Well, these are the times.
2022 has ended and with reflection, so much has happened in the last year that it is difficult to recall many of the events which taken place that has sowed fear, division, hope and prayers.. from the trucker convoy to the farmers protest in the Netherlands, the government reactions to those incidents, monkeypox...
It's all been so much to bear.
It has been made even more difficult with the situation I am now in. Almost completely broke. Haven't worked in 3 years. Living with my mother who does not share my views, nor has any interest in what is really going on and spends her free time in front of the television or scrolling through cat videos on Facebook...
My reality is simple. I'm almost out of money. I cannot seem to find love. I no longer desire or feel capable of working at my old job and unsure if I could with the mandates in place.
I don't see a future for myself or for my country. I don't see the presence of God in my life at this time. I struggle to find reasons to be optimistic. I struggle to feel connected to the people I interact with. I struggle to find solutions to the crisis we are in. I struggle to find solutions for myself.
I struggle to see the point of my life looking back and noticing all the pain and trauma I've been through. The uncertainty. How close I was to paying off all of my debts but... I thanked God too early and...
I've made poor decisions in life thinking I was doing my best. I dated a woman that was incompatible with my values for three years... three years of... distraction.
But there were moments of beauty and love and peace and bliss.
I don't know blog. I'm about as low as I can be without becoming homeless and living on the street.
I... can't even pick my own food to eat. My mother always makes something each day. Whether I'm in the mood for it or not and she often uses dirty dishes. Rarely if ever uses soap while washing them. Often puts greasy pans away on the shelf.
There is so much insanity in this world and I am living right in it. A prison inside of my home, my mind and this city that I absolutely do not want to be inside of which is so different than the place I was at before.
All I can do each day is... pretend. Pretend away the pain. Distract myself hunting for news on my phone, reading comments, watching videos hoping for some big event to happen like a solar flare that will wipe out all of our electronics or a pole shift or a catastrophe that will give me reason to hope for an end to all this suffering. Even if it means my own life.
I'm in a dark place. Where I loved humanity and had hope for my future, I feel the opposite now. I feel like... there's no point in any of this anymore. Is reincarnation real? Did I choose to be born at this time? In this body? This inability to hear other people well? This inability to find a loving supportive relationship? This inability to find my purpose in life? This inability to...
I'm tired of all this. I can write a list a mile long full of reasons and excuses for why I feel this way and I'm certain there will be many who will look at this list and nod with agreement.
And... I don't care to survive what appears to be coming our way. I can't find the silver lining other than to hope it all comes crashing down so that humanity will be able to "build back better" without the corrupt government and systems that have been oppressing us.
Earlier today I was looking at a video about ChatGPT which is an AI program that can really do almost anything. It can write stories, come up with a business plan and summarize entire books into their key points. It is powerful technology and without a doubt our military and governments have something even more powerful behind closed doors that is being used without our knowledge.
ChatGPT confirms my suspicions that we are already being controlled by artificial intelligence. SkyNet is already here and active. We are in a war for our minds to accept communist ideas. To accept that a boy can be a girl and vice-versa no matter what age they are at. We are... being ideologically subverted and demoralized in the way that Yuri Bezmenov warned us more than 25 years ago.
We are at war but who is responsible? Does it matter?
The question is, how do we inoculate ourselves against this virus of the mind? How do we right the sinking ship? How can we do that with corrupt s-elections, corrupt politicians and an artificial intelligence that can censor whatever it likes on the internet that threatens the outcome being pursued?
We are both at war from within and from without.
And it hurts my heart not to know what I can do to fight against it. To play my part. To realize my purpose.
I still pray each night but it has changed from how it used to be. It doesn't feel the same way. It feels more to the point. More uncertain. Sometimes I ask for release from this pain. Sometimes I ask to be given proof that I am being listened towards.
And there were moments in my life where I did see those signs. But not now it seems.
Not now.
I used to think I was meant to write a book and... I felt like it wouldn't be appreciated. I used to love writing my thoughts and now, not so much.
I feel like I've wasted my gifts. I feel like blaming God for not directing me towards where I needed to go.
I feel like I might have had the wrong idea bout God in my mind all this time. Maybe he's impartial. Maybe God is really inside of each human being I meet and we are all linked together in a "cloud" that ultimately is what created us. For if we are creators and divine beings, this would make sense.
And... Nothing makes much sense anymore. Other than knowing that we are under attack and being corralled about like sheep by dark forces that we cannot see.
The best outcome from all this is everything will come crumbling down because distrust is growing stronger by the day. The worst outcome is the constant censorship and removal of information to the point where we will not be able to find the truth out about what is really happening in the world.
Menticide, they call it. Psychological warfare. Carl Jung spoke of his fears that humanity would develop weapons capable of causing massive damage to the human psyche. I think we are already there.
The antidote to fear is love but...
What is there to love anymore? When society is so fragmented, ignorant and... helpless...
I used to love going for walks and looking at the sun. I no longer do. The sun is different. The winter is cold. The city I'm in feels hostile and oppressive and uninteresting.
It feels like everything I love is gone.
I sometimes cry but...
What's the point? Why dredge up more pain in myself? Why not numb myself?
I understand now why certain people are alcoholics and into drugs. To forget about the pain in this world. To forget their own suffering.
What future is there for me? Where can I place my hopes onto except for the accomplishment of a miracle? What would that miracle look like?
And... my imagination trips over its own feet thinking up unrealistic possibilities... although that is exactly what miracles are... they often elude the imagination. They just happen when they need to.
So, God... Creator... Heavenly Father, Holy Spirit, Yeshua the Christ and Redeemer...
I could really use a miracle right now.
We all do.