best to avert a destructive civil war intentionally being provoked by dark side minions. Were they to prevail, it would take civilization back to the dark ages.  

This escalating tension is scheduled to be kinetic, escalating all the way up to the November 2024 election.

Using this foresight in combination with wisdom tools, we can steer our planning and behavior. We have the ability, potential, opportunity — actually a divine calling — to collectively tip the balance in favor of world peace.  

Let’s choose life. Let’s choose the Way of the Sage: respecting all of life and practicing peace, first within, then without.  

So much to say. So little time. So little space.  

But for now, until the next time, be well. All best.  

Patricia West is author of The Common Sense Book of Change and Two Sides of a Coin: Lao Tze’s Common Sense Way of Change. She’s currently working on The Quantum Solution: What the Ancient’s Knew About Our POTENTIAL Future. 

The Way of the Sage is the Hope of the Future 

In ancient times, sages – wisdom seekers who practiced Taoism — first sought to know, then to live in harmony with the primal source of love, light, and power: the all-pervasive yet unnamable Truth they called Tao – the Way. 

The WAY embodies the hero’s journey of set-backs, discoveries, tests and triumphs as well as a fundamental attitude – one of good will, service and respect for all of life. 

What about now? How has it come to pass that today, most have lost their way . . . that in a world flooded with information, we’re starved for simple, life-sustaining wisdom? 

This has been my lifelong question, my search and path of discovery. I’m here to share with you what I’ve found. There IS a way home – for those sufficiently disillusioned of the world, who are ready to change and remember who they truly are. Always were. Always will be. 

It is as if inside of me there dwells a sage-like Chinese soul, born with an ancient memory of forgotten wisdom and a predestined calling to return it to the world, when and as the time is ready and right.  

What I’ve been given in trust to share with the world is a re-vision of timeless wisdom, clear and simple in form, suited to the needs of the times. 

The form is two-part, consisting of a mutually reinforcing map and a manual. One is an overview, a snapshot of quantum reality. The other, with good reason, has been called The Ultimate Personal Survival Guide.  

Wherever you start, each leads to the other. 

But I must take you on a detour. Please stay with me. 

Originally, I planned to fill in the details of a meticulously outlined post – one fully factual and true.  

But it didn’t satisfy me. An inner nudge warned, “Speaking through and to the head isn’t enough. ” 

So I asked in my heart, “How do I speak to the hearts those who read? What is the way to communicate the wonder and value of this wisdom, make it real and desirable?”  

I asked my Self, “Please. Help me translate the verbal language of the head into the feeling knowledge of the heart.” 

What came to me is the vision of a wish-granting angel hovering over planet Earth, listening to the chorus of humanity’s cries floating up to heaven.  

WHAT DO THEY PRAY FOR?  

Truth. Freedom.  

Peace, first within, then without.  

Harmony and health.  

Loving, supportive relationships at home,  

in the community, on the job, and in the world.  

An end to confusion, conflict and corruption. 

An understanding of how the world really works. 

A return to simplicity and goodness.  

And sure enough. The universal answer to humanity’s collective prayer — the gift that the Blessing Angel comes to bestow — is always the same. 

The second answer that entered my heart is the memory of a favorite fable. It starts with a bratty, demanding princess who wants it all. She threatens the royal chef with his life. Either give her what she wants, or he dies. 

She craves the most delicious food in the world. It has to be both hot and cold, light and dark.  

As a matter of survival, he creates the food that satisfies her desires. And that is how the hot fudge sundae came to be. 

Just so. The mutually reinforcing pair of wisdom tools — the Book of Change and its spin-off, the quantum Life Wheel — are the hot fudge sundae of universal wisdom traditions. They satisfy in all respects.   

Can I adequately support these claims? It would take a lifetime. And a library of books. 

And how have I come to know that all I tell you here is true? First and foremost, it comes from personal life experience. God willing, I’ll share my story in one of the myriad books on the drawing board: Who I AM to Say: A Journey of SELF-Discovery. 

Second, what I know and say comes from a lifetime of research, all of which, given the time and opportunity, I could, as the hope of future generations, document in an unending series of blogs compiled into books, one bite at a time. 

But for now, until the next time, be well. All best.  

Patricia West is author of The Common Sense Book of Change and Two Sides of a Coin: Lao Tze’s Common Sense Way of Change. She’s currently working on The Phoenix Response: Dying To Be Reborn – in the Same Lifetime. 

Open Letter to Tony Robbins 

Dear Tony, 

During the past week, something unpleasantly strange and highly unusual happened on your Tony Robbins YouTube channel. 

In this open letter, I’ll tell you what happened, why it upset me so much, and – most importantly — the reasons why not only you but your followers really need to know about it. 

It started on Monday, August 1st, when I watched your interview with Ray Dalio on the Changing World Order, how countries rise and fall, and what the cycles of history can teach us now. The description box included your words,  

“Power comes to those that can recognize patterns.” 

Now, I’ve been saying exactly this for a very long time. The subject is dear to my heart. Naturally, I immediately wanted to know your point of view. 

As I listened, I was on fire. I paused to enter one, two, three, four and then five comments.  

Next began a sequence of events. First, all but one of the five comments disappeared. Then, a message with your name on it, in your channel, was pinned to my one remaining comment. 

 In a nutshell, (though it took a day to recognize it), a punitive hacker with ulterior motives is policing your channel.  

The pinned reply with your name – Tony Robbins – gave a phone number for me to call.  

What appeared in my email looked like this: Pinned Tony Robbin十l{7O7}86IO5l4 replied to Pat West’s comment.   

Pinned Tony Robbin十l{7O7}86IO5l4  

msg me directly,⤴️ 

My first response was to be Thrilled!!! 

OMG. Tony Robbins is interested in my comments. He wants to know more!!! This is a dream come true, and with perfect timing.  

Naturally, I quickly responded to what I naively believed was an invitation from Tony himself. The texted conversation, still in my phone, looks like this: 

(Monday, August 1.  7:49 p.m.) 

Me: Hello Tony. This is Pat West. I’m responding to your pinned message. What would you like to speak about? 

X: Hello Pat, nice to have you here. 

Me: Likewise 

X: Before that I’d like to know how long you have been following my channel? 

Me: You’ve been a major influence for many years. My website was based on reading your Giants within. Have been following you ever sense.  

X: Let’s text on my business signal messenger. I have alot I’d like to share with you. You can download signal messenger it’s a private messenger That’s my business line (817) 385-7454. Let me know when you do. 

That’s when things turned south. There was no such app on my phone. I dropped my plans for the next day, intent on getting that app and continuing the conversation. I emailed a friend, explaining the “opportunity” and asking for her help: 

Hi Terry, A most wonderful and amazing opportunity has knocked on my humble door. But it would sure help if you have the time to be of assistance. 

I just remembered the quote I used to conclude a book I wrote. Turns out to be very true: “You can rest assured that if you devote your time and attention to the highest advantage of others, the Universe will support you, always and only in the nick of time.” R. Buckminster Fuller   . . . . And it really is just in the nick. 
 

. . . tonight — which happens to be the exact date of the most powerful energy in 2,300 years — [Tony] pinned an answer to my comment saying to text him. We had a brief exchange. He seemed to like my responses and wants me to continue the conversation in a message app that I do NOT have on my phone and don’t know how to install. 
 

I didn’t hear from her right away. Impatient, I called Quintin, the tech I work with at the Computer Doctors. He wasn’t available. The next morning, not to be defeated, I took a cab to U.S. Cellular. The agent there was helpful, but dubious. Some message apps mess phones up, he warned.  

When I finally heard from Quintin, he showered cold water on my hopes. He sees this kind of scam frequently. It set off all his alarm bells. 

So, once inside the app, I challenged the pseudo-Tony. “Are you for real? I’ve been warned this is a scam. Give me something of substance, or I will delete the app.” 

Silence. App deleted. 

I went from soaring with hope and joy to crashing in embarrassment, disappointment and bewilderment. Why? Why? 

How and WHY would someone hack the Tony Robbins channel? Why would anyone go to the trouble of deleting my comments? Why would an imposter represent himself as Tony and pin a reply to my comment? And why, oh why, would anyone, playing on my dearest hope of connecting with Tony, lure me into loading an app apparently designed to mess up my phone? 

Where’s the method in apparent madness? It took me a while to calm down and sort it out.  

No doubt, it had to do with the substance of my comments.  

Fortunately, I saved them. The one allowed to stand, apparently the one regarded as least offensive, was this: 

The venerable, Chinese I Ching, the Book of Change, has mapped the patterns of Natural Law that influence cycles of human life, organizations and civilizations for thousands of years. This scratches the mere surface of what sages have known for eons. Why not return to the basics? 

[BTW. Had it been the real Tony, I would have pointed out that the not-coincidental pun on his wife’s name, SAGE, makes her the ideal person to try out and report back to him on the validity and benefits associated with this ancient, tried and true, universal method of decision-making – the book accurately described The Ultimate Personal Survival Guide.] 

 

Here’s one of the deleted comments: 

Astrologers have much to say about historical and economic changes. We’ve reached a critical point that’s now occurring for the first time in 2,300 years, the time of Alexander the Great.  See  rethinkingsurvival.com/2022/07/16/heads-up/   

Another was this: 

Tony, you’re asking the right questions of the wrong person. Correctly seen, paradigm shifts are not about 10-year economic trends, but about major shifts in belief systems. Martin Luther, for example. Or Christ. 

As for the China issue, in the future, we must persuade them to return to their roots, their heritage in the I Ching, and a world view where everyone everywhere shares a divine center in common. I will have to write you a post on this. Please look for it on my website, rethinkingsurvival.com. I’ll call it Wheels Within Wheels. 

These last two, however, were probably the seriously offending ones.  

Good Lord, Tony. What’s going on is a paradigm shift, as Kuhn well knew. Powerholders with a vested interest in a dying order are, predictably, defending the deep state like animals backed into a corner. Patriots want peace, not war. It’s the deep state that’s desperately engineering civil war, provoking patriots beyond measure, hoping for excuses to inter them in Nazi-like FEMA camps, exterminate opponents as if to prevent the wave of the future. (The fate of Jan 6 political prisoners is a warning example intended to intimidate/discourage freedom seekers.) 

Contrary to the media version of Jan. 6 events, evidence is mounting that it was a diversionary tactic staged by Pelosi et.al. It prevented a timely investigation into election fraud that, had it been allowed to proceed in an orderly fashion as intended, could have prevented what has proven to be a disastrous Biden administration.  

Most importantly, wars cannot be correctly analyzed without a wheels-within-wheels, correct and accurate Quantum Paradigm. The wars we see on the public stage reflect the deeper war going on between good and evil.  

And finally this:  

Tony, for a correct perspective on what’s going on politically in the U.S. you urgently need to get in contact with, follow AND support the work of The America Project. It’s founded by Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn. His CEO is Patrick Byrne, former founder/CEO of Overstock.com.  See https://americaproject.com/ 

Bottom line: Here’s proof that the same thought police at work throughout social media, banning truth tellers and shutting down sites that challenge the prevailing false narrative, are also infiltrating channels and altering content! 

Now, once I recognized the scam, and called it out, the pinned message disappeared, and one (only one) of the deleted comments reappeared. Which tells me that the hacker continues to surveil and manipulate comments to your channel. 

Not good! 

So I decided this rare, unique time is too precious to waste. I’m going to turn this disappointment around, change it into a genuine “opportunity.”  The fact that my words had sufficient truth to signal forces of the dark side to retaliate is evidence that I’m on the right track. My ideas DO deserve the attention of Tony, Ray AND their followers.

In fact, the messages deleted might well be exactly the ones the world most needs!

Therefore, my message to you and Ray Dalio stands.  

Further, I need to ask. Do either of you have attorneys on board, charged with protecting your intellectual property? If so, I urge you to have them track down the two phone numbers I was given, first to text, then to message. These thought police are criminals! They need to be outed and dealt with appropriately. 

Patricia West is author of The Common Sense Book of Change and Two Sides of a Coin: Lao Tze’s Common Sense Way of Change. She’s currently working on The Phoenix Response: Dying To Be Reborn – in the Same Lifetime.